I have found that in the school canteen, if you order your dish and have them put it over the rice on one dish instead of getting a dish of food and a bowl of rice you save 5 mao (about US$0.06). Not sure why, maybe because then they only have to wash one plate instead of a bowl and a plate. If I do that at lunch and dinner for a week, I will have saved up enough for a whole dinner!
It is odd how being here makes you think about things like that. If you go out to a bar and order a drink, it is 40 yuan or more a drink. I instantly convert that to meals in the canteen, and think, "What?? That is two days worth of food!!" A few of my friends often sit outside in the bar district and drink beers outside where they are only 4 yuan a beer. You can still hear the music, and it is not so loud that you can't hold a conversation. If there were only tables and chairs...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment