Pond grass shrimp

Pond grass shrimp

posted on 27 May 2011 in Chinglish, Menus

No, I’m pretty sure he found some trouble…


Photo courtesy of Blair Bowman.
Menu found in Shanghai, China.

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Jellychop
Jellychop
13 years ago

…as opposed to those jumbo shrimp who are always causing trouble. That’s just the way life is on the mean streets of Krill Corner.

Algernon
Algernon
13 years ago

Bad luck the fish have already got them.

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
13 years ago

The question comes to mind: is it absolutely positive about that?

Eduard
Eduard
13 years ago

Yeah, I hear pond grass are a menace when they’re a bunch.

Eduard
Eduard
13 years ago

Talk about troubled waters….

Eduard
Eduard
13 years ago

If they could sing, they’d go ♪♪♪ “Ah, ah, ah, ah, staying alive, staying alive…” ♪♪♪

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
13 years ago

‘Come out, come out, wherever you are…!’

FatKenney
FatKenney
13 years ago

Pond grass – is that another way of saying surf ‘n turf?

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
13 years ago

If this is ‘staying away from trouble’, I wonder how ‘being in trouble’ looks like?

ben
ben
13 years ago

It stays away from trouble now, but when it was young it tried all kinds of crazy things, just for the halibut.

coffeebot
13 years ago

minding their own business and then *nom nom nom*

xila31
xila31
13 years ago

Mom and dad can’t bail you out this time, shrimp.

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
13 years ago

Might be staying away from trouble but it’s certainly not staying away from the menu…

Chuck
Chuck
13 years ago

Now, those Pond Scum Shrimp are an entirely different story !

DrLex
DrLex
13 years ago

I don’t think being in a dish about to be eaten is a successful example of staying away from trouble.

Kitsune
Kitsune
13 years ago

♫ Steppin’ softly in a danger zone
No weapon in my hand
It’s just this brain, designed by man
It’s got me in trouble again
In trouble again ♫

Seventy2rd o clock
Seventy2rd o clock
13 years ago

Also on today’s relativity menu:

Runaway Crap
Hiding Chickenses
The Clam Who Wasn’t There
River Duck Coming Soon (with Maybe Sauce)
The Iron Plate avoiding the Angry Lobster Intercontinentally

Caution: Might contain Zen.

Chuck
Chuck
13 years ago

I avoid those Lobster Incontinent.

Kitsune
Kitsune
13 years ago

Shrimp1: How’s the pond grass man?
Shrimp2: Smoking… man.

A non-ymous
A non-ymous
13 years ago

“Hello sir or madam. I am selling light bulbs to help keep pond grass shrimp like me off the street.”

Darth Na'vi
Darth Na'vi
13 years ago

Too cute!

Lollerskate
Lollerskate
13 years ago

Best served on an Irony plank.

RT
RT
13 years ago

that’s good, b/c on my planet, clams enjoy a tasty you!

Cecily
Cecily
13 years ago

The fate of these pond grass shrimp troubles me deeply.

Filison Fregburt
13 years ago

Google translated that English line into chinese as “池草虾不去麻烦了”, which they then translated back to English as “Do not trouble shrimp pond”, which makes more sense.

Ciao
13 years ago

Nothing tastes better than ‘good’ grass shrimp. :d

SheepDog
SheepDog
13 years ago

In pond grass trouble finds you!!

K. Chang
K. Chang
13 years ago

Ah, this one has a cultural context behind it.

First three characters is “bei-fong-tong”, or “sheltered cove” (where a fishing boat can hide from a storm). It’s also a particular style of seafood.

Shrimp is just shrimp. 🙂

scars
scars
13 years ago

Shrimp: “Peace! Have some grass dude.”

sparky
sparky
12 years ago

Oops — ran into the mower.

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