Lunch Box from JiaLeFu (2009.05.10)

After the movie there were lunch boxes from JaiLeFu in Annandale, VA. The owners are Hakka and cooked some Hakka dishes for us. Going clockwise. Roasted pork with pickled veggie (梅菜扣肉). The pork must be the part with a layer of fat, it tastes better than the pork itself. Unfortunately they did not roast this long enough for the flavor to go into the meat and was lacking some garlic to give it a kick. Sauteed bamboo shoots (did I mention this is bamboo season?) Pandas like raw bamboo, humans don't. Need I say more? Seasoned chicken that was a bit tasty, just a bit. I think it was supposed to be drunk chicken, but it wasn't drunk, just had a bit of salt...