Irene and I are going on a cruise next week and on previous trips we had met some delightful Royal Caribbean. staff members from diverse countries such as Ukraine and Belarus. While Irene is putting together gift bags for the waitstaff and room staff (toiletries and such that they would normally have to pay for in the cruise ship company store), I have set off to visit the several Russian and Ukraine grocery stores to buy chocolates and savories from those respective countries. My first visit is to the Armenian owned Golden Grain on Birdsall, followed by what was once called the Russian General Store now shortened to just General Store. Purchased made.
But the additional opportunity is to dine at Happy Lamp, one of the three older Chinese American restaurants in Houston. Happy Lamp was established in 1973! I settle in for a lunch of sweet and sour pork with hot and sour soup and hot tea.. The other two would be Ambassador and China Garden.
The hot and sour soup and the sweet and sour are classic Sino-American flavor profiles and I am in a Time Machine now remembering growing up in Houston and going out with my family once a week.
(I’m loving this big side bowl of the sauce, perfect for doing the pork as finger food to dip).
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