Dim Sum and REI
October 4, 2006 on 6:24 pm | In Uncategorized |This last weekend I had an unusual experience. Mike and I skipped out on the Parkfield mountain bike race and took a day trip down to LA to visit Jackson and REI. Jackson took us out to the “crazy dim sum” restaurant for lunch. The place was huge…Capacity for at least 200 people. The tables were crammed together with aisles in between for the mobile food carts to travel. My first thought was “hectic.” People everywhere talking loudly in different languages while the waiters aggressively ask if you want the platter of mystery meat sitting on their cart. It took a while just to get my bearings. Jackson didn’t dabble and proceeded to order chicken feet from one of the carts whisking by. The psychological factor was difficult to get overcome but I finally relented and bit off a toe. Not bad but very, very weird. Later I nawed on the ankle a little but the novelty was gone by then.
Afterwards we all went to REI and spent about three hours looking over supplies for the Jackson Hole ski trip this upcoming January. Possible -36 degrees at night…Hurray for down!
Glad to see you are blogging again :). Ben and I went to dim sum with Scott (from ATA) in Calgary and it was not as crazy as what you experienced. I was not as brave as you and stuck to the traditional items, but the food was very good. Too bad there isn’t a dim sum place in SLO. Jackson Hole sounds like a lot of fun [I am jealous of the -36 :)] and I hope Ben and Charles will be able to go (I think they are still working on figuring out their schedules). We should plan a get together when we get back in November!
Comment by Andrea — October 6, 2006 #