Day 39: Let's Go out For Pizza

If you have been following, I still have a craving for a pizza.  A good old fashioned Italian American pizza. Not the kind you get in Sicily but the USA.  Katy thought her growing network finds that a place called "Pizza Express" has the ticket.  Great.  Can't wait.  Katy, Maggie, Nicholas and I hop in a Taxi and head down one of 2 locations near us.

Did I mention it's raining?

The taxi drops us off right outside the first location. It's about a 2o table restaurant which seems to be letting out a birthday party. "Yes we are closed for a party until 6:30."

Did I mention it's 5:50PM.

In the rain under 2 small umbrellas, we weigh our options 1. Head for the other location. 2. wander around the area we are in.  Now #2 is perfectly fun if a) it wasn't raining and b)Katy and I could go back in time machine 6 years ago when we didn't have 2 small children growing hungry by the minute.  We decide on #1.

We get into another taxi and head to the second location.

Did I mention we are not quite sure where the the second location is?

We get to the main area and find a marquee with, thank God, Pizza Express on it. It's on Star Street. Great. Uh where's Star Street, oh right in front of us. Good. Ok, right or left. Left seems better.

After some wandering we find the restaurant. Great.  Another birthday party wrapping up. "Can you come back at 7:30?" Well let's see, 2 small wet hungry children.  I am thinking no, no we cannot come back at f--kin 7:30pm. I am tired and wet and have 2 hungry kids and will give you a 50 dollar, yes US Dollar bill for a bread stick. That's not what comes out.  What comes out is "never mind."  Now I am hungry and getting testy.

We remember a nice American style restaurant is near a mall we are now close to.  Let's walk there. We get there.  "Do you have a reservation?" No. "Well we can seat you but you have to leave by 7:30."  This is real common here in HK.  No reservation, well then you have to leave by so and so.

We sit down and have dinner and all's well that ends well. Maggie and Nicholas just went with it. I love our kids. Soooooo lessons learned:

1. Always call ahead and make a reservation for everything.
2. Pizza Express is a prime location for kids birthday parties
3. Taxis are NO problem in the rain in Hong Kong (Thank God.)