Today begins the Year of the Tiger, which I believe is 4709 according to the lunar calendar. (We will completely ignore that other holiday, which my sweetie and I both despise for different reasons.) Although the new year officially began today, my engineer and I started it off on Tuesday night, the 9th, with a FABULOSO dinner at Mom's.
The menu (pictured lovingly above, clockwise from the upper left) consisted of:
My sweetie is a smart man, and loves my mom's food. My mom is a happy woman because my sweetie enjoys anything she puts in front of him. (Much of the menu conversation with Mom prior to the dinner consisted of " ...he likes that dish, right? He seemed to last time...") I am relieved because they both like each other.
Today we spent curled up watching the Olympics (who knew cross country skiing could be exciting?) and shortly, I will be enjoying a delicious dinner prepared by my multi-talented engineer (chicken vindaloo, Sichuan eggplant, and scallion pancakes -- I love this man for more than one reason, heh) followed by more Olympics and then tomorrow: PEKING DUCK with the gang!
Life is good.
The menu (pictured lovingly above, clockwise from the upper left) consisted of:
- tofu enoki soup with shiitake and liver
- prawns with heads on (I don't know their English names, but it's a special type)
- veggie duck, enoki, and shittake, with bamboo shoots
- wheat gluten, black fungus, and bamboo shoots
- bok choy with shredded pork
- braised fish (something flounder-like, but not quite -- dunno the English name)
- boiled salt chicken
- butterflied shrimp/prawns with xiaoxing wine (droooool...)
- braised pork belly (more drooling)
My sweetie is a smart man, and loves my mom's food. My mom is a happy woman because my sweetie enjoys anything she puts in front of him. (Much of the menu conversation with Mom prior to the dinner consisted of " ...he likes that dish, right? He seemed to last time...") I am relieved because they both like each other. Today we spent curled up watching the Olympics (who knew cross country skiing could be exciting?) and shortly, I will be enjoying a delicious dinner prepared by my multi-talented engineer (chicken vindaloo, Sichuan eggplant, and scallion pancakes -- I love this man for more than one reason, heh) followed by more Olympics and then tomorrow: PEKING DUCK with the gang!
Life is good.
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