November 11th, 2023
Day 4
Today is Saturday, which means that I get to spend a full day with my nephew. We first played a little bit at home, and when it’s close to lunch time, I drove him to his dad’s office. His dad brought us to a great restaurant.
Before going to the restaurant though, since we are having pigeons that day, my nephew didn’t want to eat that. His dad had to go into the office kitchen and get him a duck leg for lunch.
Restaurant Name: 稻香鸽 (罗村店) (dào xiāng gē) (Daoxiang Geese)
Address: 佛山市罗村大道南兴塱广场 12-13-14号铺 (Foshan City Luocun Avenue Nanxinglang Square #12-13-14)
The first dish is the Roast Ribs. I don’t have a funny name for it, because it really is just called roast ribs in Chinese. It is very sweet and tender, and it is pork ribs, so it is much softer compared to beef ribs known to many Americans.
The second dish is the “爆汁乳鸽”, Juicy Pigeon, or as I like to call it, “Exploding Juice Milk Pigeon”. After all, that is how you would translate it word by word. It is indeed very juicy, and it is much better than the ones I have had in the North.
The third dish is the “鸽心煲仔饭”, Pigeon Heart Steamed Rice, or “Pigeon Heart Steam Your Children Rice”. I never fully understood why its original name had the “steam children” part, but it is a staple of the Cantonese food industry. It is very mild, and it doesn’t need to be too flavorful, the condiments and its sauce resonated greatly. It is very good.
Clearly the duck leg didn’t stuff my nephew enough that he was full from just that. He ate a lot.
After lunch, my brother in law had to work, so me and my nephew drove back to his home, grabbed some Arcade coins, and headed towards his barbershop.
I drove the EQS 450+, and I wasn’t too impressed. It was very smooth, but that’s it. We got to the barbershop, registered to be put on the waitlist, and headed to the arcade.
He wasn’t too happy with his haircut. We played some more arcade games before heading back.
For dinner, my brother in law took me to a Northern BBQ place this time. Yesterday we went to a Southern BBQ place, today, yes, today, we went to a Northern BBQ place in Foshan, a Southern city.
To its credit though, it is very good. The main purpose of having the Northern BBQ that day to have dinner with my brother in law’s friend who has a pregnant wife that is due this December. My brother in law asked me to buy baby bottles for them from the U.S. The food was pretty good, even in my Northern standard, and I was very impressed. The Northern BBQ in America sucks. Expensive and they suck.
I didn’t drink that night, so I drove me and my brother in law home. I am very serious about never doing drunk driving. I mean, I don’t get affected by alcohol, it literally does nothing to me except making me sleepy; but I still don’t want to risk anyone’s lives on one drunken mistake.
Restaurant Name: 胖哥东北烧烤 (德鸿活力社区店) (pàng gē dōng běi shāo kǎo) [Pangge Northeastern Barbecue]
Address: 佛山市镇安大道十字冲星星工业区B107铺 (Foshan City Zhenan Avenue Shizichong Xingxing Industrial District B107)
I was supposed to take the train to Shenzhen tomorrow afternoon, and take the plane back to Dalian the next day; but my brother in law convinced me to stay in Guangdong Province longer, so I cancelled my plane ticket. Half of that ticket money disappeared. Heartache time a million.