I-20 Magazine Travel Issue

Advanced Writing Class

Center for English Language and American Culture

Fall 2016

1 Top Ten Apps To Travel Bet t er

Ming Li, China

I t is well-known that the eat very well, we will not have sm artphone is a very energy to do other things. I f im portant part of our life. I f you use this app you can find we use sm artphones, we anything that you want to know the app is the m ost eat. Also you can find the im portant feature. 3. Smart Traveler m ost popular food in any 8. Google Translate city. I t will provide a lot of You can install every app When we travel to another types of restaurants like When we go to another that you want online. There country, there are things we Chinese, Thai, or Am erican. I t country, they m ight not speak are a lot of different types don?t know of that country. also provides the price. When English, but if we can only of apps, som e of which are This app will provide useful the restaurants pop up, it will speak English what can we very useful for our daily inform ation, including give you the average price. I f do? We just use Google lives. im portant local laws, you have this app, you will Translate to help us translate. inform ation on m edical never be hungry when you Google Translate has 104 A lot of people like to travel. services, and safety and travel. languages. I f you want to say Which apps can m ake our security advice. I t will also som ething in different travel better? Here I will provide current travel alerts languages, you just type in introduce you 10 apps that I and warnings from the local English, then it will convert to think are very useful for our area you are traveling in. And another language. I t is travels. you can connect with the awesom e! U.S. em bassy to help you deal with things like a lost 6. Google Maps passport or other em ergencies. But this app is We use this app a lot in our only for Am ericans. norm al life. This one is really good, when we travel we 9. Turo 1. Expedia m ight not know how to get When you travel, if you don?t This is a really useful app som ewhere. I f we use this want to take the bus or when we buy air tickets. one, we will never get lost; we subway you need Turo. Turo is When you open this app you can go anywhere we want. an app to help rent a car for a will see a lot of deals for Another helpful things are short tim e. I believe a lot of tickets and hotels. I t will 4. WiFi Map that if you don?t have people prefer to drive a car always provide som e deals internet, you can download when they go to the other for you. And you also can We need WiFi every day. the m ap in this app. city, because taking the bus use this app to find When we go to som e other and subway is very stressful. som eone to pick you up country, our destination our Turo will always give coupons from the airport or your network m ight not be and deals. You can use this available, but we need to app in the whole US. hom e. connect with our fam ily and friends .So we can use this app to connect to som e free 7. XE currency Wi-Fi spots. When you open this app, you will see a m ap As we all know, we use 2. Hotels.com with a lot of spots you can different types of m oney in connect to free. Then you can different countries. But the 10. Airbnb This one is really good for connect with your fam ily and m oney is not equal. Like if we reserving hotels. Wherever friends. go to China?s m all and we see When you go to another city you are, you can use this clothes, it m ight cost 668 or country, you don?t want to app to help you to find a CNY. But we don?t know how live in a hotel. You want to hotel. You can use this app m uch it will cost in dollars. So live like hom e. Airbnb is an to find the nearest, cheapest we just use this app to help us app for short-term rentals. or m ost com fortable one. I t convert. Then we will know We can use this app to find a will always provide the best how m uch it costs in dollars. house to rent for a week. The deal. 5. Yelp houses on Airbnb are very beautiful. I f you don?t want to I n China, we think ?eating? is go to the hotel, just login in the m ost im portant thing in Airbnb to find your our lives. Because if we can?t tem porary hom e! 2 Group Travel v. Personal Travel Ae Kyoung Yang, South Korea

Mark Twain said, Also, you can learn schedule that consists of sightseeing, activi- ?Travel is fatal to from other travelers, ties, shopping, and dining. prejudice, bigotry, since they have dif- and narrow- ferent backgrounds, I f you want to travel, but you don?t have tim e m indedness." experiences, and dif- to get inform ation about where to go and to ferent perspectives book plane tickets, hotels, rent-a-car, and Travel is needed for even though they see restaurants, you can choose group travel. m any reasons, for the sam e fam ous However, group travel doesn?t provide freedom instance, resting, sights. You can ex- sightseeing, experi- because you have to follow a schedule. I n ad- change im pressions dition, if you don?t show up on tim e, you m ay encing, m aking and opinions with friends, eating spe- inconvenience other tourists. Of course, you others during the can take a rest in the hotel room or go to other cial foods, or just for tour. having fun. Also places after telling the tour guide, yet you travel gives us so I n addition, if you get m ight feel unsatisfied or spend m ore m oney. m any things, such as sick, other people can Personal travel m eans that you travel with freedom , realization, take care of you. Fur- som eone who is close to you, such as fam ily happiness, confi- therm ore, the travel m em bers, friends, or co-workers. And it in- dence, m em ories, price m ight be cludes traveling alone. and so on. cheaper in groups. What are the good things of personal travel? Actually, I love travel, Discounts for travel- You can go to the places you prefer whenever so I usually try to de- ing are possible when you want, so it m akes you feel m ore free and cide where to go and a travel agency satisfied. I f you travel alone, you don?t need to plan the trip before m akes a reservation care about anyone and argue about where to vacation. Especially at an air com pany in go and eat and sleep. All decisions are yours. when I decide how to groups because there travel, I always ago- are group seats and On the other hand, you need to plan the nize on two things, regular seats on air- schedule, transportation, hotel, and place to group travel or per- planes, and group eat. I t will take a long tim e to plan the best sonal travel. Which seats are cheaper. route and reserve everything. I t can m ake you one do you prefer? This rule also applies tired and exhausted before leaving. Also you to restaurants. m ay be nervous because you have to check Group travel refers to and solve everything by yourself. going with m ore than Moreover, you can two people. Here it enjoy your destina- Although you have m ore opportunities to m eans group pack- tion without any ef- speak other languages by com m unicating with age tour. You could fort, as a travel people who you m eet, if you can?t speak the choose any travel agency provides a other language, it is hard to travel com fortably package through I n- ternet sites, pam - phlets, com m ercials, or a travel agency. Here are the good things of group travel: I t is safer than personal travel, since the tour guide gives you inform ation about how to be careful in advance. You can walk around with m any com pan- ions, so you are pro- tected from any dangers. You always have som eone who explores with you, so you feel less lonely. 3 I-20 Magazine

