Good Evening!
I'm back from Chinatown which was quite crowded and busy, surprisingly so. -Although, I chatted briefly with a friend before his show tonight, and he said that Times Square was filled to the brim with tourists. "Recession? What recession?"
I did not end up having dumplings for dinner. Instead I had an amazingly delicious Vietnamese sandwich,
banh mi. It was my first time checking out
Banh Mi Saigon, and I'm sure it won't be my last. The sandwich was very good, but the most interesting part of the dining experience was sitting down on the makeshift table-seats and "making friends" with my fellow diners - very close quarters. Oh, and the sandwich counter is in the back of a jewelry store!
For dessert, I tried to search out the famed "Tofu Man", but he did not seem to be out on the streets tonight. However, I believe I found his wife's store. For an amazingly reasonable $1.50 she ladled me out some fresh, still warm, tofu -
Dou Hua - from a huge stock pot into a quart container, and then placed two small containers of ginger-infused simple syrup into the bag. I then hightailed it to the nearest park bench, opened the container, splashed some ginger syrup on top, and...
I just hope my leftovers are even half as good tomorrow.