This weekend, we went to Joe's Shanghai in Chinatown for a snack of heart-warming soup dumpling goodness. We were enjoying our treats (8 pork ones and 8 crab/pork ones), when two old ladies walked in: one Jewish one (JO), and one Chinese one (CO).
JO: Oh my, look, everybody is eating the dumplings. (In Long Island accent)
CO: Yes, those two are only having shiu long bao. (Cantonese)
[me: Kiran, that's what I want to do when I'm old!]
[Old ladies open up the menus.]
CO: How about a fish?
JO: A whole fish? Just for the two of us?
CO: Yes, why not a fish?
Now, you don't like tofu, right?
JO: Oh, I can not STAND tofu. It's tasteless. No, I will not do tofu. Why don't we have dumplings?
CO: Hmm...
JO: I mean, everybody is eating dumplings in here. Usually, when everybody is eating something, it is usually their signature dish. I think we should have the dumplings.
And it goes on and on. It was seriously the old lady equivalent to Seinfeld in the diner!
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