Stir-Fried Shrimp and Asparagus With Oyster Sauce

I’m not much of a tech savvy person so I’m still dumbfounded as to what happened with my deleted comments from the other post. After a lot of breathing exercises, I did email WordPress and am still waiting for a reply. I have a feeling that when I went to add the link to Sophia’s giveaway and pressed update, it must have deleted all my comments. If that is the case then it really was my fault and not WordPress’ fault. Like I said, I’m still an amateur at this blogging thing and still learning the ropes. I think everything we do on the computer should have an “undo” button (for computer 101 idiots like me) so that if we accidentally do something we don’t want, we can push that button and well, “undo” it. I’m not mad that people can’t see my comments. I’m just mad that you guys took the time to leave a comment and they all got deleted. Of course Jessie, being the sweetie that she is, went back and actually recommented (is that a word?). Thanks for doing that girl, you rock! Anyways, I’m determined to get to the bottom of this.

I haven’t put up a recipe in a while so this post will include two dishes that we had for dinner. The first one is stir-fried asparagus and shrimp with oyster sauce.

• 1 bunch of asparagus
• 10 – 15 medium peeled and deveined shrimp
• 2 Tbsp cooking oil
• 5 cloves garlic chopped
• 2 Tbsp oyster sauce
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 tsp chicken broth powder (or a dash of salt)
• 1/4 cup white cooking wine

Cut asparagus into one inch lengths. Heat the cooking oil and chopped garlic in a wok or pan on high heat. When the garlic turns golden brown, throw in the asparagus. Stir and toss the asparagus around for about 2 minutes. Add cooking wine. Cover for about 3 minutes.

Add in the shrimp. Stir around until the shrimp start to turn pink/orange.

Add in the rest of the ingredients. Toss and stir until all the shrimp turn pink/orange.

This is the chicken broth powder I like to cheat with use sometimes.

This next dish is a stir-fried salt and pepper shrimp.

• 15 – 20 medium deveined unpeeled shrimp
• 2 cloves garlic finely chopped
• 3 tablespoons cooking oil
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons spice salt

Heat up the cooking oil and chopped garlic in a wok or pan on high heat. When the garlic turns a golden brown, lay the shrimp down in the pan. Cook shrimp until the bottom side turns pink. Sprinkle the top (uncooked) side of the shrimp with one teaspoon sugar and 1 teaspoon spice salt. Flip and repeat on the other side of the shrimp with the rest of the sugar and spice salt.

This is the brand of spice salt that I used.

Once the other side of the shrimp all turn pink, give the shrimp one last toss and stir to mix the ingredients. If you want you can definitely add some red chili and some shallots to this dish at the very end for colour. I didn’t because of my kiddies.

We also pan-fried some trout with garlic and cooking oil.

Three dishes with some white rice and dinner was served.

Kayla seemed to enjoy dinner. But where’s her little brother?

Getting into trouble as usual….sigh.

Hope you enjoy these dishes if you do decide to make them. Before I go, Sophia at Burp and Slurp and Michelle at Lucky Taste Buds are having some giveaways. Have a great Wednesday everyone!

WTH WordPress??!!

Ok first of all, I have to apologize to those of you who left me comments on my last post: Like Lynn Chen, My Parents Rock. Sorry Ameena, Denise, Stella, Jessie, Sophia, Leah, Cindy, Kristen, I don’t know what happened but WordPress decided to delete all your comments. WTH WordPress??!! Has this ever happened to any of you? AAARRRGGGHHH! I’m so mad! Breathe in…breathe out….breathe in…breathe out. Haha…but not really…grrr. Now I gotta go see what’s going on and why it’s deleting my comments. I hate technology sometimes. Oh and if anyone does decide to comment and it gets erased again…please let me apologize in advance until I figure out what’s wrong.

By the way, the lovely Sophia at Burp and Slurp is having an awesome giveaway. Go check it out!

Like Lynn Chen, My Parents Rock!

