Sunday, February 28, 2010

South of Yangtze

2-28-2010 Sun. cold, windy, sunny

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade bread | cheese | apple
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea
DINNER --- ( a meal of Jiang-nan food, South of Yangtze) noodle soup | threaded chicken and bean sprouts | smoked tofu, cilantro and peanuts salad dressed in sesame oil and fragrant vinegar | stir-fried chicken, winter bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, sweet peas and nuts | sauteed vegetables with scallops | steamed short ribs coated with ground toasted rice and five-spice sauce | rice


  • What a miracle South of Yangtze is / with all its scenery in my dreams / Flaming red flowers at sunrise / and verdantly green rivers at spring / How can I not miss South of Yangtze ---- Bai Ju Yi (772–846 AD)
  • 江南好,风景旧曾谙。日出江花红胜火,春来江水绿如蓝。能不忆江南 -- 白居易 (唐)