This work can be interpreted in the simplest, most direct manner — as a stereotyped image of China's food culture and painting traditions, but at the same time, its multiple references to
various Chinese social and historical backgrounds make interpretation much more difficult: the use of objects to express morality in Chinese
landscaping, satirical poetry mocking ostentatious refinement, and the imitation of handwritten menus to capture a scene of civil life... Viewers unfamiliar with the specific context can easily find themselves lost in the smokescreen of
mysterious Oriental poetic calligraphy and bonsai art.