Thank you for the wonderful comments on the last two posts and for taking the time to share your thoughts, experience, and opinions with me. I enjoyed reading what you had to say about blogging and agree with some of your thoughts. I’ve only been blogging for about a month now and it’s nice to get thoughts from more experienced bloggers.

I know I should totally take advantage of my Mom’s salon but if you know me in real life, you’ll know I’m not much of a girlie girl. I’m one of those girls who will only put on make-up and dress up when I really need to, like attending a formal dinner or a birthday party. Most of the time you’ll see me in a superman t-shirt (I own like at least 20 different ones…haahaa) and either sweats or jeans and runners. I’m all for comfort over trying to look pretty. I know my hubby and friends will definitely concur to that. I mean come on I’m married with 2 kids, who’s there to impress? I know it’s a little cliché but I definitely agree that true beauty comes from within! Anyways, on with my next post (sorry for the rambling).

So being the freeloader off my parents that I am, I think it’s only right to take them out to dinner every so often. They ask me why I keep taking them out to eat and I tell them it’s cause I love to eat so much. Really it’s cause I love spending the time with them but I ain’t gonna get all sappy like that and tell them I took them to our usual hot-pot restaurant the other day. I don’t know what took me so long to blog about this place. It’s called Kings Noodle And Hot Pot. Here’s the menu. It’s all you can eat hot-pot buffet for $21.99. What I love about this place is their wide selection of food. From different types of broth, to seafood, noodles, veggies, and meat.

You just check off which items you want and your dishes come out on a cart like this.

And they have a variety of cooked foods as well, which I love cause if the kids get hungry I can let them munch on those while the raw food isbeing cooked. Our favorite cooked dishes are the sweet potato fries, green onion cakes, curry fish balls, and deep-fried chicken wings.

If you’re in Edmonton and looking for a good hot-pot restaurant, I’d highly recommend this place. We probably eat here at least two to three times a month.

I always try to spend as much time as I can with my family on the weekends but somehow I always end up on the computer blogging. Like pop, I think this has quickly become an addiction for me. Anyways, here’s what else I did this weekend. We thought we’d use the extra time to finally promote Kayla from this sleeping arrangement into a big girl bed. We didn’t want to start her off with too high a bed in case she rolled off then it would be such a high fall.

This is an old single bed frame we had lying around the house. Being the cheap arse that I am, I didn’t want to throw it away but I didn’t want to waste the money buying a new bed frame either. So my Daddio kindly offered to make an extension to widen the bed frame for Kayla. This was a simple task for him since he renovated half his own house into a salon for my Mom.

I took out the drawers on the bottom and off to work my dad went.

(So glad the snow has finally melted.)

Long story short, and about an hour later, Kayla had a new bed frame. You can see the extension on the left side (and my son’s lovely round head haha).

It’s not the prettiest girlie bed frame out there but if it saves me a couple hundred dollars, it’s mighty pretty enough for me. Looks like I owe my Dad a couple more dinners to come

With the free hair cuts, yummy home cooked meals, free babysitting and a Dad who can build me anything I want, I’d have to say my parents rock! Speaking of “rock” and parents, I’d like to share a cute story with you. If you don’t already know, my email address is lynnchenrocks@hotmail.com cause I absolutely adore Lynn Chen. I think she’s an extremely talented, down to earth actress, and the real deal. Anyways, I have another email that I usually use when I email my mother in-law but then I started emailing her using the lynnchenrocks address. One day my husband said to me, “My Mom likes your other email address better. She doesn’t understand your new email address. She says she doesn’t know who Lynn Chen is and why she has a rock.” Haa haa! Not only do parents rock, but they are so cute sometimes. Wendy, if you ever do read this, your grandchildren and I think you rock too

By the way, the lovely Sophia at Burp and Slurp is having an awesome giveaway. Go check it out!

So there are the highlights of my weekend. I know, not all that exciting. Hope you’re having an exciting weekend! Until next time friends and family.

