"Come! Taste the pork from the Samo Clan!" Zhu Wencong said to the women, noticing how emaciated they were—they needed to eat more fatty meat.
"Is this pork?" Mei asked curiously, as she'd never seen meat so translucent and glistening.
"This is Dongpo Pork, this is sweet and sour spareribs, and this is kelp sparerib soup..." Su Yanqiao introduced the dishes in detail, thinking pityingly that they were truly unfortunate.
Despite being born into affluent families, they still often went hungry—largely because domestic resources were scarce.
Women's status in the Qing court was extremely low; even worse was the status of women in Japan, making it hard for them to fill their stomachs.
Mei and the others gazed at the dazzling array of dishes on the table, swallowing their saliva as they prepared to enjoy Eastern cuisine for the first time.
