As most of you know, I love to eat and this magical porchetta sammich is one of my favorite things to eat in SF. In fact, it’s so yummy that every time my family come up, they head straight for the Ferry Building to get one. Brother and Joy are flying up tomorrow morning and it just happens to be a Thursday, which means it’s Roli Roti for lunch! Woot!
If any of you are wondering what it’s all about, here’s a quick video clip of the infamous tastiness:
For the past couple of days, I’ve had some good company and good food. My mom arrived on Tuesday afternoon and it’s been nice to have her here. With less than a week left of my pregnancy, I’ve been getting in some tasty treats and lots of long walks through the city. With my mom with me, Jesse can also feel a little better about me waddling around the city all day.
On Tuesday, as soon as I picked her up from the airport, we went straight to 99 Ranch and we bought a bunch of groceries including some ingredients that we’d need for dinner this week. We also ran a few more errands. It’s so much easier running errands when you have someone sitting in passenger seat waiting while I run out to get whatever I need with the parked illegally and the car still running. We picked up dry cleaning and then a bag of clothes that Ranee had left for me since Little Sophie had outgrown some of her stuff over the past 3 weeks here in SF. Thanks, Ranee! 
That evening, my mom whipped up an old childhood favorite of mine. It’s call Kao Moo Dang and basically consists of eating rice with BBQ pork, hard-boiled egg, and cucumber with a savory red sauce and a sweet soy sauce. It had been YEARS since I had it and I was so happy.
The next morning, we walked Koa together and then hopped on N-Judah and took it to UCSF for my weekly antenatal testing.
This time my mom came along and Jes went to work. She got to see the ultrasound of Kumquat and the nurse said that she’s growing lots of hair on her head. Yay! Everything checked out fine and she still has plenty of fluid for Week 39. Can you believe I only have a week left?!
After the appt., we took the light rail back to downtown and did some more shopping in Chinatown. There was a certain ingredient, preserved cabbage, that we couldn’t find at 99 Ranch Market and I luckily found it in some random store on a bottom shelf. Perfect! It was just what we needed for dinner!
Then for a late breakfast/early lunch, we stopped at our favorite place for porridge and fried dough. Aaahh… With full stomachs, we took the bus home and I ended up taking a monster nap. For dinner, my mom made a dry noodle dish called Bahmee Hang made with egg noodles, the leftover BBQ pork, cilantro, green veggies, and a bunch of other stuff that you add to it for flavor. Boy, I’m spoiled.
This morning, I weighed myself and I had lost a pound! Seriously?! With all this eating, how is that possible?! My mom and I took the bus to my weekly prenatal appointment and it was uneventful as usual and the doc says that she doesn’t think Kumquat will be a big baby. Phew. I hope she’s right. She also said that my weight has also stabilized as she had expected. That means labor is close! Ah…so I wasn’t going crazy this morning.
For breakfast, we walked down to Embarcadero and caught the F-line to Fisherman’s Wharf for my mom’s favorite mini donuts. They were so scrumptious and perfect with coffee.
Then it was back on the F-line to the Ferry Building for some browsing of the Farmers’ Market and then another favorite – the porchetta sandwich from Roli Roti.
I opted for Kimchi Fried Rice from Namu instead and we both walked home full and happy. Once again, about 30 minutes after getting home, I passed out and took another monster nap. To make the day even better, I woke up to the smell of peanut sauce cooking.
Oh man, Koa and I are going to be so spoiled this coming month. I get good home-cooking and he gets timely walks and little pieces of bread and crackers that my mom snacks on during the day. Now if only Kumquat would hurry up and make her appearance…then again, maybe I can wait another couple days. 🙂
After 3 weeks of maternity leave and a really lazy weekend, I can say that I’m ready to have this baby. In fact, on Friday night, Jes and I stayed up to watch a 4-hour 2-disc DVD that his co-worker lent to us. We hadn’t gone to any classes and this had everything we needed to know about childbirth and what to expect afterward. She also went over the pros and cons of all the different drug options and it looks like I may not be a good candidate for an epidural. It left me thinking that I need to be mentally prepared to go through with this naturally. It’s like I had signed up for a marathon that I didn’t train for. I guess we’ll have to see what happens.
