Yearning For Food

       I am a ChiHuo in my country, which means the person who likes to enjoy delicious food every day if he can. When I was in China, I loved tasting snacks around my house. Also, I would always go out with my friends in order to try some new food, which we had never tried before. In a few words, food is what I cherish and like most. However, everything has changed since I came to the U.S. Language, daily communication and lifestyle have totally changed, but I think I will be accustomed to these in the future. However, I still have something that I can't be accustomed to easily, and That is food. Although American food is delicious, I think my stomach still misses Chinese food.

       When I was in China, the most interesting thing for me was to look for strange food. China is a large country with a long history, and China also has a long history of food, especially in Guangdong, my province. People always use everything that they think can be food, and try to make a delicious meal from it, such as fengzhua, which is made of chicken feet. Another example is stinky tofu, which smells stink but tastes good. Many western people are repulsed by it easily although it tastes delicious. Also, people will put durian into pizza or dessert. I have lived in Chicago for one year, and I have tried some delicious food such as steak or salad. However, it is a little bit bland for me. I prefer strange and interesting food to ordinary food. As a result, I miss the food in my hometown.

       It is similar to the American family, the Chinese family will have some parties which have many kinds of food on important holiday. On Chinese holiday, parents like to cook a big meal to celebrate the whole family coming together. They put food all over a big table. When the party starts, the younger generation needs to wait until the older generation use their chopsticks. Moreover, the elders were usually concerned about younger's life. As a result, grandparents would like to let their grandchildren to eat more because they thought the food was full of their care. When I started to know about the parties in the U.S. It was different from my experience in China. In the U.S, there were not have grandparents who will always let me eat more. When I was in China, I didn't enjoy the dinner time with the grandparents because they were too verbose. When I arrived in Chicago and had my first meal by myself, I was happy because there was nobody speaking around my ears. However, I feel a little bit disappointed now because I find it is hard for me to eat the "care" food one more time. I miss the care food from my grandparents in China.

       In addition to the delicious food in China, I still remember the terrible food that I have cooked with my friends in China. It was the first time for us to cook at that time. Even though we didn't know how to use a knife, we still did our best to cook a meal. When we finished cooking, the kitchen looked like a battlefield, and there was a burning smell in the air. Our first cooking experience was similar to the first painting of a kid without talent, ugly and terrible. Although it looked bad that time, my friend and I still put the darkness food all in our stomachs. Since I moved to the U.S, I haven't had a close relationship with friends as before. I can cook delicious food now, but there is nobody to share the joyousness with me. I am ever missing the terrible food that I made with my friend.

       Since I have been living in Chicago, I have been missing Chinese food. There are a large number of delicious foods, but I miss the strange and interesting food in my hometown. Although I can join some parties and enjoy myself, there is nobody that is concerned about me and lets me eat more. The terrible food is an important part in my heart, and I will never forget it. I am still a ChiHuo now, but the most important thing around me has changed. In fact, I begin a better life when I arrived in Chicago, but I still lost something. I miss the days when I was a ChiHuo in China, and I yearn for the food in China.