Admission is $8.50, but during the first week and a half of January 2010, admission was FREE!
From their website:
10 Days of Free Admission
On September 14, 2010 Lan Su Chinese Garden turns ten. To commemorate this exciting milestone and honor our special relationship with our sister city Suzhou, we’re hosting a yearlong celebration--and everyone is invited. We are kicking off the celebration with 10 free days of admission from January 2-11. Come see the Garden on us.
Some girlfriends and I made plans to come check it out.
(This picture reminds me very much of this from a few months ago:
Almost the same group of ladies, but instead of the unexpected warmth of the Oregon Coast, we had the January chill of Oregon winter)
Anyway, we met at the tea house, which is ran by the Tao of Tea, a peaceful zen-like teahouse and shop in Portland. We all ordered little cups of tea and shared some snacks.
Steamed Buns with green spinachy type stuff inside. Major Yums.
“Eight Treasures” tea. Sweet and simple.
“Horsebeans” aka fried fava beans. Crispy and salty and delicious.
Green Tea Pumpkin Seeds. The Spicy Vegan was right when she said they tasted like marshmallows. Sweet and curious,they were a yummy little treat.
Dried mangos with coconut and goji berries
Daikon Salad. I don’t think I like daikon yet. Maybe I just didn’t like the way this was prepared? I should look into recipes.And..
Steamed Dumplings. I don’t remember what the filling was in here (mushrooms maybe?) but they were presented beautifully and everyone enjoyed them.
After lunch, we walked around snapping pictures, hugging trees, getting our Chinese fortune read with fortune sticks, and coloring cherry blossoms to hang on a display.
(We were the only adults.)
It was a gorgeous and peaceful day and a super fun way to spend some really good giggly fun time with girlfriends.
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3 comments:
Glad you had such a great experience at the tea house; mine was horrific. While the food was good, the service was abysmal. Next time try their edamame; they were prepared with star anise & goji berries.
(Daikon is really good in sushi)
Oh yeah, the service wasn't so great. They forgot the buns til they brought the check and we had to ask for them, and everything took quite awhile.
But I told myself to be all zen-like and just be patient. :)
Thanks for the tip on daikon! Have you had it in tea??
Daikon in TEA? No! Sounds very interesting.
Btw, my waitstaff experience included sighing, rushing, and them yelling at [other] customers. Your late buns were simply fantastic in comparison :-)
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