looks good too. I may have had that as well.
When we used to go to yum-yum I was one of 6 or 7, of which 5 were chinese
The ordering was done in a Beijing mandarin dialect off of a handwrittten menu.
Much to my chagrin mind you, as I can never go back and order any of hte dishes on my own, some of which I really like.
And forget trying to remember the name, I'm well aware of how a subtle change in inflection can affect the outcome.

 

The Mandarin Chinese is a very difficult dialect. The intonation is very important.

Two words can have the same pronounciation but each of them has a slightly different intonations. They will have two different meanings.

For example, in Mandarin Chinese, you can say:

"Hey, Miss, how much for a bowl of dumplings?"

If you mess up the intonation, it will mean:

"Hey, Miss, how much for sleeping with you for a night?"

It is a good thing to know when you try to order a bowl of dumplings in Chinese. You will either get a bowl of dumplings or a slap on your face.

 

The funny thing is I can't speak a word of chinese but I can tell the difference between mandarin and cantonese.

 

Or you could get lucky!

Maybe Steve should learn this saying.

 

or maybe even a smile and a wink

 

Mmmmmm

 

whoa!!! AWESOME!!!!!!

 

Nutrition info on Baconaise: NO bacon it it, by the way!



We could give some to Erick! He won't know it's a "special" kind of mayo.

I hate to admit it, but it could add some zing to a sandwich.

 

80 calories in 13 grams

 

Rick said it would be better to just put bacon on a sandwich.