Monday, March 1, 2010

a Yangzhou dish on the first day of March

3-01-2010 Mon. mild, sunny

BREAKFAST --- coffee | flute cookie
LUNCH --- rice with steamed short ribs (leftover)
AFTERNOON-TEATIME
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green tea | apple
DINNER --- sauteed winter greens (you-cai) | dried tofu threads poached in chicken broth with threaded Jing-hua prosciutto, needle mushrooms, radish sprouts, pickled bamboo shoots, and fresh ginger ( Yangzhou Gan Si) | rice | red wine


  • You left at the Yellow Crane Terrace / down to Yangzhou in the misty month of March / Your sail , a single shadow, becomes one with the blue sky / till now I only see the Yangtze, on its way to the horizon and beyond -- Li Bai (701-762AD)
  • 故人西辞黄鹤楼, 烟花三月下扬州. 孤帆远影碧空尽, 唯见长江天际流. -李白