Lotus flowers, golden monkey tea and Hung Far Low

One of the things my brother and I do when he comes to Portland is visit Chinatown and take in the Classical Chinese Garden, its authentic tea house and surrounding environs. This itinerary always presents a plethora of opportunities to indulge our inner twelve-year-olds in between sitting reverently in the tea house drinking tea and walking the gardens.

We go from this:



To this:





We like a little diversity in our states of mind.

Hung Far Low is a now-defunct Chinese restaurant and bar that benefited handsomely from its willingness to cater to the lowest common denominator (such as myself and T Bro) in its name selection. The damn thing's been photographed a bajillion times. And you know what? It's still funny.