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Thanksgiving with family

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So we spent Thanksgiving dinner with my parents in San Ramon. Our contribution to the evening was a pumpkin cheesecake from Zanze’s. It was so delicious, much better than pumpkin pie or a pumpkin cheesecake. My mom also cooked up a ham, a rib roast, Chinese sticky rice, and green beans. We also brought mashed potatoes and my brother brought Caeser salad and chocolate chip cookies.

After dinner, we rested in front of the TV and played with the dogs. My dad found out that Buddy is actually a Bichon Frise and not a poodle. Apparently his former owners gave him up not because they were just tired of him but because someone in their family became ill so they couldn’t find the time to take care of him, almost the same thing I guess. He would only be fed once a day and no one really wanted to walk him or play with him so he’d be stuck in the garage. Such a sad thought. He’s really friendly and playful but still has to learn some manners, he tends to bite or try to nip you while playing and doesn’t know how to sit still. He’s also quite needy because he will whine when my dad leaves the room and go a bit crazy trying to find my dad. After only a week and half, he’s already very attached to my dad. Both dogs are vying for his attention.

Buddy is so cute, I’d take him home if I could. It seems like Happy and Buddy will get along eventually but actually Buddy is quite the butthead, he’s like our cat Misu who is very curious and acts like a dumb oaf and tries to be super friendly. Happy doesn’t like Buddy invading her personal space. It’s a good thing they’re about the same size so can’t really hurt each other. They are slowly learning to tolerate each other.

Week 26 Check-up

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I had a check-up this morning and the NP told me I’m gaining too much weight… not good. My regular NP called in sick this morning and I must say, I’m impressed that Kaiser gave me a call in the morning to let me know and was able to schedule me in with another NP. But my point is that the scale I was weighed on was different than the one I usually get weighed on so I blame that partially for my recorded 9 lb (!) weight gain in the last month. But according to my scale at home, I’ve only gained about 6 lbs since my last appt…

Oh well, so more walking and smaller meals for me. With the holidays it’s going to be hard to cut down on sweets and baked goods but must have will power because I don’t want to have to try to lose too much excess weight.

Baby is kicking a bit more vigorously these days, usually after I eat and especially if I’ve had something warm or spicy. We’ve been thinking up some names but didn’t realize it’d be so hard.

I’ll try to post some pictures soon, apparently I’m really starting to show because people are giving up their seats for me on the bus. I still get the occasional dirty look by older ladies and men because I sit with my bag on my lap so it hides my stomach but I’d rather have that than keep my bag on the ground, who knows what’s been on the floor of a Muni bus.

Pho 2000

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http://www.yelp.com/biz/pho-2000-san-francisco

Ron and I went to dinner at Pho 2000 because I had a craving for pho and it was the only place we could find that was open after 8pm in our neighborhood.

I ordered their bun bo hue, the usually spicy rice vermicelli noodle soup. I’m used to it having pork blood in it but this one did not. The noodles were good, like a rice spaghetti but it wasn’t spicy enough for me. Perhaps I’m more used to the version they make in a different region of Vietnam because this one used the red chili flakes in oil as the spice, I’m not used to having the flakes in the broth. But it satisfied my noodle craving.

Ron had the five spice chicken over rice.

I’m still in search of a good bun bo hue…

Pho 2000
637 Larkin Street

Buddy & Happy and TVPhone

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I spent a nice afternoon with my parents in the East Bay. We had dim sum at Koi Garden and I went over to their house to meet their new dog: Buddy.

He’s 2 years old and a type of poodle. He looks like a little lamb. Apparently his owner got tired of taking care of him so my dad felt like he could give him a good home. Their dog Happy isn’t very happy right now though with this invader but I’m sure they’ll eventually learn to tolerate each other. They’re in separate spaces right now but it’ll be interesting to see how it’ll be when we’re over for Thanksgiving.

My parents just recently took a trip to Asia and here’s a gadget that my dad brought back, called a TVPhone (side by side with his iPhone).

It doesn’t have the sensitivity of the iPhone touch screen but it does have the capability to display a few languages and seems like it has all the programs that the iPhone comes with. They really do have some good looking copies in Asia. It’ll be interesting to see how well it works as a phone and if you can actually adjust the sensitivity of the screen so it can be used.

Sears Fine Foods, Hello Kitty at H&M, Asuka Ramen

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Our Singapore roomie Justine is visiting so we met up for lunch at Sears Fine Foods. None of us have ever tried this restaurant but I’d heard plenty about their famous Swedish pancakes. They don’t take reservations for lunch and they won’t seat your party until everyone is there. The line wasn’t long except that they did ignore us for about 10 minutes when we were the only remaining people in line and there were plenty of open tables. Otherwise service at that the table was great.

I ordered one of their combination meals that comes with 9 pancakes, hash browns, 2 eggs, and corned beef hash. I ordered scrambled eggs. I liked the corned beef hash and the hash browns were nicely crisped. The pancakes were okay, nothing spectacular but they were really cute because of their size and easy to eat.

Ron ordered the Sloppy Joe.

Later in the afternoon, I went walking around the mall and checked out H&M and was pleasantly surprised they sell Hello Kitty clothes for little girls. So cute!

For dinner, Ron and I went to Asuka Ramen which is close to where we live. We tried some new things this time (since the first time I ate there, I got a stomach ache).

I tried the jajamen, noodles with sauce, some cucumbers and fish cake (no broth). It was pretty good, a Chinese style jajamen but I prefer the Korean style.

Ron had the curry over rice with tonkatsu. I didn’t try it but I assume it was pretty good since Ron ate it all without complaint.

We shared the agedashi tofu. Came out piping hot so that was great. The sauce was a bit oily but had good flavor.

I wish I got more Christmas shopping done today but I seem to get more tired easily so have to sit and rest. So I think I’d better start working on a list so I don’t waste so much time with browsing. Time is flying by, it’s almost Thanksgiving!

Sears Fine Foods
439 Powell Street

Asuka Ramen
883 Bush St