Yesterday, we tried our neighbourhood Cantonese take-away (that’s take-out to the non-Brits) restaurant – not too bad. On their menu they mention, “special meals not listed can be supplied on request”. Let’s see if I can stump them the next time around ;) Funny enough, most restaurants around here don’t seem to offer inside seating, rather just a counter for you to order and pick up your food.
Today we took the train to Birmingham (40 minutes away) to visit Chinatown and stocked up on food! It’s a good thing that we both brought backpacks to carry our goodies home with us. We started off the morning with a Chinese bun each and dim sum for lunch. Even though Birmingham is the second largest city in the UK, we were disappointed that Chinatown was more like China-only-half-a-block-big – oh well, at least they had what we were looking for.
We couldn't believe this sign we encountered several times through Chinatown (and the prices for that matter!).
Although this was a food/eating expedition, we did manage to culture ourselves with a trip to the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. I enjoyed looking at the artefacts (mostly a collection of pottery and jewellery through time) and spent the rest of the time waiting somewhat patiently for someone to read every display panel!
Other Birmingham sights:
Tomorrow stayed tuned for our sushi making extravaganza with our new sushi making equipment we received yesterday in the mail (thanks S&J)!
Other Birmingham sights:
Tomorrow stayed tuned for our sushi making extravaganza with our new sushi making equipment we received yesterday in the mail (thanks S&J)! 
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