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I immediately knew there was something wrong. I thought it was entirely strange when I went to ye olde Chinese supermarket
in Richmond Hill after dim sum with dad to pick up some Chinese groceries, including that old instant-noodle staple, Dau Si Laing Yiu. They said they were out, and I was like, what the fuck??? They used to have thousands upon thousands of cans in these huge banks the
size of Kansas on the floor of every Chinese supermarket in the nation. Dau si laing yiu was to the Chinese what bully beef was to British soldiers during World War I, when cans were so plentiful they used them to line the floors of trenches in defense against the Kaiser. Take that, Jerry! God save the Queen!
Then a friend of mine gave me an old rice
cooker of hers (which I've been using a lot - I've never owned one before. And me at age 35! what a banana I am.) so I
went to buy rice and some dau si laing yiu at a downtown Chinese supermarket. And they were also out. It was then I realized that there was some sort of catastrophic worldwide
shortage, which a google quickly confirmed. Apparently, the Chinese-HK uber-authorities found some sort
of cancer causing preservative called "malachite green" in substantial-yet-not-quite-harmful amounts and banned the stuff. Jesus. A big "fuck off" to the uber-authorities - I mean, what doesn't cause cancer these days? Too bad I didn't hoard when I could have.
And so, an era has ended, my friends; I'm going to miss this salty and greasy little treat with my goong jei meen. As will many other students, or grown men still living a student lifestyle.
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| | Posted 6/11/2006 7:04 PM - 49 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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