Alice's Kitchen plus board games

Fooding

Alice's Kitchen / Hechalou

Alice's Kitchen in Temple City.

Inside, from the street.

Inside, from the parking lot. Menu.

Menu.

Kitsch.

Pork blood and green onion congee is just okay, kind of thin.

Yeow teow not very fresh, nor hot.

Deep fried tofu was good.

Chow mein is utility.

Char siu and hot dog.

Pineapple bun.

I forget what sandwich this was.

Fried chicken and calamari mix was intense.

Ophelia, Mara, Christina.

Hechalou, inside 99 Ranch.

Buckwheat tea, osmanthus oolong milk tea, lime orchid green tea, signature milk tea.

Signature milk tea, large, less sweet.

Ender meeting Auntie Rebecca.

Ender is not impressed by his mom's friends.

Floor baby loves strawberries.

The view.

Dune: Imperium.

Sue (blue) wins, as usual.

Like a few newer Hong Kong-style cafes, Alice's Kitchen is very stylish inside, with a ton of hype. The food I found to just be okay, although they've got most of the basics-- pineapple buns, chow mein, HK-style-breakfast meals, not just deep fried tofu but deep fried chicken wings and calamari (chopped much larger than the American take on it). They are very busy, backing onto a shared parking lot that gets full, plus some street parking that actually has shade -- and was less busy than I expected.

Christina and Stanley took us over to Hechalou for milk tea next. t'was quite good, plenty parking shared with 99 Ranch, and just enough seating... although being literally inside a 99 Ranch, it's a very casual atmosphere.

Dune: Imperium was a much more reasonable experience than last week's Terraforming Mars extended session. Sue still won handily, but felt much more approachable. And was nice that Rebecca finally came by to see Christina and Stanley's new place and to meet Ender.