Siu long bao heaven, and BATMAN BEGINS
A bunch of us went to this restaurant called Shanghai Wind to eat dinner. Nathan was in siu long bao heaven, since he hadn't eaten any since last year in Shanghai. (I loved the Shanghai noodles myself, plus the surfboard noodles!) We ate nine orders of those (72 in total), plus a lot of noodles / rice / onion pancakes / other things. Jon took a picture of eight vinegar plates, and remarked that our meal gave new meaning to the term "Tower of Power." Next time, we could just order those buns plus maybe one veggie item... that would truly be an awesome tower... up to the ceiling, even! (good thing Hon wasn't there, or he'd order his favorites like a BEAST!)
We talked a lot about stuff at dinner... some people got to burn Danielle. Nathan was describing these giant siu long bao that you could suck the soup out of with a straw. Danielle remarked that they'd be about the size of her head, and Steph said: "At least it's not hollow!" She was about to laugh at that until she realized that it was a shot directed at her! Nathan made a remark that she had a lower centre of gravity than he did, and he caught heck for that one.. we really do love her, haha. At least it wasn't my brother doing the burning!
We ordered so much food that we didn't think we could finish it. But we did, and were proud of ourselves for doing so! ("We are the champions, people!") When Erin asked for the bill, we were afraid that the bill would be like $200 or more... then she burst out laughing, so we feared the worst. It only came out to about $83, so that was really cheap! (no need to be all hak-hai [polite] about it, even as we debated the origins of the name "lazy susan" :P ) We should definitely do it again, especially since we know how cheap it is.. $9.50 a person would barely cover your tab in a Western restaurant! For dessert, we had red bean crepes: Jeremy described it as deep-fried red bean desserts, which was accurate!
We also discussed various durian concoctions at length: durian ice cream, durian gelato, durian deodorant, durian bubble tea, durian air freshener, durian stinky tofu, etc. Steph said that Mom didn't like Jon's friend Christine for some reason.. Eric even said that she'd told HIM to "watch that girl." (oh no!) Let's just say we rediscovered the fun of eating Chinese food with your friends and not your parents... if we wanted to order nine things of Chinese buns, our parents would think we were CRAZY and not humor us! *laughs* (Eunice says her parents would think it was hilarious, though!)
Jon left after dinner to go play at GCBC, with promises of going for bubble tea at Estea later. (free cakes for the "ladies," hahaha) We all felt like giant dumplings afterwards, and Eunice even said she felt like she was pregnant! Eric, Emily, Steph, Jeremy, Nathan, Eunice, Danielle, and I all paid Erin $7.50 for her discounted movie vouchers before we all split off to go to Silvercity and watch Batman Begins. I went with Eric, who asked me if I'd been doing much blogging or forum chat this week: maybe a little less than usual because of being out more than usual, but it's still cool. :D
At the theatre, they were marketing Mountain Dew Energy with caffeine.. it was pretty good, and we got a bunch of free samples. My sister didn't think I should have any, but then she's always that way when I have caffeine or alcohol.. she thinks it makes me more hyper than usual. We were there long before the previews started, so we got to watch the advertising loop one and a half times over while talking to each other about stuff. (how my mom always mispronounced names like Stephanie, Danielle, Citrus, etc.) Nathan commented that Eric was too near the girls, but that I was perfect. Jeremy and I discussed certain ads which were a bit incomprehensible: "go to our gas station, and the gas will be in the form of money in your purse!" / "eat a Mars bar, and you can recharge dimmed electricity!"
The movie itself was okay, and even I appreciated it. It just basically sets up the story of Batman... it's a dark prequel, with a lot of good lines. (I have inner strength to get through my personal life, haha!) Afterwards, we saw an ad for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory... the preview freaked Danielle out, but Nathan and others definitely want to watch it! It comes out on July 15; according to Nathan, that's a holy day where the world screamed WOW... but according to Danielle, it's just "humor Nathan day." I told Eric and Jeremy that I'd tell them the real story later, haha. Jon called Danielle's cell, wanting to know if anyone was up for bubble tea. Everyone was tired / had to go home to get up early, so we all left instead. Working all day and then going out at night is DRAINING... but then, my brother's always been crazy!
