NYC with the Cousins

Last weekend we went out to the City to meet up with Phil's cousins for Dim Sum. Some of his cousins were visiting for the holidays from North Carolina, Houston and Seattle, so we wanted to spend as much time with them as possible. Here's his Aunt Chan, Kevin, Lucia and Aunt Ruby enjoying some yummy Dim Sum at the Chatham Square Restaurant. This is the same place we went to Dim Sum for my birthday last month. It seems to be a Yu family favorite.
Afterwards we were debating between walking across the Brooklyn Bridge and going to the South Street Seaport. Most of us had been to the South Street Seaport before, but the idea of walking all the way across the Brooklyn Bridge and back in the chilly weather did not sound that appealing. So the South Street Seaport won. There was a giant tree setup for the holidays. Although it looks like patches of the tree are missing some lights...

Group photo time! It's a little foggy so you can't really see anything in the background.

Left to Right: Lea, Ray, Phil, Alex, Aunt Chan, Kevin, and Winnie

Phil and his cousins look so happy to be spending the holidays together.

After our walk around the South Street Seaport we met up with Phil's parents who spent the afternoon grocery shopping in Chinatown. Here's Phil carrying the groceries back to the car Chinese style! ^__^

Then we took his cousin Ray out to dinner at East Manor in Elmhurst - the same place we're having the wedding. We've been going there a lot recently it seems. I think it's partially to test out the food, but also to make sure the event coordinator remembers us and takes care of us for the wedding ^__~

Just like every other time we go to East Manor, Phil's parents ordered tons of food.

There were clams, veggies, fried tofu...

Fried T-bone, spare rips...

And, of course, lobster...

People really mean it when they say you put on the pounds during the holidays. I think we've had enough food in the past couple weeks to feed a small army!