China, Ghana and SoBro

It was a day full of surprises. First, we had snow - in April and when the weatherman hadn't predicted at all. I was so happy seeing the snow. The small flakes falling down look amazing when you see them from a 16th storey window.

In the snow, we went to a Chinese dumplings place in Chinatown yesterday. It's such an experience being in Chinatown. I guess you don't feel like you are in New York in a way, and precisely because of this reason, you feel like - this is New York man. It's full of exotic things. Chinatown is so ... well, Chinese. The dumplings were good and we had a tea afterwards.

The evening had another interesting thing in store for me. We went to this Ghanian food restaurant in South Bronx (made popular as SoBro by Tom). It was the firs time I'd been to the Bronx, and it's difficult to see when I will be there again (maybe for a baseball game?) But then again, you never know, do you?

The Ghanian restaurant was a complete package from Ghana. The food, the movie playing on TV, the decor, the way we ate the food and the ginger drink were all Ghanian. It felt so far away from my home, my city. A truly cosmopolitan experience that - an Indian, in the United States, eating African food!! But Bronx being the Bronx, I didn't really want to spend a lot of time on the streets (and was happy that there were people with me) and before long, wanted to get back.

Boy, and for the first time, Manhattan, felt home.