and so this is Christmas?

[lagilman]

OMG long day. With nineteen you not only get egg roll but extra servings of cold sesame noodles (this gathering was a lot easier when there were only two generations, not three!). Chinatown was its usual packed self, and we scored fresh lychees and found a place that sells, among other things, dried squid jerky and ginger plum. The ginger plum was really good.

Good dinner, good before-and-after time with immediate family. And may I say that Happiness is: having a future b-i-l who is a chocolatier? Mmmm, truffes and toffee, mmmm.

Also: Mei-Chan continues to grow, and now almost looks like a Real Dog. She goes for her snippage in January. Poor puppy....

And now I am home, and shall be soon to bed, to sleep the sleep of the family'd-out. Hope you all had a good day, however you spent it!

EtA; also? Not even going to try and browse the f-list. Oy.

EtA2: It's all Jetse's fault. For an undisclosed value of "it." *evil cackle, wince, cackle again*

Comments

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

When you have a moment, do stop by my journal to check out the menu I enjoyed this evening, at the very least.

[lagilman]

Very nice! Glad you were able to get out and be social.

[jslinder.livejournal.com]

Fresh Lychee? I can't even get that in Philly's Chinatown most of the time....

[lagilman]

There were corner stands with lychee and amazingly beautiful cherries (pity I don't like them) and amazing-looking ginger root, and... it was a good thing I didn't have much cash on me. ;-)

NYC's Chinatown isn't what it used to be, but it's still a great place to shop. I need to get down there at some point when I'm not on someone else's schedule...

[allaboutm-e.livejournal.com]

Dried squid jerky?

Um.

Sounds like a lovely family outing!

[lagilman]

I couldn't bring myself to try it. But the other dried fish bits were actually interesting, in a 'not bad, if not as good as red meat' way.

Then again, I like salted cod.