soup

[redbird]

cattitude made a big batch of split pea soup a few days ago, and we asked Scraps if he'd like some, since he'd previously mentioned liking split pea soup. He sent back an enthusiastic yes, so today Cattitude and I took him a quart container of soup.

We stopped off in Chinatown for lunch first, at Ping's Dumpling House, because I wanted Cattitude to try it and he hadn't had soup dumplings since we left New York. Those were good, and the pot stickers were unusual and quite tasty: ten fried dumplings, with an unexpected crisp pancake on top, connecting them all. (When the waiter brought them over, I thought he'd gotten confused and brought us someone else's order.)

We spent about three hours with Scraps, talking; he seemed quite a bit more cheerful than on my previous visit, which is good. I think he'd have been happy for us to stay longer, but I was getting a bit tired, and wanted to get home with enough energy to make dinner. About half an hour ago, Scraps sent us email thanking us for "lovely, thick, tasty pea soup."

ETA: If anyond is looking for soup dumplings in Minneapolis, cakmpls recommends Szechuan Spice, just south of Lake on Lyndale.

Comments

[wild_irises]

I read this here yesterday before getting your email with the same news. Both times, it made me SO happy.

[athenais.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear about your outing to Scraps and that he is improving in cheerfulness. I hope you are managing well yourself. <3

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

I was just introduced to soup dumplings this week! A friend of my son's had discovered them in NYC, and looked for them here, finally finding them at a restaurant only a few blocks from us--a place we had never tried. So the friend and his cousin and the four young adults in our house this holiday went there. The friend said these were as good as the New York ones, or very close to it.

And they deliver!

[redbird]

Since I've got several other Minneapolis people reading this journal: what's the restaurant?

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

Szechuan Spice, just south of Lake on Lyndale.