Juliet made her delighted squealing noise after resting her gums on the fridge-cold bottom of the can. I'm guessing that the cool helps soothe her teething pains in a way that the plastic toys, even chilled in the fridge, don't.
For dinner, we headed to a Shanghai restaurant that Linda and Joyce had found while wandering Shamian island. Juliet continued to taste everything, including the umbrella shaft and the tip of its curving cane. Yum!
Auntie Celeste, is this enough immunological challenge, or shall we roll her around in the dirt a bit?
At dinner, one of the waitresses turned out to be Juliet's kindred spirit, clapping her hands and squealing "Baby!", and eliciting laughter and delighted squeals from Juliet while we waited in front of the restaurant. Here's a shot of Sandy (the waitress) with Joyce and Juliet. I note with amusement that Sandy's supervisor's name tag had the title of "Caption".
The Shanghainese food was quite good. We had a yummy fried eggplant (kind of crusty coating, with garlic), some xiao lum bao-like pork dumplings that came in a paper holder with broth and a can of sterno, chicken with special spicy sauce, and fried rice (the weakest entree, probably because we couldn't get the seafood version due to Linda's allergy). The chicken with special spicy sauce was served cold, with a wonderful combination of spices that added a bit of tang to the boiled chicken meat. I believe I remember my maternal grandma (Hobu) and her friend (Nabubu) making this chicken for us when we were children. Mom and Aunt Jean, do you know the recipe?
4 comments:
Teething suggestion: take a damp washcloth, tie a knot in it, and toss it in the freezer. It's cold, it's safe to chew on, and it's easily washed.
You are doing a fine job building up the old immune system. Keep up the good work.
Linda
Dirt! Dirt! Dirt!
Oh sure, blame Linda's allergy. Just admit you were afraid of the seafood. ;-)
i like pork
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