My Own Restaurant, Supermarket, and Hair Salon

This must be a very familiar sight for a lot of parents. We usually keep our cabinets locked but sometimes we forget and as soon as this little guy sees, it’s off to the races literally for both of us

My Dad came to pick up the kiddies and I today to spend a day at their house. When I looked outside, I wasn’t impressed. Just when I thought I could take my kiddies to the park soon cause all the snow had melted, old man winter decided to drop by again…grrr.

So out came the winter jackets and head-gear, into the van went the kiddies, and off to Grandma and Grandpa’s we went. Now that I look at this picture, I realize I must be challenged at colour coordinating. My poor daughter…haha. 

Not only do the kids love going to my parents’ house but so do I cause there’s always free food, and who doesn’t love free food? My Mom made some siu mai for us. This is the only pork meat I’ll eat. She makes them extra lean for me. These are nothing like the dim sum ones, they’re more like pork meatballs.

I stuffed them into a baguette and made a siu mai sub. She also made shrimp salad rolls. These are usually stuffed with slices of fatty pork meat but she knows to leave those out for me. It’s not so much that I’m worried about the fat, it’s more the chewyness and texture of the pork skin that deters me.

Of course while I was having lunch, someone continued getting into trouble. If you’re wondering what’s happening in the background, that’s my Mom doing a pedicure on a client. My parents turned half of their house into a salon.

This is her doing threading on a client. I’m not even going to attempt to explain what that is so I just linked it. If you look closely you’ll be able to see the string.  Any of you ever tried this before?  Definitely one of the coolest but strangest hair removal techniques I’ve seen.

Whenever we go to my parents’ house we usually stay for dinner as well. Tonight we had oven roasted eggplants topped with green onions and some fish sauce, stir-fried ong choy (definitely one of my favorite Chinese dishes), pan-fried eggs, pork meat, and some kind of Chinese herbal soup. 

I guess I can say their house is like my own restaurant cause you know how parents are constantly trying to feed their kids. Except this is better cause it’s free  It’s also my own salon cause we get free haircuts after dinner when needed. And it’s my own supermarket cause sometimes I even take groceries home. The fact that I’ve moved out of their house doesn’t stop me from still being a freeloader Oh and I almost forgot to add the free babysitting service we get there too. I’d have to say, parents rock! I hope I’m as good a parent to my kids as my parents are to me. Hope you had a good hump day.`

The lovely ladies at Why Deprive and Lucky Taste Buds are having a giveaway. Check them out quick, may be ending soon.

An Honest Opinion

I’m not going to talk much about food or my kiddies today but more on blogging. It was quite interesting reading your comments on the New Moon post. At first I wasn’t sure if I wanted to post it but now I’m glad I did. I appreciated and enjoyed reading your honest opinions and comments. I hesitated about posting it because I didn’t love the movie (and books) like a lot of people did. But I didn’t hate it either so I’m sorta in the middle. I know how much some people (particularly one person) did love this movie and I didn’t want to do a bad job writing a post on it and ruining it for them. And frankly, I was also afraid of starting a war in my comments box haha. After contemplating for a day I came to the conclusion that no matter what I write about, I’m never going to please everybody. Some people are going to like it, some people are going to dislike it, and some people may not have a clue as to what I’m talking about anyways.

As somewhat of a new blogger I have to remind myself that blogging should be about anything I want without having to worry that my readers will hate it. It shouldn’t be about making up stories and going with the flow trying to get as many readers as possible. Although getting comments and making many new friends are nice bonuses. Blogging should really be for myself, to relieve stress, to talk about my honest thoughts and opinions, and to enjoy a new hobby. So with that in mind I decided to blog about New Moon not caring if people were going to hate it or love it. Even though I’m not a big fan, I did have a great time with my friends (who threw an awesome party), my hubby and daughter, and had yummy food, so I think that’s definitely worthy of a post.

