Bar hopping is not a new concept, especially to this corner of the interwebs. Saturday, however, we did a little different kind of hopping; we hopped around Chinatown for some dim sum! But before we get into that, I got to spend a little extra time with Nathan on Friday. He worked from home so we took a little lunch break to try a new Mexican place.
Pork al pastor salad with extra guacamole!
It’s a good thing we got out when we did because I wasn’t feeling so hot later that night. All I wanted for dinner was a big bowl of mac and cheese [you know, the kind with the powdery cheese..] and some roasted brussels. Seeing as how we had none of the above [don’t worry, that was remedied on Saturday!], Nathan made me a delicious egg, cheese, pork, and ketchup bagel sandwich. And, of course, some chocolate chip cookies on the side. What a guy 😉
I can’t remember the last time I had a bagel before this.. YUM!
Thankfully, my bagel-wich did the trick and Saturday I was up and ready to go for some dim sum Chinatown hopping. First up was the finger food.
The biggest baked pork bun I ever done seen!
Chicken & pork shumai + Shrimp & chive dumpling
That pork bun was ridiculous. We split one because they were so big! The dough was so soft and a little sweet, kind of brioche-y. Oh man, I could go for another right about now.. Anywho, then we went for some of the hot food.
Chinese BBQ chicken.. not the prettiest, but one of the tastiest!
Chinese BBQ Pork.. I loved Nathan’s enthusiasm ha!
Alright, so maybe we hopped over for some beer after our Chinatown excitement.
Pumpkin beer + stout. It’s that time of year!
And then we went for a little walk to the water where I finished a half marathon.
I WIN!!
Ha! I couldn’t believe they still had everything up from 2 weeks ago.. obviously I had to go for it.
Such a beautifully clear day.
Saturday was awesome; exciting but relaxing. I wish everyday could be like that. Yesterday was pretty darn relaxing too and after the gym I picked up a little treat that my mom sent out to me.. just a package of my favorite local Baltimore granola!
Apple quinoa granola is just that exciting.
I have a feeling that bag isn’t going to last too long. But in the meantime, I should probably do something about the rest of my meals.
Weekly Meal Plan
Sunday – Crunchy stuffed buffalo chicken with ranch roasted potatoes & broccoli
Monday – Lemon tarragon turkey burgers with baked onion rings
Tuesday – Pomegranate jalapeno chicken with bacon pomegranate brussels sprouts
Wednesday – Leftovers
Thursday – Honey balsamic chicken leg quarters with caprese stuffed portobellos
Friday – Out!
Saturday – Leftovers
Food for Thought
Have you ever tried dim sum before?
What’s your favorite comfort food?
Don’t you love packages from Mom’s? I just had mine ship me some more thomas pumpkin spice english muffins & the new flavor gold fish. Haha.
I really like your idea of hopping from restaurant to restaurant trying new foods. Sounds like you guys had a blast… and some full stomachs 🙂
It’s the best, especially when it’s totally unexpected 🙂 Enjoy your English muffins and goldfish haha
Awesome! I have always wanted to try Dim Sum, but I never made it when I lived in Philly! Sometime I will enjoy it at a real China town! Love that you won the race…….but you are 50 weeks early….so you will be waiting a while 😉
Ooh you’ve got to find a place to try dim sum! It’s so fun 🙂 Also, that’s the only way I’ll win a race haha
How funny that on Friday you and I both had our first bagels in a very long time because our stomachs were upset. Mine was upset because I was hungover but hey, potato potahto?
I loled at the half marathon pic, you goof!
But seriously I’m glad we had our bagels because our stomachs liked us for it 🙂
Hooray for bagels! Haha