tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27252543.post93509228683180626..comments2023-07-02T02:10:19.534-07:00Comments on Phyll Sheng's notes on tea, mostly.: Entertaining Guests With TeaP. Shenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17194361997640625710noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27252543.post-77837724218532227812007-09-01T13:57:00.000-07:002007-09-01T13:57:00.000-07:00Dear D. Hobbes,Thank you.Chinese and Japanese rest...Dear D. Hobbes,<BR/><BR/>Thank you.<BR/><BR/>Chinese and Japanese restaurants usually serve tea for free to go with the food, granted they are not prepared gongfu and often subpar. Do you drink the tea at these restaurants?<BR/><BR/>I have heard of such Chinese wisdom of not mixing tea together with food, and I generally don't pay much heed to it -- perhaps to my future detriment. It is a ~ Phyllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089209028096768776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27252543.post-67902549896149439552007-09-01T01:20:00.000-07:002007-09-01T01:20:00.000-07:00Dear Phyll, A great article, thanks. As I read i...Dear Phyll,<BR/><BR/> A great article, thanks.<BR/><BR/> As I read it, and remembered an article on tea-and-food pairing in the Pu'er LiveJournal, I realised why this has never been a concern for me: I would get seriously "Shaolin'd" if I were to serve tea during dinner, from my dear, gentle wife. The concept of drinking tea while eating food is so off the agenda, that I didn't even notice Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362750318020750292noreply@blogger.com