I see so many blogs out there that have 20 or more comments daily and I’m in awe that these people (you know who you are) are getting so many comments. I’d be lucky if I got 5 comments teehee. Kudos to all those bloggers. You’re definitely doing something right to be getting so many readers. As I read all these lovely blogs I started seeing something that they all had in common. All these bloggers are blogging straight from their hearts with honest opinions on all sorts of things. Whether it be food, clothing, books, movies, family, or even their life struggles, they’re speaking from experience and not making up stories just to attract an audience. I guess that’s why I’m so intrigued with reading other people’s blogs because unlike a fictional story, blogging is personal and real. With each day you learn something new about the person behind the writing. And also cause there is a nosey part of me who likes to vicariously live through other people’s lives (especially people who have no kids to chain them down and are free to travel and eat and do anything they want whenever they want)

So with that said, I’d like to thank you for all your honest comments on my blog. Not just that but also for allowing me to follow your blogs and escape this hectic life of a mother and live life through your eyes for a while. I’d also like to thank those friends and family who do read but don’t comment. It means a lot to me that you’re taking the time out of your busy lives to get to know a little bit of mine. Gosh I felt like I was one of those actors/artists accepting an award after saying that. Again, only in the blogging world am I able to dream like that haha. Sorry, back to what I was saying. I’m still trying to figure out for myself if the blogging world and the real world can exist as one. What I mean by that is if I’m willing to announce my blog to ALL my friends and family yet cause so far I’ve only told a few close friends and very few family members. I guess I’ve rambled on enough for today so I’ll leave you with this thought. Do you think the blogging world and the real world can coexist “publicly”? If so, what made you want to share your blog with ALL your friends and family?

I’m craving for some smelly goodness right now. If you’ve had these you’ll know exactly what I mean by “smelly” haahaa. This picture was taken on my visit to Vietnam about 3 years ago. So much yummy food there. Off to look for a snack now

Until next time again y’all. Hugs and

New Moon

We were invited to this party last night:

Yup yup, a New Moon party. My best friend’s sister and her family hosted a New Moon party and were kind enough to invite us. I’m choosing to keep the names and pictures of everyone who attended this party out of this post to respect their privacy. I’m sure you’ll understand. We dropped off B with my parents and brought A.

So we started out with a lovely spread of veggies, bread and dip, pistachio nuts, and some spinach stuffed pastry.

Dinner consisted of ceasar salad, ravioli stuffed with cheese and another one stuffed with butternut squash, and some more bread and dip.

Here’s my plate:

I had to try a bit of everything of course. I loved how pretty the butternut squash ravioli looked. They’re the striped ones at the bottom of the plate. I could definitely eat these plain with no sauce and they would satisfy my taste buds. They had a hint of sweetness (as butternut squash tends to have) to them and tasted exactly to my liking. The host said she got them from Costco if any of you are wondering.

After dinner we had a fun quiz on the New Moon book (I only got 15 out of 20….booooo!), played some games and won some prizes,

(New Moon drinking cups and some buttons)

 and had some fun with the poster. Here’s my main squeeze and I:

A and I:

Then we put on the movie with some popcorn, Twizzlers, and Reese’s peanut butter cups.

Yes, after all that we still had dessert! A New Moon ice cream cake from DQ. The top of the cake melted a bit while driving home but luckily was saved in time. Good save girl!

I’d have to say that out of the four books I disliked this one the most. I was struggling to finish it. If it weren’t for my best friend constantly harassing me to finish the book, I don’t think I would’ve gotten through it. I know she’s reading this so yes dear I categorize being called 10 times a day on my phone to check which part I’m at HARASSMENT. But you know I luvs ya girl  I liked the movie much much better than the book. Any of you crazy twilight fans like my best friend and her sisters? What did you think of New Moon?

We were supposed to go to Vancouver this weekend to visit my in-laws but pushed it to next weekend just to attend this party. It was well worth it! Thank you to my best friend’s sister and her family for hosting this wonderful party and inviting us. Once again, great friends, great food, great times! Another great weekend wouldn’t cha say? I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend. Until next time y’all.

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Am I Seeing Double?

