Sauted black fungus and mixed vegetables…The veggies are done just right, with a crispness to them, and the sauce is light not drowning in starch and sugars. Looks good, and it is.
There is a whole array of salads too, some very nice ones, but I skip those, in the background you see, just beyond the customer is a whole delight of cooked dishes. There is a plate of scallops that my friends delight in, they are plump lightly breaded with not a hint of “fried” Next to that dish, you will find the different noodle dishes and I believe that is where the fried rice is for the North American taste buds. BUT to the right of that customer, is also two dishes that I find hard to resist, One is green beans stir fried and tossed with a few sesame seeds, I pile as much of that as I can over my other goodies. In front of that dish is a mixed veggie dish that I supplement my other choices with.
From this side of my plate, you can see the green beans, and the crisp broccoli, on the top to the left is salt and pepper fish, the dumpling on the right there is a pot sticker, and under the broccoli is a small piece salt and pepper pork .. the stick you see, holds a wonderfully roasted piece of chicken, moist and succulent.
This side of my plate shows you the larger helping of black fungus and veggies. Buried under all of that is freshly steamed Basa fish, a nice big slab of it. Note, no rice, no noodles. You can’t see it, but I likely have a couple of sushi there too. They have a good sushi cook and serve some traditional sushi, not North American …
All this side of that round server going around to the right there, where the customers are, is DESSERT. The counter on the right is where the steamed or baked fish dishes are. You can not see that portion because of the back of the bench. Sorry.. behind the bench is another serving area, of ice creams. Off to the left or other dishes, and the server behind the benches on the left, holds the soups, and more steamed dumplings and Chinese steamed spare ribs in a garlic and black bean sauce.
You are witness …. I did have dessert. that cake or whatever it is on the left is to die for.. it melts in your mouth, it is like a whipped cream, only the colour of pistachio.. the square on the right is mouth drooling tasty, it looks innocent, but oh wow it is good, and so is that silly looking cup of what you think is a little bit of pudding, I’m not usually a dessert person, so I cannot tell you what they are, just that I will go back for more. The little macaroon didn’t stand a chance next to the other goodies, it was good, but… hands down on the green whatever it was.( looked like a cake)
All this to say….. seize the moment………live each day making choices that you will enjoy….. choose wisely, but get out there, try new challenges..
In Pl, we have a Principle, PL Principle #13 – Concerning food, I will not have complaints, likes and dislikes, nor preferences; nor will I overeat, over drink,nor eat irregularly
Not easy peasy all the time to follow… in this case… I did my best to choose wisely, I didn’t waste, I ate what I picked, taking only a bit of this and that, meant that should something not please my palate, I could still eat it.. and I do try different dishes. Some I do not have because I won’t like them, but because I know they will affect my sugar levels. Eating moderately means that I can enjoy these buffets, and not suffer later.
Delight in what you eat.
Namaste – Oyashikiri
Eclipse,Ottawa,Canada
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on December 17, 2013