Friday, February 22, 2008

Happy Chinese Lovers' Day. :) 元宵節

This morning when I was cooking lunch, I found this 'connected strawberry' (連心strawberry :D). It fits the occasion because today is the Chinese Valentine's Day. :)

The Chinese Valentine's day happens on the 15th of Luna January. There are many legends associated with this festival. One of my favorites is about the unwed girls in ancient time were allowed to come to th
e fair on that day and watch the lantern shows. (In ancient Chinese culture, unmarried girls are not suppose to come out on the street unless they are not decent in morality). Most often, these legends involves girls meet boys, boys meet girls on that day. Very romantic in a Chinese kinda way.

Today's Menu:

Lunch

Baked Tilapia with onion and Tomatoes

Avocado, mango and strawberry salad

Dinner

Roasted baby beef ribs in black pepper sauce
Avocado Mango and Strawberry salad (Mike likes it so much we have to have a repeat :D)
Chinese Starfish and mushroom soup

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Did you use black chicken to cook the soup? The starfish still looks very curious to me... haha

Tickle LaBean said...

Yes it's black chicken and starfish :)