Today is my eleventh day in the United States. I am enjoying every moment here in San Antonio and there are definitely a lot of differences here compared to where I come from – Hong Kong.
“To satisfy one’s appetite is the sacred doctrine of people,” is a Chinese saying showing that food is important. Food in America, especially in San Antonio is a new taste for me. In the last weekend, my friend’s mother drove my friends and me to a Mexican restaurant in downtown San Antonio. I ordered corn chips, nachos, and chicken tortilla soup. The nachos tasted like thin pizzas that I ate in Pizza Huts in Hong Kong, and I especially liked the guacamole on them. The tortilla soup is salty, and it tasted like the chicken soup made by my grandmother. I really love Mexican food, but unfortunately the soup was too much for me and I could not finish it.
It is rare to see a Mexican restaurant in Hong Kong. One popular style of food you will find in any traditional Chinese restaurant is Dim Sum. Dim Sum means little, tasty food, for example if you order shrimp dumplings, they will give you a plate with three dumplings on it. We usually have carrot cakes, pork buns, curry squids, etc. We like to share the food together with family and friends, so that we can try more dishes.
The food in San Antonio and Trinity is quite diverse and tasty, so I love it very much. The thing I miss the most is rice, because most East Asian places have rice for lunch and dinner every day, including Hong Kong. Therefore, it would be nice if I could have some rice in Mabee Dining Hall.
