Still at Sea

My main course at Sea was this sumptuous soup, Filet Mignon Noodle Soup. This picture doesn't do justice to the size of the bowl - there must have been a full quart of soup in the large square bowl.

It really was filet mignon in the hearty, beefy, rich soup that came topped with a tempura-ed pair of fresh asparagus and a lemon wedge to squeeze over the whole thing. The noodles were in the very bottom under lots of bean sprouts, carrots and bright green broccoli, all half-hidden in the rich broth like bright koi in a dark pond.

Even if we hadn't indulged in the Parade of Flavors, I couldn't have finished all this soup, so I brought fully half of it home for My Beloved's lunch the next day. It's slightly spicy character got a little warmer overnight in the fridge but he loved every bite!

All at Sea

Cousin J-Yah invited me up to her neck of the woods, delightful Petaluma, for lunch and a poke through the shops to celebrate my newly retired status. J-Yah is a veteran at retirement, having enjoyed that status for several years now. She asked if I like Thai food. Uh-huh.

We ate a sumptuous lunch at Sea, a "modern Thai" restaurant. We started our lunch by sharing this pupu platter called the Parade of Flavors. They weren't just kidding, either, there was a lot to taste. Pickled cucumber salad, sweet/sour sauce, peanut sauce (and it didn't taste like peanut butter for once, but earthy, slightly spicy, peanutty), a crispy bird's nest of a fried noodle salad with fresh veggies and cashew nuts, lamb and chicken satay sticks, spring rolls, mummy chicken (you have to unwrap it to eat) and shrimp rolls with the shrimp's tails sticking out. We munched and yakked our way through the entire platter, then on to the soup!

J-Yah really knows how to enjoy retirement - I sit at the feet of the master.