2007/11/04 Dim sum at River Seafood House

Since we had visited Maya in Kyoto, she came to Toronto to spend a bit of time understand what our lives are like. For dim sum, since our favourite restaurant (Soon Foon Tai) is no more, the boys recommended that we try River Seafood House.

I haven’t figured out the meaning of the V sign that Asian kids do. It’s common in Asia, and not so common in Toronto.

The dim sum was fine. (It’s really hard to get really great dim sum, when we have have it sufficiently frequently that it’s not worth driving all over the city).

daviding November 4th, 2007

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Distractions, reflections

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2007/11/04 Dim sum at River Seafood House