The three figures on the right welcome visitors to the Chinese Center in Austin, Texas. I suspect each statue represents something, but have no idea what. Do you know? — Photo by Pat Bean
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“Assumptions allow the best in life to pass you by.” — John Sales
Travels With Maggie
My big adventure today was drinking an avocado milkshake.
Just the thought of such a thing when my granddaughter, Jennifer, insisted I try it, made my stomach turn. While I love avocados, I simply could not get my mind to imagine them tasting anything but nasty mixed in a milkshake.
Yes Virginia. There really is such a thing as an avocado milkshake. And it's yummy. -- Photo by Pat Bean
I kept saying I’d rather just have a chocolate shake during our hour-long drive from Harker Heights to Austin, where Jennifer, her best friend, Ellen, and my daughter-in-law, Cindi, were all excited about visiting the Asian market in the Chinese Center. All three are big fans of Asian food.
The salted duck eggs were a popular item at the Asian market. Photo by Pat Bean
While they bought such things as salted duck eggs, chow mun noodles, mochi and other exotic goodies not available in your regular supermarket, I contented myself with just a box of hibiscus tea.
The four of us ladies then had a Chinese Buffet Lunch at the Fortune Restaurant (good and reasonably priced) before Jennifer was back to talking about those avocado milkshakes again. They would be our dessert, she said, and her treat.
While a chocolate shake still sounded better, I didn’t want my granddaughter to think her Nana was a wimp, and so agreed I’d try her avocado shake. Jennifer bought one for each of us at the Lily Sandwich Shop around the corner from the Fortune Restaurant in the Chinese Center.
I have to admit it was quite tasty. Perhaps I should have bought some of those salted duck eggs, too.
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