日批在线视频_内射毛片内射国产夫妻_亚洲三级小视频_在线观看亚洲大片短视频_女性向h片资源在线观看_亚洲最大网

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
Lifestyle
Home / Lifestyle / Recipes

Osmanthus: scented celebrations

By Pauline D. Loh | Shanghai Star | Updated: 2014-09-05 09:47

Osmanthus: scented celebrations

Fragrant tea: Oolong tea bags with dried osmanthus flowers [Photo by Pauline D. Loh/Shanghai Star]

Legend has it that the semi-deity Wu Gang toils endlessly on the moon cutting down an osmanthus tree that instantly grows back any branches he manages to chop off.

During the eighth lunar month, when the harvest moon shines brightest and seems closest, his strenuous efforts dislodge the fragrant blossoms and they rain upon the earth, taking root as flowering shrubs that burst into blooms around this time.

Pretty myths aside, the osmanthus is a scented flower that is very characteristic to Chinese cuisine and culture. Of the many hybrids listed, about 80 percent are native to the south of China, with some appearing in Southeast Asia and a few in South Asia.

The shrub is a widely cultivated ornamental, and its flowers are harvested and dried, to be made into osmanthus jam, or infused in osmanthus tea and wine. Osmanthus is especially enjoyed during the Mid-Autumn Festival, on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month.

This is the day for mooncakes, fat crabs, taro, water caltrops, pomeloes and osmanthus tea and wine. As always, in the Chinese festive calendar, most occasions are marked and celebrated with good food, and few are more delicious than those on the Mid-Autumn table.

Dried osmanthus flowers are often added to oolong tea, creating an expensive blend that is well loved for its elusively elegant scent. Osmanthus blooms are also used as an infusion on their own, and many quality Chinese restaurants offer them during the autumn period.

Yellow wine infused with osmanthus is the drink of choice around this time as well, especially when it’s time to enjoy the mitten crabs that are now fat with roe and milt.

The yellow wine warms both stomach and constitution, neutralizing the effects of the coolness of the freshwater crabs. In recent years, osmanthus has become a popular flavoring agent as well, and chefs in Shanghai’s top Chinese and Western restaurants have explored and exploited the possibilities.

Chef Simon Choi of Shangxi Chinese Restaurant at Four Seasons Pudong created an osmanthus jelly topped with yogurt and a dollop of bird’s best, creating a few choice bites of luxury. Over at the Shangri-la Pudong, Chef Sam Gao of The Osmanthus Room, Guihua Lou, created a traditional floral gelatin topped with candied osmanthus. The Western pastry chefs are not far behind.

At the newly-opened Le Rêve Patisserie and Art Space at Yi Feng Galleria, French pastry chef Pascal Molines created a mooncake macaron using osmanthus flowers. The light blue pastry will win over fans of both French and Chinese pastries.

Le Reve also serves up different "mooncake" flavors in the series, including a five-nut and Chinese ham macaron, a crab-roe flavored macaron and the classic lotus paste macaron. In Shanghai, anything is possible.

Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产999久久久| 免费看一级黄色大片 | 欧美一级免费大片 | 欧美在线一区二区 | 国产区一区二 | 国产成人97精品免费看片 | 国产午夜三级一区二区三 | 亚洲精品男人天堂 | 狠狠操狠狠插 | 欧美xx视频| 在线看片中文字幕 | 欧美黑人一区二区 | 婷婷久草 | 一二三在线视频 | 天天操天天干天天插 | 日韩一区在线播放 | 葵司免费一区二区三区四区五区 | 一本一道| 久久精品综合网 | 超碰97人人在线 | 国产一二三四 | 亚洲天堂男人天堂 | 中文字幕在线观看视频网站 | 国产剧情久久久 | 长河落日电视连续剧免费观看01 | 欧美性妇 | 四虎影视永久免费 | 国产色诱视频 | 国产视频网 | 亚洲天堂2024| 欧美视频黄 | 午夜视频精品 | 高清免费av | 欧美成人精品一区二区三区在线看 | 一区二区三区四区在线播放 | 午夜视频在线观看一区 | 亚洲第一区视频 | 天天人人精品 | 日韩中文一区二区 | 福利视频91 | 特级丰满少妇一级aaaa爱毛片 |