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I remember my first day in China, I found 15c steamed vegetable and pork buns the size of my fist and was like "should I buy 10 of these? Maybe 20?" but luckily a veteran expat was nearby and assured me that they make them fresh all day, every day.

I still bought five, they were so large they lasted two days with rice.

It's funny this greentext uses Jollibees as the example here, definitely makes sense for a first-time traveler.

Jollibees is cheap compared to McDonalds, but they still serve crappy processed burgers for 3 times the price of local hamburger stalls in the philippines that use fresh meat patties.

It's all a learning game, and the shortcut is street food, mom-and-pops, no chains.

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[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You will see me on the TV--a legend.

[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Utterly non-monotonic. from function to legend.

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That is really the only thing those of us with nonmonotonicity want. A small amount of recognition.

[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 1 points 4 months ago

No city deserves recognition more.

PS "nonmonotonicity" had me laugh out loud for real.