in case you didn't read my other blog about this (go read it, lazy... it'll take you 5 seconds), these are not the fortunes, but the pronunciations of Chinese words on the back.
Bean-sprout (honestly... BEAN SPROUT??? i think they're fucking with us now) = "Dou-yah"
Bank = "Hang"
Good = "Hao"
so, if you were to say, "Good bean-sprout, Bank" (say, if Bank was someone's name.... bear with me, okay...), it would be pronounced "How do ya hang?"
Also, sitting next to my grandfather was interesting. And by interesting, I mean painful. He's one of those old guys that says racially "charged" things that can't necessarily be called racism, but just uses a ton of blanket statements. Here's what I found out.
- All Asians are happy to be living in the U.S., because they can make a lot more money here than they can "over there".
- Every Asian is smarter than any American.
- The Vietnamese people he used to work with could "swing from tree to tree like monkeys". My attention was fading in and out, so I'm not exactly sure what he was talking about.
This was a teppan-yaki restaurant (one that cooks the food in front of you). There are so many things I could discuss about this, but most importantly, does anyone else notice that it's the EXACT same gags/gimmicks/tricks/jokes at EVERY restaurant? like they'll take a slab of butter and throw it on the grill and go, "butterfly". Here's what i don't get... my family, who have seen these tricks 8 TRILLION times, still laughs like it's the funniest goddamn joke they've ever heard. i wonder if a teppan-yaki chef has ever gotten heckled.
i don't know how to wrap this up so... bye.
4 comments:
Do your teppan-yaki chefs build the "volcano" out of an onion? They stack up rings of an onion, pour some oil (I guess) into the center, light it on fire, and go, "volcano!" I've seen it both in VA and NJ. Incredible.
kenny, you're dead on.
yup, they did that one (i've NEVER seen them skip that one)... also, the thing where they divide the remaining shrimp and put a bunch on each person's plate. but then they only put one shrimp on someone's plate, and that's a big joke.
oh, and i thought of one more. they take an egg and spin it on the grill and go, "eggroll". every friggin' time.
Maybe there's a Hibachi University or something where they all go before they can work the grills. I imagine that the professors are all kind of like Dr. Choi: "Niiice volcano. Good potential."
HAHAHHAAAHHA totally.
"you sing from here, not here."
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