and easily. I n addition, you don?t have a guide who can help you as well as recom m end useful tips about the place where you travel. So you m ust rely on asking other tourists or searching on tour applications, such as Google, Yelp, and so on. Furtherm ore, the cost of the trip m ight be m ore expensive than group traveling, and you m ight be ex- posed to danger like crim e, for exam - ple, kidnapping, and pickpocketing. I n m y opinion, even though group travel is cheaper, safer, and convenient, I prefer personal travel. I have taken lots of trips through group package tours. By the tim e I finished m y travel, I felt unsatisfied because I couldn?t look around the place where I wanted to go. The given tim e was too short to look around slowly and take pictures, whereas shopping tim e was too long and boring. Besides, I couldn?t rem em - ber the nam e of the fam ous places and foods. I had a m uch different experience with personal travel. My first trip traveling independently was to Macao on the south coast of China. I read a travel guidebook and it was really useful. I have never forgotten everything I did and saw. Traveling by m yself was very exciting and fun. This trip is still vivid in m y m em ory. I n conclusion, both group travel and personal travel have positive and neg- ative sides. I t is hard to say which one is better. You should choose a travel type according to your situation. I f you don?t have tim e to plan, or your travel place has m any risks, group travel m ight be appropriate. Whereas, if you feel uncom fortable being with unknown people, as well as following a planned tim e-chart, you should choose personal travel. Executing a successful and fabulous trip depends on your attitude. I f you have an open-m ind and passion, you can enjoy your travel wherever and with whom ever.

4 The Bi ggest Ai rplane Pavlo Vichar, Ukraine

There is one cargo m echanical factory m odernized. Since lb.) without cargo aircraft that is not in Ukraine under the 2001, the aircraft has and fuel. The capacity designed for people guidance of Victor been m aking suc- of the plane is 1,300 to travel. I t is the Tolm achev from 1984 cessful attem pts to cubic m eters of us- biggest operational to 1988. The first transport big cargo able cargo area, aircraft in the world, flight was on from one place to which is big enough and there is only one Decem ber 21, 1988 another. to hold 50 cars. The in existence. during the Cold War cargo area m easures between the U.S. and The aircraft also has 43 m eters long, 6.4 At the sam e tim e, it the U.S.S.R. im pressive dim en- m eters wide and 4.4 has significant sions which cannot m eters tall. The air- im pact on tourism The An-225 was go unnoticed. The plane can carry up to because people com e created for a narrow An-225 is powered by 250 tons of cargo, to the viewing area at range of unique six turbofan engines com pared with 140 the airport when the transportation instead of the regular tons for the Boeing aircraft arrives or assignm ents at the four. I t is the longest 747-800 and 65 tons departs. For exam ple, tim e. For exam ple, it and the heaviest air- for the Airbus 330. about 20,000 people was designed to plane that has ever cam e to watch its transport the space been built with a I n addition, the An arrival in Perth, shuttle "Buran" on its length of 84 m (275 ft. 225 has a few distinct Australia on May 15, back from the 7 in.) and a weight of functions which 2016. I t is called production site to the 285,000 kg (628,317 m ake the plane An-225 Mriya, which launch area. m eans "dream " in Ukrainian. There were plans to build several m ore Why is the plane in- airplanes, but the teresting for people? USSR collapsed and There are three things the factory could not that m ake the air- produce m ore. More- plane so special and over, in 1994, the en- unique: its history, gines were rem oved dim ensions, and from the plane. I n functions. 2000 when the de- m and of the m arket The airplane was for the An-225 be- designed and cam e obvious, the produced at Kyiv 5 plane was fixed and outstanding and unique. The tail of the fuselage is divided in two parts, which enables the airplane to carry any kind of aerodynam ic cargo up to 250 tons on the top of the plane. Another kind of cargo, for instance containers, can cause obstacles for controlling the aircraft. Furtherm ore, the power of the engines enables the plane to lift a space shuttle to the sky and send it to space. That advantage saves costs of fuel up to 12 tim es. Cargo is loaded via the m assive front door, which hinges open so that a ram p m ay extend out. As a result, the plane can load very long and heavy cargo. I n conclusion, the dim ensions and functions of the An-225 Mriya m ake it special and unique. The aircraft represents the power of hum an thought and "As a Ukrainian, I am ideas. I t m akes m e feel proud that just a few countries can produce so proud that the big airplanes, and one of them is Ukraine. However, based on m any biggest airplane was Russian articles that I have read, authors have been trying to argue designed and that the plane is not related to Ukraine. One of the pieces of produced in my evidence for this argum ent is that Ukraine was part of the USSR, country almost 30 therefore the airplane relates m ore to Russia rather than to Ukraine. years ago." As a Ukrainian, I am so proud that the biggest airplane was designed and produced in m y country alm ost 30 years ago. People from all over the world can see the plane if it arrives in their countries. I f you know that the An-225 is com ing to an airport close to your hom e, go see it! 6 DRUM TOWER STREET, BEIJING Anhua Xu, China

