My hubby, Denny and I were tired and it was way past dinner time. We don’t know the area around Qingdao since we’re new or have the “regular” restaurants or places we enjoy. Denny is getting tired of the only dish we have been consistently making since we have arrived in China. Scrambled omelets which are cheap, primal and filling. Do you have other easy primal dishes that don’t require a lot of seasoning?
This dish has been our livelihood. The dish on the left is a scrambled omelet. Thank you God for long green peppers being in season! The dish on the right was something new, sautéed squash with lots of sautéed fresh garlic. Sometimes I spice up our taste buds and include bacon. Yes, there is bacon in China.
The story of this post begins with long forgotten memories of elementary cafeteria meat or learning the truth about hot dogs. There is fun in not knowing what your eating, right? It has become pretty common for me while being in China to not want to eat the meat because the sanitation circumstances look questionable. In China the thought of becoming a vegetarian has crossed my mind way too many times. It’s a quest of patience to find non-scary Western looking meat.
Our stomach we’re hungry and our minds were tired of searching. This restaurant looked good and we were at the point of it being okay to settle for trying mystery meat.
What kind of meat do you think we’re eating?
I imagine a Viking ate this out of a similar chipped bowl.
A typical Chinese spoon. I scooped the broth with it and poured it over the rice.
This couple told us what the mystery meat was. The guy Matt was visiting his girlfriend in Qingdao and is a massage therapist in America.
- Emily got the pink balloon just because she liked them.
The mystery meat was……pork, the back spine part of the pig. This is a traditional Qingdao dish and in my book an easy affordable primal meal. It is served in a bowl with the meat still on the bones and broth. I felt like a cavewoman eating this meal.
That 16RMB ( less than $3 meal) reads pork meat off the back of the pig.
I love it when Denny and I can find cheap restaurants in China under $4 and I am thankful this mystery meat wasn’t something scary. If you have been to Qingdao do you have any recommendations of cheap non-scary restaurants? or for my other readers what is one dish you have tried that was a mystery?
You are welcome to piggy back off my mystery meat and try this dish; I highly recommend it, it was delectable.
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