For today's lunch, I disguised myself as a communist and ate in the city's Chinese Communist Party HQ staff canteen, as you do. I was there to meet my friend J, who works there. The gate to the HQ is well protected against nosy foreign gastronautical spies but she came out to escort me past the guards.
Here is communist lunch.
皮蛋 pí dàn - Century eggs is a chilli sauce
Congealed pig''s blood with chilli and soy sauce.
Chicken and shiitake stew
Stir fried water spinach
Fish stew with chillies
"Japanese" tofu
Everything was excellent, way above the standard of most workplace canteens, cheap and heavily subsidised. And exclusive!
