Taste of China Part 3

Since Cara has arrived in town we have had eaten 2 meals with other Jews for the New Year, spring rolls (soo Chinese), Thai, Indian, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Next week there is an October Fest starting at the German beer garden that we are hoping to check out.

Maybe we will try Chinese food next month :)

Actually, it is not quite as bad as all that.
For lunch on Wednesday we cooked an eggplant dish and Ma Po Doufu, a tofu dish that is somewhat on the numbing-your-mouth spicy side. Both turned out rather well.

Cooking required a trip to the grocery store. Michael introduced Cara to the store a 20 minute walk away. (Thanks for the shopping bag Kristi!) While there, we picked up some watermelon seeds (similar to sunflower seeds only they are much tougher to crack and very salty), some interesting looking herbal tea that seems to be mostly flower heads, and some kiwi and aloe yogurt. Yup, aloe. Like what you put on sun burns and grow in the backyard (well, you can grow it in the backyard if you are in Florida). Tastes pretty good actually. Also picked up a pomegranate in honor of the holidays and because it is Cara's favorite fruit. At first it appeared that pomegranate weren't available in China, (surprising considering all the things that are available) but then we discovered they were simply disguising themselves as grapefruit (see picture on left).

For those of you not familiar with this fruit, it is usually a deep purple/red like this.

Tasted just fine though :)