I'll be posting tomorrow about our apartment hunting. Frankly right now I'm burned out on the whole thing. Instead let me share some pictures from the day!
We ate breakfast from the buffet downstairs. It was surprisingly good - a strange combination of Western and Eastern breakfasts. I found another new favorite - taro cakes. They kind of taste like chicken and dumplings to me which is weird. I think they have fish in them.
Taro cakes, dumplings, cabbage, and chocolate pastry. Perfect combination!
For lunch we went to a place called New York New York (which is about to go out of business - hence the "Bye Bye Sale"). It was six floors of shopping and restaurants, and we ended up having dim sum in a room clearly designed to be a banquet hall (like at a hotel or Mesa Convention Center) - weird.
It was a pretty silly place - the underground parking had a ton of graffiti and blue lights and there was a fake statue of liberty. Funny what their view of the U.S. is...
Car park
Bye Bye Sale
A little happy hour refreshment - free beer and snacks from the hotel (only on Tuesdays and Thursdays and only from 6-7. Good for one drink)
Some of the stuff over here is outrageous. It would never fly in the U.S. Take the heart symbol on the city buses. Or the bright pink ATM room covered with pigs (didn't get a picture but wish I would have!)
Tomorrow we see more apartments and will probably make a choice over the weekend. I'll post again in the morning about the apartments we've seen!
An ATM covered with pigs?! I don't get it.
Ahh...I read your food blog.They all sound so good!But I HATE bitter mellon.
Got over the jet lag yet?
-Li
Sorry - I knew I didn't describe that well. It was a room that was totally painted hot pink and had little pigs painted on the walls all over. It was really cute. I just can't imagine a bank in the US painting an ATM room like that. Guys would NEVER go in there! :)