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Cake day: July 19th, 2023

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  • The red part is the Chinese Sausage. I’ve only seen this kind in grocery stores but they are all of this variety. This kind hails from southern China. I’m sure there are other types, but this is the most prevalent variety.

    In Cantonese, this is called “lap cheong”. In my minor dialect of Chinese, it’s called “gong chiang”.

    It’s salty with a sweet vinegary flavor. There’s usually marbled fat throughout the sausage. The bite is chewier than a standard Italian sausage, more like jerky but not as dry.

    It was my bacon growing up and my family used it as such. It’s delicious and every time I have it, I’m transported back to my childhood. But I try to stay away from heavily processed foods and leaning more vegetarian/vegan as I’m approaching seniority.

    Filipinos have a sausage with a similar taste profile called Longganisa. It’s usually more stout in shape and more tender than a Chinese Sausage.














  • American Chinese here - yes I watched a lot of Wu Kong / A Journey to the West adaptations as a kid. Both animated and live action.

    He’s known as a trickster in the source material even though the style in which he’s presented in this new game portrays him edgier and more serious. Usually he’s more akin to Hermes or Loki.

    I haven’t watched any trailers so don’t know much about the game, but in A Journey to the West, he’s tasked with protecting and escorting a Buddhist Monk on an adventure along with other ensemble characters (like a pig for instance).

    On their adventures, the monk guides and teaches him about Buddhist principles like Nirvana and enlightenment and he works on becoming less monkey-like (not giving into his impulses, anger management, etc.) Much of the humor of the series stems from their contrasting personalities.

    He’s also known as the Monkey King. But since I’m not fluent in Chinese it was hard to grasp some of these details and what they mean to the story. They encounter many deities, demons, spirits and other such mythological beings along the way.

    His main weapon is a magical staff. From what I remember, it can grow and shrink and transform. His fur is also magical as he can pluck it and perform some magic tricks with it.