the Chinese garden

Being a professor!

the Met

Mr Crab

So, apparently the important part of this painting is not Mssr Crab (who has little googly eyes, which you can't tell in this picture, helas) but actually this huge ass carp that was on the bottom of the scroll. Professor hl1u said that the jumping carp was an important image to those taking the civil service exams. So yearly some fish have to go through some weird jump (like salmon do, I suppose) over something so that they may spawn. Many exam-takers saw this as an equivalent sort of feat; if they could pass the exam they would become important scholar officials.

Apparently both the fish and takers would die if they didn't pass...?


the Met

McMuffin (or something)

I was a bit heavier and sicker for the rest of the day, haha

Strawberry, Red Bean, Chocolate Mousse, Burnt Sugar

Christina's (Christine's?) Inman Square

Definitely going back
Burnt sugar was very good and I thought the red bean was awesome, though yzhou felt a bit differently

For Rfiske

Samosa and Matar Paneer and the Veggie Platter

Punjabi Dhabi

2 Mango and 1 Pineapple Lassi

Punjabi Dhabi, Inman Square
(is that the right name?)