Our mission was to visit this tiny little herb shop called Healthy Chinese Herbs (any Arrested Development fans, you might understand why I kept saying "Ancient Chinese Secret!" all day).
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| Ancient Chinese Secret! |
The shop was small and a whole wall was just FILLED with drawers containing different types of herbs, bark, roots, flowers, and other various items. Apparently you tell them a little bit about yourself, then they make a special blend specifically for whatever ailments/results you want.
We waited our turn and then went in to see the "doctor". He asked about any prescriptions we were on, felt our pulse, looked at our tongue and then suddenly knew what we needed. It was uncanny how much he deduced with only asking us a few questions. We were given our ... uh, recipes? prescriptions? pieces of papers with our names and a bunch of Chinese symbols on it? and we headed back to the front counter where they would bundle up our personalized teas. She said it would be a 15 minute wait so we decided to wander around.
That's when we found this lovely jewel of a garden. Just around the corner. Yay!
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| A little boy informed me that the bridge was zig-zag because they believed that evil could only move in straight lines. I have yet to research the truth behind this, but I felt it was an interesting "fact". |
After (slightly) more than 15 minutes, we wandered back inside to get our teas. Tell me how cool these look:
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| Mine - to help increase blood flow and give me more energy. |
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| Boyfriend's - to help with his cold and allergies. |
What's life with out a little adventure, eh?
5 comments:
So cool! I didn't know this was there - I just thought it was food! What did it cost?
We tried to eat here too! But the restaurants closed from like 2pm-5pm so we missed out. The garden is definitely worth a quick visit though.
The cost to see the doctor is $10 (each). Then the cost for the tea he prescribed varies. For both of our consultations and teas it was around $90. So I would think, for one person, it would be approximately $50. I felt like my tea was cheaper/more common than his tea. Why? I don't know. I personally wouldn't have paid that much.. but I was tricked into going. Boyfriend insisted that I was "getting my own tea too" and then said he would pay for me ... so I walked outta there with some bark in a bag. I will update later as far as the taste/result.
Isn't that place awesome! I love the garden. I haven't been to the "doctor", but my mom went and was not a fan of her tea. That didn't surprise me though. She doesn't drink tea to begin with let alone some crazy prescription! Haha!
I LOVE the Chinese Cultural Center! There's a great restaurant there, but it has tricky hours - and I like to browse around in the Asian market :) But I have never been in that shop - but I want to check it out! The customized teas sounds really cool!
I have been meaning to go for their dim sums for so long! soon..
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