vegetable wednesday

plate presentation doesn't really change much, does it? pile o' veggies on the lower right. pile of veggies w/ zhu rou on the lower left. water glass ON the plate (usually with a portioned piece of paper napkin under it). rice bowl on upper left quarter.

feng shui??

i really should check out which direction my lunch is being served.

carrots (hong luo bo). chinese local celery (qin cai - it's skinnier than the stuff we're used to). oil. pre-ground black pepper. that's it. AYI thinks, because i like things spicy, one must sprinkle on pre-ground powdered black pepper. it doesn't generally make it more flavorful. just tastes more like bland preground powdered black pepper.

glistening garlic greens (i'm going to call them da suan cai - garlic vegetable - cuz i can't figure out what they really are). i think ayi may have added a little soy sauce (as well as the powdered chicken flavored msg). and last, but not least - there's my zhu rou!! surely you are able to spot it by now! wonder if we're going to be served an abundance of mice in the coming new year...

my rice bowl shrinks every day. or, perhaps more clearly, my bowl stays the same, and the AMOUNT is reduced to what i've left in the bowl from the previous meals