A surprise dinner tonight. I was walking home from the city centre, intending to cook, when I accidentally ran into a good friend who was on her way to meet yet another mutual friend and she invited me to join them. Other friend had booked a table in a busy, popular new restaurant in town. It is not usual to have to book in China, but apparently it's necessary here. It is a Thai menu but also with pizza! I was told the chef is Thai.
We three shared this lot.
Tom yum soup
Spicy beef with pickled bamboo shoots and herbs
Steamed eggs with goose liver
Steamed fish with chilli and lime
Stir fried greens
Fried rice with pineapple, green soy beans, peanuts, cashew nuts, pork and pork floss.
The spread
I thought she had ordered way too much, but we demolished it in reasonable time. Now we weigh too much. The restaurant is called 范生活 (fàn shēng huó) which means 'model life'. I don't think many models eat as much as we did.
