YUMMINESS!

It's been a while since I checked out my blogstats to see what my readers are looking for when they come here.  Not that I shall cater to anyone based on statistics, but I am interested.
What brings you here?
Which potent mix of zesty subject and badly written gibberish caught your eye?

Apparently this week you like food.
And Chinese subjects.


SOUR PLUM SOUP 酸梅湯
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/11/sour-plum-soup.html
Friday, November 11, 2011
A brief description of a refreshing beverage. The post also mentions Irene Wan (温碧霞), who in some movies is quite adorable.

THREE T'ANG POEMS
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2007/11/three-tang-poems.html
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Night mooring at Maple Bridge (楓橋夜泊) by 張繼 (Zhang Zhi), Evening Rain on Mount Ba (巴山夜雨) by 孫善齊 (Sun Shan Qi), and Question and Answer About Living in the Mountains (山中問答) by 李白 (Li Po).

HONG KONG ROAST GOOSE IN SHAM TSENG
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/10/hong-kong-roast-goose-in-sham-tseng.html
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
A wonderful bird, with an almost miraculous ability to calm the savage carnivore.
I applaud your excellent taste.

HAM SAP LO - THE CANTONESE PERVERT
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/04/ham-sap-lo-cantonese-pervert.html
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
If you want to think of this as an instructional text, please do.
Not that I would recommend it, though. Acting like a ham sap lo creeps women out.

HOW TO COOK A ZEBRA
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-to-cook-zebra.html
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Unfortunately there is no place in San Francisco where you can get zebra steak with pommes frites, or zèbre à la Bourguignonne. We lament this oversight. Clearly San Francisco is not as high fallutin' food-wise as we boast ourselves to be.
But you can cook the beast at home.

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Today's top attractions, per the stats, were also educational.

FLOWER MARKET ROAD IN MONGKOK: 旺角花墟道
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/03/flower-market-road-in-mongkok.html
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Okay, someone is visiting Hong Kong. I understand that. You want to know where to go and what to do, and perhaps you also want some lovely French pastry (at The Saint Honoré Cake Shop, on the corner Flower Market and Yuen Ngai), stellar cheesecake (at The Supreme, right next to the 7-11 on Prince Edward Road West) or fluffy fried space monster face at Uncle Fong's.

CANTONESE GIRLS AND SEXUAL FANTASIES
http://atthebackofthehill.blogspot.com/2011/04/cantonese-girls-and-sexual-fantasies.html
Saturday, April 23, 2011
This article is about Kermit the Frog. Cantonese girls LOVE handsome amphibians. There is no one sexier and more romantic than Kermit, and all the average healthy Cantonese young lady REALLY WANTS is to hold a cold green flippery hand and cuddle on moonlit summer evenings.
Occassionally looking deep into the handsome frog's bemused eyes.

Second choices: Vincent Price, Clark Gable, and Andy Lau.



I'm actually rather upset at these results. I was hoping that it was me that drew you in. Or the mental image of me taking a long hot bath, with a cup of coffee and a mystery novel, and something to nibble on. Or even the fantasy of me out there hunting for food, chopsticks poised at the ready, when suddenly across a crowded tea house our eyes meet and lock. We hold our breaths for a few seconds...... the temperature rises..... then both of us dive madly towards the very last fresh shrimp bonnet.
There is a crack of splintering chopsticks.
Afterwards, only dreamy silence.


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