NJ eGullet Dinner at China 46

[tommy]

now he's just f*ckin with us.

[Fat Guy]

now he's just f*ckin with us.

Thanks for cleaning up your language with that asterisk. If you had said "fuckin" it would have been a whole different ballgame.

[tommy]

now he's just f*ckin with us.

Thanks for cleaning up your language with that asterisk. If you had said "fuckin" it would have been a whole different ballgame.

i thought your mom might be reading trying to sort out the directions for you.

[=Mark]

Well, we'll probably see you later. I better leave now so as to be sure of making it!

You are the same folks who circumnavigated North America last summer, right?

[tommy]

Well, we'll probably see you later. I better leave now so as to be sure of making it!

You are the same folks who circumnavigated North America last summer, right?

yeah, but they were trying to get to philly.

[byarvin]

Hello everybody:

Please add my wife and I to the guest list. Now that I see that the directions are clear, I'm ready to go.

Brian and Maria

[tommy]

current list:

Mark

Bara Sapir

Rosie

Lowell

Kim

Tommy

Soba

Brodsky

Double O

Rachel Perlow

Jason Perlow

jluhrie

Steven Shaw

Ellen

Shaw's Mom

Nick

coquille (Eden)

byarvin (brian)

maria (wife of brian)

[jhlurie]

I'm workin' on about 3 hours sleep and I had car trouble last night (thankfully cleared up today) so I may be a bit antisocial tonight. Apologies in advance. Maybe I'd better sit next to you tommy, so in the wake of all your mad social skillz nobody notices.

Plus I'm bringing like... 14 bottles of beer, so I need someone drunker than me nearby.

[tommy]

I'm workin' on about 3 hours sleep and I had car trouble last night (thankfully cleared up today) so I may be a bit antisocial tonight.  Apologies in advance.  Maybe I'd better sit next to you tommy, so in the wake of all your mad social skillz nobody notices.

Plus I'm bringing like... 14 bottles of beer, so I need someone drunker than me nearby.

i got your back. on all counts.

[jhlurie]

Rachel just called me and asked me to post that soba can't make it and that whoever agreed to call Cecil with the final headcount should let him know.

I'm going to take an hour nap now.

[tommy]

Rachel just called me and asked me to post that soba can't make it and that whoever agreed to call Cecil with the final headcount should let him know.

I'm going to take an hour nap now. 

he doesn't know what he's missing. i'll call.

[tommy]

we're all set for 18 ppl. cecil has arranged a high-chair for jon in case it gets fresh 'cause he missed his nappy-poo.

[jhlurie]

we're all set for 18 ppl.  cecil has arranged a high-chair for jon in case it gets fresh 'cause he missed his nappy-poo.

As long as the chair has a cupholder which will hold a beer bottle, I'll be fine.

Actually, as my body is now realizing, sometimes an hour is worse than nothing.

Tower control has cleared me for the 6 minute and 30 second flight to China 46. Take off is imminent, and upon arrival I shall be eating and drinking with the tray table down but myself in an upright position.

[tommy]

a success. jon even stayed awake.

coquille took notes of everything. by the way she was writing, i think there was an entire transcript of the evening produced. i'll let her share if she wants.

[Jason Perlow]

First of all I would like to apologize about not being able to post more pictures -- when I was previwing them they appeared to be fine, but a lot of them came out really blurry because I didnt use flash. Dumb. Time to buy a photo light. So if anyone took pictures of stuff that I didnt post here, please do.

[Jason Perlow]

Spicy Capsicum Noodles

[Jason Perlow]

Soup Dumplings (Xiao Long Bao)

[Jason Perlow]

Jason demonstrating dumpling eating technique

[Jason Perlow]

Brian with the empty dumpling steamer... we managed to eat 3 steamers worth at each table

[Jason Perlow]

Crunchy jellyfish appetizer

[Jason Perlow]

Fish Head Soup

[Jason Perlow]

Ruby Pork

[Jason Perlow]

Yu Choy

[Jason Perlow]

Red Bean Crepe (Dessert)

[Jason Perlow]

Scallion Pancake