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| Tibetan Tea House |
終於可以在離開西藏前去了藏式茶館，又多了一樣喜歡西藏的原因了。
It is great that I visited the Tibetan Tea House before I left Tibet.
When no one I met in Hostel wanted to go to Tea House, a Tibetan uncle Xi(I can't remember his name, just call him this name hahaha), who I met at Yunnan, messaged me by asking where am I. I told him that I wanted to visit Tea House but I was afraid to enter as I was alone and most of the customers were Tibetan male. He said I can find him at Tea House. He is a nice person and always text us to make sure the solo-backpacker (like me) to travel safe in China. I feel glad there is someone go with me in the Tea House.
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| 餃子和甜茶。 Dumpling and milk tea. |
The Tea House was full of customers and Tibetan people occupied the most and few are tourists. Uncle Xi led me to his Tibetan friends. He then left me in the seat to buy food. It was quite strange for me to seat in a crowd of Tibetan males. They seem to be not interested in why I am sitting here and continue their conversation with friends. I guess maybe they are not interested to communicate with Han (Mainland Chinese) (I am not mainland but my face can't tell) and maybe I am just a little girl. Meanwhile Uncle Xi come back with a cup of Tibetan Sweet Tea/milk tea. I really like the milk tea. Later, a waitress put down a bowl of dumpling. I did not have good memory about dumpling in Tibet but this one is a Good one! I eat it one by one with no pause. Uncle Xi asked me is it good. I replied with full of dumpling in my mouth "It taste better than what I ate before." He laughed.
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| 人民幣這樣皺皺的放在桌上用以給侍應識別要否續杯。 The creased Yuan placed publicly on the table to show the cup need to refill. |
When I finished my cup of milk tea, a waitress with a tea pot come and help me to fill another cup. He pick up the Five dollar Yuan paper notes and put back two One-dollar Yuan and five Five-cent Yuan. And then I just released that those creased paper money on the table is a sign for waitress to recognize who want to fill in the drink. This is the first time for me to see Chinese people to expose the money publicly on the table.
我跟大哥說，西藏的茶館都有好多藏民在坐著聊天，他說這裡的人都在浪費時間，聽到我笑了。藏民有很多空餘時間一般會去茶館跟朋友見面聊天，去茶館這個活動是幾乎每天都會發生，我說我很羨慕他們這麼休閒的生活，而且茶館的收費也便宜，這樣跟朋友聊天坐多久也沒有人跟你反白眼。對比城市裡的咖啡廳，價錢翻十倍，在香港有些咖啡廳也變成了「來也怱怱去也怱怱」的地方，已稱不上「悠閒」。當時我身處在熱鬧的茶館，坐著坐著也不想離開。
I told Uncle Xi there were so many Tibetan in different tea house everyday. "Yes they waste their time like this" he replied normally. I laughed as for me they are relaxing. When there is a free time, Tibetan will go to the Tea house to meet friends and chat. Also, the food price is low here. Compare to cafes or coffee shop in city, the tea house is an affordable and lively place for majority to stay. In Hong Kong, the cafe is like a fast food restaurant and not always relaxing instead crowded. If it is like this, I would prefer Tea House, however there is none in HK.
我跟大哥說，西藏的茶館都有好多藏民在坐著聊天，他說這裡的人都在浪費時間，聽到我笑了。藏民有很多空餘時間一般會去茶館跟朋友見面聊天，去茶館這個活動是幾乎每天都會發生，我說我很羨慕他們這麼休閒的生活，而且茶館的收費也便宜，這樣跟朋友聊天坐多久也沒有人跟你反白眼。對比城市裡的咖啡廳，價錢翻十倍，在香港有些咖啡廳也變成了「來也怱怱去也怱怱」的地方，已稱不上「悠閒」。當時我身處在熱鬧的茶館，坐著坐著也不想離開。
I told Uncle Xi there were so many Tibetan in different tea house everyday. "Yes they waste their time like this" he replied normally. I laughed as for me they are relaxing. When there is a free time, Tibetan will go to the Tea house to meet friends and chat. Also, the food price is low here. Compare to cafes or coffee shop in city, the tea house is an affordable and lively place for majority to stay. In Hong Kong, the cafe is like a fast food restaurant and not always relaxing instead crowded. If it is like this, I would prefer Tea House, however there is none in HK.
