{"id":510,"date":"2014-07-23T18:18:14","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T23:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wong2014\/?page_id=510"},"modified":"2024-07-25T22:22:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T03:22:38","slug":"food","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/food\/","title":{"rendered":"Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_fullwidth_section et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_fullwidth_header et_pb_fullwidth_header_0 et_pb_section_parallax  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_parallax_bg_wrap et-pb-parallax-wrapper\"><span\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"et_parallax_bg et_pb_parallax_css et_parallax_bg--et_pb_fullwidth_header_0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/2014\/07\/Mandarin-Garden-3-6-13-14.jpg);\"\n\t\t\t\t\t><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_container center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header-content-container center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Food<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_header_content_wrapper\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_scroll\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-628 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/2014\/07\/asialogo-150x150.png\" alt=\"asialogo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/2014\/07\/asialogo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/2014\/07\/asialogo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/2014\/07\/asialogo-1022x1024.png 1022w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/2014\/07\/asialogo-240x240.png 240w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/2014\/07\/asialogo-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/2014\/07\/asialogo-121x121.png 121w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/2014\/07\/asialogo-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/2014\/07\/asialogo-184x184.png 184w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/2014\/07\/asialogo-115x115.png 115w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/368\/2014\/07\/asialogo.png 1444w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Food is a distinct manifestation and celebration of<\/b>\u00a0<strong>culture,<\/strong>\u00a0one that is easily approachable\u00a0and shared with\u00a0others. More than just a culinary experience, food offers a unique perspective from which individual tastes, traditional customs, and even\u00a0cultural shocks are observed. \u00a0Of course, Asian culture in America, including here in Northfield, is often associated with food, from egg rolls to tofu to sweet and sour chicken. Whether these commonly-known items are \"authentically\" Asian is a different story.<\/p>\n<div class=\"et_toggle_content et_module_setting et_lb_module_content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><strong>Toui Mohlke -\u00a0<\/strong>\"I always make it a point to bring Asian food to share. To let everyone try something, hopefully, different than... what they\u2019ve tried before. But inevitably everyone always just asks for egg rolls.\"<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class='et-learn-more clearfix'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='heading-more'>Toui Mohlke Transcription<span class='et_learnmore_arrow'><span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='learn-more-content'>Even with our, we have a, we have an annual block party where, where we live and, you know, we, it\u2019s the typical block party stuff. Except ours is a little more elaborate, we sometimes have bands and fireworks and stuff too, but we haven\u2019t done that in a little bit. But uh, you know, we all bring food to share, and so I always make it a point to bring Asian food to share. To let everyone try something, hopefully, different than, than, what, you know, they\u2019ve tried before. But inevitably everyone always just asks for egg rolls. You know, and \u201cNo, I think I\u2019m going to bring something different.\u201d But that\u2019s kind of, you know, the typical stuff that we run across all the time.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_video et_pb_video_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Toui Mohlke: Food\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qemLaG-miYQ?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_video et_pb_video_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pei Yang: Food\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C2OWoKGSrpY?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div class=\"et_module et_m_column et_m_column_2_3 ui-draggable ui-droppable ui-sortable et_first\">\n<div class=\"et_module et_m_text_block ui-draggable ui-resizable et_first\" style=\"width: 100%; margin-right: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"et_module_settings\">\n<div class=\"et_text_block_content et_module_setting et_lb_module_content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Pei Yang -\u00a0<\/strong>\"We are now in Minnesota, the Midwest, \u00a0so basically they emphasize sweetness... Sometimes it\u2019s funny, they order a plate of fried rice, and they will ask me whether I have sweet and sour sauce. I ask what they need the sauce for. \u201cOh, I can add it to the rice.\u201d Then I really want to say... isn\u2019t that defeat the purpose?\"<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class='et-learn-more clearfix'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='heading-more'>Pei Yang Transcription<span class='et_learnmore_arrow'><span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='learn-more-content'>We are here in the middle of America, compared to the West Coast... or somewhere... like the South, it\u2019s not quite the same. We are now in Minnesota, the Midwest, \u00a0so basically they emphasize sweetness, emphasize deep fried, umm... also meat... so... lots of the dishes have to be crispy; therefore, our recipes have also changed... our menu, in order to accommodate their taste, will make certain changes. \u00a0Sometimes it\u2019s funny, they order a plate of fried rice, and they will ask me whether I have sweet and sour sauce. I ask what they need the sauce for. \u201cOh, I can add it to the rice.\u201d Then I really want to say... isn't that defeat the purpose?<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>Hsiang-Lin Shih - <\/strong>\"I<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0don't know whether I should say this out loud, but, I really like <em>New Buffet<\/em>. [...] Other people would criticize that is too Americanized. Somehow our family doesn't think so<\/span>.\"<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class='et-learn-more clearfix'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='heading-more'>Hsiang-Lin Shih Transcription<span class='et_learnmore_arrow'><span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='learn-more-content'>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don't know whether I should say this out loud, but, I really like <em>New Buffet<\/em>. So of course a lot of people would recommend <em>Mandarin Garden<\/em>. Yeah, but New Buffet is like my little family\u2019s secret. Like, we like certain kinds of dishes. So whenever we go there, we always say \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mopo tofu<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d (grandma bean crud) or\u00a0 \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shenme<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d (whatever). There's also a kind of \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tang<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d (soup), and there's a \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cai<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d (vegetable). Now, you know, it's my husband ordering those dishes. And other people would criticize that is too Americanized. Somehow our family doesn't think so. So, I don't know why people are thinking that way or a certain way. So New buffet is definitely that. And second to New Buffet will be my own house. My husband is quite a good cook.<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_video et_pb_video_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hsiang-Lin Shih: Food\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O4fj7BSE3Lg?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":851,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-510","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1872,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/510\/revisions\/1872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/ain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}