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15.177 Snow Pea Prawns

By katch4246 on 30 June 2024

Cycle 15 - Item 177

30 (Sun) June 2024

Snow Pea Prawns

2.5

at Crouching Tiger

-Redwood City, California, USA-

with the Family, DJ's friends

Summer Holiday in the San Francisco Bay Area (Day 5 of 11)

Day 1 (15.173 Sauteed Pea Sprouts with Garlic)
Day 2 (15.174 White Clam Chowder (in a Sourdough Bread Bowl))
Day 3 (15.175 Giants Dog)
Day 4 (15.176 Prime Rib)
Day 5 (15.177 Snow Pea Prawns)
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10
Day 11

In Redwood City. With the Family. Their first time ever in Northern California. The immediate objective is to escort DJ and three of his friends to compete in the finals of a global logic competition at Stanford University, while taking advantage of the opportunity to show the family my hometown, including San Francisco and Berkeley, and visit my best friend Hahn, who lives in Los Gatos, maybe even drop by my childhood home in Saratoga. The itinerary is packed, nearly every hour scheduled with activities. Stay tuned.

LUNCH + SHOPPING

While DJ and his friends stayed at the house to prepare for the competition tomorrow (IZ also stayed in, to do nothing), W and I spent the afternoon shopping at San Francisco Premium Outlets, which is in Livermore, 65 km east of San Francisco.

On my own for lunch, I was very happy to indulge in food-court American-Chinese food, even though we had dinner reservations for strip-mall American-Chinese food.

Chicken & Mushrooms (2.0) + Mapo Tofu (2.0) + Fried Rice (2.0)

It was deliciously crappy, as hoped.

DINNER

Crouching Tiger is a Chinese restaurant. Serves mainstream cuisine, a mix of Mandarin, Cantonese, Sichuanese, and of course American.

Located at 2640 Broadway, about 3 km from the house.

By the time we left, the place would be packed.

To signify how important mushu is in the American-Chinese tradition, the dish has its own section of the menu.

The food was mediocre across the board. So sad that another Chinese dinner fell short (see also 15.173 Sauteed Pea Sprouts with Garlic).

Don't know why they can't make these pancakes in Korea (see for example 11.354 Stir-Fried Rice with Crab Meat Soup; 11.329 Mushu Pork).

Fish Fillets with Black Bean Sauce (3.0)

Beyond quality, the other boys seemed confused by the nature of the food ("This isn't Chinese food!"), as they had never experienced anything like it, not even hot & sour soup ("Why is this so sour?"), which is odd because all of them have lived abroad, including in America.