Baby Buddha

Friday 20 April
After a hard day spent classicizing in the newly opened Metropolitan Museum Greek and Roman Galleries (known as the "Rogues' Galleries" for the preponderance of stolen, smuggled, contextless, and forged objects, with the proud names of the smugglers, I mean collectors, painted on each wall), Andi proclaimed the need for a symposium. So we headed downtown to Baby Buddha, a Chinese place where fresh, tasty vegetables are an important feature; so very Chay-friendly.
A symposium is not a symposium without drinks, so Singha beers were served to those over age 21 (Sorry, Michael!)
Appetizers included steamed vegetable dumplings, fried pork pot stickers, cold sesame noodles, shanghai-style noodles, and amazing barbequed spare ribs (with a side of moist towelette). We then proceeded to the spring specialty, snow pea leaves with garlic; they didn't have quite enough for a serving, so they eked it out with fresh water spinach. There was also fried tofu on a bed of watercress, and for the carnivores, beef and scallions, salt-and-pepper squid on spinach, pork fried rice, and sweet and sour chicken. Nice, creative, fresh-tasting Chinese food.