last month we took a trip out to california {i know i owe y'all a recap plus pictures...one day, i promise}.  my cousin was getting married.  so, what does any chinese family do when they get together for any type of celebration or for just no reason at all?  they eat.  and eat is what we did.  the welcome/rehearsal dinner the night before my cousin's big day was nothing short of amazing {never mind the fact that it was served just a few hours after the crazy, fabulous buffet-style welcome lunch}.  the dinner was ten courses {or was it twelve??} of quintessential chinese cuisine including this:the dish we ate looked very similar to the one pictured above except the veg served with ours was a different type of chinese green.{source}that, my friends, is abalone with...wait for … [Read more...]