野金针炒肉丝 (Pork Stir-Fried with Wild Lily Buds)
Lunch @ a local eatery along the path up to the summit.
I always like Lily Buds - they are very crunchy and absorb the flavours of the cooking condiments well. I don't think this is a very authentic Shandong dish - again, probably more of the choice of the owners of the eatery, but I was scanning for something exotic and the idea of "wild" lily buds sounded plenty alluring.
The dish arrived saucy-salty and a tad sourish. (We will discover that the locals in Shandong like to add some vinegar to their cooking). Simple, rustic and unpretentious.
野金针炒肉丝 (Pork Stir-Fried with Wild Lily Buds)
Lunch @ a local eatery along the path up to the summit.
I always like Lily Buds - they are very crunchy and absorb the flavours of the cooking condiments well. I don't think this is a very authentic Shandong dish - again, probably more of the choice of the owners of the eatery, but I was scanning for something exotic and the idea of "wild" lily buds sounded plenty alluring.
The dish arrived saucy-salty and a tad sourish. (We will discover that the locals in Shandong like to add some vinegar to their cooking). Simple, rustic and unpretentious.