Steamboat

Herbal Potion:
Finding a refuge while striding against the chill wind in the winter, you hope to come in to this small restaurant for some warmness it offers. The roots, barks, branches, leaves, buds, seeds from many herbs revitalize your fatigue body under the mercy of ice-cold windy evening. You can enjoy the boiling potion with the addition of some delights of your choices ranging from minced meatballs from beef, mutton, fish or chicken, mutton slices, seafood and a variety of vegetables. Taste with different sauces made finely from mustard, peanuts, sesame, chili, garlic etc.

Photo taken by Eble Lai, June 2006. China, Su Zhou, Jing Xi.

苏州, 锦溪水乡

Ordinary Plain Boiling:
Beef slices, fish fillet, dumplings stuffed with various ingredients, green-bean vermicelli (Dong Fen,冬粉) and vegetables. Cook the lazy way, dump everything into the soup and wait for it to boil. A Cantonese friend taught me to put in some sweet dumpling ball 'tang yuan'(汤圆) at the very last. Sweet and savoury, incredibly delicious.

Lamb Stew: A Chinese style lamb stew. Mutton rolls in herbal soup. We added on with some side dishes likes fish skin, minced meat balls etc.

Porridge Steamboat:
The pot in the middle of the table was boiling with plain porridge but not soup. Simmer the porridge mixture while enjoying the meat, vegetables and porridge together. Apart from the plain porridge, the dipping ingredient for this steam boat include sesame oil, soya sauce, fresh chili, fried chili oil, fermented tofu, spring onion, yellow mustard, peanut butter, salt and etc. Get the right taste of yours by mixing any combination of the provided ingredients at your pleasure. Not expensive to enjoy with friends or family members.

Photo taken by Eble Lai, June 2006. China, Su Zhou, Lotus Roots Garden.

苏州藕园

Photo taken by Eble Lai, June 2006. China, Su Zhou, Lotus Roots Garden. Traditional music performers and story narrator in action.

苏州藕园书场