Mobile phone photo post. Uploaded on: 17th October, 2008
I recently got my hands on a recipe for “Spiced rice with prawns” which is quite a favorite back at home and which I wanted to try out here in Beijing. Mum kindly emailed me the recipe and I tried it out this evening in my wok.
Of course, it wasn’t as good as mum’s own but it was still delicious and went well with Siqi’s Smoked Tofu and Celery stir-fry.
Today I promised Siqi a special breakfast of sweet pancakes (as opposed to the crispy savoury pancakes sold on the street in Beijing).
There was plenty of flipping going on and pancake mix flying in every direction. We also had the luxury of ‘confit du beurre au chocolat’ which I brought back from France and which was smeared on our pancakes in suitably ridiculous amounts.
By the end of breakfast we were absolutely stuffed and resolved not to eat any more pancakes for a good few weeks to come… we’ll see!
The weather has been fine this week in Beijing - in fact I don’t think I have ever seen the sky so blue in China before. Me and Siqi seized the opportunity on Friday and went for an afternoon walk up The Fragrant Mountain (香山）which lies just on the outskirts of Beijing. It was nice to get some fresh air and surprisingly warm still (still in the 20’s over here during the day!). We were also met with a wonderful glowing sunset on the summit.
No day out in China is complete without a fine meal at the end so to keep up the tradition we headed to a restaurant at the bottom of the mountain for Japanese Stir Fried Tofu and a Lamb and Noodle Soup… delicious!
Jono
