Ch-Ch-Ch-Chinatown

At the Oriental Pearl.....mmm-mmmm

After Chase's conference, we walked over to Chinatown and had a great dinner. Chase's co-worker, Nancy joined us. We went to a restaurant recommended by the hotel staff and really enjoyed it. I convinced the table to get the three course meal for two and split everything that came. And it was a lot of food.

It started off with a dim sum combination. Since no one else liked shrimp, it was my lucky day. I got the shrimp dim sum and Nancy and Chase had a pork and beef dim sum. Then we had hot and spicy soup, cashew chicken, sweet and sour pork and probably the best fried rice I've ever had. It had diced pieces of ham in it, SHRIMP, chopped up bits of green beans and identifiable pieces of egg too! I was so impressed with the quality of food. And it all came out in stages and they served it to us, cleared our plates, brought us new ones... It was pretty fun. And I loved the variety. It sure beat ordering one thing. My belly was happy.

Chinatown's shops are huge.

After dinner, we visited a couple shops and picked up a souvenir or two. I got a little prezzie for my niece that I know her parents will love. tehehehe. It makes noise.... I hope it becomes Grace's favorite. ;-D And I got an ornament for our Christmas tree (it's a cable car!) and on our way out, Chase spotted this elaborate tassel with little coins wrapped together that he wanted to make an ornament too. I'll have to take a picture of it.... maybe later. I also got a new pencil bag. The one I bought in Germany in 2000 is slowly but surely falling apart. I've been in the market for one and came across a very colorful one in a flea market. Perfect! Now I can reminisce everyday of grad school about the awesome vacay we took...

The Chinatown gate at night