Thankfully, at this moment the rest of the food was delivered. I scooped up some green beans with chilli and hoped the subject would change.

幸好这时所有的菜都上齐了，我舀了些绿豆和辣椒，希望可以转换话题。

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Buy: pumpkin seeds, pine nut, peanut, dehydrated carrots, mung beans, dried chilli, buckwheat in shell, sunflower seeds.

采购：南瓜子，松果，花生，脱水胡萝卜，绿豆，干辣椒，荞麦，葵花籽。

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Buy: soy beans, chilli, dried shitake, dried fruits, dried vegetables, dried fish, frozen fruits, frozen vegetables, frozen fish.

采购：大豆，干辣椒，脱水香菇，脱水水果，脱水蔬菜，干制鱼类，冷冻水果，冷冻蔬菜，冷冻鱼类。

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So we join the rich in beautiful dining rooms, like The Peninsula's Mei Jiang (peninsula.com) where we eat exquisite dim sum - rolled noodles with black beans and chilli, snow pea pastries, roast pork puffs so buttery they're like pig shortcakes - and are treated like pashas.

BBC: Postcard from Bangkok