Last night, at 8pm I was pretty tired after 4 hours of translating and didn't really have any appetite, so just ran across the road to the cafe to pick up a light tea. Asked for three boiled eggs, with plans of peeling and eating them in front of the tv. So I said "Three boiled eggs please" A very easy phrase, which she didn't understand. Repeated several times. She showed me the meat in the fridge. Said "No, eggs" She understood eggs. Said boiled eggs. She looked confused. Said "cook in water, not soup" mimed peeling eggs. She nodded. I said "you understand" she said "yes." Waited for five minutes.
She came up with a large bowl. It had three eggs in it.. They had been fried, then boiled in water. Now they were floating in watery soup. Not really soup, just hot water. She offered me some sugar to sprinkle on them. Defeated, I sprinkled them with sugar and carried them back to my room. Picked them out of water with chopsticks, drip dried and ate. Then felt nauseous. Poured water / soup down sink. I have ordered and eaten boiled eggs heaps of times. What went wrong?????
No comments:
Post a Comment