"Welcome To Hunan House"

...Continued from yesterday:

     Last year when I switched my piano students' performance venue to Graves Recital Hall (see yesterday's post),

...I also started what has become my (new) tradition of taking my recital assistants out for an         après-recital supper at Hunan House, a gem of a Chinese restaurant a few blocks east of Graves on
E Dublin-Granville Road.

     And so after our recital last Thursday night, my helper-in-chief hubby Tom,

​...my friend and fellow pianista, Marianne, who makes the programs and seating tags for the students,

​...Marianne's hubby Nick, our videographer,

​...and I,

...headed over to Hunan House, where I never cease to be charmed by the interior,

        (even the Ladies' Room),

...not to mention the yummy food, which, we all agreed, was really good.

     Among us we ordered the Beef and Oriental Vegetables,

​...the Green Pepper Steak,

...Pad Thai with Tofu,

​...and I had the Pad Thai with shrimp, hands down the most delicious Pad Thai I've ever had.

     After dinner I couldn't resist wandering around the restaurant and snapping a few shots of the objets d'art  found here and there,

...my favorite being the earthquake detector,

​...a piece, as was explained to me on a previous visit, designed to give warning of an earthquake when the tremors  caused the hinged mouth of the dragons to fall open and drop balls into the mouths of the frogs.

    When I explained to the friendly staff member of whom I'd asked permission to take the pictures that I wanted to use them in my blog she said with a smile, "Tell everybody 'Welcome to Hunan House!' " 
     So, everybody: "Welcome to Hunan House!"