This week flew by super fast! I’ve been meaning to post this earlier but I just haven’t had the time. With more daylight out and warmer weather I just want to spend as much time out of the house with the kids as possible rather than having them cooped up at home all day. Speaking of kids, since this is afterall the  MOMoirs of a food enthusiast, I thought I should post some baby and mommy pics up. My friend Nancy and I decided to visit a friend of ours who just had TWINS! How exciting (and exhausting) is that eh? Here are the two lovely bundles of joy. A boy and a girl!

This is the beautiful Taelyn. Exactly a week old when we visited.

And meet her handsome brother Skylar. Yes, I can’t get over the fact that she had one boy and one girl. Sandy you’re a lucky mom! (so dang jealous)

I had to take this next picture to show you how adorably (is that a word? teehee) small their preemie clothes are. Only about the size of one’s hand. Is that cute or what?

Yes Kayla, we know there are two babies.

Cheeeeeeese!

The happy (LUCKY) mommy and I.

Nancy (left), Sandy (middle), and myself.

Oh and did I mention we fought through driving in 5:00 traffic for an hour just to visit these beautiful twins and their Mommy and Daddy? Needless to say, I’m sure Nancy and I agree it was well worth it. So a huge CONGRATS to my friends Sandy and Tat for giving birth to two beautiful, healthy bundles of  joy. You’ll definitely have double the work, double the trouble, double the headaches. But the best part is that you’ll also have double the love and double the fun. In my books that’s priceless! Welcome to the wonderful  journey of motherhood hun! God bless you and your beautiful new family.

I think this would be an appropriate post to include one of my favorite music videos. Any mommies and daddies with little girls will probably be touched this video as well. Even if you know friends who have little girls you may want to share this video with them as well. If you have the time it’s worth listening to and try to pay close attention to the words. If an ad box pops up at the bottom of the screen just close it so you can read along with the words. Hope you enjoy this beautiful video as much as I did. I Loved Her First by Heartland

Steamed Shrimp With Garlic

Yesterday my Dad brought over barbecued duck from a Chinese supermarket for us to have for dinner. He’s always bringing food over for the kiddies. Well I guess in his books I’m still considered part of the “kiddies” group…teehee. Love how parents/grandparents are so cool like that.

I know it’s so unhealthy but the skin is the best part of a barbecued duck. I remember when I was a kid I used to go for the drumstick but then only eat the skin and give the rest back to my Dad. Having kids of my own definitely brings back memories of my childhood. Now I save the drumstick for someone else:

 For veggies I stir fried two batches of spinach. I hate stir frying my spinach one batch at a time just cause I can’t fit it into my wok so whenever I make spinach I have to take out my mother of all woks. Fits two batches perfectly.

But then after it’s all cooked it seems like such a waste.

I’d like to share one of my hubby’s favorite dishes that I make with you. It’s
steamed shrimp with garlic and so quick and easy to make. Here are the ingredients:

• 15 – 20 peeled and deveined shrimps
• 3 cloves garlic finely chopped (about 4 tablespoons)
• 4 tablespoons cooking oil
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 pinch of salt to taste
• 1/2 a teaspoon white sugar
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch (optional)
• 1 dash of white pepper (optional for parents with little ones)

In a bowl mix all the ingredients together (except the shrimp). You can leave out the cornstarch if you want but I like to use it cause it helps the garlic somewhat stick to the shrimp after it’s cooked.

Lay out the shrimp in your steaming dish with the deveined side facing up.

Pour the mixture evenly onto the shrimp and heat on high for about 10 minutes.

Once the shrimp is done there will be juices released into the dish. I like to keep that juice cause all the sweetness of the shrimp is in that juice. If you don’t like it you can always dump that out. To add some colour to your dish you can also chop some green onions and add them as well or some parsley. Sometimes I substitute scallops for the shrimp.

I made also stir fried the rest of the bag of shrimp with some satay oil just to finish off the bag. The barbecue duck was put into the mini oven to reheat. Voila, dinner is served.

While we’re eating dinner we also feed the kiddies while they play. A will sit still for the whole dinner but this little guy won’t.

