Hongs

June 30, 2010: Between where I live and the town west of me is a little place called Hongs. Their restaurant is actually a house and I'm 99% sure the family that runs it lives upstairs. It honestly looks pretty seedy from the outside, but I swear to god they have the best Chinese food ever.

I tried it for the first time about a year ago with my mom. Chinese is sort of our "thing" if you will. When I was a kid, twice a year my dad would have a union meeting that meant staying overnight in Kitchener. My mom and I would order Chinese food and rent James Bond films (the Sean Connery kind). I honestly can't eat Chinese or watch Bond without thinking of her, and I wouldn't have it any other way.