Originally Posted by BigFatMeanie (Post 71776)

Asians generally aren't big on cheese - they think it smells bad. My mission comp and I used to "teach english" (using a very loose definition of the term) at a hotel in Bangkok - teaching the bell hops. We were supposed to be doing it as volunteers but we worked out a deal with the hotel manager where he would pay us by letting us order anything we wanted off the hotel menu after class each week. Our favorite thing to order was the cheese platter. Nothing fancy - just a mix of your plain-jane swiss, american, cheddar, etc. But it was sweet ambrosia to our dairy-product-starved tastebuds.

There were a couple of cute sister missionaries in our district that started teaching english to the housekeepers at the same time. For about two months we would go with the sisters to the hotel restaurant and get our free meals after each class. Man, eating a cheese platter in the hotel restaurant with a couple of cute sister missionaries once a week is about as close to Nirvana as missionary life gets. I was definitely sad when I got transfered out of that area.

Originally Posted by YOhio (Post 71902)

Great story. In Taiwan the only cheese we could afford was the Chinese version of Kraft singles. They were disgusting, but we ate it anyway.

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute (Post 71905)

No shortage of cheese in Italy.

Originally Posted by YOhio (Post 71916)

I guess every missions have its advantages. At least you had some good cheese to enjoy while dodging mob hits.

Originally Posted by YOhio (Post 71916)

I guess every missions have its advantages. At least you had some good cheese to enjoy while dodging mob hits.

Originally Posted by BigFatMeanie (Post 72026)

Although he had good cheese, he never got to sample the delights of eating at Xiao Long Bao at Din Tai Fung in Taipei. Every place definitely has its advantages.