High level dim sum

So after all that reminicing we went to meet dad for dim sum lunch back at Times Square mall. The restaurant is actually on the 12th floor in the mall. Space is just so tight here they actually have 13 floors in the mall, including the restaurants.

Because of this new Times Square mall, this whole neighbourhood became commercialized, we can see residential appartments converted to multi-level storefronts. It's quite weird looking, you can see the guy who didn't sell out looking at the 3rd story storefronts next to his balcony.

We went up to one of those shops, this one a Mao themed book store, all English books translated into Chinese. I'm there to hang out and use their WiFi access.

It is such a neat store, cafe, and gallery for Mao themed art pieces. There was a white woman there who bought a tonne of books and art.

In the cafe, they took the covers from the little red book (Chairman Mao's quotations) and put a drinks reciepe there instead, cute.

I found out that my parents actually have that book from the Great Leader on the coffee table for leisure reading... It's like the second most published book behind the bible.

“Atom bomb goes off when it is told. Ah, what boundless joy.” - Mao, 1964

Dad then went on commenting on the wisdom of the struggle for the Chinese to get the atom bomb, without it, China can not possibly be as prosperous as now.
It does make me wonder about the Iran situation, are they trying to pull a Mao? Mao quoted the Russians that the Chinese would "rather have the atomic bomb than trousers"