Have you been bored in Beijing? Are you gift desires. tired of the Great Wall and Forbidden City? There are many different kinds of Look no further than the Hollywood hills of restaurants along the street. On this street Beijing, Drum Tower Street, which is in there is the most famous Peking duck Dongcheng district. This historic part of house in all of Beijing, as well as delicious Beijing has activities and sights for people street foods like crunchy candied of all ages and interests, from its modern hawthorn. There are many opportunities roads to ancient drum towers. In the past, to shop on the street. Popular shops drum towers were include traditional bakeries and candy "On the edges of used for time service, the lake there are stores. There are many kinds of delicious to let people know vendors who sell cakes and candies, along with red beans, the time. traditional toys green beans, and sesame. Very popular and Beijingese yogurt, making Drum Tower Street, modern stores include traditional themed the lake an one of my favorite ice cream places like Haagen-Dazs and a exciting place for places in central cute coffee shop like Starbucks. young people and Beijing, is not a children wanting This street does not only have food stores, single road, but a day some fun." it also has cosmetic stores, all of which are full of adventure. traditional Chinese products. Not only is There are many the packaging very vintage, but also useful. bicycle paths for afternoon rides, as well as Every purchase there is a great gift for your roads for those who love to drive their female friends or family member. cars. The tree-lined streets will keep you cool during the summer and the hanging While many would be attracted to the food lights from the building above keep the of Drum Tower Street, there are also many night bright. As you prepare to spend the opportunities for sightseeing nearby. Shi day, be sure to bring lots of money as Cha Hai is the street famous people live there are many traditional restaurants and on. People who live there include Mei high-end retail shops for all your food and Lanfang, the most famous Peking opera 7 I-20 Magazine

artist in modern Chinese theater, as low trees and parks that surround the well as Song Qingling, often called ?the lakes where you can see lots of ducks. mother of modern China,? who is the On the edges of the lake there are ven- second wife of Sun Yat-sen, one of the dors who sell traditional toys and tra- leaders of the 1911 revolution that ditional Beijingese yogurt, making the established the Republic of China. lake an exciting place for young people While some may want to spend all day and children wanting some fun. looking at the homes of famous peo- A visit to Drum Tower Street will allow ple, there are also three lakes that are you to see the culture of Beijing. The home to many beautiful stone bridges. many attractive features and experi- There is a front lake, a middle lake, and ences create a day full of adventure a back lake, where you can row boats, that will be the highlight of anyone?s but cannot swim. There are many wil- trip to the city of Beijing.

One of the three lakes near Drum Tower Street.

8 L to R: White Sands, Carlsbad Caverns, and the I nternational Balloon Fiesta

THREE PLACES YOU HAVE TO GO IN NEW MEXICO Wei Tang, China

New Mexico state is in the south part of What I most like about White Sands Na- America. It is not the most famous state in tional Monument is the sunset, which is the U.S. However, if you come to New spectacular. I highly recommend that you Mexico, you will be surprised by this sit on the sand dunes and view the sunset. amazing place. The second place is Carlsbad Caverns Na- In New Mexico, people are nice and tional Park, which is in the southeast of friendly. They are very welcoming to peo- New Mexico, pretty near to Texas. The ple who are from other places. Also, the deepest cavern, which has four chambers, culture is very diversified--Indian culture, is 830 feet underground. You can take an American culture, and many different cul- elevator to see them. My advice is to walk tures from international people. For me, to the deepest cavern. When you want to when I first came here, I was attracted by go back to the ground, you can take the el- scenic spots. There are three places you evator because the view of the trail is also must see, if you are planning to visit New amazing. Mexico, otherwise you will regret it. The caverns are colorful and beautiful. The first place is White Sands National There is a special show in the evening Monument, which is near Alamogordo and where bats will fill the sky. Around 6 p.m., 280 miles away from the biggest city, Albu- millions of bats fly out of the cave. It is in- querque. credible. White Sands National Monument is cov- Finally, if you come to New Mexico in Oc- ered by white gypsum. It is very magical to tober, you shouldn?t miss the International see the dunes in summer because it looks Balloon Fiesta. Every year, the world's like snow, and makes me feel it is winter. biggest balloon festival is held in Albu- You can also see wildlife in this area such querque. People around the world come as lizards, wood rats, and soaptree yuccas. to Albuquerque to join the festival. During 9 Header this time, thousands of balloons lift off from the HOW TO VISIT A COUNTRY WITHOUT SPEAKING THE balloon park. Albu- LANGUAGE querque?s sky will be painted by balloons. Xuemei Wang, China I haven't gone to the Inter- I had never been to any other country before June 3rd this year, national Balloon Fiesta yet, when I went to South Korea for a trip with my mother. Though but I won?t miss this year. I I worked in a Korean transnational corporation, I had learned cannot imagine how fan- little Korean and that was not enough for independent travel. tastic it is when thousands So I had to prepare for this travel before going there. Based on of balloons are in the sky at this experience, I will share some advice with you about how to the same time. travel a country without knowing the language. New Mexico looks quiet First of all, I recommend that you participate in a tour group and normal, but it has the which has two days? free time. The agency could give you some magic power that makes excellent package deals if you ask. It is not an easy thing to talk everybody love this place. with reception by second language, not to mention that there Some people don?t want to go back to where they came from after they visit New Mexico. Also I will miss the desert and dry climate when I get back to China, even though I loved the rain and trees. New Mexico had made an indelible impression on me, because of the won- derful views and events, like White Sands Monu- ment, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, and the most spectacular Interna- tional Balloon Fiesta.

