北美生活
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Dinner that night was at Qin Chao Wa Guan, a Qin dynasty themed restaurant near my cousin Bo's home. Bo and his wife and daughter live in the west side of the city, in a gated community of high-rise apartment buildings. They bought their 4-bedroom / 2-bathroom apartment three or four years ago. It looked really nice and modern, with all new matching furniture through out. It cost 3,000 RMB/sq m (~$35/sq ft) back then, the total space is ~150 sq m (1615 sq ft), so that was ~500,000 RMB ($62,500). They spent another 200,000 RMB ($25,000) on upgrades and interior decorating. Now the place is worth ~1.8 millions RMB ($243,000+). I heard story like that over and over in China. Real estate price has skyrocket-ed in recent years. For ordinary people, the housing price is so out of reach now, it is on par with the U.S. market in some cities.
The restaurant.
Qin dynasty themed decoration.
Stairway railing.
There were 11 people total at the dinner. We ordered one soup (missing here), six cold dishes, and fourteen hot dishes. Yes, there were way too many dishes. But guess how much all these cost? Answer is at the end.
Cold dishes:
1. Shredded tofu noodle (豆腐丝).
2. Shredded jellyfish (海蜇丝).
3. Fern root noodle (蕨根粉).
4. Nanjing salted duck (桂花鸭).
5. Duck wings (鸭翅).
6. Pig ear (耳丝).
Hot dishes:
7. Wa Wa Cai (娃娃菜), some kind of baby bok choy.
8. Chicken joints (鸡关节).
9. Stir fry river shrimp (河虾).
10. Pig intestine (肥肠).
11. Mystery dish. I can't remember what this was anymore. :)
12. Steam assorted eggs (蛋羹).
13. Golden needle mushroom (金针菇).
14. Goose intestine (鹅肠).
15. Ginkgo seed (白果).
16. Bamboo lamb (竹筒羊肉).
17. Bull frog (牛蛙).
18. Eggplant (茄子).
19. Fish bubble (鱼泡).
20. Some kind of bun and mixed vegetable. The bun was hollow at the bottom, so you could put the vegetable there, and eat the bun with the vegetable together.
(To be continued)
Answer: Dinner cost 845 RMB ($114).
Dinner that night was at Qin Chao Wa Guan, a Qin dynasty themed restaurant near my cousin Bo's home. Bo and his wife and daughter live in the west side of the city, in a gated community of high-rise apartment buildings. They bought their 4-bedroom / 2-bathroom apartment three or four years ago. It looked really nice and modern, with all new matching furniture through out. It cost 3,000 RMB/sq m (~$35/sq ft) back then, the total space is ~150 sq m (1615 sq ft), so that was ~500,000 RMB ($62,500). They spent another 200,000 RMB ($25,000) on upgrades and interior decorating. Now the place is worth ~1.8 millions RMB ($243,000+). I heard story like that over and over in China. Real estate price has skyrocket-ed in recent years. For ordinary people, the housing price is so out of reach now, it is on par with the U.S. market in some cities.
The restaurant.
Qin dynasty themed decoration.
Stairway railing.
There were 11 people total at the dinner. We ordered one soup (missing here), six cold dishes, and fourteen hot dishes. Yes, there were way too many dishes. But guess how much all these cost? Answer is at the end.
Cold dishes:
1. Shredded tofu noodle (豆腐丝).
2. Shredded jellyfish (海蜇丝).
3. Fern root noodle (蕨根粉).
4. Nanjing salted duck (桂花鸭).
5. Duck wings (鸭翅).
6. Pig ear (耳丝).
Hot dishes:
7. Wa Wa Cai (娃娃菜), some kind of baby bok choy.
8. Chicken joints (鸡关节).
9. Stir fry river shrimp (河虾).
10. Pig intestine (肥肠).
11. Mystery dish. I can't remember what this was anymore. :)
12. Steam assorted eggs (蛋羹).
13. Golden needle mushroom (金针菇).
14. Goose intestine (鹅肠).
15. Ginkgo seed (白果).
16. Bamboo lamb (竹筒羊肉).
17. Bull frog (牛蛙).
18. Eggplant (茄子).
19. Fish bubble (鱼泡).
20. Some kind of bun and mixed vegetable. The bun was hollow at the bottom, so you could put the vegetable there, and eat the bun with the vegetable together.
(To be continued)
Answer: Dinner cost 845 RMB ($114).
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xux
2008-01-14 15:53:12
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悄悄话
谢谢猪猪。你的ID和图像都好cute. :)
弄堂里的猪贝贝
2008-01-14 11:53:47
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悄悄话
这些菜，量看上去不少阿，喜欢南京。
xux
2008-01-14 06:04:07
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悄悄话
谢谢几位。从中国回来已经有１个多月了，游记连一半都没写到，再不抓紧就什么也记不得了，所以天天紧赶慢赶，想把东西先写出来。万分感谢帮我找错。我已经改了。还有吗？:)
lipssweet
2008-01-14 03:35:58
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悄悄话
In spite of we got to see many nice dishes, we found also lots of mistakes in writing in English. No. 20: vegetable... vegitable...what is it? :-)
假腥腥
2008-01-14 01:00:31
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悄悄话
人家练练英文写作不可以呀?给我们这种假洋鬼子看特别亲切,至少我学了不少词, cold dishes, hot dishes, tofu noodle, pig ear, ...etc.
xux
2008-01-13 07:15:41
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悄悄话
谢谢沙洲. I love them too. :)
寂寞沙洲冷
2008-01-13 02:14:29
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悄悄话
我的最爱大肠。。。。。。。。。
何其拽
2008-01-12 08:53:04
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悄悄话
奇怪，你不会写中文字啊，菜单还写英文，你这是给鬼佬看的啊?
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