Feb 17
Nelson and I had a ‘date’ night last Friday Feb 17. Since we have Nathan, having a date night is very very rare. Last Friday after work, we dropped off Nathan at my inlaws’ house in San Francisco before the Bay Bridge west bound closes for road work. After we dropped Nathan off at my inlaws, Nelson and I went to Pixar to watch the movie The Chronicle which wasn’t a bad movie. I love any sci-fi movies more than romance movies.
Before the movie, I didn’t want to spoil my appetite for our late dinner by having a sandwich or burger. So I decided to have one cupcake ‘Matcha Green Tea’ from Sweet Treat Stop.
After the movie, we headed for Walnut Creek to have dinner at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse. We both got the 3-course dinner for $50. If you order the rib eye by itself, it already costs around $40. So we thought getting the 3-course for $50 is better deal than just getting one entree for $40. My husband and I had rib eyes in other steakhouse restaurants. But we both feel that the rib eye at Ruth’s Chris is the best so far. For appetizer, I got the Caesar salad while my husband got the garden salad. If you order salad by itself, it will cost about $10.
For main entree, we both ordered the rib eye plus two sides (mash potatoes and garlic green beans). If you didn’t choose the 3-course dinner, the sides would be extra between $3 – $10.
For beverage, I only had water while my husband got Long Island Iced Tea.
For some restaurants that offer 3-course meal, you have to share dessert. However at Ruth’s Chris, each of us got our own dessert plate.
Feb 18
Next morning, we picked up my niece Jewel because I wanted to take her out for her 13th bday! She is a teenage brat now. 🙂 And I know she will be reading this. hehehe
We headed to San Francisco. My husband took Golden Gate Bridge to go to SF since the Bay Bridge was still closed for road work.
My husband dropped us off at downtown then he headed off to his parents’ house.
My niece and I went to Sais Vietnamese restaurant on Washington Street to have appetizers (lemon grass chicken spring roll and pot stickers)
After appetizers, we went to Peets Coffee for hot chocolate and to take advantage of the buy one get one free drink.
Afterwards we went to the Ferry Building to check out some stores like Miette, Sur La Table and others
Inside the Ferry building, we found this interesting gelatin art that you can actually eat
Since it was still early for dinner, my niece and I walked towards the shopping area near Union Square.
For dinner, we had dinner reservations at Roy’s Restaurant.
We got the 3-course dinner. For 1st course, I got the duck confit flat bread. The duck confit flat bread was a big portion. I couldn’t finish it.
For 2nd course, I ordered the pork chop while my niece ordered the stuffed chicken.
For 3rd course, we both ordered Roy’s popular dessert… the melting hot chocolate souffle.
Since it was my niece’s bday, she also got an extra mini-dessert and fruits
Feb 20
Nelson, Nathan and I went to Palo Alto today. We had lunch at Sancho Taqueria which got 4 out of 5 stars from Yelp. My husband ordered chicken burrito, nachos and steak tacos.
Nathan just loves playing with the straw
After lunch, we walked around Standford Shopping Mall. Only thing I bought from the mall were two cupcakes from Sprinkles.
When we were about to leave Palo Alto, I noticed this bakery called Paris Baguette. Since we don’t often go to Palo Alto, I told Nelson I wanted to check it out. I bought a chocolate twist bread and white chocolate brioche. Paris Baguette sells desserts and makes specialty coffees too.
Since we pass Berkeley going home, we made a stop at Cream Nation. I got two ice cream sandwiches which cost $4 total. My husband had the cookie dough ice cream with chocolate chip cookies while I got their ultimate chocolate ice cream with the regular tuxedo cookies.