So it’s only fair to let her join him. We feed them a spoon and once they’ve swallowed they come back for another spoon. I know some parents would disagree with this method but this is what works best for us. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

B just discovered how to go down the slide the proper way. He used to just slide down feet first on his stomach….teehee.

Well if you do try that dish out I hope you enjoy it. You can definitely use less oil if you want or less garlic. I love garlic so I use as much as I’m able to without overpowering the dish. Hope you’re having a good week!

BAM BAM BAM!!!

We had dinner at a restaurant called Boualouang with some friends last night. They serve Laos and Thai cuisine. There were 6 adults, 2 toddlers, and 1 baby. I think we were the noisiest table there but shhhh….don’t tell anyone….teehee. The service was pretty good and I think everyone enjoyed the food as well. Between 6 adults we ordered two appetizers, one soup, one salad, six entrees, steamed rice, coconut rice, and two desserts as well. We shared everything and there was nothing left on the plates when we were done. This first plate was on the house. It was scallops and I think shredded papaya with a tangy, spicy sauce on top of some kind of tortilla chip. A nice start to our dinner.

The next dish we had was quite spicy. Actually all the dishes we had were really spicy. Any moms reading this, I would not bring my kids to a Thai restaurant again, but if you must bring your kiddies then be sure to feed them something beforehand. I brought A cause she’s pretty good at sitting still when we go out, and left B at my Parents’ house cause well, we all know how long the attention span of a one year old lasts. The only thing A was able to eat were the appetizers and Pad-Thai The soup we ordered was way too spicy for her.

TOM-YUM: Chicken breast and mushroom spicy Thai hot and sour soup with lemongrass, lime leaves and galangal.

YAW-TWAT-GOONG: Shrimp and avocado with sweet mayonnaise wrapped in spring roll paper and deep fried. Served with hot sweet and sour sauce with peanuts.

I thought that appetizer could have been much better. The avocado was a bit too mushy to my liking and I felt it was also a bit too greasy. But then again, what do you expect when you order something deep fried?

Papaya salad. I really enjoyed this dish. The Vietnamese version is quite similar except it’s topped with beef jerky. I really liked the crunchiness of the green papaya.

PHANUENG: Phanueng curry with chicken breast in coconut milk and peanuts.

GAENG-KIEW-VAHN: Green curry and coconut milk with fish, mushrooms, zucchini, sweet basil, and Laos eggplant.

In my books you can’t go wrong with anything that has coconut milk as an ingredient. Both these dishes were delicious and I would definitely order them again.

PAD-KEE-MOUW (DRUNKEN NOODLES): Stir fried noodles with shrimp, chicken, fresh chillies, broccoli, basil, and onions.

Wow! The chef definitely kicked this dish up a couple notches cause it was uber spicy. BAM BAM BAM!!!

GAENG-KIEW-VAHN: Green curry and coconut milk with shrimp, mushrooms, zucchini, sweet basil, and Laos eggplant.

PAD-THAI: Fried rice noodles with shrimp, beef, bean sprouts, green onions, carrots, tofu, and roasted peanuts.

Other than the appetizer, this was the only dish that A was able to have which wasn’t spicy at all. She seemed to like it though cause she had a full bowl. I think by the time this dish came I was so used to everything being so spicy that I felt like this dish was missing something. My friend beside me kept commenting on how her lips were burning and felt like they were going to fall off. I don’t blame her cause I must’ve said the same thing a couples times as well.

PAD-KA-POW: Mussels, straw mushrooms, long green beans, hot basil, and red chillies.

If you like seafood you’ll probably like this dish. Needless to say, tres spicy. If you look you can actually see the red chili in the dish.

And finally some dessert. We decided to order two of their desserts to share.

KOW-SUNG-GA-YA WITH TARO ROOT: Thai baked egg custard with taro root served with sweet purple rice, vanilla and coconut ice cream. (plate on the left)

KOW-NIEWH-MAHK-MWANG: Purple rice steamed with coconut milk. Served with fresh Thai mango, vanilla, coconut and mango ice cream.

