Pickle w/That?

September 5, 2007 - 2:40 PM by

Chinese food. Hmmm. It has sort of moved off to the side in Western cultures to make way for Vietnamese and Japanese cuisines, don’tcha think?

But never mind. There are still plenty of people who enjoy it. Like the Chinese.

Except when it gets mangled adjusted.

In Israel, for example, you can order up beef fried rice or sesame chicken with noodles JUST like mom used to make back in Fujian Province. Except over here, there’s a twist.

…I was eating like a sweet and sour chicken kind of thing…you know, the one with pineapples. This one had pineapples and peppers and onions and a sweet-ish sauce and I bit into it and tasted something bitter. I looked down on my plate and saw that the dish included sliced pickles.

Kid you not.

Pickles in the sweet and sour chicken.

Only in Israel…we love us some pickles over here!

compliments of Zabaj. The blog you can always count on for a kicker.

Tags: • Category: Food, Immigrant Moments, Israeliness 

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