If you haven't had dim sum before, I should let you know that it is quite the experience. Many Chinese families eat dim sum together on Saturdays and Sundays for lunch. It's very much a family experience. Here's a photo of some of our friends.
Waiters bring food around on little carts. You can try to ask what the food items are (we were blessed with two Mandarin speakers at our table) or play dim sum roulette (blindly choose). I'm not sure what this food item is, but it had shrimp in the middle of it.
This is a great shot of just a small portion of the dim sum dining room. You would not believe the number of people there.
After we finished our meal, we toured a few spots in China Town. Here's a Chinese bakery.
Here is John with a strawberry smoothie. See the black stuff at the bottom of the cup? Those are tapicoa beads. Sometimes they're called "bubbles" or "pearls." They are kind of chewy, like gummy bears, but not quite as sweet.
After finishing our tour of China Town, we all hopped on the subway to go to the Bronx Zoo. The Bronx Zoo is way up north. It took about an hour on the subway to get there. Our first stop at the zoo was a tram ride that takes you through the "Asian Animal Tour."
We were a little disappointed by the "Asian Animal Tour." It mostly consisted of fifteen different varieties of deer. For many New Yorkers, deer may seem exotic and foreign. However, being from the Northwest, I see deer as the enemy. They destroy flowers, gardens, and trees. They are like giant rodents...graceful, sneaky, calculating, nefarious rodents.
This was probably the highlight of our "Asian Animal Tour": The Rhino.
Waiters bring food around on little carts. You can try to ask what the food items are (we were blessed with two Mandarin speakers at our table) or play dim sum roulette (blindly choose). I'm not sure what this food item is, but it had shrimp in the middle of it.
This is a great shot of just a small portion of the dim sum dining room. You would not believe the number of people there.
After we finished our meal, we toured a few spots in China Town. Here's a Chinese bakery.
Here is John with a strawberry smoothie. See the black stuff at the bottom of the cup? Those are tapicoa beads. Sometimes they're called "bubbles" or "pearls." They are kind of chewy, like gummy bears, but not quite as sweet.
After finishing our tour of China Town, we all hopped on the subway to go to the Bronx Zoo. The Bronx Zoo is way up north. It took about an hour on the subway to get there. Our first stop at the zoo was a tram ride that takes you through the "Asian Animal Tour."
We were a little disappointed by the "Asian Animal Tour." It mostly consisted of fifteen different varieties of deer. For many New Yorkers, deer may seem exotic and foreign. However, being from the Northwest, I see deer as the enemy. They destroy flowers, gardens, and trees. They are like giant rodents...graceful, sneaky, calculating, nefarious rodents.
This was probably the highlight of our "Asian Animal Tour": The Rhino.
More deer.
Please take me for dim sum next time I visit you!!!
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