Good times, indeed... I must sleep earlier, though!
We talked a lot about stuff at dinner... some people got to burn Danielle. Nathan was describing these giant siu long bao that you could suck the soup out of with a straw. Danielle remarked that they'd be about the size of her head, and Steph said: "At least it's not hollow!" She was about to laugh at that until she realized that it was a shot directed at her! Nathan made a remark that she had a lower centre of gravity than he did, and he caught heck for that one.. we really do love her, haha. At least it wasn't my brother doing the burning!
We ordered so much food that we didn't think we could finish it. But we did, and were proud of ourselves for doing so! ("We are the champions, people!") When Erin asked for the bill, we were afraid that the bill would be like $200 or more... then she burst out laughing, so we feared the worst. It only came out to about $83, so that was really cheap! (no need to be all hak-hai [polite] about it, even as we debated the origins of the name "lazy susan" :P ) We should definitely do it again, especially since we know how cheap it is.. $9.50 a person would barely cover your tab in a Western restaurant! For dessert, we had red bean crepes: Jeremy described it as deep-fried red bean desserts, which was accurate!
We also discussed various durian concoctions at length: durian ice cream, durian gelato, durian deodorant, durian bubble tea, durian air freshener, durian stinky tofu, etc. Steph said that Mom didn't like Jon's friend Christine for some reason.. Eric even said that she'd told HIM to "watch that girl." (oh no!) Let's just say we rediscovered the fun of eating Chinese food with your friends and not your parents... if we wanted to order nine things of Chinese buns, our parents would think we were CRAZY and not humor us! *laughs* (Eunice says her parents would think it was hilarious, though!)
Jon left after dinner to go play at GCBC, with promises of going for bubble tea at Estea later. (free cakes for the "ladies," hahaha) We all felt like giant dumplings afterwards, and Eunice even said she felt like she was pregnant! Eric, Emily, Steph, Jeremy, Nathan, Eunice, Danielle, and I all paid Erin $7.50 for her discounted movie vouchers before we all split off to go to Silvercity and watch Batman Begins. I went with Eric, who asked me if I'd been doing much blogging or forum chat this week: maybe a little less than usual because of being out more than usual, but it's still cool. :D
At the theatre, they were marketing Mountain Dew Energy with caffeine.. it was pretty good, and we got a bunch of free samples. My sister didn't think I should have any, but then she's always that way when I have caffeine or alcohol.. she thinks it makes me more hyper than usual. We were there long before the previews started, so we got to watch the advertising loop one and a half times over while talking to each other about stuff. (how my mom always mispronounced names like Stephanie, Danielle, Citrus, etc.) Nathan commented that Eric was too near the girls, but that I was perfect. Jeremy and I discussed certain ads which were a bit incomprehensible: "go to our gas station, and the gas will be in the form of money in your purse!" / "eat a Mars bar, and you can recharge dimmed electricity!"
The movie itself was okay, and even I appreciated it. It just basically sets up the story of Batman... it's a dark prequel, with a lot of good lines. (I have inner strength to get through my personal life, haha!) Afterwards, we saw an ad for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory... the preview freaked Danielle out, but Nathan and others definitely want to watch it! It comes out on July 15; according to Nathan, that's a holy day where the world screamed WOW... but according to Danielle, it's just "humor Nathan day." I told Eric and Jeremy that I'd tell them the real story later, haha. Jon called Danielle's cell, wanting to know if anyone was up for bubble tea. Everyone was tired / had to go home to get up early, so we all left instead. Working all day and then going out at night is DRAINING... but then, my brother's always been crazy!
Good times, indeed... I must sleep earlier, though!
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