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The restaurant I went to yesterday doesn't have any black bean sauce dishes on the menu. What regional cuisine is that from? Most Chinese restaurants where I grew up in the northwest were Cantonese. Later Szechuan restaurants began opening as well as Mongolian. Thai seems to vary quite a bit due to family traditional recipes. And of course there northern, southern and Punjabi Indian restaurants. That wasn't exactly a mild rain we got last night that is still coming down. And more rain is showing in the forecast. Like I said last month, the climate has changed so much that rain would probably be delayed until late January or February. On a KGO talk show someone called in and said that the almanac even said it would be delayed. It was the flatlanders who were getting alarmed about a drought. Hopefully there is no cesium in this rain. Keep an eye on that here: http://radiation-watch-san-mateo-coast.com/ On 02/05/2014 04:47 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com wrote: You should try pork ribs with bok choy and black bean sauce, and served with rice. If you haven't tasted it, you should try it. That's one of my favorite Chinese dishes. Also, Jupiter, a watery graha, will be exalted this summer in the sign of Cancer. So, it's not likely that a drought condition will occur in California.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Your Dystopian World News Report
Bhairitu, It's a Cantonese dish, I believe.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Your Dystopian World News Report
Like chop suey many of the Cantonese restaurants had westernized variations for the white devils. One of my favorites as kid was almond fried chicken. The Cantonese restaurants usually made with deep fried chicken topped with gravy. But other restaurants it's just stir fried chicken with almonds. The Tai Tung in Seattle had its Chinese menu (often up on a black board towards the back) and then there were still items you just had to ask the waiter for. Undoubtedly the best Chinese restaurant I've ever eaten at though I'm sure there are some in SF that would give it a run for its money. But I avoid going into SF. I even had a pass for Apps World which opened yesterday and runs through today but am not attending. Parking for an event in 2012 at Moscone cost me $28 for just two hours. BART is a joke. Fortunately the pass was free. On 02/06/2014 12:35 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com wrote: Bhairitu, It's a Cantonese dish, I believe.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Your Dystopian World News Report
Speaking of which, I decided to try lunch at the Chinese restaurant at the top of the hill. Back in December of 2012 it closed as the folks who ran it retired. Then a new management took it opened it in January but they also closed last December. Their food was never popular and they seemed to struggle with pricing. New owners opened it this week with a 20% off grand opening sale. The first impression was not good as the sweet and sour soup was a bit luke warm. However they made up for it with this huge plate (and I do mean huge) of Kung Pao calalmari and BBQ pork fried rice the latter steaming hot right out of the wok. I could have used some Mandarin to communicate with one of the waitresses who barely spoke English. They have freshly remodeled the place which now makes better use of space. The 20% off special is also all month. The drought may be a bit off schedule as rain is expected tonight and more through the weekend. We may not have a worse case drought after all especially if it keeps doing this through May. But it is still chilly for California and i wish I was more of a DYI'er and I would make use of the plentiful sunlight to heat the house for free using solar water panels. On 02/02/2014 10:50 AM, Share Long wrote: so noozguru, now you have 2 new languages to learn: Ethiopian and of course, Mandarin (-: On Sunday, February 2, 2014 12:46 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: More on the California drought: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/us/severe-drought-has-us-west-fearing-worst.html Bhairitu reporting from New Ethiopia. On 02/02/2014 10:33 AM, Bhairitu wrote: Punxsutawney Phil calls for 6 more weeks of winter: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/02/groundhog-day-punxsutawney-phil-calls-for-6-more-weeks-of-winter/ Happy shoveling snow! But we Californians have our own problems: http://news.yahoo.com/amid-drought-california-agency-won-39-t-allot-203406226.html No, that yellow tinge ain't a toilet cleaner. But today it is raining and windy in the SF Bay Area and even snow on the peaks. We can hope this keeps up... until May.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Your Dystopian World News Report
You should try pork ribs with bok choy and black bean sauce, and served with rice. If you haven't tasted it, you should try it. That's one of my favorite Chinese dishes. Also, Jupiter, a watery graha, will be exalted this summer in the sign of Cancer. So, it's not likely that a drought condition will occur in California.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Your Dystopian World News Report
I'm lesser yang in Chinese medicine and thus pork is supposedly very good for me. But I will have to love it from afar. Unless I undergo some personality transplant! Anything is possible. But some things are simply way more probable! On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 6:47 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com jr_...@yahoo.com wrote: You should try pork ribs with bok choy and black bean sauce, and served with rice. If you haven't tasted it, you should try it. That's one of my favorite Chinese dishes. Also, Jupiter, a watery graha, will be exalted this summer in the sign of Cancer. So, it's not likely that a drought condition will occur in California.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Your Dystopian World News Report
I've had other black bean sauce entrées. One local restaurant had an interesting noodle dish with black bean sauce. Chinese food ain't all that special to me because I can actually cook up some of it myself. Madame Wong's Long Life Chinese Cookbook is especially good for recipes and cooking techniques. When I was in India would go to the back pages of the restaurant menus where they have Chinese dishes which were far less spicy and better for pitta types. I also meant to mention that with this chilly weather we've been having I brought my PGE bill down by just running my space heater in the evening in the living room. Problem is it only brought it down a whopping $7. I reduced my gas bill but increased my electric bill. That's why I started looking into free heat. You can build the solar water heaters out of rain spouts. On 02/05/2014 04:47 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com wrote: You should try pork ribs with bok choy and black bean sauce, and served with rice. If you haven't tasted it, you should try it. That's one of my favorite Chinese dishes. Also, Jupiter, a watery graha, will be exalted this summer in the sign of Cancer. So, it's not likely that a drought condition will occur in California.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Your Dystopian World News Report
Share, I'd bet that there's probably at least one Chinese restaurant in Fairfield, IA. You can request for this dish even if it's not on the menu. When we were passing through a little town in Idaho, I was surprised there was one Chinese restaurant there. And, the owner and his family were probably the only Asian family in that town too.
