Thursday, 04 August 2011
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Homesick For Food!
I've been wanting to post this for a while, but I just didn't have any access to the Internet in the past 2 weeks. Or I should say, I didn't bother to use the computer. It's great to be away from the computer once in a while, don't you think so?
Anyway, I've been spending the last two weeks in America/Canada and I am currently in Vancouver. I'll be leaving in a few days time to fly back to Hong Kong, and I'm definitely upset about it! The bright side is, I'll be back home where I can eat local food, drink my favorite beverages and chill with my friends. That was one of the problems I encountered initially when I was in Toronto and NYC. I had green salads and sandwiches nearly everyday then, not realizing how sick I was for some local Hong Kong food until time came for a meal. Then I would look around desperately for something that resembled Hong Kong food.
I still remember on the first night upon arriving in Toronto, I had a soft stomach and was craving some hot soup (I get plane-sick and always vomit). I ordered a vegetable soup in a restaurant for dinner, and completely forgot that the definition of "soup" here is different from in Asia. So I ended up having a thick vegetable, "beany" soup instead of a watery soup that I had in mind. By the term "watery", I mean something like a Russian Borscht but without the vegetables in the soup.
This is not to say that I don't like the food I had when I was in Toronto and NYC. The food was good. I had bagels, salads, smoothies, iced coffee, freshly baked warm cookies that were double the size and half the price of Mrs. Field's cookies in Hong Kong. For some reason, I always ended up ordering a big bowl of salad when what I really wanted was something hot and liquid-y. But I really enjoyed having those huge bowls of salad - they're so much tastier, fresher and sometimes cheaper than what I'd get in Hong Kong! Plus I feel healthy after eating them
Admittedly, I was really excited when I was able to have some Chinese and Japanese food in North Carolina and Vancouver. The first night I had Chinese stir-fried beef noodles, I was so happy to have just one bite! It was a late night snack for my family after a concert, and we all enjoyed it a lot.
I'm always hearing from my friends who study abroad about how much they miss Hong Kong food and all, but I'd always thought they were exaggerating. Now, I think I can understand them a bit - I already felt slightly "home-food-sick" after the first week abroad! I've never felt like this before during previous vacations. So I truly hope this time is the only time I long for home food in such a short span of time!
What kind of home food do you miss most when you're abroad? Do you crave for these foods at all?
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If I'm out going to a friends place traveling, I miss my mother's breakfast casserole. It's a bundt cake where she layers flaky biscuits, sausage crumbles, and slices fresh chedder cheese. No other breakfast dish compares.
I love food all day, every day! When I'm away from home, I miss New York City Pizza or Sushi. My family & I travel to Canada to visit my grandmother and relatives at times and the food is definitely different from New York.
Sadly I have not traveled often and long enough to say that I get homesick for certain foods. I love to try the local flavor when I am traveling, though. I can say that I am nostalgic for the childhood faves of Chinese dishes my grandma cooked for me and my siblings.
If you're in Vancouver or NYC, there are lots of restaurants around that are pretty decent. & not even overpriced. You'll have to use maps.google.com to search for them.
yeah. college in boston's going to be icky. T___T NY is much more diverse.
you just like a friend of mine. she always get sick during a plane or boat ride. traveling is never that much fun for people like you guys. oh well, at least now you're back in HK and get to enjoy the glory of local foods there. damn, i miss HK now just thinking about the food.
I love my pho.
You probably could have found some great soups that you would have enjoyed much more if you could have done your research in Toronto. I live in Toronto, and there are a few Japanese soup places that I absolutely adore and could not live without. And of course, dumplings. :)
I don't really have any kind of food that I would miss while being away from the country. I guess it's because when I'm out and about it's more about exploring and tasting new things then dwelling on the fact that I miss my home cooking. Or maybe that would be one (Just being able to go home and cook my own meals).
That soup in the pic looks really good... Lol. When I'm away for a good period of time, I always miss my mom's cooking, this really good pho restaurant, and a cafe I like to go to back home... This might sound weird, but I also miss food from the street trucks downtown. =/
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i can totally relate- i love love love (x5bajilion) soupy noodles! last time i went to visit my friend in auckland (i live in new zealand, but down south ish) i didnt have rice for 4 days, i nearly died!
Since you are in Vancouver, head down to Richmond by the Canada Line and you can find a lot of Asian restaurants there.
I always miss my pasta and ravioli.
I love my pho and my bacon sandwiches from a favorite deli and miss them when I'm abroad.
I always crave for my dragon sushi rolls.
@Born_On_Earth@xanga - dragon sushi rolls? what are they? they sound yummy