chill babes.

hahah satay sauce - here it is sold like how we sell fish/prawn/chicken with black bean sauce.I actually find it oh so funny - they think they are being so hip eating 'exotic' food,but its actually peanut butter melted:).

as for boomerang-ing them insults - trust me,give it a couple more months of disrespectful ignorant comments, and you will start biting back.

My friends try and do the same thing. One thing I learnt being with them is, they do accept criticism. Doing what the Romans do means in this case, they would listen to what you have to say because you're Asian and they are not. Don't be quietly polite on their account.

I've learnt to just tell them what I think politely. Surprisingly enough...they picked it up and the next time we get invited over, hell yeah those were good meals.

our food is mostly pheasant..??

you grew up on game birds ah??

italian who wont eat your pasta because you're not an italian? you should've make him/her an offer he/she cant refuse....

been binging on sopranos episode...

I know how that feels...or worse, you cook up a storm in the kitchen and after dinner, when you clear the plates, you find leftovers because it isn't what they are used to eating despite it being authentic. Talk about being slapped in the face.

sourrain: heheh... start counting down, see how long b4 i get thick skinned...

edrei: that is proly the best thing to do. no harm adapting that way either. it's just hard when i'm generally verbally unassertive by nature (i prefer to write). i think into things too much before i speak - and by the time i know what to say, its too late. i also just haven't been able to adjust as quickly as i thought i could.

ront:bleh. sp error. peasant. what offer lah? care to teach me, Don Ron? heheh...

mei: things i can't learn not to take personally. *hums*

Hee hee! The Japanese havea habit of Japanesing food.

If you head down to the Corner of Druitt and Sussex, there is a Japanese Restaurant there which does Italian food at night [and Japanese during the day]... it's up on the balcony area whcih is accessible from Druitt St. [Same side that Town Hall is on. Otherside is a hotel. If you get to the traffic lights you've missed it].
Anyway, the Italian food there taste nothing like Italian. It's very Japanese. [Some of my Japanese friends used to work there. I was tempted to drop by when I was in Sydney, but didn't]. But, my friend Sauri explained to me that it is what Italian food taste like in Japan. :-)

Anyway, the best Vegetarian Lasagne I've had is the one in Centrepoint at the Italian Take Away there. [Not sure it's name. It's next to the Mexican take away]. But, the cook there is Chinese.

So, Asians can cook Italian food, and all cultures have a habit of changing food to meet their own palates [such as the Japanese restuarant that cooks Italian food at night]. ;-)