I kept
trying to find the best way to describe Yangshuo and I’ve decided to just call
it how I saw it. I’ve never been to an actual colony but I have to imagine that
Yangshuo is what it would be like. The meeting of East and West in a tiny place
along the Li River.
The
availability of western food and alcohol was beyond belief, I must admit I
think I went 48 hrs without eating any Chinese food……. It’s just so hard to
resist sometimes.
My
favorite part of Yangshuo was cooking class. I have always enjoyed cooking, in
college I had an apartment senior year where I would cook meals all the time
with my best friend. I’ve tried my hand at replicating Chinese food in my
apartment this year but I’ve had no luck whatsoever. A friend who had traveled
through Yangshuo the week before went to a cooking school that he absolutely
loved. I decided to check it out.
The
school is actually in a fully functioning restaurant, we were welcomed and
given a table in the dining room were they allowed us to sample flavored baiju
and chose what dishes to make. I was allowed to choose two meat dishes and one
vegetable dish. Then we went up to the
classroom, where we each had our own wok. I was given the ingredients for
vegetable dumplings, beer fish, and sweet and sour pork; the dishes I had
chosen to make. I was taught Chinese style cleaver usage and how to properly
use a wok. Within 40 minutes my dishes were done.
One
done we sat back down at our table in the main dining room where we were able
to feast on our dishes. Random fact in the south dumplings are served with soy
sauce not vinegar.
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