We had been invited out for a day in
the country side by a friend (Nancy)of a friend who had stayed with
us in Australia for a few days in Feb. They picked us up at the
school gate in two cars and we headed south to Ping Shui (in English
it is bottle water)a small city about 12kms from Shaoxing. We turned
before we go to Ping Shui and ended up at a hotel and eatry just off
the highway. Although we had all been down that road (to Ping Shui)
many many times, we did not know that this place was there,
apparently it is very popular for locals from Shaoxing to spend a
weekend there, close to home but with a very different atmosphere.
We waited for some time in the
sunshine, the girls and our blokes amused themselves by playing Uno
with a couple of different rules thrown in, from Canada, China and
Aussie, Much to the girls disgust, John won the first one, Warren the
second.
soon it was time to eat! Oh My
Goodness, I have never seen anything like it.
Different areas for the meat tasted
different (we were told it was lamb but as I had seen little goats
near the entrance, it could have been goat) The word for lamb and
goat is the same, yang but a goat can have shan added to it making it
"mountain lamb". Thank goodness I am not a vegetarian, the
meat was delicious. It had been cooked outside and then brought in
with a few coals to keep it warm. many herbs and spices had been
added to the meat, I tasted turmeric for one.
Once we had eaten our fill of the meat
we moved over to the other table where soup made from the head of the
lamb and other vegetables to add to it, Chinese dumplings only made
and eaten around Tomb sweeping day (4 April), boiled broad beans and
peanuts. What a feast!
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