Sunday, March 4th
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dolariWe began by getting a late start up to Austin, to the T&S Seafood Restaurant on Lamar and Braker.
I'd introduced Dean to the concept of Dim Sum (which was introduced to me by Katrus), but Dean took the initiative and went to a Dim Sum restaurant with Jill before I'd ever tried it myself.
My first Dim Sum was at Tien Hong on Burnet, which was good...but the second time at T&S, I really enjoyed it much more. (Tien Hong is a nice casual sitdown restaurant...T&S is a more of a Joint, and it's where the locals go).
Emily had never had Dim Sum, I was aching for some (it's so so so so good), so we decided to introduce her to it on the first day of our vacation. The food was good, the conversation excellent, and we all had a great old time.
Actually, there was one food there, I can't seem to find anywhere else, and no one I know knows about it. It's a sweet rice cake, but not the "normal" kind you see. This was more of a "starchy jello" cake. They called it a sweet rice cake, but I can't find it anywhere else. All I know is it's Malaysian. If anyone out there knows what it is, let me know! It was EXCELLENT.
(Also, if anyone does Dim Sum there, can I get a Dim Sum menu? I keep forgetting)
From there, we took a nice scenic route through the Colorado River to Mount Bonnell, where we enjoyed the view of the hill country, and precariously placed overpriced housing that we could easily jump off the cliff and hit. My fear of falling definately kicked in for a bit, but I trusted Emily to know what she was doing, and Dean was playing around cliffside, too. I'll stay back here, thanks.
From there we took the short jaunt to Mayfield Park to check out the peacocks, one of whome put on a display for us...even if it was on the cieling of a house. We enjoyed the company of several of the birds, photographers and a family strolling by. It had started to get dark, though, and the remaining flu and general out-of-shapeness kept us from walking the trails.
From there, we went home and hung around with Dean a bit more at the house, where Emily got to meet their dogs Pook (the wierdo) and Dapples (the stomach). The evening was more lowkey, just hanging out, playing the occasional video game, and enjoying the evening.
On our way home, we stopped by the long suffering PO Box only to find three packages waiting to be picked up...but they were in the actual Post Office. Monday, we would pick up the packages, and enjoy another day in Austin....
I'd introduced Dean to the concept of Dim Sum (which was introduced to me by Katrus), but Dean took the initiative and went to a Dim Sum restaurant with Jill before I'd ever tried it myself.
My first Dim Sum was at Tien Hong on Burnet, which was good...but the second time at T&S, I really enjoyed it much more. (Tien Hong is a nice casual sitdown restaurant...T&S is a more of a Joint, and it's where the locals go).
Emily had never had Dim Sum, I was aching for some (it's so so so so good), so we decided to introduce her to it on the first day of our vacation. The food was good, the conversation excellent, and we all had a great old time.
Actually, there was one food there, I can't seem to find anywhere else, and no one I know knows about it. It's a sweet rice cake, but not the "normal" kind you see. This was more of a "starchy jello" cake. They called it a sweet rice cake, but I can't find it anywhere else. All I know is it's Malaysian. If anyone out there knows what it is, let me know! It was EXCELLENT.
(Also, if anyone does Dim Sum there, can I get a Dim Sum menu? I keep forgetting)
From there, we took a nice scenic route through the Colorado River to Mount Bonnell, where we enjoyed the view of the hill country, and precariously placed overpriced housing that we could easily jump off the cliff and hit. My fear of falling definately kicked in for a bit, but I trusted Emily to know what she was doing, and Dean was playing around cliffside, too. I'll stay back here, thanks.
From there we took the short jaunt to Mayfield Park to check out the peacocks, one of whome put on a display for us...even if it was on the cieling of a house. We enjoyed the company of several of the birds, photographers and a family strolling by. It had started to get dark, though, and the remaining flu and general out-of-shapeness kept us from walking the trails.
From there, we went home and hung around with Dean a bit more at the house, where Emily got to meet their dogs Pook (the wierdo) and Dapples (the stomach). The evening was more lowkey, just hanging out, playing the occasional video game, and enjoying the evening.
On our way home, we stopped by the long suffering PO Box only to find three packages waiting to be picked up...but they were in the actual Post Office. Monday, we would pick up the packages, and enjoy another day in Austin....
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Date: 2007-03-15 01:27 pm (UTC)My dad's infinite wisdom cursed the rest of us for life because he didn't want us to learn chinese *sigh*
My sis and I get ignored by some of the dim sum cart ladies when we go to chinatown.
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Date: 2007-03-15 01:44 pm (UTC)If they also say the dish by name, it should be "Bak Tong Go"
FYI: I found this page of Dim Sum names, which I'm going to bookmark for myself too :)
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Date: 2007-03-15 06:02 pm (UTC)I may go back to T&S tomorrow just to get the name, or at least get a picture of the dim sum menu. :)
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Date: 2007-03-15 06:10 pm (UTC)>didn't want us to learn chinese *sigh*
Same thing happened to me. My mother and father speak English and Spanish fluently, but when they were kids they were discriminated against because of it.
Their solution was not to teach me Spanish. Now in all my extended family, everyone but my sister and me speak great Spanish. I speak really mediocre grade-school spanish.
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Date: 2007-03-16 10:18 am (UTC)Er - I have no precise knowledge of what it's called, but in general
Malay confectionaries are called Kueh.
The sweet rice cake (there are more than one type, though) is from this
umbrella of foods.
As for the exact details of acquisition, I kind of think of it as "go
over to a malay food stall and pick the ones that taste sweet." XD;
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Date: 2007-03-16 06:56 pm (UTC)I'll prolly run off to Dim Sum again, and specifically ask what it is.