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Happy new year friend!
But isn't feeling well so let me make dinner. I think dad is very disappointed. 
Mu shu beef and barbecued pork appetizer.
My cousin's in-laws are Mandarin. It's a northern Chinese dish, one of the first to get notice in the US outside of Cantonese style meals.
When I worked the floor in their restaurant (waiter) we served it table side. Mu shu, hoisin sauce, minced garlic, fresh thin scallion slices. Laid out the wrap on a heated plate, added the mu shu, a little garlic, a little hoisin and the scallions. Tucked and rolled. Topped with nasturtium flowers (it was a show). All done using chopsticks, what a learning curve for me. We only rolled one, the rest were up to the diners to fix as they liked.
All that personal note aside, I love them. One of my favorite tastes. Have a good one.
I certainly can't roll them using chopsticks. That was an achievement on your part.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Typically spoon and chopstick set-ups. So I could goof up and we'd all laugh. And I finally got it day to day. I learned with the staff in the back of the house.
Table side was a stretch. Skinny, white, blonde-haired, English speaking guy doing a dinner presentation in a Chinese restaurant.
LOL. But it worked.
There were times when we had a table of Chinese speaking customers. Mandarin or Cantonese staff would take the lead on those, speak the dialect and fill me in. They were the table side lead.
When I was about five and politically incorrect, I wanted to grow up to be a "Chinese chop suey maker". Did you know that I've been to China (it was in 1982)? I learned to use chopsticks for that, but grew rusty later on. It was a fascinating experience, though some of the food was odd. Sea cucumbers are one example, they tasted like rubber bands.
I avoided them after the first taste and not knowing what it was. One woman in our group (only group travel was allowed then) was originally from China and explained food to us.
Went to Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guilin and Guangzhou, ending up in Hong Kong for a few days. It was a small group (just 12) and we ate mostly in restaurants vs. hotel dining rooms like the larger groups. Had Beijing duck in a restaurant in Beijing that was known for that dish...they even served the duck webs. I avoided those!
Hotel in Beijing was new (not quite finished) and supposedly based on a Holiday Inn in Fayetteville, NC. Hotel in Shanghai was the old Peace Hotel, which at that time looked like something out of the 1930s.
We were given a surprising amount of free time. I recall getting up the first morning in Beijing and walking down the street the hotel was located on and ending up at the Friendship Store -- this was with some others. In Hangzhou when we had free time, everyone but me decided to nap and I took a walk. What a lovely city.
My interest in going there started young when I tried to dig a hole in the back yard to get to China. It was an amazing experience, though it's changed so much I wouldn't recognize most of it now. A friend went maybe three or four years ago and had to wear a mask constantly because of the pollution. The air wasn't great when I was there, but nowhere near as bad as it is now.
With meatballs and hot italian sausage. Once it cooks down, I'll get some ziti on the boil.
and topped with arabiata sauce. The stuffing is vegetables, beans, and a mixture of different types of rice.
Waffle chip potatoes to go with.
A Negra Modelo, too. 
Cher
I'm such a peas n' pearls slut. Especially with fish! I must have some distant British in me... 
And a spinach salad.....yummy.
