This reminds me of this story told to me a long time ago and I can’t say how true it is.
Back in the day there’s this dinner between Western and Chinese diplomats. They were served ice cream as dessert. The Chinese, having never seen it before, saw the wisp of condensation around the ice cream and thought it was steam. So he blew on it before eating it, and everyone at the table laughed at him.
Not letting them have the last laugh, he invited them to dinner the next day. For dessert, he served them Guilinggao (a jelly like dessert traditionally made with turtle shells and herbs, served hot). The Westerners thought it was cold and put some in their mouths right away and burnt their tongue.
This reminds me of this story told to me a long time ago and I can’t say how true it is.
Back in the day there’s this dinner between Western and Chinese diplomats. They were served ice cream as dessert. The Chinese, having never seen it before, saw the wisp of condensation around the ice cream and thought it was steam. So he blew on it before eating it, and everyone at the table laughed at him.
Not letting them have the last laugh, he invited them to dinner the next day. For dessert, he served them Guilinggao (a jelly like dessert traditionally made with turtle shells and herbs, served hot). The Westerners thought it was cold and put some in their mouths right away and burnt their tongue.