A dear friend of Seth’s and mine, who we actually met because she was PB&J’s therapist, offered to come play with Tiny while Seth and I went out for a (*gasp*) actual date!
It all turned out pretty classic, for us.
Seth and I went to the new Salt City Market, which we’ve been dying to try since it opened a few weeks ago. It has different ethnic food stalls including a Burmese stall, as well as Middle Eastern, soul food, Vietnamese, Thai, a cake bar, and a few others I’m forgetting. We actually tried to go with the kids the day it opened but the line was around the block and down the street a long long way so we passed.
Because we had to drop Kiddo off at her home first, we got to the Salt City Market at around 4:20, looked through the different options, and finally got in line at the Big in Burma. It turns out lots of the stalls are closed on Sundays. By the time we got to the Big in Burma counter to order, they were out of the chicken curry which we’d both wanted. I decided to get something else off their menu and Seth decided he’d try a different stall. And then it took about 25 minutes to get the food. Seth graciously waited with me.
At about 4:50 he went to get food from another stall and discovered (drumroll please) the whole place closes at 5 on Sundays aaaannd everyone else was either closed or basically out of food. Ha! So he got macaroni and cheese from the soul food place while I grabbed dessert from Pie’s the Limit.
We ate in his car, clicking our soda bottles together in a brief “cheers” before digging in. We spent our time chatting and laughing about just how classic it was that our romantic dinner was spent in the car eating out of take out containers.
The Burmese food I got was good – Kaut Swe Kyaw which is fried egg noodles and cabbage, chicken, egg, green onions, carrots, and red bell pepper. It wasn’t the amazing blend of flavors I associate with Burmese food though. It reminded me of lo mein, just really good lo mein. I can’t wait to go back and try the chicken curry because curries are the things I tend to like best in Burmese cooking.
Seth’s mac and cheese from Miss Prissy’s was outstanding.
And the raspberry brownie pie from Pie’s the Limit? Oh. My. Sweet. Jesus. I would die for more of that pie. Seriously. Perfection in a pie crust.
We picked up cat food on the way home from our romantic dinner because there’s nothing less romantic than angry cats yowling at us.
Meanwhile, Tiny was having the time of her life with our friend S. They ordered in pizza, french fries, macaroni and cheese, and Girl Scout cookies (I didn’t know I can order Girl Scout cookies from Grub Hub. For real. Dangerous realization!) When the food arrived, Tiny ran around yelling “Pizza Party!” at the top of her lungs – I have a video S sent. Tiny licked all the chocolate and peanut butter off the Tagalong cookies and threw away the actual cookie part. They “watched” Frozen II and played and ran around and Tiny used S as her personal servant/pillow and they generally had a blast.
All in all? Thanks to S, it was pretty nearly a perfect Valentine’s Day.
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