Comments on: (Re)learning Chinese

By: LaLa

LaLa — Sun, 15 May 2011 00:07:32 +0000

oh I have HAD those noodles. They were as amazing last week as they apparently were in 2005 – though no neon pink lights. Way to be brave and try the photograph anyways!

By: erin

erin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:14:41 +0000

YES!! Shanghai Garden!!
my daughter and i were down in Seattle earlier this spring to see Lily Allen and wanted to eat out beforehand. ended up wandering around for what felt like hours and ended up in the International District. stumbled upon this (what i thought was) dodgy looking chinese restaurant.
we ordered the hand shaved chicken chow mein and the ginger (or maybe tangerine?) beef -- soooo delicious!! i think between the two of us, we finished everything!!
loved it so much, we wanted to take my husband and son back there for dinner. in fact, made us wish we lived in seattle so we could visit more often. now we'll have two places to visit next time we're down there :)

btw, as a new discoverer of your blog - thanks to my aforementioned teenage daughter who discovered you reading my 'bon appetit', i have a bone to pick with you.... i do not enjoy the same willpower of which you boast; those chocolate covered macaroons with do me in for sure!!!!! (and i can hardly wait!)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:41:00 +0000

When you read your fortune cookies you are supposed to say "in bed" at the end of it.Charr

By: stef

stef — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 23:57:00 +0000

Molly, I just wanted to let you know that right after I saw your post on the pea shoots and dumplings - I had to go back to Shanghai Garden for more of that same goodness :)

You really should keep exploring Chinese food :) You never know what you might find.

stef/da*xiang

By: Molly

Molly — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 23:51:00 +0000

Su-Lin, thanks for reading–and commenting! I see from your blog that you recently went to Paris for the first time. I’m VERY jealous.

By: amylou

amylou — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:24:00 +0000

Su-Lin, you read my mind. After writing that comment I thought about trying to find a recipe for them. Thank you!

By: Su-Lin

Su-Lin — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:15:00 +0000

Hi! I’ve been reading your blog but not commenting…until now. Love your writing!

amylou, scallion pancakes are quite easy to make:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/104208

I’ve had success with this recipe…or variants on it.

By: Molly

Molly — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 06:19:00 +0000

Amy, I will do my best to eat enough dumplings for both of us! And don't worry--I'll seek out scallion pancakes too.

Emmeya, thanks for stopping by! I hope your dumplings were tasty...

And Kate, dahhhlink, I can think of no better co-adventuress than you. That was definitely one of our finer nights, from eye twitches to the "shag" setting on the vacuum. And thank you for giving Pusekatt the lowdown on dim sum, since you're much more in-the-know than I am...

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 03:55:00 +0000

pusekatt-

yes indeed- there is amazing dim sum here- interestingly enough, most of the best dim sum is out in the (we thought) primarily white suburbs, but the international district is making a strong comeback.

i met my mother for lunch last week and thought i was going to die of happinesss- so many steaming carts! your descriptions of the australian version sound wonderful!
- kate

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 03:48:00 +0000

delighted and proud that seattle and it's half-chinese citizenry could best your oklahoma experience with 'aaaasian' food. go forth, you brave adventuress, you!

here's to knobby vegetables and diminishing the 'no thank you' category.
- kate