We went to Qinghai twice already this year, to check out possible sites and partners for service-learning projects. It looks really promising. And we are quite excited about sending teams of students here.
In the meantime, we are also learning a lot about the local culture, particularly the food culture. In one afternoon,, we went to a local walking street, where there are dozens and dozens of eateries and street vendors selling all kinds of ethnic snacks and street food.
There are these highland barley 青稞. A kind of grain that grows well in the high altitude of the Tibetan highland. It can be eaten as a grain, ground into flour to make noodles and cake, fermented to make beer and liquor, ...
The famous yak’s 氂牛 tasty meat.
Buttered tea 酥油茶. It is salty rather than sweet. There are also yogurt and other related drinks and dessert.
Goji berries 枸杞. Red as well as black.
Stuffed lamb 羊腸 small intestines. Quite tasty but spicy.
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Apricots. … And a lot more.
After a while, I noticed something unusual. At first, I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. Then I realised that there are no garbage cans. There we’re also no garbage on the street. Even around the street vendors selling snacks. They all come in containers, don’t they? What happens to all the garbage? Finally, when we were leaving, we found garbage cans at the end of the street. It is quite amazing, and impressive. That the place is so clean and tidy. I have to take my hat off, to the local people.
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