おはようございます。KANOです。今回はこちらの記事から。
中華レストラン紹介記事。
lore
意味 伝承
According to popular lore, a surprising number of Jiangnan dishes were born of the Emperor’s storied southern tours.
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express
意味 〈芸術作品などが〉…を表現する
The crab has already been soused in the most important ingredient—Shaoxing wine. It cleanses the salty-sweet flesh of any “fishiness” and helps the crab express its ben wei, or “natural essence.”
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sea urchin
意味 ウニ
Rice at many Chinese restaurants can be mushy and forgettable, but here, in a sea-urchin dish, it’s soaked in pu’er tea.
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pu’erは「プーアル」覚えたなぁー。
One evening, dessert—delicious sticky-rice cakes with a peanut-and-brown-sugar filling—arrived before one of the mains. On another night, when a diner asked for recommendations, a young server responded, “Everything is standardized, look at the menu.”
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これはチクッと批判w 後者は中華接客あるあるよね、メニュー見ろや君とこの言葉で詳しく書いてるやろ？っていうねw
