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2015-08-29
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I remember that day was sunny with little breeze, a good day to walk with her. She wanted to share her precious school memory with me. So we walked on her way, the way she walked for thousand times. Then, we stopped at a chachanteng. 'Must be her favourite canteen in school days,' I thought. Unlike western restaurants, chachanteng is always a place with many noises - the voices of different people talking about their lives, happiness, sadness and the faith in the future. To be honest, it is real
Unlike western restaurants, chachanteng is always a place with many noises - the voices of different people talking about their lives, happiness, sadness and the faith in the future. To be honest, it is really noisy but that's the characterized symbol of it.
We got the drink first, milktea and 7up with salted lemon which becomes one of my favourite drink in chachanteng recently. The milktea was asked for less sugar and it was smoothy. She sipped and gave a great sigh. 'Ah, so nostagic...' she said. However, it was quite pity that there was only one lemon for me, which the salty taste was not that enough. It would be perfect to give me two salted lemon.
Flat rice noodles with beef brisket. The beef brisket was tender and easy to chew, when this part is well done, this reflects the quality of whole noodles. Sometimes, some chachanteng overcooked the beef brisket and cause them too chewy like chewing a cloth.
Wonton noodles. It served in a hot broth, garnished with leafy vegetables, and wonton dumplings. Some people don't like the smell of alkaline of it. But some people, like her, don't smell any of it. Maybe that's the reason she likes it so much. Probably most of people know how to balance the alkaline, by adding red vinegar. Wontons and noodles were so springy. Because of the shrimps, wonton was the shining one.
She talked a lot of interesting stuff back in the day and I was the person to listen. Simple but happy.
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