rss feedWith Buddha, noodles and a lucky star in the sky: Easing back into blogging after trip
As you might have seen, I had an exhilarating and invigorating time blogging for the Wing Luke Museum’s Chinese Heritage Tour of the American West.
If you haven’t read the blog entries, please have a look. The pace was fast – but good- and the investment in time was well worth it. It’s one of those trips in life that you set time aside to take – well, because it’s unclear when you’ll have time to do it again.
The group of 35 people or so returned to the Seattle area early last week. I’ve been resting up and getting caught up on things on the homefront.
That included a great Saturday visiting Top Gun Seafood Restaurant in Bellevue, Wash. One thing I always enjoy is food to bring the mind and belly back to the center.
For me and my family, that has always included delicious dim sum – or dian xin or little bits of heart. Yes, we ordered noodles among other dishes because, well, I’ve liked them since I was a kid.
A few freelance projects remain on, um, my plate. So, I’ll update TofuWatch as often as I can.
One tidbit, as you see below, is that there’s a new Asian market – jingjing – coming to Bellevue. It will be right next to Top Gun.
So, what’s the next best thing after eating a delicious Cantonese meal? Well, shopping for delicious Chinese vegetables and ingredients, of course!
I hope jingjing turns out to be a Chinese market well worth visiting.
Oh yeah, I spotted the Buddha figure at Top Gun and I just liked it. The translation below the figure is about a lucky star hanging in the sky.
Yes, I know the figure and the saying are not little bits of heart. But the saying, in my mind, is something good to hear.
In the past, my family and I would eat dim sum at Tea Garden Seafood Restaurant in Seattle. But on our last visit a month or so ago, the food didn’t hit the taste bud highmark for us. It might have been that visit.
And speaking of Chinese food, John Pai, who was on the Chinese Heritage Tour, told me that he liked eating egg foo young for breakfast.
It’s true: Life really is rich.
