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This week there wasn’t room to breathe… since it’s a short week, our infusion center was packed to the rim with patients, it was so busy, we were all working out butts off all week. I’m exhausted and glad that I have a few days off. We are going to my parents house for Christmas tomorrow but our friend Susan invited us over for dinner and to play Rock Band 2 tonight. I had a bit of a nap because I was feeling cranky and wiped out but eventually we made our way to their condo in SOMA.
We had a yummy meal, prepared some delicious lemon bars, and played Rock Band into Christmas.
Cute smoked salmon appetizers with cream cheese on top of little pancakes. I love the pancake idea, much better than crackers.
Enjoying some pre-meal wine.
Aged and regular rib-eye with three kinds of mushrooms. The meat was really good except we couldn’t really tell the difference between the aged and regular meat.
After our long hours of singing, strumming, and drumming with Rock Band 2.
Just what I needed to relax after a hectic week. I’m going to enjoy the time off while I have it, next week looks like it’s going to be even worse…
Ron’s family invited us over for dinner and to recognize winter solstice. We went to his parents’ house to pay respects to their departed grandparents and offer then rice dumplings. We’d come back after dinner to eat the rice dumplings.
We went to dinner at Joy Sushi, a Japanese restaurant that we frequent. We ordered a ton of food and I hardly remember what is what… Henry had gotten a $50 GC for only $3 but we had to spend a minimum of $100 in order to use the GC. He bought it from Restaurant.com when they were having a sale. A very good deal… now I have a new place to check out for cheap(er) eats.
We shared some sake.
Rainbow roll and blossom roll.
Agedashi tofu.
I forget what roll it was with the eel.. but the one with the salmon on top is lava roll, spicy salmon. Plus some sweet shrimp sushi.
The best part of the meal. Hamachi kama, the yellow tail fish cheek served with a vinegar sweet sauce. We ordered two! So good.
Baked scallop roll.
Ron’s mom always likes to eat udon. This is their beef udon. The beef was a bit tough but the noodles were fun, a bit chewy.
The family.
Green tea cheesecake… not good.
Tempura green tea ice cream.
Overall after the $50 GC, the dinner still cost about $100 after tax and tip. We ate plenty and rolled out of there. We always have a good dinner there. Oh, they take reservations, so call ahead if you’re planning on going on Friday or Saturday night.
Joy Sushi
30 South B Street
San Mateo, CA 94401
Today I had a nice relaxing day at the spa. The girls got together and went to Burke Williams to celebrate the end of our friend Susan’s finals. I had a wonderful 80 minute deep tissue massage… and I still wished it was longer… I can’t believe how time flies when you’re getting a massage.
The thing I love about Burke Williams is that you can enjoy the facilities afterward… the jacuzzi, cold and hot steam rooms, sauna, shower, parlor, tea, lemonade, fruits… so nice. It’s worth the expense once in a while.
After enjoying our spa day, we went for dinner at Chutney… Pakistani and Indian food. It’s not in the best neighborhood of SF but that’s generally where you can find good eats for cheap.
We ordered too many things to name… my favorites were the biryani and okra. I think we have eight plates of food along with 6 pieces of naan and it only cost $13 per person and we were stuffed!
Best to go with a group or for takeout I think.
Chutney
511 Jones Street
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