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May 16th 2009: Buddha Birthday Celebration and Festival


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Entertainment
The very good lion dance. When watching this, notice how the lions can go to double height by having the person in front stand on the person in back. In fact, later in the dance (not in the video), the middle lion does this trick again on top of the hobbyhorse. That takes some skill. Also notice that the lion's eye can wink. (The middle lion winks 28 seconds into this video.) I didn't notice it in person; I only noticed when I watched the recording a few times.
The fantastic streamer dance titled "flying to the sky." Simply mesmerizing. Excellent.
The very good lion dance. When watching this, notice how the lions can go to double height by having the person in front stand on the person in back. In fact, later in the dance (not in the video), the middle lion does this trick again on top of the hobbyhorse. That takes some skill.
Also notice that the lion's eye can wink. (The middle lion winks 28 seconds into this video.) I didn't notice it in person; I only noticed when I watched the recording a few times.
The fantastic streamer dance titled "flying to the sky." Simply mesmerizing. Excellent.
Food
Korean noodles. The pale pinkish-brown strips (they're hard to spot; there's one near the top-right) really tasted like ham, but, following the theme of the festival, were actually vegetarian.
A picture of one of the menus, in case I want to know the Chinese characters for this "Korean vermicelli" dish.
"Taiwanese pancake." The buns were like the type used in Peking duck. The filling was chopped vegetables similar to those one finds in mu shu.
Slabs of vegetarian fried pork. Chinese Buddhists can often do amazing things with wheat and soy gluten to make dishes that look and taste like particular dishes with meat. This rendition looked right, complete with the red skin and the layer of fat the Chinese seem to love, though the taste wasn't very accurate. Nevertheless, it was surprisingly good. The bottom half was definitely a fried thing that was mostly tofu; the top was something that was mostly rice flour. Underneath the pork was Taiwanese chow mein.
Korean noodles. The pale pinkish-brown strips (they're hard to spot; there's one near the top-right) really tasted like ham, but, following the theme of the festival, were actually vegetarian.
A picture of one of the menus, in case I want to know the Chinese characters for this "Korean vermicelli" dish.
"Taiwanese pancake." The buns were like the type used in Peking duck. The filling was chopped vegetables similar to those one finds in mu shu.
Slabs of vegetarian fried pork. Chinese Buddhists can often do amazing things with wheat and soy gluten to make dishes that look and taste like particular dishes with meat. This rendition looked right, complete with the red skin and the layer of fat the Chinese seem to love, though the taste wasn't very accurate. Nevertheless, it was surprisingly good. The bottom half was definitely a fried thing that was mostly tofu; the top was something that was mostly rice flour. Underneath the pork was Taiwanese chow mein.
A picture of one of the menus, in case I want to know the Chinese characters for the "Taiwanese pancakes."
Shaved ice. I got to select three toppings: green jelly, pale jelly, and sorghum (or is it barley?). The dish and the topping options reminded me of Singapore.
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A picture of one of the menus, in case I want to know the Chinese characters for the "Taiwanese pancakes."
Shaved ice. I got to select three toppings: green jelly, pale jelly, and sorghum (or is it barley?). The dish and the topping options reminded me of Singapore.
I bought "green bean cookies" for later. When I had them later, they turned out to be pleasing, only slightly sweet, and filled with a white paste that I think was daikon.