China is a food culture. Period. End of story. People mark the beginning of the school year, or any venture, I gather, with a banquet.
Yesterday our American school treated us to a sumptuous luncheon. I soon lost track of the number of courses we had. That’s easy to do at one of these affairs in China.
One of my new colleagues had the good fortune of celebrating a birthday yesterday so we got to finish off the meal with a beautiful cake. What I like about Asian baked goods is they aren’t too rich or too sweet.
I think even a Chinese person who lives to be 100 would never eat all the dishes available just in our region, Shandong. One thing that isn’t poorly made in China is the food.















Feb 20, 2012 @ 09:30:39
Impressively elegant – thanks for sharing this beautiful feast!