The things I have to put up with! Life is so difficult! It's scandalous.
Tonight I was forced to have dinner in a private room in a local restaurant with five lovely women half my age. And damn it! The place had good food, too.
Five old friends I haven't seen for a couple of years. I chose the restaurant and most of what we ate.
In random order as usual:
Thai Style Mango Beef
Chicken and Shrimp Stew
Steamed Yellow Grouper
This is described on the menu as "荷塘月色 (hé táng yuè sè) which means "lotus pond moonlight".
It's stir-fried lotus root, Chinese celery, wood-ear fungus and carrot.
Tom Yum Soup - There are shrimp lurking under the broth. It was very good.
Soy sauce rice with pork and chilli
Stir fried green beans with Chinese olive paste and pork floss
Thai style spring rolls
Fruit to finish
The suffering. The suffering. And I'm having lunch with one of them tomorrow!
