Our dinner last night was so much fun, it reminds us of the ‘Melting Pot’ fondue place although they use water instead of oil. Frank chose the meats, spices and sauces for us – there was so much to choose from and all in chinese so we could have never gone without him. There is also an order in which you add things to the pot so it was good to learn about that. Maybe I could try it at home, its the sauces I couldn’t replicate though. Frank’s sauce was spicy, Nate’s garlic and mine was a mixture of 5 different colors. I have no clue what it was but it was very good. So you first put the meat or veg into the water to cook then put it into your sauce and eat it. The beef was first, then cabbage & potatoes, then shrimp, then mutton, then tofu
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- Nate and I in front of the hot pot restaurant
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- Frank ordering our dinner
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- hot pot dinner
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- you add some of the broth to this green soup at the end, it is sort of a salty taste- it’s good!
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- Nate eating tofu with chopsticks
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- This is a street bbq
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- This man makes flat bread
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- fresh fruit and veggies
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- bbq grill
. Afterward, we had these sweet little cakes-kind of like a bran muffin. There is a street market in front of the restaurant and we walked along that to the end of the block – it was so interesting to be emmersed in the culture like that. I felt very welcome and sort of ‘special’ I guess is the right word. They are as curious about us as we are about them-it’s wonderful. Frank is a great interpreter and we were able to exchange a few words with some of the people who wanted to talk.
Nate is doing good this morning, the team came in for another full evaluation of his balance and we saw some marked improvements. I wish I could show you video because seeing is believing. Our goal from the beginning was to keep this condition from progressing so any improvemtent is a real bonus. He had a two hour PT session today and has already had acupuncture.
We met the family from Oman last night on our way out, I don’t know why I was nervous about meeting them but I was and I said something like ”Nate and I are going out for a Chinese dinner ”. The dad just looked at me and said ‘Isn’t every night a Chinese dinner?” OMG! What a dork I am! It still makes me laugh. They laughed too and are very nice. Well, take care and I will write about the duck tomorrow! Love, Nan & Nate
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