To feed big poppa's seared scallops craving, I decided to pick up some jumbo sea scallops to cook at home for big poppa. I bought five. They were two dollars a piece. Yikes! I think I did an okay job on the searing. I managed to get that nice brown color on them without over cooking them. For myself, I seasoned and grilled me some chicken breasts. I also bought some green beans and mushrooms and sauteed them in lots of onions and lots of garlic. We are an onion and garlic obsessed couple.
Big poppa's ex-coworker invited us out to celebrate his birthday at Soma Sushi. There were so many people coming out that he had the upstairs area reserved. We didn't get to spend too much time with him since he was the man of the hour but it was enough to say wassap, take some fotos, and then take some shots. The food at Soma was pretty good! The notables were the tuna tar tare, salmon and tuna sashimi and kobe sashimi. The rolls were also pretty good. I would mos def go back!
I was taking off the whole make-up late one night and was unknowingly humming the music to Hallelujah. Big poppa tells me how uncanny that is cos he just heard that song on the telly. He said the song is so great that every time you listen to it, it kinda gives you chills every time you hear it. And I agree. I love the song. The originator of this classic that has been covered too many times is Leonard Cohen. I don't particularly like his version so instead, I'm sharing three I think I like that I found in my one hour of free time this weekend.
*photo courtesy of amazon.com*
Song: Hallelujah
1st Version: Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris - Hope For Haiti Telethon.
2nd Version: Alexandra Burke - X Factor
3rd Version: Kate Voegele - One Tree Hill
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On Valentine's Day, big poppa and I were supposed to have a casual meal at Beaver's since I was super anxious to try it. Alas, we went at that small window when the kitchen just wasn't quite open for dinner. Boo. So being as ravenous as we were, we opted for the tried and true place in the Washington area, Max's Wine Dive. Oh-Em-Gee. Seriously. If you have not been here before then you need to get on it! This is one of my favo restaurants. There's like a million awesome things on the menu that I wish I could order every time I visit. I've been here several times since last year when we had big poppa's b-day bash and I guess I've already blogged about the place but I'm gonna do it again. I ordered their very popular famous fried egg sandwich that comes with the awesome truffled chips, and their also equally popular max and cheese. SOOOOOOO GUT! GUT! GUT! But it's a total grease fest. As much as I love fattening food, I can only eat this stuff once in a long while. Big poppa ordered one of their specials, seared scallops with pasta infused in a creamy saffron sauce. The pasta was delicious. I don't really like scallops. Haha. Surprise! Surprise! But yeah, big poppa has been on this seared scallops kick and whenever he sees it on the menu, that's what he ends up ordering. Other notables that I can rattle off at the top of my head is the fried chicken, hummus at happy hour, max and jax frites, nutella french toast at brunch, rib basket and someone ordered the cornbread before and it was pretty darn tasty considering I don't like cornbread. I sure don't like a lot of things for loving food. Hah! We have friends who always order the drunken bread. I still haven't tried that yet. Hopefully I'll get to go with them next time and just try theirs so I can still order what I normally like. Tee Hee.