Korean chicken soup ordered with the help of a dictionary

10 are some small hotels' reception that the menu by our dictionary in this cannot speak English. A good guide will restaurant and ordered our soup send you to the hotel and give you a map of successfully. We tasted two kinds of locations that highlights the beautiful high delicious soup with rice. points. My mother chose the international Remembering some signs is useful in Asia, traveling agency. It was advantageous that as different symbols are easy to distinguish. I had never been to any other country before June 3rd this year, our guides told us their opinions about when I went to South Korea for a trip with my mother. Though If you are traveling to other country, you traveling in Seoul. And one of our guide could copy words and ask locals, and they I worked in a Korean transnational corporation, I had learned who was from Korea sent us to the hotel little Korean and that was not enough for independent travel. will be happy to show you the way. So it is and gave us the key to our room so that we important to check the words by dictionary. So I had to prepare for this travel before going there. Based on could enjoy our first day by ourselves. this experience, I will share some advice with you about how to Finally, you should learn some simple travel a country without knowing the language. However, on the second day, we had to sentences or locations' name to help you follow the schedule and spent all day on travel the country, just like, "Thank you," or First of all, I recommend that you participate in a tour group different kinds of duty-free stores which we which has two days? free time. The agency could give you some "Please give me this one." You don?t have to didn?t like. If you really do not want a guide know how to spell these sentences, but you excellent package deals if you ask. It is not an easy thing to talk to lead you to visit every attraction, you had with reception by second language, not to mention that there can imitate their pronunciation in your first better choose the group which only language. They should understand you, provides accommodations and air tickets. even though your pronunciation is not Secondly, it is necessary to have an standard. Meanwhile, if someone helps electronic dictionary and wi-fi when you you, and you say, "thank you" with their want to have a dinner with your friends. As language, they will be glad. In addition, we all know, almost every restaurant uses don?t forget to ask your friends to their own language to write its menu, which remember some sentences. Two brains are means that we cannot understand its better than one. contents and cannot order our meal. In conclusion, traveling to another country Having an electronic dictionary may help is not easy, but it is an exciting thing to you resolve this problem. Maybe some experience. Both my mother and I enjoyed restaurants have pictures of dishes, yet the different kinds of Korean food every day, food stands do not. Many important words like traditional food and Korean barbecue. should be checked before you go to start When we wanted to buy a souvenir in your visit. traditional museum or ask how to go to When we stayed in Seoul, our tour guide Lotte building without knowing their recommended a chicken soup restaurant. It language, we felt a little nervous and was near the Gyeongbokgung, which is the embarrassed. But that was an most famous palace in Korea. The menu in unforgettable memory for our all life. this restaurant was full of Korean and there were no pictures on it. After visiting Gyeongbokgung, my mother and I checked

11 DIFFERENT CULTURES, DIFFERENT MUSIC Grace Cui, China

Every country has their kind of m usic that is Not only does Japan have electronic virtual their sym bol, like protest m usic, the m usic that idols, but it also has virtual idols or groups that people use to protest the governm ent with are from anim ation. Like HTT from anim ation singing, and they do not need to worry about K- ON! and ??s from the anim ation Lovelive!. what the governm ent will do to them . For ex- Actually, ?'s is a virtual group that was m ade am ple, because Am erica is a country of free- into anim ation so people would know them dom , protest m usic with rap, hip hop, or rock better and love them . They even have an album becam e a very im portant part of the Am erican just like real idols or singers do in the real history. That is just like other different kinds of world. This is what only Japan can do the best. m usic in other cultures. People develop their special kind of m usic which is based on their China is a country with a thousand years of culture. I t is very interesting when people find history and a lot of m inorities. From 5,000 out that little connection to the culture that is years of history and also the Chinese hidden in the song. traditional poem , we have a special type of m usic we call Chinese style. This type of m usic Korea is a fam ous country for K- pop. I f you will not use the scale Fa and La; only Do, Re, notice, you will find that this country is used to Mi, So, Ti. This is what Chinese used to use in having a group of singers sing together as one. songs in the past. We will use a lot of Chinese Korea has a trainee system . Teenagers who traditional instrum ents with the western look good, or sing and dance or rap very well, instrum ents. The lyrics in the song will also be will be discovered by the m anager. I f they have like the poem in the past. Only China with this a dream to be a star, they will go to the com - special culture can m ake this type or m usic. pany to ask to be a trainee. They will have two or even m ore years to be trained on how to Am erica, as I said in the beginning, is a sing, dance, keep their body healthy and sexy, country full of freedom . People can sing and also keep looking good together as a exactly what they want in their song, which group, and then they will start their shiny star m akes their rock, rap, and hip-hop a lot life. Because of this trainee system , all the different from that of other countries. I t teenager stars can sing very well and dance doesn?t m ean that other countries do not do a very well at the sam e tim e. They will show their good job on rock or rap, but only in Am erica, very powerful dance as a neat group. This sys- can people sing exactly what they want in their tem is what just Korea group idols will do to be song. That is because Am erica is the country a star. that everyone believes in freedom . People even sing protest songs to the governm ent, and Japan is a fam ous country for anim ation. The they don't need to worry that they will be whole system of anim ation developed a lot of arrested. So people can listen to protest m usic fans in lots of different countries. For exam ple, from different periods to know exactly what they have virtual idols that are from anim a- the society was like at that period. This also tion, like Hatsune Miku, the first electronic vir- can only happen in Am erica. tual idol that can sing whatever people want her to sing. She is actually from a program , but Even in the sam e country, different places people gave her an im age, then she began to have their special local m usic from their his- sing and dance, and even play concerts to her tory, like a sym bol of their society in the past. fans. Even what she does at the concert is I t will be very interesting for people to go visit m ade by the program , but it still m akes her an a city and listen to the local m usic to feel the idol that can connect to her fans like others. texture of the history. 12 CHOOSING YOUR MODE OF TRAVEL Jiaru Wei, China

