GLOVE, STRAW AND MARROW

Another foodie adventure I can't afford not to share in my blog is that one time when my BFF and I went out with the *Magic Onions for dinner, and we had fun sucking bone marrows like there's no tomorrow!

The good thing about dining out with the *Magic Onions is that each of them being pure Chinese who immigrated from different parts of China, they know their native cuisine so well, and so they also know which places in Toronto serve it authentic or not.   Usually, when we go out with the *Magic Onions, we leave it up to them to order, and they would do so in their language/dialect.  Every once in a while my BFF and I would attempt ordering in Chinese, but unlike my BFF, who most of the time succeeded (his tongue is more complex than mine - he speaks Tagalog, Ilocano, English, a little French, fluent in Spanish, more fluent in Bekimon), the farthest I've done is asked a glass of water.   Hehe!

One time, we got tired of Asian Legend (our regular Friday after-game hang-out place) so we decided to eat at somewhere new.  We went to another Chinese restaurant in North York - Finch Avenue and Yonge Street, the name of the place unfortunately, I failed to get.  I remember the store signs were written in Chinese, and I didn't ask for English translation.  The restaurant was okay, nothing too fancy, but with the good Asian population in North York, customers were in and out when we went there. 

So anyway, BFF and I were both intrigued when, other than chopsticks, we were also given a bunch of gloves and straws.  Followed soon was a bowl of flavored pork bone/hocks.  All set and ready for dinner, we were then told by the *Magic Onions that the gloves was so that our hands will not get dirty when we hold the pork bones, and the straw is to suck/sip the marrow out.  BFF and I eagerly put on a glove in one hand, stuck a straw into the bone, and sipped all the marrow we could get, just like the way you would to sip fresh coconut juice.  Haha!

The glove, straw and marrow  experience kind of reminded me of Bulalo (Filipino Bone Marrow Stew).  Only, we Pinoys do not use straw when eating Bulalo, but we "taktak" the bone to get the marrow out or "sungkit" it with a fork.  LOL.  So for that, I'd like to say kudos to Chinese brilliancy ;)

*Magic Onions - the volleyball team I used to play with for pick-up games when I was in Toronto. 

Julio at Julia - Kambal ng Tadhana :D

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