Untold Tales by Coco Shin

loomingfanatic — 2024-11-11 10:53:24 UTC

Mom: Tonight we’re having eel with rice! 😋

loomingfanatic — 2024-11-11 10:56:36 UTC

Mom: Nui (affectionate term for daughter, meaning sweetheart), you will definitely love this Fufuland matcha ice cream with soufflé 🍦

Mom: Let’s eat it when you come back to HK😘

loomingfanatic — 2024-11-11 10:57:48 UTC

Mom: Have you had lunch yet

Me: I ate

Mom: I saw on Instagram 😘

Mom: Have you gotten off work yet?

Mom: Go take a rest～

loomingfanatic — 2024-11-11 10:59:19 UTC

Mom: Eat what? (Casually asking what I ate)

Me: River snail noodles

loomingfanatic — 2024-11-11 11:00:43 UTC

Mom: If you don’t have time to buy menstrual pads during lunch, ask your female colleague to lend you some 😘

Mom: Have you eaten lunch yet, are you still sleepy?

Me: Better

Me: I bought menstrual pads

loomingfanatic — 2024-11-11 11:01:55 UTC

Mom: Baba and Mama (affectionate term for dad and mom) are ready to eat 😋

Mom: What are you eating?

Me: Leftover fried rice

loomingfanatic — 2024-11-11 11:02:33 UTC

Mom: Baba and Mama are full now, have you eaten lunch yet?

loomingfanatic — 2024-11-11 11:03:19 UTC

Mom: Baba and Mama are full now, have you eaten yet?

Mom: Are you still at school

loomingfanatic — 2024-11-11 11:05:02 UTC

Mom: Tonight we’re having Genki sushi 🍣 (restaurant in HK), what are you eating!

Me: Leftover pasta with veggies and ham, with ice cream too. 😋

loomingfanatic — 2024-11-11 11:05:21 UTC

Mom: Did you eat, did you manage to sleep?

loomingfanatic — 2024-11-11 11:05:57 UTC

Mom: That restaurant is at Wan Chai Road, but the shop is very small, have you eaten yet?

loomingfanatic — 2024-11-11 11:06:39 UTC

Mom: Me and Baba are eating curry with pork cartilage and rice, have you eaten yet?

loomingfanatic — 2024-11-11 11:07:17 UTC

Mom: You’re by yourself, are you going to eat out or cook?

Me: Going to Busaba

loomingfanatic — 2024-11-11 17:15:08 UTC

loomingfanatic — 2025-04-15 20:23:57 UTC

"Have you eaten (rice) yet?" --> a ubiquitous phrase used all over Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, and many Asian countries
Rice is a staple food in Asian countries

Text messages

loomingfanatic — 2025-04-15 20:24:21 UTC

Cultural and contextual research

loomingfanatic — 2025-04-15 20:24:43 UTC

loomingfanatic — 2025-04-15 20:26:39 UTC

"When Chinese people greet each other, they like to ask about the things that other side is doing, just did or is going to do."

loomingfanatic — 2025-04-15 20:30:12 UTC

A common manner and protocol in daily Chinese life:

“Whoever you visit, you should ask them if they have eaten or not……if they are about to eat, don’t enter the house until after they finish the meal. Otherwise, you would be intruding.”

— Lü Convention 《吕氏乡约》written by the Lü brothers in Northern Song Dynasty (960 – 1127 A.D.)

--> one should avoid visiting people’s homes when they are having a meal. To ask “have you eaten?” is a act of consideration and care.

Artist references

loomingfanatic — 2025-04-15 20:36:23 UTC

Pinterest board

loomingfanatic — 2025-04-15 20:39:02 UTC