Guangzhou Food and Historic Sites (March 6th 2012)

hi history am back in guangzhou and today visited a 1000 yr old street, built in layers over the years, one on top of the other, stretching from the Tang dynasty to the Ming Dynasty.  we could see the pattern of the stones. then i went to see an excavated wooden watergate built in the Yue 越 kingdom and marvelled at the wisdom of our ancient ancestors. food finally today i had some nice cantonese food.  for lunch i went into a little shop and had steamed rice vermicelli rolls with beef (蒸牛肉腸粉), wow, so de li ious!  the 腸粉薄而滑, 牛肉軟而 luen.  thumbs up. for dinner, because i was so tired, i just went downstairs to the hotel restaurant, and then i saw on the menu 麵史豆付煮魚, braised fish with tofu and bean sauce.  this is a dish my mother used to cook and i used to hate, but tonight i thoroughly enjoyed.  as i was eating, i realized how i missed my mother, and her cooking, back in my mind i was hoping that i could find her style of cooking in guangzhou, (we are cantonese).  for a few days i searched and searched and was disappointed, then finally i succeeded without even trying to search.  this is 踏破鐵鞋無覓處, 得來全不費功夫 (this is a chinese saying that: you walked and searched until your steel shoes broke,and still cannot find what u want, and suddenly it came to you without you spending any effort) again, this reminds us that we must VALUE and TREASURE everything, everyone we have at this moment.  its only when we lose them then we now how precious they are. (my mother passed away and i could never have her delicious cooking again!) pls see some photos. cheers lydia