this weekend was full of food, folks and fun. friday night we went to bryan's grandma's house for chinese new year's eve dinner. we had roasted pork with crispy skin, big shrimp, glass noodles with shrimp, all kinds of green vegetables, stewed taro with pigs feet. for dessert bryan's cousin made mochi-like rice balls boiled in sugar syrup and we also had chocolate chip cookies and sweet cakes.
saturday we headed back over to her house for 10 more hours of food. we had all the stuff from the previous day plus several tofu and bean curd dishes, lo bahko, rice with chinese sausages, soups, chicken, etc. bryan's grandma wouldn't let us leave without taking a big bag of oranges, a whole chicken, some shrimp chips, a quart of soup, and some sweet buns. yum.
we left around 10 that night and headed to the lower east side for a friend's birthday. had a few drinks and then headed to ray's for a slice. as if we hadn't eaten enough already!
sunday morning we woke up early and met bryan's brother and his girlfriend in chinatown to try to catch the new years parade but we just missed it.
we had lunch at thai son where i discovered the fabulousness that is the vietnamese sandwich. for dessert we had ice cream at the chinatown ice cream factory where they have flavors like almond cookie, lychee, red bean, and ginger. so delicious! after that we had some tea and red bean buns and then parted ways. a perfect weekend.