Sunday, February 13, 2011

tea and food of South China

2-13-2011 Sun. mild, cloudy.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | toasted Russian black bread | apple | scrambled eggs with cilantro
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- Fujian red tea | smoked fish jerk snack | kumquats
DINNER --- salad of threaded jelly fish and chayote (with wine vinegar and ginger sauce) | pan-fried egg noodles ( with shrimp, winter bamboo shoots, red chili, bean sprouts and cilantro ) | boiled Chinese winter greens | white wine



Fujian red tea

pan-fried egg noodles

  • Fujianese red tea, exported to Europe to become black tea . Cantonese pan-fried noodles, exported to America to become chow mein