happy for you all to be together again!
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Love the wine glass! The food looks great too
Cheers 
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Some pics from last night: went bar hopping with the BF for his birthday. Everywhere from classy and sophisticated to a legendary dive that hasn’t changed since the 70s. An epic night:
Stop1: Lambertville Station
The simple joy of a Sazerac and bread basket.
Stop 2: GreenHouse
Stop 3: John and Peter’s. A friend met us out there.
Stop 4: Miller’s Ale House
Surprisingly good fajitas!
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Beef pie from a little place called Fancy Tarts in London, ON
Olivye with potato, peas, carrots, pickles, dill, capers, parsley, mayo , green onion
If anyone is driving past or lives in/near Detroit, highly recommend Sister Pie!
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Sunday we dined at Assado Portuguese Steakhouse, in Livingston, NJ for the first, and last time. Don Pepe II is much better food wise while Assado is a nicer looking place. We started off with rubbery clams casino; crab stuffed crab which was mostly breading; and chistorra (shrimp, mushrooms and greasy chorizo in a crappy garlic sauce). The entrees were better; Mrs. P had twin broiled lobster tails with light and crispy homemade potato chips and I had a pretty good surf and turf kebob with filet mignon, shrimp, and sautéed vegetables (although the carrots were raw and hard as a rock). It was a very nice presentation. At least we had some outstanding wines (Shiraz and cabernet) to go with it. I was going to order Paella Valenciana to go but decided against it. I ended up ordering it tonight from Don Pepe II, and there was enough for 3 dinners.
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Often your photos don’t load for me and I’m always disappointed! I use a MacBook. I got to see your drinks, but not your food. Happy Birthday to your SO.
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Steam broccoli…
Please explain 
Mistyped. Simply steamed broccoli. In our case, microwaved under a dome until al dente. Sorry for confusion.
Ah, thought you were going to teach me a new way to prepare them!
I want…that!
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Tonight I made oven-crisped breaded tofu batons topped with scallions, cashews, and this sauce, which I didn’t like, and to which I added leftover Cantonese honey-garlic sauce, rice vinegar, and chili-garlic sauce. It was aight. Sides of steamed sugar snaps with butter, black vinegar, and sweet soy and buttered ww pasta with sesame oil and seeds.
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how the hell did i miss this dish and that cat???
both are scrumptious!
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Our version of Cincinnati Chili tonight. I’d never had this dish before, the BF had never even heard of it, but he’d made a giant pot of Rancho Gordo 3 bean chili and we had the shells. I really liked the texture of the shells with the chili, but I wanted more cheese - i blame the BF. White onions and scallions, and Frank’s Red Hot. Plus the BF’s sauteed zucchini.
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Vegetable soup with lots of swiss chard from the garden, three cheese grilled cheese on homemade bread.
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Fried chicken sandwiches on toasted, homemade ciabatta. Topped with slaw in vinaigrette, Frank’s hot sauce, honey, and dill pickles.
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that looks fantastic! is that breast? it looks very juicy, and I usually don’t like most fried chicken sandwiches because they’re usually made with breast meat. Great job!
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Oh, thank you!
Skin-on, de-boned chicken thighs.
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no wonder - yay!
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Dinner out tonight at a semi-chain in our area that’s wildly popular to wrap up BFs birthday “weekend”. Our first time trying. The pizza was actually very good, better than most pizzerias around here. I had a personal with chicken, vodka sauce, and basil while mom had one with prosciutto and arugula. Neither of us finished. BF ordered a pork Katsu sandwich from the specials menu and loved it. For appetizers, we shared an awesome General Tso’s Cauliflower and a jumbo pretzel. Great atmosphere inside and was very busy for a Monday.
After two nights out in a row, I’m ready to cook (and not drink!) for several nights!
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