30 Day Yoga Challenge and Dim Sum
Sometimes I feel as if I’ve been going and going and there’s no stopping me. I feel a light breath of wind on my body whispering and pushing me along to show me all the new things I could never really come to sit down and think about happening but they are and it makes me excited. Yesterday I signed up for a 30 day yoga challenge. I decided that with my niece coming and the hectic surroundings of parents and soon to be parents and family I needed to root my feet in the ground with a key characteristic I used to know so well and somehow forgot. I’ve been practicing yoga on and off for about 7 years. I find it invigorating, interesting, and above all a challenging set of circumstances for my body to grow. Yoga makes me think not only of bettering my body but of myself and I believe that is the most important part of life, growth. This 30 day challenge is a way to experience myself in a layer I haven’t seen in a long time which fills me with excitement. I’ll still be writing about my fatty food adventures but also will be splashing about with simple vegetarian dishes and easy breakfast items for eating on the go.
On we go.
Last weekend I was scurrying about Hollywood and Los Angeles. Food outings for me are really important because they make me see outside my comfort zones and into other peoples. So I went to Roscoe’s on Saturday and then I went to Dim Sum in China Town on Sunday morning. Dim sum is something to behold if you’re not familiar with it and even if you are go again. It’s pretty much a food department store, you choose what you like. It’s loud, it’s chaotic, but it’s on wheels, and people are jumping about to get the freshest steaming dumplings, freshly baked buns and roasted items from each different cart. This is what a dim sum menu can look like http://www.oceansf.com/dimsum.html
The location we went to is called Ocean Seafood, in Downtown LA’s China Town, we arrived pretty early to try and beat the crowds which was an advantage and disadvantage because not all the food was on the carts yet but we didn’t have to wait or wade through tons of people. The building is on the second floor when you walk up your greeted and you look over to a wall of live shellfish tanks. The room is plated with windows that just face other buildings, the sunshine dancing off the gold and red decorations filling the room. The room is filled with large circular tables topped with white table cloths, in the center a large lazy Susan is the focal point of the table, adorn with white tea pots of jasmine tea piping hot. Table settings are of traditional small white teacups, large white plate, white paper napkins, and black chopsticks.
We waited for about 15 extra minutes which didn’t seem to please the lady with the cart but my brother and sister in law had not arrived yet, so we muddled over tea with conversation of the new baby and what we’ve been doing for the week. As my brother and sister in law show up the food starts rolling by. Kyle (My Brother) and Viet Linh( My Sister in law) are Dim Sum experts. I haven’t really been since culinary school so it was a nice reintroduction. I love dumplings, which was the bulk of what we ate. They were delicious and moist with a nice textural difference between the different types of meat, and the wrappers.
My favorite since I was young is Cha siu baau and we were lucky to snag some. The filling was a little sweeter then I’m usually used to but that didn’t stop me from having two. Hot steamed buns with a light textured soft dough filled with sweet bbq pork, Fantastic. The lady that was helping us on the carts was a bit pushy but you know she roams around and deals with crazy starving people all day. It was a quick and wonderful meal to share with my brother, sister in law, sister , mom, dad, and grandma.
What a beautiful Morning.