i walked 0.3 miles to rakuten, an asian/criolla fusion restaurant. crab rangoons was the appetizer and mongolian beef was the entree’. both were superb. nothing compares to the mandarin mongolian beef, but this was more than satisfactory. as the waitress is bringing my check, she asks if i’m chinese. i told her i’m part, but i’m mainly cambodian. she says she came to puerto rico in 86’. she had two kids here and she loves it here. i asked if she knew spanish, and she said she does. it reminded me of an asian guy at the mall i saw earlier who spoke spanish very well. she claimed her chinese and spanish are fluent, but her english is a bit iffy. i told her i thought her english was very good. she told me to come back. i think i will, because some of their sushi rolls looked appetizing. afterwards, i walked to ben & jerry’s to get a milkshake. the area was hustling and bustling for a sunday night. i’m not used to that, but perhaps that’s the regular for san juan.
i hadn’t had a proper walk in days, since i left boston, so it felt good to relax and get some cardio in the midst of a warm, lively winter night off ashford avenue.
-ratha, 11:37pm, 1.22.23