SP also had not yet met my grandmother's husband, HL.
HL likes to drink gin, so as soon as it was 4:10 pm, it was gin time. HL drinks Boodles and he drinks it on the rocks. No tonic or soda. Just gin over ice. Did I mention HL is 83 years old?! SP had no choice but to partake in the gin imbibing. My dad and I opened a bottle of sauvignon blanc -- thank goodness HL doesn't expect me to drink gin because that is one liquor I do not like!
HL also likes to have shrimp cocktail with his gin. He had a bag of jumbo shrimp and my mom mixed up a cocktail sauce with lots of horseradish since HL likes spicy. HL also enjoys rare beef (just wave it over the grill) and I've seen him bite into an onion like it was an apple and chomp away. As my mom says, he must have a cast iron stomach! HL still goes to the casino twice a week to gamble and every 3 years he trades in his 'old' Lexus for a new Lexus. He still plays the stock market, keeps track of his finances and bills on his computer, is a Philadelphia Flyers & Eagles fan, and watches TV shows like 'Lost' and '24'! He's a character.
Dinner was Chinese food from a place near my parents. It's called Little Dumpling. There are a lot of places named Little Dumpling in Las Vegas. 'Our' Little Dumpling is Chinese & Thai food and 'our' location is on Decatur Road by the Walmart and across from Costco.
There was a lot of food for 6 people. There were crispy fried noodles:










I like Chinese food. I don't love Chinese food. I don't usually want/crave Chinese food. So it might not be fair for me to critique our food from Little Dumpling. There's also the fact that my parents picked up the food around 2:30 pm (since it's near their house) and reheated it at my grandmother's house (which is 20-30 minutes from my parents' house) around 6 pm. So some things, like the duck and BBQ sliced pork, were a little dry. Nothing stood out as super duper amazing food, but nothing stood out as below average, either (and yes, I've had horrible dumplings and crab rangoon before!). It certainly isn't worth a special trip if you are visiting Las Vegas, but if, like us, you are in the area and staying with family, it's decent Chinese food.
i luv the Indo Chinese Recipes, an exotic fusion cuisine.
ReplyDeleteSee, I LOVE Asian food, so just the sight of these pictures is enough to get my mouth watering. But then again, I'm very easy to please when it comes to Chinese food. I even like it when it's mediocre.
ReplyDeleteGlad to read that you had a nice visit with your grandmother, and that your SP finally got to meet her.