A Simple Thing: Sweet Tea
Ahhhh for simple things! It’s simple things you miss the most, and when ya get back to ‘em, ya savor ‘em more than ever. Well, I sure came upon one this week: Southern sweet tea! Nothing like it!
Today I stopped at an ole favorite hangout of mine near Clemmons, Ronnie’s. They have great wings that Dominick enjoyed after our golf game. I was enjoying a bomber sandwich and fresh chips and some of the best sweet iced tea. But what was amazing was that every time my cup got half empty, our waitress was refilling it!
And that’s the way it is all over the South! Practically every restaurant in the South has a waitress that calls ya “darlin” and she refills your iced tea every chance she can! And the glasses or cups (as often is the preferred style here) are HUGE!
I’ve practically OD’d on iced tea the last week! It’s been great! Now I go back to China where you can hardly find iced tea. When a Dongguan or Hong Kong restaurant does have iced tea, it’s usually an “iced lemon tea.” And that means it’s loaded with lemon! They usually put half a lemon hanging on the side of the glass. Maybe in slices, but it is a bunch of lemon.
And if you do want iced tea, you better make it clear to the waiter or waitress you want it soon. It seems the Chinese think that iced tea is for dessert. And then if you want more, whoa! “You really can’t be serious,” is the look you get! Chinese waiters just don’t believe you could ever want another… particularly since they’re gonna charge ya for another. Did I say “No refill?” I sure did! You have to pay for every refills! And often each glass is as much as an alcoholic drink! And we ain’t talking about HUGE cups like in NC! NO! Their usually puny little glasses!
I’ll miss sweet iced tea! Particularly the refills and being called “darlin!”
posted by A Bryson (formerly) in China @ 10:31 AM
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