Aubrey Gates King anobva kuU.SA anotaura nezvemakore ake maviri ekugara mumusha weChinese uye kuti akakwanisa sei kuomerera kune kudya kwevegan nguva dzese munyika umo zvinoita sezvisingabviri.
"Yunnan ipurovhinzi yekumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweChina, inoganhurana neMyanmar, Laos neVietnam. Mukati menyika, purovhinzi inozivikanwa separadhiso yevashanyi nevatambi. Akapfuma mutsika dzemadzinza mashoma, ane mukurumbira wemateru emupunga, masango ematombo uye makomo akafukidzwa nesinou, Yunnan chaive chipo chaicho kwandiri.
Ndakaunzwa kuChina nenharaunda yekudzidzisa isingaite purofiti inonzi Teach For China. Ndaigara pachikoro chacho nevadzidzi 500 nevamwe vadzidzisi 25. Pamusangano wekutanga nemukuru wechikoro, ndakamutsanangurira kuti handidyi nyama kana mazai. Iko hakuna izwi rekuti "vegan" muchiChinese, vanovadaidza kuti vegans. Mukaka uye zvigadzirwa zvemukaka hazviwanzo kushandiswa muChinese cuisine, pachinzvimbo chesoya mukaka unoshandiswa kwemangwanani. Mutungamiriri wacho akandiudza kuti, zvinosuruvarisa, imba yokudyira yechikoro inobika zvikuru nemafuta enguruve panzvimbo pemafuta emiriwo. “Hazvinetse, ndichabika zvangu,” ndakapindura ipapo. Nekuda kweizvozvo, zvese hazvina kuitika sezvandaifunga panguva iyoyo. Zvisinei, vadzidzisi vakabvuma nyore nyore kushandisa mafuta ecanola mundiro dzemuriwo. Dzimwe nguva mubiki aindigadzirira imwe miriwo yakasiyana. Aigara achindigovera chikamu chake chemuriwo wakabikwa wakabikwa, nokuti aiziva kuti ndaiufarira chaizvo.
Southern Chinese cuisine inovava uye inonhuwirira uye pakutanga ndaingovenga miriwo yese yakakangwa. Vaifarirawo kudya eggplant anovava, izvo zvandaisafarira. Sezvineiwo, pakupera kwemesita yekutanga, ndakanga ndava kutokumbira mamwe mimwe miriwo yakakangwa. Pakupera kweiyo internship, ndiro yemanoodles yairatidzika kunge isingafungidzike pasina kubatsira kwakanaka kwevhiniga. Zvino zvandadzokera kuUS, miriwo mishoma yakabikwa inowedzerwa pakudya kwangu kwese! Zvirimwa zvemuno muYunnan zvakabva kucanola, mupunga uye persimmon kusvika kufodya. Ndaifarira kufamba kuenda kumusika, uyo waiva pedyo nemugwagwa mukuru mazuva mashanu oga oga. Chero chinhu chaigona kuwanikwa ipapo: michero mitsva, miriwo, tii, uye knick-knacks. Chandainyanya kufarira kwaiva pitahaya, oolong tii, papaya yakaomeswa, uye howa hweko.
Kunze kwechikoro, kusarudzwa kwendiro dzekudya kwemasikati kwakakonzera mamwe matambudziko. Hazvina kuita sekuti havana kumbonzwa nezvevanodya miriwo: vanhu vaiwanzoti kwandiri, “Aa, ambuya vangu vanodarowo” kana kuti “Aa, handidyi nyama kwemwedzi mumwe chete pagore. MuChina, chikamu chikuru chevanhu maBuddha, vanodya zvakanyanya veganism. Zvisinei, mumaresitorendi akawanda mune pfungwa yokuti ndiro dzinonaka kwazvo inyama. Chinhu chakanyanya kuoma kwaiva kutendeudzira mashefu kuti ndaida muriwo chete. Sezvineiwo, iyo resitorendi yakachipa, matambudziko akaderera. Munzvimbo idzi diki dzechokwadi, ndiro dzandaifarira dzaive bhinzi dzepinto dzakakangwa nemiriwo yakabikwa, eggplant, makabheji anoputa, midzi yeroti inonhuwira uye, sezvandataura pamusoro, eggplant inovava.
Ndaigara muguta rinozivikanwa nenzungu yepea pudding inonzi wang dou fen (), ndiro yemhuka. Inogadzirwa nekupwanya peas yakasvuurwa mu puree uye kuwedzera mvura kusvikira uwandu hwave hwakakora. Inoshandiswa kana mu "blocks" yakasimba kana nenzira yeporridge inopisa. Ndinotenda kuti kudya kwemiti kunogoneka chero kupi zvako munyika, kunyanya muEastern Hemisphere, nokuti hakuna munhu anodya nyama yakawanda uye chizi sekuMadokero. Uye sezvakataura shamwari dzangu omnivorous.