On Friday, we went to an opening to see the work of my mom's new colleague Aaron Henderson (I was glad to see his work AND his cute round-cheeked son Takumi and wife Reiko). I was starving and when we were deciding where to go for dinner, I said, "Taste of India," like I always do. But the last few times I suggested Taste of India we haven't gone, and this time, when my parents didn't seem interested, I got REALLY frustrated. Since they couldn't really think of anywhere better to go, we ended up at one of my favorite restaurants . . . Taste of India. My favorite things there are the chicken tikka masala, raita, plain nan, and the mango lassi - they are all YUM! I don't know the name of our waiter, who always recognizes me and is so nice, but even when we said we were full, he brought me two honey ball donuts that were AMAZINGLY YUMMY!
(Photo is by my mom of juiced orange pulp in a strainer - she didn't shape it into a heart, it did that on its own as she tapped it on the container to drain the juice.)
Mom and dad have been working on making our own version of chicken tikka masala and we tried it for the first time for our Christmas Eve dinner this past year. Though it was good and showed promise, it was WAY too salty. They tried again after new year's and it was MUCH better but still not as good as Taste of India. Keep trying mom and dad!
Yesterday, my mom and dad had a date night to try out a restaurant they'd never been to before and to go see a show. Elise, my babysitter (former Virginia Tech pole vaulter, who works at AIR), helped me make a Valentine's surprise for my parents when they came home. And THIS is the recipe:
- melt as much chocolate as you need in the microwave (not for too long or it will burn, like mine did the first try, YECH!), a double boiler seems to work better, that's what my mom uses
- spread melted chocolate on honey graham crackers
- if you have red chocolate, you can sprinkle small broken pieces on top for decoration.
Today after swimming, which was a phenomenal lesson with a different teacher, we went to the Frick Cafe a block away at the Frick Museum for a special Valentine's lunch. I had a potato and leek soup, daddy had a chicken basil sandwich, and mommy had a salad with crab dumplings (that weren't dumplings, they were really fried crab rangoons). My soup was good, actually ok. Good until I got to a part that was a little slimy. Daddy thinks it was a leek but the texture was enough to put my spoon down. I had a clementine Izzy that was really good and then for dessert, we all shared a slice of chocolate raspberry cake - THE BOMB! I've got half a slice left over for my lunch tomorrow . . . .
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