Monday, January 30, 2006

Day 336: Return and Happy Chinese New Year (Year of the Dog)

It's official: everyone in the family is sick. We get up, bleary eyed and shove the car full of dirty laundry and ill-folded clothes and get on the road. My mother had secured loaves of bread from Balthazar so large we had to chop them in half to properly cart them around. Also, Emily's father only has a pop-up toaster so this required a lot of handling. There were a lot of torn slices around and I think I ate all of them. We didn't each much on the road.

Breakfast
Slices of Balthazar Rye Bread
Peanut Butter
2 oz 50% Jalapeno Cheddar Light
Tea

On-the-road
1 Joy Stick
1 Orange
7 Almonds, 7 Cashews

Return
6 oz. Plain Yogurt
2 Tsps Peanut Butter
1/4 Kashi Go Lean

Dinner: CK Shanghai
Hot and Sour Soup
2 Boneless Spareribs
Ginger Beef
Sliced Fish

To celebrate our return home we decided not to cook, and to celebrate Chinese New Year's we thought we try this new restaurant nearby that's supposed to be a sensation. Emily gave it low grades, and Ruby wasn't buying it either. Magnolia ate quite a bit of beef teriyaki, and I too thought it was lacking. But then I have a soft spot for Chinese food. Oh, I could tell you stories about consumption, but not now.

1 comment:

Mom said...

Perhaps Balthazar has large rye and then enormous rye....We'll have to find out. Sorry it proved to be difficult to manage but I was only following orders. Hope you're all feeling better soon. Stay away from mediocre Chinese food ( A quote from an Old Chinese proverb!( Love,MOM