Travel is a very interesting thing because we always can find som e interesting story or som e interesting knowledge. We learn m any things from travel and we can see m any surprises that we have never seen. Although travel is the sam e, we need to have different behaviors ready for the trip. Different countries have different cultures. I think different countries need different styles to go. Just like, when you go to Africa or to the U.S., you have different ways to travel. Different people have different styles to travel. Travel has m any styles. First, people just go there to look at som e culture or som e fam ous place. This is what m ost people choose to have, and it is also the m ost basic travel style in the world. Secondly, the people want to understand a culture and live there a long tim e. This travel style is m ost free and expensive. They choose the best hotel, best weather, best environm ent. Thirdly, people travel for business, the expenses are supported by their com pany. They don't have a choice on the place or tim e, but they have a good environm ent. The other is to learn and feel Nature and study plants. Som e people have already know this place or have learned som e about the culture there, and then go to this place to travel and study m ore. For exam ple, last year I went to Korea and Thailand. I went to Korea just for shopping, because Korea's m akeup is very fam ous, and to eat som e delicious food. Korea has m any beautiful girls, but I think all of them look very sim ilar. But when I went to Thailand, I saw m any fam ous places and learned m any different cultures. I knew som ething about Thailand history and their king. I learned som e custom s about Thailand, such as when we go to the hotel, we need to say, "Hello, I 'm com e in." So when we m eet different countries, we have different styles. There are m any different styles, but all of this you should choose by yourself according to your interest. Like m e, I like Thailand's culture and Korea's m akeup products. These are different things that I am interested in, so I choose different ways to travel.

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Advanced Writing Class

Center for English Language and American Culture

Fall 2016

15 GOING JAPANESE IN ALBUQUERQUE

by Mika Hashimoto, Japan

I t's not too m uch to say that Japanese food is one of the m ost popular international cuisines in the United States. There are approxim ately 9,000 Japanese restaurants in the U.S., and the num ber has increased 2.5 tim es in the last 10 years. Although not m any people are aware of it, the dishes served at Japanese restaurants here are usually far rem oved from what Japanese people eat in Japan. The m ain reason is probably the owners or the chefs are im m igrants from Asian countries like China, Korea, and Vietnam . Less than 10% of Japanese restaurants are owned by Japanese diaspora, m eaning in 90% of the Japanese restaurants, the dishes are cooked by those who don?t know Japanese culture and don?t have basic Japanese cooking knowledge. Good Japanese cooking is subtle and takes a long tim e to m aster. Sushi chefs in particular are highly trained. The second reason is that the dishes served in the United States are Am ericanized form s of Japanese food, or a fusion of Japanese and Western. The Japanese food and especially Washoku have the m eaning of traditional Japanese cuisine. The California roll born in the 60s in Los Angeles is a good exam ple. The California roll substitutes avocado for toro (fatty tuna) and m akes the roll "inside-out." Traditionally sushi rolls are wrapped with nori on the outside, but Am ericans did not like seeing and chewing the nori on the outside of the roll. I n addition, Japanese food now m eans

Ramen from Naruto 16 I-20 ABQ

not only the traditional real Japanese! I n Japan, it is bowl, a bun sandwich, or a Japanese cuisine, but also the typical to go have drinks with sushi roll. You choose the dishes which were fused with your colleagues ending the m eat and vegetables to add. different cultures in relatively night with a final bowl of ra- I t?s a m ust- try if you are recent years: teppanyaki, m en. The tonkotsu ram en looking for som ething con- teriyaki, curry rice, katsu- don, served here rem inded m e of venient, healthy and fun! I ram en and so on. those days I used to spend also recom m end trying the drinking with m y friends. m accha (green tea) roll cake I ?m afraid to say it?s very dif- or azuki roll cake ficult to enjoy the real tradi- There is a new for dessert. They tional Japanese cuisine in Al- restaurant in town "Dishes served in won?t m ake you re- buquerque. Let m e note that that just opened the U.S. are gret eating too Washoku was added to UN- this October. Americanized forms m uch as the cake is ESCO?s I ntangible Cultural Mogu Mogu of Japanese food, not only tasty but Heritage list in Decem ber (m eaning Nom light. 2013. The Japanese govern- nom in Japanese) or a fusion of m ent defined Washoku as a is a local café Japanese and According to m y social practice based on an (4001 Masthead St Western." Japanese friends,? essential spirit of the Japan- NE) born in the there are other nice ese: ?respect for nature." I t Japanese Fam ily authentic Japanese contributes to healthy life and kitchen. The concept is to restaurants in town such as: strengthens fam ilial and m ake authentic m eals sim ple, Nagom i, Magokoro Japanese, com m unity ties. Washoku re- fresh, and fast. The food and Aya?s New Asian Cuisine. quires various fresh ingredi- served here is all fam iliar ents and the use of their nat- hom e- style food with a I hope you will try som e of ural tastes. I t em phasizes unique twist. I t is like a these restaurants so you can well- balanced and healthy Japanese Chipotle that pro- notice the difference between diets, beauty of nature in the vides options you can choose the authentic Japanese presentation, and connecting from : ?Bowl I t, Bun I t, or Roll restaurant and the Am erican to annual events. I t.? You can choose a rice Japanese restaurant. Now, I will introduce two Japanese restaurants in Al- buquerque that I will critique based on m y Japanese heritage. Naruto is located at 2110 Central Ave. and has already becom e very popular since its opening last Decem ber 2015. Naruto serves tonkotsu (pork broth) ram en, sake (Japanese rice wine) and sm all tsum am i (appetizer that goes well with sake). The Japanese owner also owns the well known sushi restaurant ?Shohko Cafe? in Santa Fe, which is the oldest sushi restaurant in New Mexico. Ken and Sachiko are from Japan so they know the culture and how to prepare ram en. They stick to the au- thentic form of tonkotsu Ra- m en not com prom ising the taste by supplying chicken or gluten free noodles. Even if the client asks for a different ingredient, they will not change it. I recom m end everyone to order a plate of Pork and eggplant sandwich from Mogumogu gyoza and beer to accom pany the ram en. Then you are a 17 Venezuelan Expat s in Albuquerque Edsay Vasquez, Venezuela

