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| Yogurt. Definitely made from goat's milk. Regular yogurt, meaning it's a
bit on the tart side. Di Yin thought it went well with the rest of the
meal.
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| Dinner at Charmant on January 25, 2010
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| The atmosphere in Charmant, a Taiwanese restaurant, feels very western.
There were many white people dining there.
| The menu description of my eggplant in clay pot (#41), something like tall
smelling eggplant heated-pot: ta1 xiang1 qie2 zi3 bao1. I'm amused the
Chinese doesn't mention basil (as the English does), though at least the
Chinese hints at all the other strong-tasting ingredients in the dish.
| Eggplant with basil, ground pork, sliced hot chilies, sliced garlic, and a
leafy Chinese green vegetable in a clay pot. Good, with quite a spicy
kick.
| The tall Taiwanese dessert. Shaved ice with red beans, green beans,
tapioca balls (the black; dense and squishy), taro (the white, even
squishier), and some sort of ground melon (the yellow, also squishy). In
contrast to last time,
we requested no pineapple this time. We liked all our toppings.
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| Lunch at Long Kee Restaurant on January 28, 2010
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Rice noodles with beef: good, filling diner food.
On the way out of
the restaurant, Di Yin noticed half the tables had this dish. Apparently
I picked well.
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| Lunch at Hengshan Cafe on January 31, 2010
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| My dish: stir-fried pork with snap peas and lily bulbs in XO sauce. Good
(but then I always like this dish). :)
| The menu description of the previous item. The English is pretty
accurate; the Chinese literally says: XO thick-soy-paste sugar-snap pea
lilly quick-fry bright/pleasurable meat. jiang1 tian2 dou4 bai3 he2 bao4
shuang3 rou4
| Di Yin's dish: Hong Kong style claypot rice with goose, pork, ham, and
bok choy. I definitely didn't like this dish (none of the meats nor the
rice). For instance, I thought the ham was sweet and nasty and didn't
even finish one piece. Di Yin didn't like the dish much either, though
seemed to be more willing to eat it than I and even expressed liking the
goose.
| The menu description of the previous item. The English is pretty accurate;
the Chinese literally says: Kong (as an abbreviation of Hong Kong) style
pot small (but only means this if said in Cantonese)
cooked-rice/food/meal. (gang3 shi4 guo1 ___ fan4)
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| Dinner at Home on January 31, 2010
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I don't take pictures of what we eat at home, but I did this day because
it was a remarkably good meal. Sorry for the messy dishes; I only decided
to take this picture when we were almost done. The meal included the
eggplant dish that Di Yin's made before and I like very much and a similar
good novel dish of pork, oyster mushrooms, and a sliced red carrot. (Yes,
I thought it looked like ham too, but then I ate it.) Di Yin thought her
pork marinade made the dish "too woody" but I didn't mind.
We also
had romano beans sauteed in chicken broth (not pictures) and rice.
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| Misc
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A happy expo logo in a Xuijiahui Park.
I took this picture on
January 31, 2010.
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| Fodder for Vertical Panorama inside Grand Gateway Plaza
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