Lunch with Grandpa

Melanie and I met with my grandfather for lunch again, this time at a restaurant in Ximen.

The restaurant was down in the basement of a department store, down in the B1 food court. It was very delicious and affordable - mainly serving Beiping-style (Northern Chinese) cuisine. This includes great stuff like Dao Xiao Mien (knife-cut noodles) in a delicious beef broth, Xiao Long Bao (steamed dumplings), etc.

It was great to see my grandfather again. It had been a few months since we last had a chance to get together - mainly because we live on opposite sides of Taipei, and neither of us actually drives here. We did not have a chance to spend a whole lot of time together because he was a little tired due to the trek from where he lives over to Ximen, but it was still fun to get to hang out and chat for a while.

Visit to Niu Niu's place

We went over and visited Niu Niu (AKA Megan) and Jen Hsun (AKA Alexander) at their place in Neihu. Through some bizarre coincidence, we managed, without even really trying, to find a place that is about 0.5km away from theirs. Even odder is the fact that they just opened up their new office about 3 blocks away from our place. We went over one night to visit and get a tour of their house, which is pretty darn snazzy.

Pictured here are Fred and Niu Niu (cousin from 2nd aunt) and the three dogs hanging out on the couch.

Dinner with Grandfather

We had a nice dinner in Shi Men Ding with Grandpa Ai before he left for the US. He gave Melanie a really nice 18 year old commemorative coin.