they were not his favorite dumplings

After the super exciting weekend, Taiyo has been tired and irritable for a few days. I've been tired also, and this morning he let me sleep in for a bit after I turned on TV for him. It's our precious mid-week off on Wednesday, until my cooking class in the evening, and we enjoyed walking around the neighborhood under the gloomy sky. We had lunch at Congee Village on Allen right below Delancey. It's a spacious restaurant with lots of distractions for a little person- water fountain, flowers, sculptures including a statue of an Italian chef, TV monitors, and so on. There's plenty of high chairs, since big Chinese families often include little ones, and staff are pretty kid-friendly. They immediately brought him a styrofoam plate and plastic utencils. The place was rather empty for lunch, but the service was super slow. Taiyo got busy playing with little tea cups and bowls for a while. They have pretty authentic food, but many of items on the menues are a bit hard to understand for non-Chinese people. I just settled for seafood noodle soup and gyoza dumplings since Taiyo always asks for them. Taiyo ate the noodles but nothing else in the bowl. Then he was too bored to sit at the table and decided to explore around the restaurant. Somehow it took such a long time for sad looking dumplings to arrive. I was already done with the soup, and Taiyo already lost interest in any food, since he found some Japanese girls to talk to a few tables down, so I asked for a check. It took another five minutes for my check and we were so ready to go. We didn't hate this place but it's much better for a larger group and during busier dining hours perhaps the service is quicker. Mixed feelings about this place but definitely feasable with a small person and do not order the pan fried dumplings.