It was birthday time yesterday. I called up my mom early in the morning and wished briefly and had a quiet rest of the day. In the evening, PS called and invited us to dinner. PS shares her birthday with my mom. :) DH, PS and a friend of hers decided to meet us at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum metro station and proceed to the next station, Century Avenue. We were planning to dine at Southern memories recommended by our friend and local cuisine expert F.
I bought a cake for PS from the Century Avenue station right in front of her. Chinese desserts are an insult to my sweet tooth! Most of them have the texture of desserts but are quite tasteless. They generally don't do a very good job of baking cakes, muffins and other stuff either. Thankfully, PS's birthday cake was not half bad. The sweet lady at the bakery gave me a small card with Happy Birthday written in Chinese on it when I asked her to write it on the cake. A couple of candles and we were all set for the small party.
After getting lost in the mall and a bit of waiting time we finally managed to sit down for dinner. I let everyone order so that I can eat a bit from all dishes. It is Chinese custom that if you go out together for dinner, you share all the dishes ordered and eat directly from the dish using chopsticks. The only exception seemed to be rice or soup which you take into individual bowls and eat. DH ordered super hot crabs and prawns and a fiery chicken dish, the birthday girl ordered another chicken dish and a mutton dish, her friend ordered a vegetable dish and a pork dish. Everything was exteremely delicious and way too hot for me, so I had to eat some sweet millet which I had ordered for Sunshine after every bite. I wonder if they dont bother much about dessert because their savoury dishes are so scrumptious. At most restaurants, I saw people eating fruit for dessert - no wonder there are so few overweight people here.
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I bought a cake for PS from the Century Avenue station right in front of her. Chinese desserts are an insult to my sweet tooth! Most of them have the texture of desserts but are quite tasteless. They generally don't do a very good job of baking cakes, muffins and other stuff either. Thankfully, PS's birthday cake was not half bad. The sweet lady at the bakery gave me a small card with Happy Birthday written in Chinese on it when I asked her to write it on the cake. A couple of candles and we were all set for the small party.
After getting lost in the mall and a bit of waiting time we finally managed to sit down for dinner. I let everyone order so that I can eat a bit from all dishes. It is Chinese custom that if you go out together for dinner, you share all the dishes ordered and eat directly from the dish using chopsticks. The only exception seemed to be rice or soup which you take into individual bowls and eat. DH ordered super hot crabs and prawns and a fiery chicken dish, the birthday girl ordered another chicken dish and a mutton dish, her friend ordered a vegetable dish and a pork dish. Everything was exteremely delicious and way too hot for me, so I had to eat some sweet millet which I had ordered for Sunshine after every bite. I wonder if they dont bother much about dessert because their savoury dishes are so scrumptious. At most restaurants, I saw people eating fruit for dessert - no wonder there are so few overweight people here.
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