Tres Leches at Sabor
Posted on June 10, 2012 by Ching under Food and Drink.
And the trend of poor eating continues at Sabor where we celebrated Marielkis’ birthday. I’m pretty sure that, besides blowing our alcohol and bar budget for the month, we’ve also blown our food and restaurant budget already. LOL.
We had fun celebrating with Marielkis and her friends, though. We met some really cool people the other night. And, I got to practice speaking some Spanish, which was a huge bonus.
Sabor has been a favorite of ours for several years. It’s not as great as when Chef Jason was there, but it’s still one of the best restaurants in Wichita. It’s a great place for a date or dinner with with friends. We had our favorites the other night: platanutres, sancocho soup with fire roasted chicken (super yummy), adobo pork with both orange garlic mojo and fiery habañero mojo, and tres leches. The tres leches at Sabor is super delicious. I’m sure it’s really bad for you (health wise), but it’s not to be missed. Just share it with someone so you don’t feel as guilty. Brian and I shared a slice, but I think I ended up eating most of it. LOL.
Feliz cumpleaños a Marielkis! Thanks for inviting us to celebrate your day with you!
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More Food Pics – Thai House
Posted on June 10, 2012 by Ching under Food and Drink, Reviews.
We’ve been really bad this month. Brian and I haven’t done groceries, so there’s nothing to take to work for lunches. I was thinking that we could just pick something up from Walkway Cafe, the cafeteria that’s inside our building, but Brian suggested Thai House at the last minute. I love Thai House, so I immediately agreed. I called in the order, and he went to pick it up.
Brian got his favorite, #12. It’s Thai-style fried rice with chicken. He ordered it mild to medium, but it tasted more like medium to me. I’m a pansy, though.
I used the opportunity to try #11, Lad Nha Thai House. The last time we were there, one of the other customers was eating it and it looked delicious. He actually let me take a picture of his food.
The dish is served with noodles so it looks like the dish pictured above. Mine looks different because I asked for it with rice instead of noodles. What can I say? I love eating rice. I’m sure it’s equally delicious either way.
The next thing I want to try is #17, Khao Lad Nha Kai. It’s chicken, mushroom, bamboo shoots, and assorted vegetables stir-fried together and served over rice. It sounds like something I would enjoy eating so I’ve decided that it’s what I be ordering on our next trip to Thai House.
Their yellow curry, #23, is not as good as Thai Tradition’s but I’ve enjoyed everything that I’ve had so far. Plus, with almost everything priced around $6.35, Thai House offers a great value. It’s an excellent option if you’re wanting something good, quick, and relatively inexpensive. I highly recommend Thai House for those of you who haven’t tried it yet.
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Can’t Wait Till My New Boombox Arrives
Posted on June 10, 2012 by Ching under Things to Do, Zumba.
Speaking of service anniversaries, I got 30,000 service award points for 10 years of service and 10 years of safety. Unlike Darcy who is saving all of her points for a house (inside joke), I opted to use my points towards a CD/DVD boombox. With the ubiquity of iPods and such, I had no idea that companies still made those. Did you?
Anyway, I’m super excited to get my boombox as, now that I can bring my Zumba music wherever I go, this brings me one step closer to the Zumba flash mob I’ve always dreamed of… LOL!
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Ching’s 10th Service Anniversary at YaYa’s
Posted on June 10, 2012 by Ching under Food and Drink.
I had fun celebrating my 10th service anniversary with my coworkers at YaYa’s the other day. Brian couldn’t get away from work to join us, but it was still loads of fun. This was my first trip back to YaYa’s since the incident last year. Nothing too exciting this visit — just good food, wonderful company, and great conversations.
Here are some food photos…
Hummus and Pita
Scallops
I can’t remember what these are…
Pork Medallions (it was the special)
Chicken
Penne Carbonara
Dessert Options
Darcy had the penne carbonara (sans egg yolk), which is what did me in the last time. It’s a really heavy, extremely filling dish. We looked at the dessert tray, but ultimately decided against dessert because we were all quite full.
I really appreciated everyone celebrating this milestone with me. It’s the best service anniversary I’d ever had. Thank you all for making it a truly special day!
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Brian Saves a Turtle
Posted on June 9, 2012 by Ching under Life.
Brian is awesome. He’s an animal hero. A few weeks ago he rescued a snake from being pummeled to death with a shovel. Had it not been for Brian who took the snake and released in into a nearby field, my dad would have killed it.
We came across another stray reptile last weekend. This time it was a turtle that was crawling on the pavement at the back entrance of our apartment complex. Not sure how it ended up on the hot concrete pavement. I think it might have gotten disoriented from the recent storm.
Brian and I decided to stop and help it because we weren’t sure that it could make it back to the creek that separates our apartment complex from the retirement home next door. I think that’s probably where it came from before the storm blew it away from home. Plus, we didn’t want to the poor guy to get run over.
Here’s a picture of the little guy.
I think he was scared because he crawled back into his shell. Brian had to hold him with one of the eco bags from our trunk because he had really long finger nails. Can you see them?
We couldn’t get as close to the creek as we wanted to because the ground was very muddy. We pointed him in the direction that he needed to go, though.
You can barely see him in this next photo.
You know, we felt like we did something good by putting the turtle back near water, but part of me was thinking, “What if he intended to cross the road?”
Brian was like, “I know. The poor guy is probably cussing us right now thinking, You asshole! It took me a month just to get that far. Now it will take me three times as long to get to where I’m going!” We both laughed. We had good intentions, though.
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