Friday. Chinese feast.
U-long tea is bitter and it is one of the beverages, P31.00 a pound.
The table is ready; three saucers in front of every guest; the empty one’s the largest –8 centimeters (in diameter) with a porcelain spoon; another a smaller one, with soya sauce; and the third still smaller, with a little cup for the wine; the tiny cup has a content of five to ten grams. There is a tablecloth and a fork with two prongs. In the middle there are small oranges, salted eggs, almonds, and other seeds.
As each guest arrives, he is offered a cup of U-long tea the superior tea. Chasam, P10 a pound.
When the Chinese get a mustache they can no longer shave — 60 years.
They begin dinner with tea; dried fruits. Goose — Shrimps — Eggs — Meat — Shark’s fins –Nest — Tender duck — Chicken with champagne — Chicken with ham — Shark’s belly.
Tea with 5 saucers — Chicken with ginger — Fish head — Mushroom and pork with two plates of rolls and tea.