For someone who was practically weaned on a diet of Chinese food through most of my teenage years,I didn’t exactly take to the cuisine like fish to water when I first arrived in China.In fact it was a whole year befo...For someone who was practically weaned on a diet of Chinese food through most of my teenage years,I didn’t exactly take to the cuisine like fish to water when I first arrived in China.In fact it was a whole year before I ventured into a Chinese restaurant in Beijing and sampled,rather cau- tiously,a bowl of rice and a mushroom dish.The result was something of a culture shock to the digestive system: The difference展开更多
There are hospitals,and then there are Beijing hospitals.My first brush with the medical profession in China was actuated by an emer- gency of sorts,when my girlfriend collapsed and blacked out briefly as she exited f...There are hospitals,and then there are Beijing hospitals.My first brush with the medical profession in China was actuated by an emer- gency of sorts,when my girlfriend collapsed and blacked out briefly as she exited from the toilet of an Indian restaurant (the food was not the culprit,not this time).Flustered Chinese waiters revived her with water,but she awoke to sharp,crippling pain in the lower abdomen.I called our landlady,and bless her sweet overflowing Chinese heart, she arrived within minutes and escorted us to the nearest hospital.展开更多
文摘For someone who was practically weaned on a diet of Chinese food through most of my teenage years,I didn’t exactly take to the cuisine like fish to water when I first arrived in China.In fact it was a whole year before I ventured into a Chinese restaurant in Beijing and sampled,rather cau- tiously,a bowl of rice and a mushroom dish.The result was something of a culture shock to the digestive system: The difference
文摘There are hospitals,and then there are Beijing hospitals.My first brush with the medical profession in China was actuated by an emer- gency of sorts,when my girlfriend collapsed and blacked out briefly as she exited from the toilet of an Indian restaurant (the food was not the culprit,not this time).Flustered Chinese waiters revived her with water,but she awoke to sharp,crippling pain in the lower abdomen.I called our landlady,and bless her sweet overflowing Chinese heart, she arrived within minutes and escorted us to the nearest hospital.
