It’s pretty sad to know that Coney Island will not be the same next year (http://www.thecidc.org/PressRelease091405.htm). So I decided to participate in my first Coney Island Mermaid Parade. The theme was aquatic life, which people parade down Surf Avenue with their most creative costume strudding their stuff. The parade stretched about 3 long blocks long where the judges waits at the end of the route to score the winning costume.

The weather that day was perfect, clear sky, not too humid, a huge crowd for the event. The groups I remember seeing were the Charle Anglefish, Seapranos, and a bunch of seamonkeys.

I definitely need to go back when there’s not much of a crowd.

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Today I eat with my friend at Joe’s Shanghai on 9 Pell Street, across the street from Confucius Plaza. We started off with a pork wonton soup which a friend recommended. Definitely not my taste, the texture was very dry, taste like cardboard and the soup was nothing special. The next dish was the famous Joe’s Shanghai dumplings(pork) which every shanghai restaurant has. The dish was steaming hot as the waiter placed it to our table. I haven’t had this for a while but it tasted just like I expected. The hot inner soup and the soft pork meat were hmmm yummy. We wind up ordering another dish right after. I ordered for myself the Singapore noodles, which was OK I was really hungry plus it was few dishes that was under $10 bucks.

It was a good Saturday crowd, the waiting was out the door when I left.Overall I rate this place 3 out of 5.

Joe’s Shanghai
9 Pell St.
212-233-8888

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