Lights, Camera, Action!

The Real Action Hero

Loosin up and toast

Ready to go!

The camera-girl

"Testing" on my mini mic

Lunch Menu

Here I go....and...

YUMMY!

Fun day today doing a little filming and messing around in Chinatown. Sari and I started the day with a little toast and ceremonial shot before grabbing the camera, hooking up the mic and hitting the streets. We checked out the cool architecture and walked around looking for good spots to stop and talk about the area. We stopped in a few places along the way and attempted to chat people up but talking to the locals was a little difficult as many didn’t speak English. I still tried with a couple though. It was a little disappointing and surprising that a few of the places wouldn’t let us film inside. We did sneak in a little bit before they asked us to stop. The highlight of the day was lunch. We went to a little café in the square that posted “Authentic Hong Kong Style Restaurant” and had a variety of items on the menu. In order to make things a little interesting I decided to order a little exotic: Preserved Egg and Pork Congee and Pork Stomach and Intestine with Pickled Vegetables. I did manage to take down a little bit of it, for the sake of the show, but ended up eating the traditional Chinese meal of a bowl white rice and a huge glass of water. The Congee was a soup made with rice and broth that turns creamy from the starch in the rice, sort of like the texture of instant oatmeal. I didn’t realize that the black and brown chunks in it weren’t mushrooms but they were the eggs until AFTER I ate a few. I then asked the waitress what preserved eggs are and she proceeded to tell me that a couple years ago they were probably put aside and preserved. DUH, Becky…PRESERVED! Hmmmmmm….not sure that she gave the best explanation but she caught my attention after saying A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO!! Overall the soup wasn’t too bad but quite rich and I couldn’t stomach more than a half of a cup. Then it was on to the intestine. In order to do a few different “shots” for filming I needed to eat a few pieces. The flavor was that of the sauce it was in which was sort of a bean oyster sauce, not very good so it did NOT help. It was pretty chewy and fatty and took a little while to break down. There was no way I was going to sit there and continue to chew for 10 minutes on one piece so swallowing was the alternative. I made it through! I think the busboy was a little surprised to see that our plates were still pretty full except our rice bowls and we didn’t need a to-go box when we left. After that we were pretty exhausted and a little out of sorts so we called it a “wrap.” I would say it was successful first go at it.