Family Friday

This weekend, is all about family!

My sister and Whitney came home on Friday for the weekend. I was really anxious for them to get here, I haven't seen either one in a few months. Hien got home early enough to go out to dinner. My parents wanted to take us out to dinner, but we had other plans. We wanted to take THEM to dinner. We barely ever get quality family time. Seeing as my Dad works swing shifts, and my sister only really comes home for one full day. There's a new restaurant that just opened recently and we wanted to check it out.

Neither one of my parents are real keen on going out to eat. Although they enjoy food, it's more of a hassle I think for them. Dad would rather enjoy a night at home for dinner, with some take out. Anyway, this place is one of the "up scale" restaurants around the area and we wanted to give it a go. It's funny, because Hien and I were discussing places to go and we both really wanted oysters. Remlik's happens to be an oyster bar! Now I know oysters are in seasons with months ending in "R", but I didn't care. That's how bad I've been wanting to eat them! We started off getting a round of oysters and some colossal shrimp cocktail. When they say colossal...they mean it. These shrimp were so big, they made the little cocktail sauce container look small. Our dinners came with soup or salad. We all pretty much think alike, so we ordered one of each and shared with each other.                                                                                                                                                                    

We each ordered pretty extravagant dinners, including scallops and lots of steak. My parents are real big into the surf and turf so that's exactly what we did. I got the filet mignon, and it was really really good. It had mashed potatoes, asparagus, and a balsamic vinaigrette on the side of it. The steak literally melted in my mouth it was that good. My parents seemed to like their dinners also, but they're always worried about the cost of dining. It wasn't cheap by any stretch. We paid a pretty penny, but we don't get to do things like this very often with the parental units. We took plenty of boxes home and had a great family dinner. Later on, I scooped up Whitney and got her some Los Tapatios for dinner. She's a real big fan of Mexican so I figured I couldn't go wrong. It's really funny, because I thought about getting her wings. Every time the girls come home, they want wings from this hole in the wall bar. They have yet to find any wings that taste better than the ones here. Totally should have picked her up some wings too, but we'll leave that for next time!

Filet Mignon at Remlik's