elaich wrote:
>
> These people understood how to use black beans in Chinese cooking.
> Everything they served was smoky with the black beans. The best Chinese
> food I ever ate.

Ugh. There's a Chinese restaurant in Palo Alto
who puts black beans in nearly everything they
make. The only times I've eaten there was when
somebody else was paying. Black beans are like
sage, more often noticed when over-used.

They also wash their bamboo chopsticks and re-use
them. Double ugh.