Day 12 pt 2 dinner and cupcakes

Daisy really wanted Chinese food for dinner so we searched Zagat for the closest awesome restaurant. The one we found was a small restaurant in a side street which sat on the first floor of an apartment block and has a little staircase leading off the street to the entrance. When we got there, the door was boarded up and the lights were off so we thought the place had closed down since the Zagat review. Daisy and I stood in the middle of the street peering over the first floor windows in the street to make sure we were in the right place. All of a sudden, a really old asian man strolled out of the boarded up door and head down the staircase to the street. In curious excitement I went to the guy and asked 'is there a restaurant in there?' The man looked confused and grunted at me- he didnt speak a word of english- NOT A WORD. Daisy and I struggled to gesture our situation to the old man who was desperately trying to get away from us. Bec, tired of hiding her true identity any longer, casually walked up to the man (I swear to GOD this is not exaggerated) and, without a stutter, she said 'phu mai loi?' the man instantly pointed at her, nodded his head with a smile and led us to the restaurant entry which was a few doors down. As Daisy and I struggled to recompose ourselves from fits of uncontrollable laughter- Bec thanked the man and wished him and his family a merry Christmas (that part may or may not be true).

After dinner we headed to the famous MAGNOLIA BAKERY for their world known 'velvet cupcakes' for dessert. There was a line out the door and the smell was amazing. The cupcakes looked much better than they tasted, but they were still fresh and warm and made your insides feel like christmas.