Dim Sum - San José

This past Sunday, June 12th, we drove from our house in San Roque de Grecia to San José to have dim sum at Casa China.

We have previously eaten dim sum at this restaurant and I did a blog post on it here.

This Sunday, we were treated to a stage show of dancers and music. I made a short video:

This venue is typical of the dim sum restaurants we were accustomed to when we lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, and when we would go for dim sum in Richmond, B.C. Large open space with tables big enough for families to sit at. 

As is typical in dim sum restaurants, carts were rolled around with the prepared offerings and we could select what we wanted. Everything was very good.

Since we were going to San Jose, I wanted to combine dim sum with shopping at an Asian grocery store that came highly recommended. That would be Super Asia in the Tibas area of San Jose. They are open on Sundays. Here is what I bought:

Fish sauce, dried mushrooms, mirin, oyster sauce, candies, miso, and a packet of noodle soup.

Also, varieties of frozen dim sum: 

Note: we needed to use the Waze app numerous times to navigate where we wanted to go. It takes two people … the driver to listen to the instructions and the passenger to watch the on line instructions on what road to turn into next. Also BEWARE there are many serious potholes on some of these roads between Casa China and Super Asia.

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Eyes on Costa Rica and Weather Records - May 2022 / Covid-19 Update

 During May, visits to this blog were received from the following 7 countries:

The total number of countries and non-independent jurisdictions from which visits have been received remains at 134. Of this number, 13 are non-independent jurisdictions such as the Isle of Man, Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, etc. Seven countries are less than average.

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May is the first full month that we were settled in San Roque de Grecia. Here is a summary of the weather for the month and a summary from the day we arrived until month end:

Compared to May 2021 when we lived in Hacienda El Paseo (a short distance southwest of Grecia), the average overnight low temperature in San Roque was about 1.5°F (0.83°C) lower. Somewhat surprisingly and despite being at a significantly higher altitude the average daytime high in San Roque was virtually the same as last year in Hacienda El Paseo.

Rainfall comparisons are a different matter. For us, 25.51 inches (648 mm) in a single month is a record for any month of any year in any place where we have lived and kept records in Costa Rica (firstly Vista Atenas; secondly Hacienda El Paseo; and now San Roque). Also, we have never before encountered 28 days of rain in a single month.

The nice thing about the rain is that on any given day it is often preceded by mornings with light or broken clouds and usually does not begin until early afternoon. Often, it only lasts for 2 or 3 hours or less. This serves to keep everything green and fresh. Thus, we have the so-called green season in Costa Rica.

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Covid-19 Update

The following table updates information which appeared in my blog entry posted on May 6, 2022:

Overall, the death rate in Costa Rica is down 0.05% since my last post. That in the United States is down 0.03% and that in Canada is up 0.01%

If you want to see how some other country is doing in comparison to Costa Rica, then visit the website of Worldometer. Numbers for populations, reported cases and reported deaths can be obtained from that site. All that is then needed is some simple math to calculate the percentage death rate for the other country and the death rate in that country compared to Costa Rica.

If you want more up to date information and statistics on the situation in Costa Rica, including various locales in Costa Rica, then the web site of the Costa Rican Ministry of Health ("Ministerio de Salud") is a good source. If you do not understand Spanish, then you should enable translation features on your web browser if they are available.

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