Date Night a la Jadyn (The World Revolves Around Jadyn)

So a funny thing happened this past week. Nicole was feeling very adventurous, and really wanted a Date Night. She chose 2 restaurants for us and on Friday night, at 6 p.m. we were out the door to try something new.

Now, Nicole likes spicy food; me...well... I love her, so I said I did too. She chose a Szechuan place (Szechuan is known throughout the world as taking spicy to a whole new level) called Kong King. No, I'm not kidding, and no, I didn't transpose the words, that really was the name of the place. It happened to be in a district of town called Wan Chai, which is about 5 subway stops away from us, and is where our chapel is. Now, I vaguely remember reading somewhere that Wan Chai is where the old Red Light district used to be, but I figured this place was only 3 blocks away from our chapel, so it can't be that bad...right?

Wrong! We got off the subway, walked a few blocks, and found the road we were looking for. We start walking down the street when we happen to notice every little shop had a lady in skimpy clothes sitting out front. It was only 6:20ish, so it was still light, and the place was still pretty dead, but we just happened to choose a restaurant that was smack in the middle of the nudy bar district. Kinda funny, until we realized the restaurant wasn't there anymore. We walked up and down this nasty street twice before we decided to give up and go try another place. I still laugh that my wife took me and our new born to the Red Light district. Oh the joys of innocence.

Since we've had a few bad experiences with just picking a restaurant off the street, we decided to stick to our "Rough Guide" book and headed to the Chiu Chow Dynasty. It was a little hard to find, but once we did, we were in for a treat. Now, we walk in, it has pretty cool Chinese decorations, an English/Chinese menu, a Mandarin speaking staff, and is nowhere near a nudy bar. We figured we were in for a great night... we just didn't realize Jadyn had plans of her own. Here are some pics I will label as the "Before Pictures":








Looks pretty good huh? Well, it was while it lasted. Only problem was, about the time our food got there and we had time to take a picture, Jadyn decided she had had enough. Now, since we were the only foreigners in the room, and the only people with a stoller the size of a small car, we were right in the middle of the dining floor. At first, Jadyn decided to just get a little fussy, then she decided to get downright mad. We tolerated her tantrum for a while, then decided it was time to go. The staff were very nice, the lady kept asking if Jadyn was hungry and if she wanted some formula. Jadyn wasn't hungry, she just wanted to remind us that the world revolves around her. We finally couldn't take the noise she was making, so we got our food to go, paid, then left. As soon as we got out of the restaurant, Jadyn decided the world wasn't coming to an end, and calmed down. We were both kinda upset that our "Date Night" was ruined, but then she smiled and laughed all the way home on the subway, which was so cute, so it was hard to stay mad at her. We got her home, got her to bed, and here are the "After Pictures":





Kinda funny.

Also, Nicole just made the comment "Whoa! Writing a novel, eh?" Again, Cody's not as experienced at this whole Blogging thing, so sorry for the faux pas, but I thought this was pretty funny. (Both the Nicole and the nudy bar district and Jadyn ruining our date)

p.s. We love the comments so keep them coming. Also, we would love some more visitors. Nicole mentioned that now that we are finding the good places to eat, she would love to take people around and act as a tour guide. Just think, we have a pull out bed in our couch, so if you need to save on a hotel room, and don't mind the Queen of the World getting up at 6:30 every day, you are more than welcome to come stay!