Lunch!

     When I was in Edmonton visting the Alberta Gallery of Art, me and my sister decided to go have lunch. Everyone else who came (did I mention this trip was with the college?[and it was only $5 to go!]) went to fast food places. Very boring. So we decided to hoof it to China Town, (which was a couple of blocks over) wearing only our hoodies. Let me tell you, I have a new appreciation for warm coats. The moral of this story is... never listen to your sister when she tells you to leave your coat in the bus, in the middle of winter!!! So anyway we went in search of somewhere to eat. First of all we were not exactly sure we were going in the right direction to even find China Town. We were about ready to give up, and head back to the warmth of the AGA before we froze soild to the sidewalk.

Then, lo and behold I spotted this archway!So on we trotted.

Then we came to this place, but we were a little unsure of it. There was paint chipping, and bars on the little window to the left. It looked a little shady, so we went on our way.

Then we came to a little chinese grocery store. Where we bought Chinese newspapers for only 50 cents!

So we popped in to warm up and look around. (that guy looks freakishly a lot like my grandpa)

Food packed everywhere!

Then we came to this place. It looked safe enough, we were hungry, very cold and not about to walk any further. So we went in. One thing that was interesting to me, was that every table was covered with dirty dishes and leftovers. And it wasn't very busy; there were only two other tables occupied. We walked in and our waitress led us to a table, and started busily cleared it for us. We sat down and started looking through the menu. She came back and dropped off some hot tea for us. Ahhhh! Warmth for my freezing hands. Everything was well priced, so we decided to get three items: pan fried noodles with beef and sprouts, jelly fish with chicken and chow mein noddles with sprouts.

Yum!

Close up of the jellyfish. It had chile peppers(I think) in the sauce, and the chicken and jellyfish where on top of some crispy cabbage (steamed I think). It was served cold like a salad. It was the first time I tryed jellyfish, it was rather like cartilage and tasted like gelatin. It was all right, but I don't think it will be on my list of favorite foods anytime soon. I did like the cabbage a lot though, untill I got a mouth full of something really hot!! 

Here's the waitress and interior of the restaurant.