Venezuela is a country that offers a wide and unique ingredients that m akes us feel like we delicious range of dining options that appeal are tasting delicious dishes in our hom etown. to visitors and natives throughout the national territory. The protagonists of the Venezuelan The Venezuelan Organization in the World cuisine have m ixed features, com ing from (VenMundo) was born on March 11, 2011 with the centuries of interaction of different cultures intention to join to the large num ber of that m ake up our country. Venezuelans abroad, to exchange inform ation, and keep the link with the country through The m ost representative dishes of the sim ple activities. Five years ago, the best link Venezuelan food are evidence of this process em erged from the creation of the World Day of of m iscegenation, from la arepa and la hallaca, the Arepa by this organization. I t is held to el pabellón criollo. With the departure of annually on the second Sunday in Septem ber. thousands of Venezuelans from the country, the culture of our land has spread around the Therefore, am ong all Venezuelans dishes, we world. The food, our food, has been the great could m ention, the one which has universal am bassador of Venezuela in the other acclaim and causes m ore hom esickness within countries of the world. Nevertheless, it is our expatriates is the arepa, perhaps because of currently astounding to think that there is not the sim plicity of its preparation, or its a Venezuelan restaurant in Albuquerque. versatility when filling. The arepa and its m ain ingredient, pre-cooked corn flour, Currently, there is a great Venezuelan colony in concentrates the greatest effort to fill the void Albuquerque that through the years has kept or kill the hom esickness of those who the tradition to get together every m onth to em igrated. For this reason, Venezuelans in enjoy cooking and sharing typical dishes. The Albuquerque are no exception in this annual search of the ingredients for the preparation celebration to keep alive that connection and of the dishes has becom e a fascinating routine to feel that the distance is shortened. and enthusiasm for Venezuelans who live in Albuquerque. One of m y best wishes as Venezuelan abroad is that we will continue being am bassadors of Most ingredients are easily found in the city, as our country offering our delicious dishes, and a result of the great influence of im m igrants keeping and sharing other good traditions. from Mexico, Central Am erica and South Currently, as a new inhabitant of Albuquerque, Am erica. However, there are two m ain I feel very proud to belong and enjoy this great ingredients in the Venezuelan gastronom y that colony of Venezuela in this warm er city. represents the genuine taste of our land. These Additionally, it is tim e to think about the are, ají dulce (little sweet pepper) and queso trem endous opportunity to open a Venezuelan blanco (white cheese). These com plem ents, restaurant in Albuquerque. which we do not have in Albuquerque, are the 18 BANH MI CODA Dung Dac Tien Nguyen, Vietnam

Have you ever tried Vietnam ese sandwich which is known as banh mi ? I f you try it, you will spell W, O, W, ? WOW." According to the shortlist in U.S. Journal, one of the top 10 best sandwiches in the world is Vietnam ese sand- wiches, because they are so delicious, high quality, and appreciated by m illions of people. I t is totally easy when you find a Vietnam ese restaurant in Albuquerque to try Vietnam ese sandwiches. I highly recom m end you to choose Banh Mi Coda where you m eet all your needs, like very reasonable prices, friendly em ployees, and especially perfect sandwiches. Banh Mi Coda is located in the area near Talin Market, which is at the intersection of Louisiana and Central Avenue. The space inside Coda bakery looks like a sandwich, in that it has a sm all path between two sides. On the left side, there is a colorful m enu on the wall which displays m any kind of delicious sandwiches. I n addition, they sell som e yum m y food like shrim p spring rolls, snacks, and Vietnam ese traditional cake. After you choose whatever you really want to eat, you pay and go to the right side where there are a few tables for waiting. While you are waiting for your dishes, you will enjoy the warm space with the yellow light and the soft m usic that m akes custom er feel so com fortable. Why is Banh Mi Coda so fam ous? Because the food is high in taste and quality, and low in cost. The taste and quality is expressed in the super fresh and delicious ingredients. Unlike the norm al thick bread offered by the com pa- nies, Coda?s 12- inch baguettes are crispy and warm on the outside. And the Coda Com bo, which includes jam bon, head ham , Vietnam ese ham , BBQ pork, and house- m ade pate, is an excellent introduction. The two secret- powers that create the uniqueness of Banh Mi Coda are Vietnam ese ham s and house- m ade pate. Pate is a pork and liver spread. At Banh Mi Coda, af- ter they researched carefully , they m ade pate super soft and each piece of liver is m illed and

