Chinese food In Bulgaria

Last monday was Chinese New Year, and one of your jobs as a Peace Corps Volunteer is cultural exchange.  That is why when my friend Dan told me that he was going to be celebrating Chinese New Year with his kids and asked me for his help, I was more than willing to say yes, as long as it was safe for me to travel.  There were two reasons for my overwhelming urge to help, one Dan is my friend, and two Chinese food isn’t great in Bulgaria, and three being that Dan is an amazing cook, but that is a given if you read my other blog posts.  Chinese food in Bulgaria has shown me the best and the worst of chain Chinese restaurants in America, not counting that AMAZING Chinese restaurant that my PST group, see post http://fromheretobulgaria.wordpress.com/2010/06/12/so-a-funny-thing-happened-in-plevin-today/ .

I arrived in Dan’s town early by Saturday morning standards and we went shopping:  flour, sugar, rice vinegar, salt, sugar, ground pork, salmon, cream cheese, onion, and avocado.  My thoughts first went to the Superbowl party that I can’t go to because we don’t get our four-day weekend .  Anyway we went back to Dan’s place and met with his students.  We made pot-stickers and sushi, Philadelphia Rolls to be exact even though I have never heard of them.  It was fun to make food, eat it and enjoy the company of Dan’s students.  We then went to a community center and shared the food and Dan shared a bit about Chinese culture.  All in all it was a great day of 2nd and 3rd goal activities.

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