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noozguru, in FF we once had snow on May 1. So if we have only 6 more weeks of winter, yay! I've gotten it down to a routine, dressing with 2 layers of everything! On Sunday, February 2, 2014 12:33 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Punxsutawney Phil calls for 6 more weeks of winter: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/02/groundhog-day-punxsutawney-phil-calls-for-6-more-weeks-of-winter/ Happy shoveling snow! But we Californians have our own problems: http://news.yahoo.com/amid-drought-california-agency-won-39-t-allot-203406226.html No, that yellow tinge ain't a toilet cleaner. But today it is raining and windy in the SF Bay Area and even snow on the peaks. We can hope this keeps up... until May.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Your Dystopian World News Report
More on the California drought: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/us/severe-drought-has-us-west-fearing-worst.html Bhairitu reporting from New Ethiopia. On 02/02/2014 10:33 AM, Bhairitu wrote: Punxsutawney Phil calls for 6 more weeks of winter: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/02/groundhog-day-punxsutawney-phil-calls-for-6-more-weeks-of-winter/ Happy shoveling snow! But we Californians have our own problems: http://news.yahoo.com/amid-drought-california-agency-won-39-t-allot-203406226.html No, that yellow tinge ain't a toilet cleaner. But today it is raining and windy in the SF Bay Area and even snow on the peaks. We can hope this keeps up... until May.
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so noozguru, now you have 2 new languages to learn: Ethiopian and of course, Mandarin (-: On Sunday, February 2, 2014 12:46 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: More on the California drought: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/us/severe-drought-has-us-west-fearing-worst.html Bhairitu reporting from New Ethiopia. On 02/02/2014 10:33 AM, Bhairitu wrote: Punxsutawney Phil calls for 6 more weeks of winter: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/02/groundhog-day-punxsutawney-phil-calls-for-6-more-weeks-of-winter/ Happy shoveling snow! But we Californians have our own problems: http://news.yahoo.com/amid-drought-california-agency-won-39-t-allot-203406226.html No, that yellow tinge ain't a toilet cleaner. But today it is raining and windy in the SF Bay Area and even snow on the peaks. We can hope this keeps up... until May.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Your Dystopian World News Report
They are telling people to be careful driving in the rain. There are lots of spinouts causing accidents. I say these people can't drive in sunny weather let alone rainy. I skipped going for my waterfront park walk and the downtown farmers market. Being a former Seattlite that might sound strange but 1) the rain here is usually heavier than anything they get in Seattle because the Olympic mountains take away a lot of precipitation and 2) the wind is around 20 mph so the farmers market will be fighting to keep their booths from blowing away. On 02/02/2014 10:46 AM, Share Long wrote: noozguru, in FF we once had snow on May 1. So if we have only 6 more weeks of winter, yay! I've gotten it down to a routine, dressing with 2 layers of everything! On Sunday, February 2, 2014 12:33 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Punxsutawney Phil calls for 6 more weeks of winter: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/02/groundhog-day-punxsutawney-phil-calls-for-6-more-weeks-of-winter/ Happy shoveling snow! But we Californians have our own problems: http://news.yahoo.com/amid-drought-california-agency-won-39-t-allot-203406226.html No, that yellow tinge ain't a toilet cleaner. But today it is raining and windy in the SF Bay Area and even snow on the peaks. We can hope this keeps up... until May.
