mother's day weekend: consumption

wow...i can't believe all the food i consumed this weekend. granted, it was mother's day weekend and there was a lot appreciation going on centered around food (which is my M.O. and my family's M.O.). dios mio...we eat. our family eats well.

saturday:
i inhaled frozen waffles and an egg and fed my nephews before i had my last dental appointment (whoa - numb nostrils feel really weird) and then ran a long errand before buying a carl's jr jalapeno burger with fried zucchini (don't judge me, those things are good). mom & dad and timbro came down for caleb's baseball game and the family was all present. i got a snack shack large popcorn and a hot chocolate while daniel consumed nachos and a slush puppy then played snoody on my iPhone. caleb's team had been undefeated...until today. sadness.

we chilled out at their house of a bit and then made our way to dinner at the korean tofu place by the bowling alley. i got the pork, slightly spicy with egg...not as good as last time when i got beef (which was our first time there), but still tasty. dad got no spice (which he loved) and kate & scott had seafood. i don't know why they slice the meat so thin because it gets a little chewy. the side dishes were pretty good, but the roasted seaweed and the hot water poured into the stone pot with the "burnt" rice always are family favorites. we also shared the spicy acorn noodle salad dish which was refreshing with the addition of perilla leaves, which i love. the boys had kalbi which i snuck two pieces (sweeter and fattier than i'm used to, but good). there were a number of koreans, but also many other cultures and ethnicities there.

and to top it all off, we made our way to yogurtland and did the deed. i got my favorite usuals: original tart with mochi balls, coconut, and heath bar...and this time added the guava pineapple tart which paired well with what was already going on in my cup. we ate outside...but it was windy and cold - which i didn't mind. scott asked dad about his life growing up in north korea (what was going on historically and his parents' lives) and dad gave us some snapshots from what he recalled and what he had heard secondhand. he said that when they go to hawaii this summer he'd tell them more and in sequence...which made me even sadder that i wasn't going on that trip.

sunday:
i ended up staying home and watching the oasis church (nashville) service online since i saw on fb that pastor jillian was speaking. she said a lot...i need to go back and listen to it again. i know there was a lot there for me. and then i got ready to drive to camarillo outlets to return recent purchases. i ended up getting to moorpark and had to turn around because i forgot the returns in my room...so i trekked back, waited in line for costco gas, and tried carl's jr's new turkey burger for lunch (meh). then, it was back to camarillo. bought a strawberry julius (i try to get one everytime i see one since they're so scare)...but it was just frothy and lukewarm (ew). had a chance to have my weekly prayer time with lisa and speak with bets, the birthday girl. more shopping ensued and then had to book it back to SCV to take momma out to dinner.

ok - lawry's prime rib always does it right. we arrived famished (the only reservation we could get a week out was 7:30pm), but got seated soon after we arrived. the place was busy, as expected. our server had a cool accent (which we guessed correct, irish), gave us good service, and we chowed down. first comes their yummy sourdough bread with butter...serious chew and crispy crust. we then got the spinning salad show and we devoured that yummy goodness (spinach, romaine, sliced beets, egg, etc. in a house french dressing). then came the custom, pimped out cart with all the compartments holding the goodness. i had a lawry's cut prime rib medium rare with au jus and grated horseradish with mashed potatoes and beef gravy, yorkshire pudding, and their famous creamed corn. i left room for dessert and shared the chocolate covered strawberries with raspberry sorbet and the coconut banana cream pie with toasted coconut crust (my nod to the south) and a decaf coffee. what a meal...and a full belly all around. another legendary mother's day in the books.

...and where are we going for father's day? dad said he'll think of some place else, as we can only handle lawry's once a year. ;)