mei banfa: waxing philosophical in China
At a “nice” (my friend’s assertion) restaurant.
Spoken in Chinese
Me: The bathroom?
Waitress: There ain’t one.
Me: huh? The bathroom.
Waitress: There ain’t one. You gotta go outside, up the stairs and around. There’s a public toilet.
Me: {looking around for any sign of a bathroom} Impossible. No bathroom?
Waitress: {smiling} mei banfa.
Me: {mumbling, resigned to fate of holding it} mei banfa.







