Shanghai Cafe, with Hong

It's been 2 months since Hong was last here for lunch but some things never change. Shanghai Cafe. Rice cakes with shredded pork and pickled cabbage. Pork soup dumplings. Dry sauteed string beans. The waitress did look at us aslant when she saw it was just the 2 of us sisters and maybe too much food but we couldn't seem to forgo any of our favorite dishes. We had had a meh experience the last time Hong was here so we were exceedingly relieved to find everything as wonderfully delicious as usual.
Shanghai Cafe, 100 Mott St, NY, NY 10013 (btwn Hester & Canal)