Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Suddenly: I'm not that Hungry


As you may know, it's pretty common when traveling overseas to come across mis-spellings or mistranslations of dishes that bring a smile to your face, or a look of horror. A couple of years back at dinner in Shenzhen, China, with colleagues, we were treated to:

- Chicken saliva
- Explodes fries the fish seed
- Raises the face aloe
- Small bamboo shoots meat froth
- Tile crisp stomach
and a myriad other poorly-translated delights.

Much less common to find inedibles this side of the Pacific, but Illy's in JFK airport was trying their best. Check out the middle selection....

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