On Saturday, we walked to the Ferry Plaza for lunch and had a feast at Hog Island Oyster Co. It’s one of my favorite places to eat and I was so happy. Jes had some raw oysters and we also each started with a salad.
Mine was the Little Gem Salad that had mandarin oranges, apples, and almonds. The shaved cheese on top was a little weird at first sight but made a lot of sense when I tasted it.
Next was our clam chowder. It’s never disappointing and went so perfectly with the roasted crab that came next. When we were done with the crab, it looked like a massacre on the table. It could have been the perfect meal but it was missing one thing: a nice glass of white wine. 🙂 Heh heh. I only have to wait a couple more weeks!!! Yippee!!
I’m so lucky to be on maternity leave in the Spring. We’ve had some pretty nice weather lately and the days are getting longer. Good to know that I’m getting plenty of Vitamin D!
On my way home from the doctor’s office on Thursday, I walked to the Ferry Plaza for lunch and then decided it was sunny and warm enough to walk home.
So with some coconut and passionfruit sorbet in hand, I waddled my butt home along the waterfront. I think I walked a good 2 miles that afternoon and was exhausted by the time I reached the couch.
On Friday morning, I met up with Michelle and Reese for a little morning stroll. Reese is quite the walker now so it was fun to watch her roam freely on her own power.
Jes also had Friday off and we were SUPER LAZY the rest of the day. We went to Little Skillet for lunch (fried chicken, baby!) and then ended up napping for most of the afternoon. When we both got up, the dog was ready for his afternoon walk and there was plenty of daylight left.
Here’s a photo of me, Dog, and Kumquat at 38 weeks and 3 days. It was a triple-win that afternoon – Koa got a long walk, I got some sunshine, and Jes got to watch the boats in the harbor.
Ever since we moved to SF, we’ve been going out to a nice restaurant once a week. It’s great to live in a city with so many good restaurants and this is how we were able to try some of the best over the past 5 years. It used to be Wednesdays but at one point it migrated to Tuesdays. Well, with the baby countdown in our midst, we made sure to continue this tradition and we’ve been to some pretty good places. In the past three weeks, we’ve been to places that all start with “Chez”: Chez Spencer, Chez Papa Resto, and last night we went to Chez Panisse Cafe. It wasn’t on purpose but turned out to be a funny coincidence.
Anyway, last night was considered possibly one of our last nights out to dinner and it was appropriate that we had dinner at a place that we first visited over 10 years ago. This time we ate upstairs in the more casual cafe and we had a nice time. 
We enjoyed the Duck a l’Orange with blood oranges and a garlic souffle and the handmade pasta with trumpet mushrooms and fava beans.
The best part of the night was the dessert. We usually share one but we splurged and had two! Both were so yummy: ginger cake with candied kumquat and chantilly creme and the meyer lemon and pink lady apple galette with vanilla ice cream. Yum.
Hopefully we’ll be able to have some nights out after Kumquat arrives but I know that it won’t be as frequent. I’m just glad that we had the last five years to indulge. Cheers!!
Dayantha was in SF for the past week for a conference and then he stayed for the weekend. Krissy also flew up on Wednesday night to join him. So, starting on Thursday night, we were out late eating/drinking for the next 3 days. My endurance was definitely tested this weekend. Thursday night started at B Bar and then we had dinner at Zero Zero until it closed. The food was tasty, everyone was hammered, and we didn’t get home until 12:30. I was exhausted.
On Friday night, HH started at 5:30 and Jes went ahead without me while I took a nap first. It was a good thing I did because we were out for another long night. Luckily the evening was warm enough to hang out on the patio until 10:30. It wasn’t until about 11 that we actually ate dinner at a hole-in-the-wall Thai noodle place. We took the last Muni train back home and I SO was ready for bed.
On Saturday, we started the day with Dim Sum. With 8 people around the table, we had a feast of dumplings and other tasty dishes. After an afternoon nap, we went to Lucky Strike to watch the Final Four games and then had a fatty dinner at Pearl’s Deluxe Burgers afterward. If a huge burger and chili cheese fries weren’t enough, the Masayas went to Bob’s Donut & Pastry Shop to pick up dessert. They came over and we shared all their famous giant glazed donut along with some donut holes and an old fashioned. I guess that was a good way to finish 3 late nights but I should probably have salads for the next few days.
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