The wedding I wasn't invited to

Food is food, and that's worth talking about. So even though I wasn't invited to Jeremy's & Alicias wedding, the one guy at work, Higle, who was invited brought back souvenir pictures of the wedding dinner.
Roast beef, mashed potatos, asparagus, salad, it all looks good, but was it really?.......i'll never know.

Lemon Meringue Pie

Wow, this was fun. Deb & I tag team this one. I didn't read the part about cooking the crust first, the first time we made it, but recovered nicely. Desert,  t-minus 15 minutes.

Mexican made easy. The Best.

Who'd thunk Vale, Oregon would have a Mexican restaurant that I nominate as Southeast Oregons BEST mexican restaurant. Why does the most delicious Mexican food have to be found in Malheur County? Deb says this is it! Believe it.
Chabelitas Taqueria my friends, is 5 Stars! Love their salsa bar. Esto es muy bueno, mi amigo.



The meat selection on the tacos, super yummy choices, hmm wanna try the tongue?

  

Salsa Bar

Carne Asada, Grilled Chicken and Shrimp tacos on corn tortillas

 

Carne Asada, Grilled Chicken and Shrimp tacos on hand-made flour tortillas



Even dogs love food

Newt borrows Harleys rawhide bone and then transforms from mellow-man to ALPHA boss-man and shows Harley a 3 month old pup is still just a pup. Happy nawing Newt!

It's RJ's Thursday

A regular crowd, except for Petty, who has a little trouble with the 0600 call to feed his sole, parlayed $10 into breakfast & tip again this morning.  That adds up to about $500/year X 10 years = $5k.
We should OWN this table.
Well, back to reality. This mornings choice, a 1/2 cheese & fungus omelette & rye toast.  Especially yummy with ketsup and pepper. Happy plate!

Snack attack

Oh, the pangs of hunger are overwhelming. Problem solved.

Breakfast of Champions

Oh woe is me......the pantry is painfully stocked thin. Sorry Chandler, I ate the last of it.

Happy Birthday Kris

Whoa, Kristina, brings in the left over birthday cake from her Dads B-day. Oh-yah! Nice treat, but you should have seen Jeremy stick his finger in the chocolate frosting in a hallway passing low-down finger swipe. Crude, very crude. An overwhelming oooo from the crowd followed. Diet, my ass........

Another tastey Newport breakfast

 Our original breakfast destination, Cafe Stephanie, was already full up & busy and seemed like an uncertain wait was in store. As we wondered around I stopped a cop in Nye Beach when we were searching for an alternative breakfast spot. Mitch, one of Newports finest, was happy to share his thoughts on the subject. He suggested Szabo's on the north end of Newport. I elected to share my status as a volunteer fireman and he loosened up even more.  As a matter of fact he nodded me over and reached behind his passenger seat of his patrol car and whipped out the left overs from his breakfast he had there this very morning as a sort of show & tell. Biscuits and gravy. Yummy. He also mentioned to me, that Newport fire dept was planning a burn to learn later that morning. Wink. Thats some intel a volunteer firefighter would be interested in. Well, we found the breakfast spot.  The place was sooo good, Wow, they delivered quite a spread. I mean nobody cleaned their plates. Thumbs way up for breakfast!

Status: Food=5, Service=4.5, Cops in Newport=5

note to self, do breakfast here, dinner=not so much.

Check out the menu and the description of the Philly Cheese stake.

NEWPORT, Oregon Thai

Ahh, the salt is in the air. Newport is much bigger than I remember. It seems to encompass quite a bit of Hwy 101 and area on both sides.  We have rented a beach house, "Spirit of the Sea". Right on the ocean, about 100 yards down a funky set of stairs to the water, Harley, grand kids and all.

Now Newport has a ton of restaurants. Dinner last nite was a Bangkok Thai, on the bayfront. Oh my.
This place has 7 tables, and  four of those were put together for us.
This is tiny, quaint, claustrophobic, cozy, you get the picture. 1 waitress, 1 cook. Simple.

Appetizers included:
Fresh Rolls:

Crispy Squid with Shataki mushrooms and broccoli

Chicken Satay

Yellow Curry

Seafood Pad Thai

Seafood something

Drunkin Noodle

Rice was White rice topped with Brown rice, aahhhh.

Seafood curry

All right you get the picture, best part of the meal? 10% to the Red Cross, 10% off for Government employees!

Tally: Food=4.5, Service=4, Atmosphere=5