So here we go. We landed on Saturday evening and had really yummy Vietnamese food (which I didn't take pictures of, boo). Then we went home and had a mango cake as dessert.
The other title for this post would be "Visiting Family in Seattle". But I thought the one up there is more accurate. When people asked me what we did in Seattle, my best summary was, "We ate." So here we go. We landed on Saturday evening and had really yummy Vietnamese food (which I didn't take pictures of, boo). Then we went home and had a mango cake as dessert. Mom said this was a "celebrate everything" cake. All our birthdays this year that we didn't spend together due to the distance and things like that. The next morning on Sunday, we went to Ikea because Tiana wanted to buy a mattress. Apparently if you spend $150 at Ikea, they let you eat for free. Behold our table of Ikea food. David and I agree that we probably need a one month break from Ikea food after this. For dinner we had Mom's beef noodle soup! The handmade noodles and the light but deep broth makes this really sumptuous and special. Mmm! Then on Monday, Tiana took us to a coffee shop. I forgot the name of it now. We had our lattes with Ikea cinnamon rolls (they don't sell any food or patries for some reason). Then that evening we had really good Thai food! I think we're just deprived because we haven't found a good Thai place in the bay area yet. Tiana took a day off Tuesday and took us to Pacific Grill in downtown for lunch. It was a pretty fancy place and I got this really good prawn/shrimp/crab salad. David was very satisfied with his duck sausage + homemade chips dish. All I kept thinking was, "Poor arteries". We took a short walk to the Union Station (now a courthouse). The weather was good for about 10 minutes. Dogwoods were in full bloom. Here's a traveller at the entrance of Union Station. Inside the station were works of the famous glass sculptor, Dale Chihuly. This hanging piece in the middle was pretty incredible. I also love all the trim work in here. There were also these glass sculptures on the window. As you can see, it started to rain. Then we went home and had dinner courtesy of mom. Here's a chicken dish. By now vegetables and fiber sounded really good so I ate a lot of this veggie dish. This light soup was also really good. I had two bowls! Mom gave me a bottle of sauerkraut so I can make it at home, too. I didn't touch this one but it looked very pretty. We sort of had an early dinner that day because Tiana had a rehearsal for her choral performance on Saturday. We basically twisted her arm to let us go. :D She dropped us off at the library first so it wouldn't be awkward and as we were walking to the church we saw a pretty rainbow. The next morning was Wednesday and we packed up for our afternoon flight. Before we left, we had Taiwanese porridge for brunch. I love Taiwanese porridge, but it's one of those things that takes so much effort to prepare all those little dishes. Mom made those salted eggs herself and they were so good. After brunch we went to a nearby park to just walk around before going to the airport. Our walk was cut short because it started to rain. I think next year we should stick to July or August when visiting Seattle so we can at least go outside and walk off the food. :) Anyway, that was how we gained 2 lbs in 4 days. My jeans barely fit at the end of the trip and it was a bit painful. :D But it was really, really nice not having to cook or worry about food!
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LK
6/2/2013 02:09:38 pm
*drool - I want to buy $150 worth of stuff at Ikea now haha. Hope u guys found good stuff at the farmers' market today!
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Jen
6/3/2013 04:07:48 am
:) We got cherries & strawberries! The strawberries are really, really good! Hope you guys found good stuff, too. We were looking for you guys but didn't see you (too many people). :)
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