Bahn Mi Coda at 230 Louisiana Blvd SE 19 fused to m ake custom ers at- food. world really like to eat pho. tracted by its shiny and red- However, not everyone knows pink surface. The fat isn't too And so, what are you waiting the secret things to m ake this fatty and tastes delicious. for? With reasonable prices, excellent food because it friendly service, and espe- needs a chef who has ?good I n addition, all Vietnam ese cially delicious sandwiches, hands" and professional skills. ham s here are so special be- why don?t you com e and en- Therefore, in this article, I cause the ratio of m eat and joy these fam ous sandwiches would like to recom m end Viet fat are really perfect. Al- at Banh m i Coda. Don?t m iss Taste restaurant which is though they are ham s, you this valuable chance! fam ous for pho and where the feel the sweet spices and cin- chefs have long experience nam on in each piece of cooking pho. sandwich. One m ore point for Banh Mi Coda is pickled car- There are a variety of rot, cucum ber, cilantro, sliced ingredients in pho, but the chilly, and Vietnam ese m ay- VIET TASTE REVIEW three m ain things are noodles, onnaise, which is a feature of soup, and beef, which is the this restaurant. Nhu Hoang, Vietnam m ost popular m eat people choose. Therefore, there are Therefore, this variety and Pho is traditional dish of Vietnam cuisine and can be m any kind of prices for the com bination creates the bowl of pho. A waiter will unique fam e and difference considered one of the typical foods to express Vietnam ?s offer you different kinds of from other com petitive beef like: rare, m edium , or restaurants and attracts a lot culture. Pho has attractive m agic to all generations of well done, and the cost is of custom ers. The price of seven dollars. I f you ask to this sandwich is only $5.95. Vietnam ese because of the deliciousness and nutrition in add m ore special ingredients Besides the m ain food, Banh it. That is a reason why into the bowl like eggs, Mi Coda also serve som e nowadays not only chicken or m eatballs, and so yum m y food and snacks like Vietnam ese, but also a lot of on, they will charge you extra spring rolls, beverages, and international people in the from one to three dollars. other traditional Vietnam ese During the period of tim e you are waiting, the waiter will set up the table with a chopstick, a fork, a spoon, and a glass of water for each person. After the pho is served, you m ay add sauces, pepper, lem on, and vegetables. What are you waiting for! Enjoy it. At Viet Taste restaurant, while you are enjoying pho, you are also living and im m ersed in the Vietnam ese life and cul- ture. For instance, there are several pictures on the wall expressing natural space, tra- ditional clothes Ao Dai, and the m otorcycles running around old town. Besides, you can also enjoy Vietnam ese soft country and classical m usic. All these factors, from the unique decoration of Viet Taste restaurant, to the soft beef, hot delicious soup, and pure white noodles inside the bowl of pho, as well as the friendly service with the m otto ?The custom er is a

