Last evening I went out for dinner and some beer in Ligongdi Rd / Water Alley Neighborhood. I probably went a bit too early as around 9pm the area started to get busier, but I was getting tired and wanted to head home.
Dinner was at a TexMex restaurant called Amigos. The food was very passable Mexican, and was served with proper hot sauce! I had the Combo Plate #1 which included a cheese enchilada and a crispy beef taco. The refried beans were just OK, but the rest the meal was great!
Combo Plate #1 from Amigos: Crispy beef taco and cheese enchilada.
After dinner I went to Ollie’s right across the alley. If you remember from earlier in the week, Ollie’s is the place where the Suzhou Poker Club has their games. When I ordered a beer, the waiter, Scott, remembered me from Thursday night and asked if I wanted to play in the poker game they were having that night. It’s good to be remembered!
While drinking the beer I was just observing everything going on. There was a birthday celebration, some live music from a guitarist and singer, and a couple families with their children having a night out. Apparently there’s no rules on kids drinking beer in a pub, as this one drank a good couple inches of his dad’s beer in plain sight! You can even see his small hand on the bottom of the glass. And yes, the TV had on professional table tennis instead of baseball or soccer. Only in China!
After a few songs of the live music, it was time to leave because it was that good. Also, instead of grabbing a taxi home I decided to catch one of the busses before the mostly direct (#146) one stopped running for the night.
On the way towards the bus stop there were a few good spots for pictures. A couple of lit up bridges over the canals, half a green camel, and some weird type of bowling alley and massage parlor rolled into one were spotted. That’s likely one massage I’ll pass up!
