October 7, 2008

• Good music and good food

   
  

  The last couple of weeks have been busy with work and my
  bf.  We watched Lang Lang’s performance a
  couple of weeks ago.  It was a very good
  performance and well worth the money.  I’m
  not an expert at classical music and I was absolutely mesmerized by his performance.  The 2 hours just flew by all too quickly. The hall was very busy that night.  There were many parents who brought their kids
  to the concert.  The boys spanned the
  spectrum of formal wear.  White shirts
  with sleeves that never seemed to fit billowed out of the pants while others
  were neatly tucked in.  Some boys had
  ties but most didn’t.  Most wore sneakers
  to finish off their attire.  I can
  imagine mom or dad reminding them before the concert that if they practiced
  harder, they could be like Lang Lang.  We
  also got our CD’s autographed by him after the concert.  The ushers told us as we were lining up that
  due to the huge crowd and the time constraint; he was only going to sign his
  name – no personalizing the CDs and/or books.  
  He had another reception to attend afterwards.

  
  

  The concert brought back memories long ago when my mom and
  dad took us to our first concert and ballet. 
  We always sat in the back in case we became disruptive.  A cadence of stern warnings were issued days
  ahead of the concert and reinforced just before we entered the concert
  hall.  We had to behave, no talking, no
  laughing and no fooling around.  We even
  had an afternoon nap so we didn’t fall asleep during the concert.  The nap didn’t help.  The ballets however fascinated me.  Actually it was the “bulges” in the male
  dancers fascinated me.  Well, it was also
  the movement and how the ballerinas could flutter across the stage on their
  toes. 

   

  Packed into the past week was another feast with my bf’s
  family.  The little one is so cute.  He is generous with sloppy wet kisses much to
  everyone’s amusement (except when they are on the receiving end).   My bf and I also had a good dinner this past
  weekend.  The sashimi was fresh and
  generous.  The lychee martini (our first)
  was nice.  I guess it would be better if
  the lychee was fresh and the glass a bit colder but I’m being fussy.   

  Here are some of the dishes that I had. 
  Shrimp and scallops with snow peas
  

  Birds nest soup with crab meat and shrimp
  

  We also had Peking Duck, this was the 2nd part with lettuce (not shown here)

  

  Crispy skin chicken - tender, moist and the skin was so good (yeah... I'm sure my doctor would have frowned on me eating it).

  

  The "closers" a) E-Fu noodles, just the right amount of firmness.
  

  and b) fried rice - the rice wasn't sticky and had a very good "wok hay" (this is hard to translate - it literally means the breath of the wok)  Check the link for a better explanation. 

  

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