Cucumber Salad Beijing Style (蓑衣黄瓜)
Dinner @ '海碗居' [www.haiwanjv.com/default.aspx], a very traditional Beijing 'Zhajiangmian' (炸酱面) restaurant.
(This photo was taken with an iPhone and so the quality suffered unfortunately - phones are not cameras)
This is really a simple dish - appetiser - cucumber slices flavoured with sesame oil, vinegar, sugar, salt, roasted sesame seeds, Sichuan pepper and chilli pepper. Served cold.
The pleasure of this dish is in the knifeskills - how to prepare cucumber slices evenly and then arranged them into art pieces for culinary enjoyment.
Cucumber Salad Beijing Style (蓑衣黄瓜)
Dinner @ '海碗居' [www.haiwanjv.com/default.aspx], a very traditional Beijing 'Zhajiangmian' (炸酱面) restaurant.
(This photo was taken with an iPhone and so the quality suffered unfortunately - phones are not cameras)
This is really a simple dish - appetiser - cucumber slices flavoured with sesame oil, vinegar, sugar, salt, roasted sesame seeds, Sichuan pepper and chilli pepper. Served cold.
The pleasure of this dish is in the knifeskills - how to prepare cucumber slices evenly and then arranged them into art pieces for culinary enjoyment.