My spirits are high this morning. Not that there’s anything special about the day. I just felt happy when I saw that the skies were blue with nice fluffly clouds above as I made my way to work. Fine weather for the morning. It’s just a pity I don’t have a window to look out to in my basement office. Basement offices are the worst! Anyway, I also just had a cranberry scone for breakfast. I love cranberry scones. Yums! So that little snack also added to my good spirits.
\nSpeaking of food, here’s a Chinese song which I find absolutely delightful because of its lyrics.
\n喝純白的豆漿 是純白的浪漫 望著你
\n可愛臉蛋 和你純真的模樣
\n我傻傻對你笑 是你憂愁解藥 你說我
\n就像油條 很簡單卻很美好
\n我知道 你和我就像是豆漿油條 要一起
\n吃下去 味道才會是最好 你需要我的傻笑
\n我需要你的擁抱 愛情就是要這樣它才不會淡掉
\n我知道 有時候 也需要吵吵鬧鬧 但始終
\n也知道 只有你對我最好 豆漿離不開油條
\n讓我愛你愛到老 愛情就是要這樣它才幸福美好
\n我知道 都知道 你知道 你都知道 好不好
\n別偷笑 笑 讓我知道(就好)
\n我喝完熱豆漿 卻念著還想要 你吃完金黃
\n油條 愛情又要再發酵
\nThese are the lyrics from young Singaporean singer Lin Junjie\ufffds song called <<豆漿油條>>. I think the lyrics are so cute. But I shan’t attempt to translate into English ‘cos it sounds very stupid and cheesy when I do so. Trust me, I did attempt to do so, but gave up halfway due to lack of time and also ‘cos it sounded terrible when translated into English.
\nI’m just tickled by the lyrics ‘cos it’s a love song that alludes to 豆漿油條 (soy bean milk and fried doughsticks) as being inseparable from each other because they taste best when eaten together.
\nIncidentally, there is a story behind how 油條 came about. It is said that the two pieces of dough are supposed to symbolise two traitors, Qin Hui and wife, who betrayed Yue Fei, the national hero of the Southern Song Dynasty. To show their hatred for the traitors, the people twisted the two pieces of dough together and dipped it into hot oil and took bites of it to symbolise some form of punishment and torture being meted out to Qin Hui and wife.
\nAnyway, that set me thinking about other food pairings. So far, I can only think of these three:
\n1) Apple pie and old-fashioned vanilla ice cream
\n2) Dark chocolate and strawberry
\n3) Scones and butter (no, NOT margarine! Don’t like margarine anyway.)
\nCan’t think of anymore for now. Feel free to add to the list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My spirits are high this morning. Not that there’s anything special about the day. I just felt happy when I saw that the skies were blue with nice fluffly clouds above as I made my way to work. Fine weather … Continue reading