Sandalwood & Chamomile

I'm certainly pissed off. My long and complete draft of this entry disappeared because Firefox decided to close before Blogger could aut0-save. And before I could select everything and copy to my clipboard. Stupid.

Well, the pictures are up, but I'm not about to re-write what I had written to recap my week. My mother and I (and her sister, too) share the same birthday week, which makes it a long week.

Mama and I went up to the Space Needle for the first time. The views were breathtaking, and my pictures don't do it justice. I don't know how to "open the f-stop," like my cousin suggested, so I have blurry pics of Alaska at the top. Item #37 of my 101/1001 list, check.




For my birthday, my 4-year-old cousin gave me a surprise mango milkshare with sago. Yummy, and even yummier when shared. :D She finished almost half of it, though.

Saturday of the birthday week marked the first year anniversary of our girls night out tradition. I picked Ka Won Restaurant in Lynwood because I had heard it serves samgyeopsal (삼겹살). You know, those grilled thin slices of pork wrapped in lettuce leaves. I see those in Korean dramas, and we wanted to try them.

We ordered the grill combo #2 and extra samgyeopsal. (Click on picture to read what was included in the combo.) Since we didn't order any alcohol, our server gave us extra meat. Everything was completely yummy and filling. The banchan dishes were numerous and delicious. The servers were attentive.

I definitely recommend the restaurant for those who want to try Korean food. Call ahead to reserve. As we were leaving, there were several groups of people waiting to be seated.

Korean food always leaves us longing for dessert. And we are always surprised that we are not bloated but instead have room for more food.

For 2007, we had been going to The Cheesecake Factory. But after our last visit, when we were served cheesecake without silverware, we weren't going back. We went to Applebee's instead, where some of us had triple chocolate meltdowns (yum!), apple pies, milkshakes and margaritas. I decided to try the maple butter blondie.The nuts were perfect. Just heavenly. I am looking forward to dessert time spent at Applebee's this year.

Finding that we still have time, we watched a movie at home (1408). I slept through it, though. Call me a coward, but I can't handle the aftereffects of a horror movie. I am not like some people who can promptly forget the images. I have an overactive imagination, and I refuse to get creeped out for the rest of the year.

Someone noticed that we've been spending 3-5 hours each time the cousins (girls) go out, and still it feels so short. Maybe in the coming years, we'll have to block out our entire day. We imagine we'll still do this after the youngest of our cousins join and even after we have our own families. :D

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Cousin 1, talking about her co-workers deciding on where to eat for lunch: How about Korean, guys?
Cousin 2, slightly distracted while driving: Korean guys? I discovered them while watching dramas!

Written by Gail T. at 6:06 PM |    
Filed under 101/1001, family, food, pictured