my father was cleaning the deep fryer when i got there. i helped him pour the leftover fry oil back into the container. i brought the oui yogurt jar lids i ordered off of temu, they fit nicely, and don't even leak so they're totally waterproof. i also replaced the rubber feet on the food scale, before discovering there was already a package of replacement feet at the cafe.
my 2nd aunt went to 99 ranch supermarket in quincy again yesterday. she bought some egg rolls along with some stinky tofu. my mother pan-fried the stinky tofu with some regular tofu. the stink was so overwhelming, i was afraid it would drive out the customers, who had no idea what was happening in the back kitchen. i combined the tofu with some taiwanese paocai and hot sauce, into something that was very close to an authentic taiwanese stinky tofu experience.
it was busy today, which was good, as it was the last day of september, good to end the month on a high. the two most popular items were either bento or beef noodle soup.
we left the cafe around 4:30pm. i put my backpack in the car so i wouldn't have to carry it while riding the motorcycle. when i got to belmont i didn't even bother going in the backyard to check the rain barrels, i'll do that tomorrow. my parents told me the replacement maytag fridge part arrived on wednesday but it was for something completely random. however, yesterday another part arrived, and that was the correct piece, the plug for the fridge grill.
i helped my father crimp a female cigarette light adapter so we could attach the 12v refrigerator to the solar charge controller. it didn't work at first, kept giving us a short circuit alert. but then we tried it again with the DC power off before connecting the fridge then turning it on. that seemed to work.
we had two varieties of bitter melon for dinner, along with some daikon radish soup which i poured over my rice. i left around 7pm, eager to get home before it got any colder (temperature in the 50's). it wasn't too bad, with my long-sleeved black flannel shirt underneath an adidas tracksuit jacket.