為菜飯而餸

Enjoying Shanghai Cuisine, my favorite is doubtlessly noodles. I do like rice, but only when there is a proper dish to go with it. And I always gravitate towards "choi faan", which literally means rice with vegetable. Most of the time, they offer the choice to switch from the plain steamed rice to "choi faan" for merely a few dollars. The "choi" in "choi faan" is always "Siu Tong Choi". Ranging from Sweet and sour pork rib with sugar and vinegar, to fried minced pork dumpling, most Shanghainese dishes are suitable with "choi faan".

This time I prepared curry beef brisket, which is one of the most common curry dishes in town.
The beef brisket is real tender, potatoes are generously used, the chili from thai is definitely, if not overly, hot and spicy. The Italian Parsley here was just for a decorative purpose.