- the epic opening scene of Ang Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman:
- an insightful clip from The Joy Luck Club:
- A scene from Jiro Dreams of Sushi, wherein the omakase experience is likened to a sonata of which Jiro is the composer...
With whetted appetites, we headed to Hei La Moon, Boston Chinatown's most conveniently located dim-sum emporium.
Elsa and Tulio demonstrate two forms of chopstick technique.
We tasted thirty-six small plates and baskets of tantalizing dim sum (which means "to touch the heart," as each parcel ought to). Behold the array of buns, dumplings, rolls, and chicken feet (full of skin-plumping collagen)!
Tea is essential to the dim sum digestion process! Be sure to fill others' cups before your own.
Peeking into one of the dim sum ladies' carts reveals three baskets of siu mai, shrimp dumplings, custard buns, salt and pepper ribs, and veggies encased in tofu skin.
On our way home from Boston, we stopped at Hmart in Burlington (in itself a sensory experience) to purchase groceries for tomorrow's home-cooking time. Our last stop of the day was close to home: Franklin's Asian Delight! Whatever low expectations the Asians amongst us had just from the name of the restaurant were quickly dispelled with our first sips of redolent Thai Tea and final scoops of coconut-pandan pudding. Pleng bonded with the owners, who made an off-menu portion of sticky rice just for her. Behold some of their provisions:
Beef Bibimbap, pre-mixing. Once a peasant dish, and now the popstar of Korean-American menus!
Pleng ordered chicken larb, a fragrant dish of tangily-dressed ground meat nestled amongst herbs and greens.
And of course, the bright-orange Thai iced tea, which (traditionally) derives its vibrant hue from a specific tea leaf.
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