December 1, 2017

A visit to an old favorite, now reopened: Hwa Yuan. Still the best Cold Sesame noodles ever. My friend and I were treated like royalty, given a tour of the kitchen and a special treat from the chef. Peking Duck was superb. The first time I encountered two sets of chopsticks, one for serving, one for eating.



Did a quick tour of Chinatown. Went to Wo Hop for some Shrimp and Black Bean Sauce. Forgot that they served tea in water glasses.



Statue of Lin Zex.



Chi-na-town, my Chi-na-town
Where the lights are low,
Hearts that know no oth-er land,
Drift-ing to and fro.

July 8, 2010

I entered the Virtual Ticket Lottery and won two tickets. No waiting on line.
The Winter's Tale was not as good as Merchant, but well worth seeing. Byron Jennings as CAMILLO was terrific.

Line of the night goes to Leontes:
My wife is slippery?
If thou wilt confess, Or else be impudently negative,
To have nor eyes nor ears nor thought,
then say My wife's a hobby-horse,
deserves a name As rank as any flax-wench that puts to
Before her troth-plight: say't and justify't.



For the pre-play Picnic, Lobster Roll, Crab Roll and Shrimp Roll from Luke's Lobster. Excellent stuff.



Lobster Roll.



Shrimp Roll.



Crab Roll.



Belvedere Castle.



Turtle Pond.



Great Lawn.



The NYT Food Critic Sam Sifton gave a quick blurb on old Chinatown fave Wo Hop , 17 Mott Street. You have to love these lines:
"They have a lot of what in Chinese cuisine is known as the “breath of the wok.” This is the taste created by stir-frying in an extremely hot wok. At Wo Hop, the breath might be that of an endearing hobo, full of pipe tobacco and sweet wine."