我的丹麦留学生活

I was in China for almost 2 months to visit my parents and family. It had been over a year since I saw them last time. It was great to see them and have so much fantastic Chinese food and you know I have been talking and dreaming about this good food for long time. But after I had stayed there for about a month, I started to miss Denmark and Danish food. I found this a bit strange, I mean it would be kind of make sense if a Dane says something like this, right? And while I live in Denmark, I often bitch about how boring Denmark and Danish food is, but this time in the 2 months away from Denmark, I realized that there are some things in Denmark which are quite addictive.

No.1 the fresh clean tap water

When I just landed in Beijing airport, I went to the toilet and started to drink the tap water. Man, you guys should have seen people’s face when they found out that I was really drinking it. LOL

No.2 Danish milk

In China there are two or three big dairy brands and none of them taste good. The fresh milk tastes like some kind of milk powder drink and there is another milk product which is filled in some kind of small carton boxes, it is marked as fresh milk on the box but it can last in the normal room temperature for 6 months. Hmmm fresh milk ?! You know the first kind of fresh milk is so expensive (10Dkk for 1 liter which is a lot for an average Chinese ) so many people drink the carton one instead.

No.3 Cheese

There is actually Danish butter and two or three kindsof cheese in Chinese supermarkets. But the price… it costs around 40 dkk for normal butter.

No.4 Danish bread

I love the dark bread, especially with different kinds of sil (Herring). mmm yum yum, but I can live without it. But normal white bread is kind of necessary for daily life, but in China the normal while bread is like sweet tea buns or cake, it’s so sweet you can even use it for dessert.

So that’s what I can think about it for now, what about you? If you have lived in Denmark before, have you missed the things I have mentioned above? Or maybe something else.