Sunday, January 27, 2019
Breakfast at home with Patrick: sunny-side-up eggs, toast with butter, sliced banana with an amarena cherry in date syrup, 8 ounces of orange juice. Honmas arrived, dropping off a punch bowl that I had asked to borrow. We drove to Noriega to stop at Cafe Bakery before continuing to George Washington High School for Akemi's league basketball game. They won by around a 10-point lead. Afterwards we ate dim sum at Ton Kiang then explored shops on Geary, first a Russian bakery where we bought nothing, then a Jewish bakery called Frena where I bought three kinds of old-fashioned bagels: sesame, poppy seed, zaatar. The Honmas dropped me at home. Watched Comedians of the World: Chris D'Elia on Netflix instant watch with Patrick. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Shanghai Dumpling King via Seamless. We ordered in advance at 4:45 pm requesting a 6:00 pm delivery. We were initially promised a delivery window of 6:00 to 6:10 pm, then later we were notified that the delivery was delayed to 6:10 to 6:20 pm. It arrived mostly cold at 6:15 pm. Hot and sour soup, beef fried rice, pan fried pork bun, Beijing-style boiled chives dumpling, spicy chives and shrimp dumpling. Watched-played Black Mirror Bandersnatch on Netflix instant watch with Patrick for somewhere between 60 and 90 minutes before stopping due to tiredness. Late snack: leftover fried rice.