Sheep Pizza

 

     Not kidding.  That's what it was called on the menu.  

     One night last week in Suzhou we had dinner at a Uighur restaurant with a couple of people who went along on the factory visit with Terry.  Here's Terry with Irishman Alan on the right.  Alan has lived in China for 8 years and recommended this dish because he's had it before and liked it.  It was actually quite good.  

     "Sheep" was the unfortunate English translation for numerous lamb dishes on the menu of this restaurant run by people from the Uighur region of far western China.  Sheep pizza was actually a savory lamb and vegetable stew served on a pizza-like flatbread cut into wedges.  We served ourselves the chunky parts of the stew in the bowls at our places and then as Alan is doing here, picked up a wedge of the crust underneath, which had soaked up the flavorful juices from the stew.   

     A Chinese woman, an Irishman and two Americans eating a Muslim lamb stew served on a pizza crust, with chopsticks and accompanied by dark SinKiang beer.  (Really? A Muslim beer?)  Talk about a melding of cultures.  

     To the right of the pizza are two small bowls with appetizers that were on the table when we sat down, roasted peanuts in their red skins and golden raisins.  Good practice with chopsticks to munch on those particular appetizers, especially the peanuts.