Guess what fruit is in abundance and cheap in Shanghai now?

Tangerine! I see Lots of them by the road stalls and vendors, in super markets like Carrefour, Wallmart, Emart and all!

They are going for a price like RMB 1.50 per 500 grams currently. Its a good deal. Big harvest from nearby I guess. Eat and enjoy. However, there is a saying in Chinese, don't eat too much. This fruit can be a little heaty.

You can cook good and delicious meals using Tangerine. It mixes well with pork and beef as a side dish. I seen it as side dish in fusion cuisine onboard Lufthansa Airlines. And for the health conscious and cancer patients, read below.

quoted from China Daily:

Tangerine peel could help in the fight against certain cancers. Human cancer cells, which contain an enzyme called P450 CYP1B1, were destroyed by a compound contained in tangerine peel, Salvestrol Q40, scientists at Leicester School of Pharmacy found.

The findings may offer a new approach to uncovering a treatment for cancers such as breast, lung, prostrate and ovarian cancer, the scientists said. Medicinal chemist Dr. Hoon L. Tan said: "It is very exciting to find a compound in food that can target cancers specifically. "Salvestrols may offer a new mechanism of dietary anti-cancer action

What I cooked yesterday - Dinner for 3

I made soup yesterday.

I have no name for it but this are the ingredients and steps:

pork minced meat 50 grams
garlic x 1, chopped finely
small onions x 3, chopped finely
melon x 1 (mao gua), cubed
small potato x 1, cubed
soya sauce
sasame oil
pepper
sugar
salt
black beans 50 grams
peanuts 50 grams
egg x 1
Gou qi, a little bit

1.heat up 1 litre of water in a pot.
2. slice up the melon into cubes and toss in when water is hot
3. next, golden fry the onions and throw into the soup. It gives off a nice aroma. Chinese style
4. let the content boil for a while. Meanwhile, you can chop up your garlic and throw it in
5. prepared your minced pork. add soya sauce, peppar and sasame oil to your liking with the minced pork. Add an extra egg to it if you have nothing to do and maybe a few more calories to make you feel better in this cold Shanghai weather.
6. toss it in into the soup
7. add peanuts and black beans. make sure wash them first!
8. add cubed potatos in
9. season to taste with gou qi, salt, sugar
10. let soup boil for 2 hours

Its good and sweet, though it doesn't really look appetizing :)

food that goes along well with it:
fried pork sticks - bought from the road side at 6rmb
friend duck meat - bought from the road side at 6rmb

What's for dinner for tonight?

Cooking today! And I have no idea whether it will turn out fine. Perhaps there might extra food cooked, lack of giving face perhaps? But by all means, I cannot possibly make everyone happy anyway.

Tonight's Dinner Menu:

1. Curry Chicken, south east Asian style, oooyeah.
2. Ginger with Pork slices in Mushroom sauced garnish
3. Fish Ball Soup
4. Friend Long Beans with dried shrimps
5. Mesh Potato with finely chopped German sausages

and beer, and time spending with lovely people.
Cheers to this long lovely holiday presented by the PRC.