Dim Sum

We had dimsum for our weekend brunch!

 shumai

 sticky rice in banana leaves (some kind of huuuge leaf)

beef chow foon

 monkey picked oolong tea

 

We ended up ordering 3 more dishes, but of course forgot to take pictures!

Bob's Shanghai

We had dinner at Bob's last night and Fuchiko (and Mr. P) tagged along. I must admit that it was quite embarrassing taking the photos (the place was crowded and we were literally 3 inches away from the next table). I will have to reconsider taking her to crowded restaurants.

soup dumplings (xiao long bao)

tendon dish

minced pork and egg on rice

Nordstrom Cafe

Did anyone know that Nordstrom had a dining cafe? I think I fell in love with it last night!

It's a self-serve, order and bring to table style of cafe, but there are people who bring your bread and refill your water. 

I ordered the shrimp and asparagus risotto- it was delicious! But the portion was so small (in my opinion), I could have had 2 plates...

And then I went for the creme brulee.

Do you see the vanilla bean specks? I think I would have been freaking out if I didn't know what vanilla bean was. I only found out about it 9 years ago :P

Taiwanese Food

I'm not sure if this is Taiwanese or Chinese food, but I had it when I was in Taiwan, so I call it Taiwanese :)

passion fruit bubble tea

dan dan mian

It's this peanut buttery noodle- the hubs loved it!

 Niu rou mian- spicy beef broth (I am craving this as I am writing this post)

Scallion Pancakes and xiao long bao (pork dumplings)

I think we might go again this weekend!

Kabob!

The hubs loves Kabob, so we visited a new kabob house last week. Before the kabob came out they gave us some bread (?), a pickle/spice/jalapeno dipping relish, butter, and a raw egg to pour over the rice.

The bread came in a ziploc bag.....and the dip in a plastic container (this was a restaurant). But I didn't mind since we brought it home with the leftovers- very convenient!

I got the chicken and the hubs got the kubideh. The rice was massive! I was wondering why they had so much butter on the table, but after peeping around at other tables, it was for the rice...tastes 1000000 times better with butter in it :) Doesn't everything?