Steph Couvrette

This might have been the quickest meal we've had in months. We had the traditional minced pork noodles, the peeled chili pork dumplings, and the coriander pork dumplings. All of which were good. We also enjoyed their "hot and spicy sauce" (it was a bit like a fermented chili paste) and their chili oil, which was dark and a bit smoky. Everything was flavorful and the service from the waitress was friendly and fast.

Their current exhibit of art from incarcerated people during the Cold War and now. Their artifacts and art in the corridors were very cool. Loved the bookcases, so striking. The courtyard outback is beautiful!
Great way to spend an hour at this free museum.

Food central parking lot and the price isn't bad but it took us 40 minutes to get out on a Saturday afternoon ! Ahh!

We had a lovely 2 hour walk through the whole arboretum, taking our time. It has different sections with different types of plants, a coach barn, a beautiful home, and even an old train station (we unfortunately were too late for the museum). Very calm place. Saw plenty of peacocks, and they even hung out in the parking lot and the nearby neighborhoods. We bought our tickets online morning of but I'm not sure we even needed too. On a nice day, parking is a bit iffy. We had to drive around the lot a couple times and wait for someone to leave to get a spot.

So very good! We had the dan dan noodles, handmade chong qing noodles and the gele mountain chicken and all three were good, appropriately spicy and just a little numbing from the peppercorn. Absolutely delicious, we loved everything.