Food Comabration

I just woke up after having two amazing meals. You see it was my birthday on Friday, I had a dinner friday followed up by a saturday family lunch. Growing up, my family ate out for birthdays and some holidays. I always loved those family meals. i remember trying duck for the first time at Tio Pepe's. One bite of duck, I was maybe eleven, and from that moment on I was hooked on eating out and trying everything. Friday was Woodberry Kitchen. Mama Mia it was great, it was great because it is all done well, but the bacon fritters and oysters were real good. I also tried something new...Oxtail and filet, the oxtail was so good i had to punch myself in the nuts. One person shouldnt get so much joy out of food. We initiated a few of the diners to raw oysters...so good, choptanks, old salts, and rappahonocks. We also had spiced peanuts with fresh lime so good. My Birthday desert was poached pears. The Seed asked why I like pears so much and I had to think...ah yes it was the Three Musketeers. D'Artagnan drinks pear soaked brandy and it is part of every meal they eat especially pears and duck when they fight the Huguenots.

Saturday Peking Duck and Crispy Beef on the same table...i had died and gone to heaven. I sat next to my nephew Gabe. Now in the past when we eat out I find myself next to him. Last Time at Palena he ate all the lobsters out of my dishes. At, Zengo he ate all of m my fun rolls, and at Peking Gourmet Inn he took all of my crispy duck skin. This kid has a growing palatae and I tried to explain the perfect balance of peking duck. Crispy skin, rich meat, savory sweet plum sauce, green onions and cold cucumber. Balance of sweet and savory, crunch, hot cold, rich all wrapped into a rice pancake so good. We had three ducks for the table, and Ness was the smartest premaking her pancakes to jump the duck as soon as it hit the lazy susan. After all the goodness, the brought out a ton of crispy beef, awesome crispy beef, the perfectly made crispy beef. Then some garlic shrimp, some fried shrimp, string beans...way too much food.

I came home at five, fell asleep, woke up and it was Sunday morning.