When I moved to Hong Kong I bought tea and other local foods and boxed back to family back in USA. They were interested what wife and I cooked with here. In my box was a big round flat piece of dried seaweed. It looked like tea and they cant read Chinese in USA.
So months later on the phone I asked about the stuff I sent. My dad said it was all ok except the tea from the big box. I asked, "Tea in the big box?"
He said, "Yeh, the green tea." I laughed and said "It's dried seaweed for noodles."
He went on to tell me when people visited he'd break out some cool tea from Hong Kong and serve it up. Most said it was plain and kind of grainy. Not very good. He said most of my aunts and uncles had tried it by then.
So months later on the phone I asked about the stuff I sent. My dad said it was all ok except the tea from the big box. I asked, "Tea in the big box?"
He said, "Yeh, the green tea." I laughed and said "It's dried seaweed for noodles."
He went on to tell me when people visited he'd break out some cool tea from Hong Kong and serve it up. Most said it was plain and kind of grainy. Not very good. He said most of my aunts and uncles had tried it by then.