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Veronica Burciaga, Mexico

Have you ever tried Mexican food? Perhaps they still possess the m ost basic ingredients. you have, but what about New Mexican food? You m ight ask yourself what the difference Despite all of the sim ilarities previously stated, between Mexican and New Mexican food is, both cuisines differ greatly in different as- and they m ay be sim ilar, but they are not the pects. The m ost com m on dishes in traditional sam e. The differences between both styles of Mexican cuisine are m ole, barbacoa, birria, food include those in ingredients and gorditas, carnitas, menudo, and tacos. People seasoning. look for fresh ingredients like avocado, cilantro, tom ato, and onion, yet the strongest Mexico and New Mexico have different ingredient in this cuisine is the chile. I t is used characteristics and a few differences in m ost of the tim e to give the food a spicy fla- culture. New Mexican food is influenced by vor. Chile can be found in different species like North Mexican and Pueblo I ndian food. One of jalapeño, serrano, de arbol, padilla, and the great characteristics that the New Mexican poblano, while in New Mexican cuisine we can food has is that they use roasted green chile in find jalapeño, New Mexican chile, Sandia hot, m any of their dishes. I n New Mexico, both and Big Jim . Another m ajor difference be- green and red chile are usually served with tween the two is the types of cheese used. typical Mexican dishes such as those with Mexican cuisine uses white cheese such as beans, rice, tortillas, enchiladas, burritos, asadero, queso Oaxaca, queso panel or queso Chi- tam ales, cheese, etc. huahua. On the other hand, New Mexican cui- sine m ostly uses yellow cheese. Generally, black beans are m ostly used in New Mexican cuisine. Such New Mexican plates Mexican food also includes seafood and a lot include Pueblo I ndian food like fry bread, of m eat, such as chicken, pork, and beef which Navajo tacos, sopapillas, and enchiladas. These are generally fresher than in New Mexican dishes are popular because New Mexican food food. Mexican cuisine includes som e com m on has been adopted by Mexicans who are living flavors like garlic, onion, oregano, cum in and in U.S. using the ingredients that are m ore chile. All of these condim ents are used to give accessible to them . good flavor to the food. While Mexican and New Mexican food cuisine Even though there are a lot of differences share m any dishes such as enchiladas, tortillas, between culture, food, and location, there are tam ales, and guacam ole, they also have a big m any sim ilarities that tie both cuisines variety of seasoning with com m on flavors like together. Both styles of cooking are based off cum in and chile. The dishes could be different of native traditions established m ore then 20 according to the region of the country. Even years ago. Each cuisine is unique in its though Mexican and New Mexican cuisine flavoring, seeing as how different condim ents continue to evolve from native foods with are added in accordance to the location of the corn, beans, peppers and other condim ents, dish. (continued on last page ) 21 Bandeja paisa (beans, beef? ground or steak? , rice, plantain, chorizo sausage, avocado, egg, arepa and pork rinds). AJIACO: COLOMBIA IN ABQ Laudy Manrique , Colombia Colom bia, as a Latin Am erican country, is fam ous for its cultural and gastronom ic diversity. Also Colom bian food is distinguished in all the world because of its unique hom em ade flavor and taste. There are so m any fam ous Colom bian food plates like bandeja paisa, ajiaco, em - panadas, coconut rice with fried fish, etc. Since these m eals have so m uch flavor, they have becom e fam ous around the globe, and this is why in m any parts of the world such as Albuquerque, New Mexico we can find Colom bian food restaurants. But if you are not Colom bian, how do you know if the taste of these restaurants is really original and au- thentic? This is why I , as a Colom bian, set the task of going to this "Colombian food restaurant and assessing the originality of the food?s flavor. Now you, is distinguished in as a foreigner or Am erican living in Albuquerque, can know where to all the world find the unique flavor that distinguishes and m akes Colom bian food because of its so fam ous. I n Albuquerque unique homemade there is a Colom bian restaurant called Ajiaco Colom - bian Bistro, lo- flavor and taste" cated at 3216 Silver Ave SE, only open on Tuesday through Saturday. I went to this restaurant, and I was so im pressed because the appetizers, principal plates, desserts, even the juice, are 100% Colom bian. You can enjoy every bite of these delicious plates and feel confident that the flavor of these plates is the sam e as that of Colom bia. Besides, they have a very nice decoration, with so m any things that you only can see in Colom bia, like sombreros vueltiao (a type of hat), chivas (an authentic and traditional type of car), the bags where Colom bian peasants pack our fam ous coffee beans, pictures of the principal cities of Colom bia, etc. All of these, the food , the decoration, the kind service and the Colom bian m usic you hear at Ajiaco, send you to Colom bia, the country of coffee, kind people, and beautiful wom en. 22 CHINESE V. AMERICAN FOOD CULTURE Zhen Yu, Tibet What people like to eat depends on the envi- ronm ent and custom . There are two m ain dif- ferent kinds of food, which are Chinese food and western food. First of all, the m ethod of m aking Chinese food is different from Western- style food. I n Western- style cookbooks, the am ount of ingre- dients such as the flour, sugar, butter etc. are specifically indicated in gram s, spoons, or cups. As an exam ple, som e cookbooks show us the size of the eggs needed. Making Western- style food is easy, as long as you cook according to the cookbook m anual. However, it is not an easy thing to m ake fine Chinese food, even if you have bought the cookbook. The Chinese cookbook will not tell you the am ount of gram s and ingredients that you need, for exam ple salt; it just tells you ap- propriate am ounts of salt. Why? The taste of people who live in different places is different in China. There is a folk adage in China: ?South sweet, north salty, east hot, and west sour." So, a good cook relies on experience and skill when cooking in China. Second, the atm osphere of Chinese food is dif- ferent from Western- style food, while having a m eal. The atm osphere of Western- style food is particular about scenery. Good restaurants are generally built on a beautiful m ountaintop, park, or a revolving dining- room of the city center high building. So Western- style food is ?Eat the scenery,? but not, ?Eat taste?. The atm osphere of Chinese food is particular about taste and participation. Chinese food conquers the world with taste. There is a folk adage in China:?I f I want to conquer your heart, I will conquer your stom ach first." Everybody sits around the table while eating Chinese food, and everybody is eating the dish from the sam e plate. The hospitable host will also serve the dish into your bowl; it is so friendly. The friendship between person and person is deeper after a m eal. Third, the way that Chinese and westerners praise food is different. The form er will gener- ally say,?Your dish is cooked very excellently, and has caught up with the level of the restau- rant," but the latter, will say it is just like hom em ade. I n conclusion, Chinese food and western food are different types of food in the cooking m ethod, atm osphere and praise. Albuquerque has som e nice Chinese restaurants I would like to recom m end: Budai Restaurant, Pacific Par- adise, and Chopsticks Chinese Cuisine.

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king," m ake the cus- How interested are tom er feel so com fort- you in Mexican food able and satisfied. The now? There are GRACE CUI EDSAY VASQUEZ ORTEGA restaurant is open plenty of Mexican from 10:00 a.m . to restaurants present MIKA HASHIMOTO PAVLO VICHAR 9:00 p.m , Monday to around the UNM Saturday, so there is cam pus but one of NHU HOANG XUEMEI WANG both lunch and dinner. the m ost unique, traditional, and MING LI JIARU WEI The noodle dish pho, flavorful is a gorditas which is a habit and restaurant, Ricas LAUDY MANRIQUE ESPINDOLA ANHUA XU pleasure of the Viet- Gorditas Vale. This is nam ese, is delicious a fast, friendly place DUNG DAC TIEN NGUYEN AE KYOUNG YANG and nutritious. I t with incredible dem onstrates the so- service and great phistication, as well as taste in food. They VERONICA BURCIAGA ZHEN YU creativity, of the Viet- include m any nam ese people in culi- traditional Mexican WEI TANG nary arts. There is dishes that are not nothing m ore wonder- very com m on in New ful than eating a bowl Mexican restaurants FACULTY EDITOR: GAIL GUENGERICH of noodles that is tasty such as their fam ous and hot in the cold gorditas, a winter days with your m ust-have for new fam ily. So let?s go to custom ers! Viet Taste restaurant!

L to R: Ming Li, Mika Hashimoto, Wei Tang, Nhu Hoang, Xuemei Wang, Jiaru Wei, Laudy Manrique, Veronica Burciaga, Ae Kyoung Yang, Grace Cui, Dung Dac Tien Nguyen, Esday Vasquez. Not pictured: Pavlo Vichar, 24Anhua Xu, Zhen Yu