Taiwan Chicken, NOT Spicy Beef!
By Joshua Dent I was so proud to walk into a Chinese restaurant tonight with no pictures, English menu, or slurpees. (i.e, 7-11) and have a go at getting some decent Taiwan grub. I gave the waitress what I felt like a pretty was a very well-spoken statement in Chinese of "I would like the chicken please, and not very spicy." This 70 year old bag/waitress proceeded to act like I was speaking fucking Swahili after I gave my order. ... After my 4th attempt to repeat myself, I decided to go to the hand gestures. I gave what I thought were two very easy to understand signals, one for chicken, and one for not spicy. I even bocked like a chicken when I put my hands under my arms and pretended to flap my imaginary wings. So, what did the old bag do? She promptly returned to my table with a plate FULL of some of the SPICIEST, and shittiest BEEF (not chicken) I ever had. Hats off, Old Lady! You got me on that one! ha! Sometimes, it is harder than others to have a...