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6/27/13

Today I am free writing about Chinese food.  I greatly enjoy Chinese food.  Really it doesn’t have to be Chinese either.  I enjoy Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, and a variety of other Asian based cuisines.  While I am a Springfield, MO native and do enjoy cashew chicken, it is not all I like.  I love stir fry.  The variety of veggies is great.  It’s amazing how a different sauce can completely change a meal.  Using relatively the same ingredients except for the sauces, it’s possible to make wildly varied dishes.  Since I was able to drive myself places, I have always have a nearby Chinese joint that I hit up on the regular.  The restaurant has changed many times over the years, but I always have one.  I also cook Chinese for myself.  I can’t stand the smell of the kitchen after deep frying stuff, so I stick to stir fry on a wok.  Many times I have prepared enough for myself to eat leftovers for an entire week.  This is rare however, because my roommates will end up wanting some too.  I have considered opening a restaurant or something myself and calling it Walk’s Wok.  I think it would be a smashing success.   I have spent time as a line cook though, and I can’t say I am too thrilled about actually working in Walk’s Wok.  Maybe I can get my fancy slip (degree) and then earn enough to save away and someday open it up.  It seems like it would be rough in this town, there is a Chinese place on every corner it seems.   But I guess as a Springfield, MO Chinese connoisseur myself; I know there are good ones and bad ones.  I would insist upon Walk’s Wok being one of the good ones.   If anybody is keeping score, yes I did go back and correct some misspellings in this writing, so it’s not a completely real free write.  I did try and edit after though, to not break up the flow during the exercise.