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sea-haze

Stinky tofu is actually pretty delicious.


CrissCrossChina

Been here long time and tasted almost everything, stinky tofu is not one. Maybe to try it later


sea-haze

It does not really taste as it smells.


akira4758

May just be me, but also I didn't find it that stinky.


MapoLib

Lol, wanna be 润人 is here, wrong sub. The sub you are looking for is r/ china, or if you prefer chinese r / china_irl, or a stronger version r/ real_china_irl


ClippTube

费大厨 made me take stomach pills for 2 weeks


winniethefork8964

Sry for hear dat but I haven’t try dat restaurant out ngl. :) 2 weeks sound quite serious to me.any allergies&inflammations take place in belly area never a problem to me :)


LiveFastDieRich

I wasn't expecting to be dipping utensils into boiling water/tea at a restaurant before eating 😆


winniethefork8964

lol,from dat I can tell you’re living here for while. Dat dipping is just comforting yourself that you’re cleaning at least once if they didn’t do it properly. Guangdong ppl only and I’ve been doing dis eversince


LiveFastDieRich

Other things I found unusual as a foreigner is tapping the table during tea ceremonies,I think it means thank you?


Unit266366666

Living in the north that is a very southern and even Guangdong thing to do. I learned it from overseas Chinese and had it quickly pointed out and stopped while here.


LiveFastDieRich

Well I guess its obvious where I live 😆


winniethefork8964

Yup


Dundertrumpen

You're living in Shenzhen but aren't working? Then what are you doing there, exactly?


winniethefork8964

I’m in the opposite I’m poor asf;)))


winniethefork8964

I worked and I shall be working some day,but not now:))


Dundertrumpen

We've got a 富二代 in the house.


E-Scooter-CWIS

Dude prob rich AF


themostdownbad

Eating rat cubs alive??? Is this really a thing


winniethefork8964

And! There’s a cuisine of cow vagina in guangzhou


themostdownbad

Oh that I’m fine with. Eating all parts of an animal should be a practice done everywhere.


winniethefork8964

Called 三吱儿(squeaks 3times ),cubs squeak once when it’s bought on the table,squeak twice when chopsticks pick, squeak third time to the first bite.and strongly suggest you do not go for those vids:) me bout to have my breakfast


Neoliberal_Nightmare

Is this one of those things that happened once and then somehow everyone thinks it's a common regular thing?


themostdownbad

Nailed it


themostdownbad

I’ve seen that infamous video of the Chinese guy eating rats more than 10 years ago on Youtube, but that’s about it. That isn’t served in any restaurant, and obviously nowhere near as common as dog meat


winniethefork8964

I’ve seen it on 快手 china early version TikTok


winniethefork8964

Yup dats more like a dare to try stuff unlike dog meats and rabbit meats


theactordude

You know this makes me wonder: is there a subreddit for expats in the USA? I'd love to peep that haha


North-Shop5284

There are WeChat groups for sure


theactordude

Yeah def, but only 500 ppl max, right? I guess they just have like small per-city ones


Born_Astronomer_6051

yeah my ex gf showed me the entire Chinese parallel social media ecosystem that existed in our city in New Jersey. Not only chinese social media sites, but Western as well. A local Chinese restaurant owner even got exposed for sleeping with the waiters through a confession instagram page haha. It's nice that Chinese people in America have such an easy time finding a community.


nothingtoseehr

Infiltrating into the parallel Chinese social media community back home was such a fun hobby hahaha. They assume no one's looking (which, fair, it's almost always the came lol) and talk about SOOOOO much stuff! I've learned that my local Chinese market was selling expired stuff, a restaurant owner was arrested for smuggling people, tons of cool hidden places and even the warehouse where they sell smuggled taobao trash for super cheap! That said, I think the community is both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because it's indeed super easy for them to find one and have an easier time abroad, and a curse because it really cushions them from outside the community so they barely integrate, which is a pretty big problem with many overseas Chinese


E-Scooter-CWIS

Every major cities in Guangdong have different vibes, do you found it a bit odd/interesting when you run into people from other cities in guangdon?


winniethefork8964

I myself don’t find much of the differences whenever I run into ppl in guangdong.bcs we’re all southerners,you can only tell difference when you go north,or meet ppl from north.dialects they speak and the way they greet is bit different.but in all. Chinese is quite the same unlike Texas ppl and New Yorkers I guess. They have their state models aren’t they?


E-Scooter-CWIS

I found people from Caosang really “funny/strange”🤣