March 6, 2018, 10:52 a.m.

Hungry For Some Bacteria?

At a recent lunch at the International Buddhist Temple in Richmond, I was presented with a menu I presume to be in Mandarin.

Chinese Menu
Chinese Menu

Clearly I cannot read Mandarin, so I decided to use Google Translate on my phone to translate the menu in real time:

Chinese Menu Translated
Chinese Menu Translated

I must admit - of these items I sure do like the sound of #1 - "Hong stick wild bacteria fried Rice". If I feel adventurous I might just go with #5 - "Weird platter". To finish it off who can resist some #9 - "Radix drug cake"?

I wonder how far off this translation is?