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China garden Benidorm

I visited a lot of Chinese restaurants in and around Benidorm, Calpe and even in Alicante. I must admit, in China Garden Benidorm you come into the range of fine Chinese food. With a group of 7 people we received a great round table. Staff is very welcoming and a very tidy spacious dining. Service is impeccable. We opted for a rice table 7 persons. Amazing food! A nice surprise price wise.  Please spread the word for Chinese food lovers, the place to be.

China Garden Benidorm

Vietnamese Bouillabaise @ Esraduke

4 large lobsters, 1 3/4 pounds each

1 pound cod, 24 scampis, 

Ice, for cooling

1 cup extra-virgin olive oil

1/4 cup finely grated fresh ginger

3 lemongrass stalks, 1 stalk minced, 2 stalks chopped into 2-inch batons

3 sprigs fresh basil, stems and leaves separated

2 bulbs fennel, 1 trimmed and roughly chopped, 1 trimmed and cut into 8 wedges

2 heads garlic, cloves peeled and germs removed

1 bay leaf 1 leek, white and light green parts roughly chopped

1 large onion, roughly chopped

1 sprig fresh flat-leaf parsley

1 sprig fresh thyme

1 cup tomato puree

2 cups dry white wine

1 tablespoon salt, plus more for seasoning

2 teaspoons coriander seeds

2 teaspoons fennel seeds

1 teaspoon crushed white peppercorns

2 star anise

4 fingerling potatoes, sliced into quarters

2 lotus roots, boiled for 2 minutes and thinly sliced

12 caps shiitake mushrooms, sliced

1 bunch fresh Thai basil, leaves picked

Freshly ground black pepper

1 pound water spinach, quickly sauteed with garlic, for serving, optional

1 bunch scallions, cleaned and grilled, for serving, optional

Baguette slices, brushed with olive oil and toasted, for serving, optional

DIRECTIONS

Bring a large stock pot of salted water to a boil, and then poach the lobsters for 1 minute. Cool immediately in an ice bath, and then remove and separate the lobster heads from the bodies. Trim the gills and chop the lobster heads into small pieces, split the tails in half lengthwise, and remove the claw and knuckle meat from the shells. Toss all the lobster pieces, cod & scampis with 1/2 cup of the olive oil, 1 tablespoon of the ginger and the minced lemongrass in a bowl to marinate. Transfer to the refrigerator.

Heat a large pot over high heat. Pour in the remaining olive oil and add the basil stems, roughly chopped fennel, garlic, bay leaf, leeks, onions, parsley and thyme and cook, stirring, until softened but not browned, 7 to 8 minutes. Add the lobster heads and cook, stirring, for 12 to 15 minutes, and then stir in the tomato puree and continue cooking for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the white wine, remaining ginger, remaining lemongrass, the salt, coriander, fennel seeds, white peppercorns and star anise and cover with water by 1 inch. Bring to a boil, and then reduce to a simmer and cook uncovered for 35 minutes.

Strain the broth through a fine-mesh sieve into a very large wide pot, using a ladle to press against the solids to remove all of the liquid; discard the solids. Bring the broth to a boil over medium-high heat, and then add the fennel wedges, potatoes and pre-cooked lotus root slices and cook until softened, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove the marinated lobster tails and claws and add to the pot along with the mushrooms, Thai basil leaves and green basil leaves. Season the bouillabaisse with salt and black pepper.

Divide the bouillabaisse among 4 shallow bowls, and finish the dish with some sauteed water spinach, grilled scallions, and slices of grilled baguette, if desired.

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Convert the Jing (sexual energy) to replenish the brain? True!

As with most young men puberty brought an explosion of hormones. My father warned me time after time not to read porn magazines and masturbate. He said they have a negative effect on me both physically and spiritually. It is common knowledge among older Chinese that sex deplete ones energy. The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic, the bible of Chinese medicine, explicitly explains how sex affects you. At that time I just laughed it off, because many western medical journals and studies say sex and masturbation are good for you: just a minor loss of protein which can easily be replenished.

Only after I began Nei Dan (inner alchemy) practice did I realize from my own personal experience, how true that ancient wisdom is. Usually in the Nei Dan process, the first step is to convert Jing (sexual energy) into Qi and use that to replenish the brain. This process is called Huan Jing Bu Nao in Chinese. If you ask the Chinese about this term, I am sure many have heard about it from books, magazine, movies or TV dramas. Sadly, most of the time these days this term is used in a comic way; thus, the younger generations dismiss it as fiction.

Interestingly, just a couple of months ago, I read a study on how watching porn affects our brain. “Researchers found that gray matter volume in the right caudate of the striatum was smaller among frequent porn viewers. Men who watched more porn also showed less activity in another area of the striatum, known as the left putamen … These brain changes are similar to those seen in cocaine addicts, who develop abnormalities in areas, such as the nucleus accumbens and striatum, which are responsible for learning, memory, pleasure, and reward.”

For the full article see:
http://www.medicaldaily.com/watching-adult-films-alters-brain-activity-similar-drug-addicts-alcoholics-347224

So after all, the idea of converting the jing (sexual energy) to replenish the brain doesn’t sound that absurd. Indeed, anyone with some background in Traditional Chinese Medicine knows that the brain is part of the kidney systems and jing is mainly stored in the lower dan tian, particularly the area between your kidneys (ming men).

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