Point-and-Eat

I can’t read Chinese.
Often that makes things difficult. Other times it makes things easy. Like breakfast. My choice is determined by the photo displays at the canteens on campus here at Renmin University.
At one of my favorite ones, just down the stairs in front of the business school, I just point at the poster. An [...]

Shrimp-flavored Pretzel Sticks

The guard at the door of our hotel on the campus of Renmin University likes to high-five Americans as they walk through.
Another guard, who sits in the hall leading back to the guestrooms, enjoys this conversation:
Guard: “Hello, how are you?”
Me: “Good. How are you?”
Guard: “Good.”

I just bought a box of “Pretz.” Yes, that’s a [...]