60th Birthday and Dim Sum.

The subject line kind of tells you how the weekend went. I was done house/pet sitting on Tuesday and I have some respite until next Tuesday when I’m back living there. It’s nice to be back in my apartment again even if it’s for a short period of time.

John’s 60th birthday party was on Saturday. His actual birthday was yesterday. We met up at the Farmers Market on Saturday morning and did the obligatory walk around and I had my breakfast burrito. Once again, the Filipino vendor was nowhere to be seen so I’m guessing it was a one time deal. Not to worry, I’ll soon be back in KL and will be able to eat all my favorite food. After the Farmers Market, I headed to Ann’s place to help her with sweeping some leaves off the roof. It’s been quite some time since I headed there so that was nice. We met up with Kathy and Donny Sargent for lunch at the Chinese restaurant where they patronize frequently. It’s always great to hear stories from Kathy and Donny because they do a great job of sharing it. I left the Martins and headed to Mass at John’s parish. That’s when John invited people to come to the party/picnic held in the large social hall. Quite a good number of people stayed and I hung out with the St. Kate’s/religious sisters (Mira, Carola and Jude) group. John bought different wine for those in attendance and it flowed freely. True to a picnic style, brats, burgers, potato salad and baked beans were served. There was a parishioner who baked four or five large sheet cakes and it was mighty good. Towards the end of the celebration, John blew out the 60th birthday cake and I believe it was topped with 60 candles. Can you believe he got it all in one fall swoop?! Amazing. Different groups presented him presents and no, he did not get a car! That’s pretty much how the celebration went. The weather could not have been more amazing and all of us had a grand time. After the celebration, I made it back to the apartment and just had a nice quiet and relaxing evening.

I forgot to mention that last weekend I went to this Chinese restaurant that advertised Dim Sum. By no means was it the best, but considering the fact that if I want to have great Dim Sum I’ll either have to drive to Chicago or fly back to Malaysia, I was not complaining. This restaurant had the standard fare and overall they did a good job. I had six items on the menu and it was a pretty selected menu to say the least. Dim Sum is served from 9AM-2PM on Sundays. After Mass, I invited a group of friends from the young adults group to join me and no one from there had Dim Sum before. Let’s just say it was a good food experience for them. Overall, they liked it although there were some things on the menu that appealed to them more than others. The comment was made, you can always count on Anthony to expand one’s culinary experience!

That’s it for me for the week. Nothing too exciting which is fine in my books.