Went to a place called Refuge in San Carlos today with Jason and Jia. They have a pretty tasty pastrami sandwich! We also ordered truffle mac and cheese and the onion rings/fried jalapenos starter.
For dessert, we shared the bread pudding that came with a tasty bourbon caramel sauce, chocolate sauce, whipped cream, AND ice cream. Yum. Why does bourbon make caramel so much tastier?!? I do have one confession. Paragon’s is still better.
Went to the Farmer’s Market today and it’s blueberry season. I heard that it lasts only a few weeks and the local blueberries are pretty tasty! I bought a pint for Kumquat and thought they looked so much prettier than the ones you buy at Safeway.
Jes had been craving crab for a week now so we went to R&G Lounge on Saturday evening with Jason and Jia.
There was a short wait despite them telling us it would take 45 minutes. This photo cracks me up.
The crab was delicious, as usual, and our little girl was extra crabby by the end. It was WAY past her bedtime.
At Kumquat’s last check-up, we learned that she’s anemic and needs more iron-rich foods. So, being the dutiful mommy, I went to Whole Foods and bought chicken livers. I’ve had chicken liver prepared in a fancy restaurant and I’m a fan of foie gras so I was excited to make a fancy pate for the little one.
Tonight after the kid went to sleep, I took out my recipe and cut up the onion as it had instructed. Then it was time to unwrap the package of livers and I was a little grossed out. But I powered through and cleaned them and trimmed off the connective tissue and veins with a stink-face that made my forehead tired. Then I fired up the stove and began the saute portion of the recipe. As I stirred and shuffled the ingredients around, I thought, “it’s not so bad” with a fake look of contentment on my face.
Then it was time to put it all in the food processor with the lemon juice and salt. Sounded pretty good so far in my head. The lid went on and I pureed it to a smooth consistency. Seems easy enough.
THEN…I uncovered the bowl and a huge cloud of nastiness wafted over me and I thought I was going to hurl. My eyes watered and I had to do everything to hold it together. I had to scrape the gray mush off the sides of the bowl and I was utterly grossed out. I hate to say this but it looked and smelled like something I should be giving to Koa. By the way, he was sitting right there at my feet waiting for something to drop.
Once I got it all out of the food processor and into a container for storage, it was time to taste it. I had Jes take a taste first and he said, “It just tastes like liver.” So I gave it a try and had to do everything I could to not throw up. Luckily for me there was a can of ice cold limonata in the fridge to save me.
How am I going to keep it together long enough to feed this to my 12-month-old?! As a mom and therapist, I told myself I’d try everything I fed her and I did. Can I fake it well enough to convince her it’s tasty? Don’t think so. I’m just crossing my fingers that she’ll just gobble it down like everything else I’ve given her. If she doesn’t go for it, Koa’s going to have a feast later this week.
UPDATE: She ate it and finished a full helping of it. Good baby. I didn’t make any faces and it actually tasted better cold from the fridge the next day. Good job, me. ;P
On Tuesday, I got a text message: “Getting off at the king exit at 4th. Waving to you and Kaylee!” How cool! The Jangs are in town for the week to help Micah move to San Jose for a new internship. So, we made arrangements to meet up and they all came over tonight for dinner.
At the last minute, Jason and Jia also decided to come up too! Perfect! It was great seeing all of them and it’ll be nice to have Micah around in the Bay Area for a little while. And thanks to the Jangs for the big bag of Belly Flops! Hope you guys had fun at the factory this afternoon!
I just had to post this photo of the four kids ready to eat at a fancy brunch spot in Walnut Creek. They all look so serious. Makes me laugh each time I look at it.
By the way, the food was delicious and we got complimentary bengeits and fruit! AAAAND my mimosa was only ONE DOLLAR!!! Whut?!
I had a great time catching up with the grown-ups! Let’s do it again soon!
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