Both desserts were great. Only complaint I had was that the mango was a little bit sour. I loved the taro root custard though. All in all it was a great dinner. Our lips didn’t fall off but our sinuses were definitely cleared Great food, great friends, great conversation. What better way to start a week. Have you ever had Thai food? What did you think of the experience? Hope you’re having a good start to your week!

Last but not least, Jocelyn @ Peace.Love.Nutrition is having a giveaway. Head over there and check it out. http://peacelovenutrition.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/product-review-chai-seedsdirect-com/

Feast…Lobster Feast…Boston Lobster Feast

My in-laws came into town this weekend from Vancouver to visit. Ever since we had Kayla they usually visit us about once a month for a weekend or so and then leave. Sometimes during long weekends we’ll try to visit them but anyone with kids can tell you what a hassle it is to travel with two young children. Gary and I had plans with some of his friends on Saturday so we left the kids with my in-laws and had a night out at one of his friend’s house. His friends all wanted to have a seafood feast so everyone chipped in to buy their own crab and lobster. On top of the lobster and crab, Gary’s friend was kind enough to make wings, salmon, bok choy, yu chow, green onion cake, and rice for us. He also bought a veggie dip for us to munch on while the crab and lobster were being cooked and a Tiger cake for dessert. I thought he got way too much food, you be the judge. Remember this is for 6 people.

At the end there was enough food left over for him to take to lunch for a couple days. WAY TOO MUCH FOOD!

My crab and lobster. You better believe I finished both of them

I know people usually eat lobster and crab with melted butter but if you ever want a healthier dip you can try 2 of my favorites:

dip # 1 – In a bowl mix together the juice of half a lemon or lime, one teaspoon salt, and half a teaspoon pepper.

dip # 2 – Crush 3 cloves of garlic and dump into a bowl. Mix in 2 tablespoon red vinegar, 1 tablespoon rice vinegar, and 1 teaspoon soy sauce.

For that dinner we just used melted butter. After dinner we kind of sat around chatting for a bit and also waited for our food to somewhat digest before we could eat dessert. Yes we managed to fit dessert in as well. After dessert we played a couple games of The Simpsons Clue. Anyone ever played that? Before we knew it, it was already 1:00 AM, which actually meant 2:00 AM with the time change. By the time I got home, showered and got ready for bed it was about 2:45. That shower must have woken me up cause I wasn’t sleepy anymore so I decided to read and comment on some blogs. If you see a really late comment on your blog from me, now you know why. I finally shut down the computer at 3:30 and got some shuteye. We only lost an hour but it feels like I lost the whole weekend. Boy did this weekend fly by fast.

Since I’m on the topic of lobster I might as well share this unforgettable lobster eating experience that I had with you when we visited Orlando this past new years. Like the name says, I LUV TO EAT, especially when it comes to seafood! So needless to say, there’s no stopping me when we’re on vacation. Gary and I definitely plan our trips around food, anyone else do that or are we the only piggies? I mean scenery and shopping are bonuses but for us, food is definitely where the heart is.

So in Orlando there’s this all you can eat lobster restaurant called Boston Lobster Feast. Anyone ever been there before? For $38 per person you can have all you can eat lobster. They not only have lobster, but they also have many different types of seafood such as, oyster Rockefeller, southwest mussels, clams, Alaskan crab, Manhattan and New England clam chowder, crawfish, and so much more. But if you go back a second time in the same week and show them your first bill they take $8 off per person on your second bill. So you actually only pay $30 per person the second time. Best lobster feast I ever had in my life! Before we left Orlando we went back again for another feast. Gosh I LOVE SEAFOOD!!! Here are some pics from our Boston Lobster Feast experience.

My parents and the kiddies. I wanted to drive that car home.

Boy didn’t I wish that big lobster was part of the buffet.

Well I hope you had a wonderful weekend and have adjusted to the time change by now. Before I leave I just wanted to add that the lovely ladies at The Actor’s Diet and Lucky Taste Buds are having a giveaway but you’ll prob have to enter soon so drop by their blog and check them out. Hope to see you all soon again.