The Snack Den

[?]

*giggles n keeps enjoying*

[Firox]

*to be nice and surprise all*
*Grace brings out a bowl of vanilla caramel cookie ice cream for all, even ? gets a big bowl, Grace says*
"Its vanilla ice cream with caramel swirls and pieces of chocolate chip cookies, enjoy everyone"
*for her to be herself, playfully tells ?*
"enjoy ice cream, next time you goes down quickly"
*giggles and noms ice cream with all nine Vees*


*I nom ice cream too*

[?]

*stretches n happily enjoys it* thanks there

[Firox]

*this time Flower and Aycan wrap around ? and eight others*
"Have warm fluffy nap after dessert"

[?]

*nods and yawns a little while finishing up*

[Firox]

*have good nap ?"
*Flower warms up fur*
*eight smaller Vees nap too*

[?]

night night there * rest after a bit*

[Firox]

*next day*
*Jyo invires Zhang one more*
*this time also brings ingredients to make a tasty drink for all*


*Vay and Linette provide the fresh fruit and kitchen too*
*Jyo, Vay, Firox, Flower, and Zoran volunteer to help out* 

[?]

*yawns and relaxes mostly*

[Firox]

*little Mia lightly shakes ?'s muzzle to catch it's attention*


*as Zhang is finishing up the meal*
*rest are mostly getting up*


 
(hopefully gets to be around for the next four replies -
cute scene - eating scene - 'show scene' - giving thanks)

[?]

*Greets n keeps relaxing* ^^

[Firox]

*as the ? starts to wake, Jyo's friend, Zhang brought several drinks with him, various bubble tea flavors*
*little Mia picks up a strawberry flavored bubble tea*
*once she sees ? awake, cutely walks over, carefully holding the much larger size drink*
*sweet tea with tapioca pearls inside for a sweet tasting nibble*


*taps the ?'s left front paw, making the super adorable cute eyes - shares with ?*
"gotz ya a stwabewwy bubblez tea!!"   
*as she is trying to gently pass the drink, a bit heavy for her smaller size*


*makes the adorable cute eyes* 
*no worries, she has one to enjoy too*




*I makes some for others*

[?]

thanks ya there  *happily enjoys it*

[Firox]

*Jyo calls on all* "come gather round, we have some food ready"



*I pick up ?, and call on the other eight Vees, and all in the den*


*Firox volunteers to help out Zhang by cutting meat, lightly searing outside*
*Vay washes and cuts up veggies*


*once all are settled in place, I set ? down in the middle of the action, large wok on an electric stove, another pot with boiling water*
*? can also see a big container with dark colored sauce with an aroma of star anise, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, Chinese Five Spice... in annother closed container what look like little not crushed pepper... submerged in some sort of oil with chili flakes on them*


*Zhang explains "they are spicy Szechuan peppercorns, not to touch them or could sting eyes nose, powder will remain on paws for hours unless fully washed, they been marinating in Chili Oil so it will be double heat in spicy - enough to make you cry for hours"




*first off, Zhang passes ? a nice big bowl - can see that there are about 8 or so packed dumplings on the bottom of the bowl, Vee had them twice by now, packed with flavor - outside skin so soft and tender, the pork meat inside so soft and juicy, with few veggies*
*on top is a nice big serving of noodles, with a super tasty smelling sauce, and cut up pieces of thinly sliced beef, and some veggies such as Bok Choy, Scallions, spinach, Chinese Watercress*
*? can taste that its really tasty Szechuan noodles, no spicy at all, did such a good job making the flavors, with no peppercorns at all*
*? can also see Orange Chicken on side so it can enjoy it's favorite meat dish with the noodles*


*Zhang* "go ahead and enjoy the meal, stay nearby so all can see how I make them"


*also Arval and Aycan get a bowl too, the rest of us have to wait for the second serving*






(ha replies mainly ready, just copy - paste and double check for spelling errors)

[?]

*happily enjoys the dumplings as well*