Monday, July 18, 2011

chinese noodles!!

after class one night during our first week here, greg and i decided to head over to the 'real' chinatown in flushing (queens) (rather than the more touristy chinatown in manhattan) for some good spicy chinese noodles.

so speaking chinese definitely has its advantages.  even if it's done poorly :)  we must have asked 6 different people on the street for recommendations on their favorite place for good chinese noodles.  after being unable to follow directions very well in chinese to find one of the places, we finally found another one that a sweet lady had recommended to us.  it was definitely a hole in the wall within a hole in the wall.  the napkins, tables, chairs, everything made if feel just like we were in china.  i loved it.  jude had his first taste of chinese food and LOVED it (i took out a good bit of mine before he added the spicy paste).  while the noodles weren't the best i'd ever had, our company sure was.  we had lots of chinese ladies fawning over jude, met an older chinese woman who has been in america for 25 years and has been a believer for as long as she can remember as she is a 3rd generation christian in her family.  it was such a wonderful night ... igniting my heart for why i love the chinese people and their culture.  three cheers for chinese noodle night.

3 comments:

Joey said...

noodles always minister to my soul, too

Daniel Shih said...

That is AWESOME!! We need to catch up sometime so that I can find out how you guys ended up chillin' in my hood!

It's so great to read about your family and hear that you're having another addition at the end of the year. I'm continuing to pray for you guys!

Daniel Shih said...

Also, I MEGA-LIKE that you called Flushing the "real C-town"! I miss being there every day!