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发帖数: 6973 | 1 Florence Fabricant, Nixon in China, the Dinner, Is Recreated. New York Times
, Jan 26, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/dining
/26nixon.html?scp=5&sq=nixon%20china%20&st=cse
Quote:
"Despite the avid global attention to the meal, the menu was “not that
exciting,” Mr. Tong said. “In those days the Chinese did not know what
Americans liked so they served familiar things like roast pork and Chinese
sausages, which are not usual banquet dishes,” he said. “There were two
shrimp dishes even though shrimp are not typical of Beijing cuisine, because
they heard that Americans like shrimp.” Also on the menu were cucumber
slices, tomato slices, sliced roast duck with pineapple, and bread and
butter. The beverages included “boiled water (cold).”
"Photographs from the trip show that Nixon was adept at using chopsticks but
seemed puzzled by some of the food, like the fried gizzards at an all-duck
dinner given by Mr. Zhou.
Note:
(a) Michael Tong founded and owns Shun Lee Palace and Sung Lee West. 湯英揆
/ 揚州樓/ 順利樓
(b) Metropolitan Opera
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Opera
(The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City; founded April 28, 1880)
Quote: "The home of the company, the Metropolitan Opera House, is considered
by many to be one of the premier opera stages in the world, and is among
the largest in the world. The Met, as it is commonly called, is one of the
twelve resident organizations at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
(c) consommé (n; French, from past participle of consommer to complete,
boil down, from Latin consummare to complete — more at CONSUMMATE):
"clear soup made from well-seasoned stock
www.m-w.com
(d) The report said in the opera the guests "stand and toast with tiny
glasses of red stuff, supposedly Chinese maotai.
Maotai
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maotai
(distilled from fermented sorghum and now comes in different versions
ranging in alcohol content from the standard 53% by volume down to 35%)
is of course transparent.
(e) For "smoke furiously," see
furious (adj): "intense 1a "
(f) Just look at the photographs in two opera reviews.
Anthony Tommasini, President and Opera, on Unexpected Stages. New York Times
, Feb 4, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/arts/music
/04nixon.html?scp=1&sq=nixon%20china%20&st=cse
Matthew Gurewitsch, Still Resonating From the Great Wall. New York Times,
Jan 30, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/arts/music
/30nixon.html?scp=3&sq=nixon%20china%20&st=cse
(g) I just checked, and indeed at the Nixon banquet at the Great Hall of the
People in Beijing, US flag was smaller than China's.
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