Culinary Q & A with Echo

Occupation: Program liaison officer/ Employment Developer

What did you eat today?

(a typical day in Shanghai)

Breakfast: soup (white fungus, dates and pear), Chinese pork bun

Lunch: ate in a big Chinese restaurant
cold dishes: chicken feet, lotus with sticky rice, dates with flour in the middle,
warm dishes: spicy chicken, sharkfin (due to the decreasing numbers of sharks, I refuse to eat from now on), stinky tofu, spicy fish


What do you never eat?

Elk horn
Supposed to be good for your kidney…..but I have never tried

What is your personal specialty?

Ma po toufu

mine does look as good as the picture ha

What is your favorite kitchen item?

Garlic chopper
Very convenient

World ends tomorrow. Describe your last meal.

Spicy crayfish

Where do you eat out most frequently?

Olive Garden (that’s where me and my bf had lunch for the first date)

What's the best place to eat in Edmonton?

Depends on what kind of food…
Japanese, maybe Wasabi restrant
Chinese, maybe golden rice bowl (try their BBQ duck)

If you weren't limited by geography, where and what would you eat?

Shanghai
Everything I mentioned above ha