"everything they sell is deep-fried in organic, locally sourced batter I assume?"

"Almost looks like downtown Flagstaff! :-)"

"Starting the New Year off right!"

"Since there's only one and it's way out in some (apparently) bougie part of town, I doubt it'll spread. Though I guess you never know!"

"A whole foods in Scotland? The next Starbucks?"

"um, somewhere random in Wan Chai...?!"

"Haha! Yes, all of us living in the UK were sad to see them listed in L.A. and nowhere in the UK. :-("

"Where is that?!"

"There are two Ding Tai Feng in Los Angeles. They also have glass windows at the entrance. And behind the glass windows are all deft Mexican dumpling masters wrapping away!"

"¡Malanga! My grandma would always make me taro fritters, alas, not fish-shaped. This all looks amazing!"

"I thought so, yes."

"Interesting! I brought home three packages of the Snowy Mooncakes. They're in the freezer right now, trying to regain their composure. :)"

"I had the choice of getting it this way, or with shrimp (which I would guess is just the more traditional way, but I didn't see it)."

"Thanks!! Yeah, we were lucky with the weather. (Though it was pretty muggy.)"

"I know, Dad! I thought of you every time I had taro. :-) For many of the people there, this was their first time ever even hearing about taro."