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The Dumpling King... My fiance arrived at the Miami International airport at 6am. The parking lot was nearly empty so I was able to park very close to the terminal. It only took a few minutes to collect her luggage, load the car and get on the highway heading to my house. To my delight, she loved the house... inside and out. Walking around for the 'grand tour' only took a few minutes. Yeah, small house, but a relief to me that she liked it. I know she was weary passing through 4 airports and 30 hours of flights. Although she was tired and a little hungry she wanted to see my neighborhood and some of the places I told her about. We drove around and I showed her some of the Asian markets she could shop at. By then, it was before 8:00am and the stores hadn't opened. We went to the (Western) super market and bought some fresh vegetables and supplies. We tried again to get into the Asian market, but the security doors were locked. Next door to the market is a restaurant called Dumpling King. The security door was open and it was dark inside. Stepping inside we called out "Hello" but no one answered. Waiting a few seconds, we could hear voices from back in the kitchen. Hello... hello and someone heard us. A woman came into the front to greet us. I asked when the market would open and she told me 9:30. I figured we would have to come back another time but I asked the woman what time her business opened and she replied 11am. Oh, I thought... it looks like we 'struck out'. I nudged my girlfriend to speak to the woman in Chinese as she was hesitant thinking the woman wouldn't understand her. Not true. Here it is, they didn't open for 2-1/2 hours more but something my girlfriend said made the woman turn on the lights, air conditioner and bring us 2 menus! Are you serious? My girlfriend placed 2 orders for pork dumplings and the woman went back to the kitchen! 15 minutes later we were having hot dumplings for breakfast. The price was $15 including drinks, so I thanked the man and gave him a $10 tip for making this a memorable occasion. On leaving the Dumpling King, the other market had opened and my girlfriend was amazed to see nearly all the products sold there had Chinese labels. No translations needed. Yeah, they have Peking Duck hanging on hooks just like they do in China. Thanks for reading my blog... |
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Very happy Very glad to see you Hear your voice All records Pick-up, driving to dinner And find Chinese restaurants But I think it is the habit of eating Western food. . Ha ha ha ha! Know you better. . . Oh, be sure to keep in touch. . . !
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Thanks everyone. Past, she did enjoy the dumplings. What I really should have asked is... what was said to the owner to open up the store 2 hours early?
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BK, you are right. She told he woman she just arrived from China.
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