Chicken and Frog are almost the same

We had a late lunch with Dong Mei at a local restaurant which was literally a hole in the wall. It is a place we would never go in on our own, a student type restaurant down Rhino Drive. Dong Mei had never eaten there before, but there were not many restaurants open at that hour. [Smaller places, which are not on a main drag, still take a siesta hour or two.]

As I said previously, Mi is not a local and Cantonese is not her native language. This is not usually a problem because all teaching from grade 1 up is in Mandarin. Well at this restaurant, it was an opportunity. Mi ordered pepper chicken, a mushroom dish and beef noodle soup for the three of us. The food was quite good, but the chicken came out as frog. Just the slightest different in tone between chicken and frog, so frog we got. Marsha was very hungry, I think I saw her hopping away from the table.

All meals are served family style. You each get a bowl of steamed rice. You pick the food up piece by piece with your chopsticks. Even though the Chinese are very health conscious, they see nothing unhealthy about everyone repeatedly dipping into each dish with the chopsticks. From your mouth directly to the communal plate. [Maybe we are the hypocrites, did any guy ever refuse a kiss?] {A Swiss watch advertises on TV as a healthy watch.}

We are getting to be experienced shoppers. I was even able to figure out what we paid for after coming home from the supermarket, Park and Shop. Here is a sample of prices in Guangzhou. Each Yuan is worth 12.9 cents.
Fresh pineapple 11.4 ($1.47)
Whole watermelon 14.1
lb of tomatoes 2.2
5 bananas 5.1
Can of Coke 1.9
bottle of water 1.0
Snicker bar 2.1
Paper towels, 2 small rolls 9.9 [not used by locals]
8 oz. of fresh beef 8.6
8 oz. of chicken breast 7.6
Lays potato chip 2 oz. 3.4

Money buys a lot when we are shopping, especially for items which the locals use.