E is for Eating Out

I’m doing this Blogging A to Z thing. Today is E. 

Eating out – really stretching for this one. :)

My daughter’s got the week off from school, so we got together for dinner tonight.

We normally spend weekends together, and spend a lot of that time running around doing things – even just mundane things like running errands and going to the gym – so we end up eating out or picking up takeout more than we should. And we tend to go to the same four or five places all the time, which gets a little dull.

It’s not like we’re eating McDonald’s and pizza every weekend. Our go-to places include a Thai fusion place, a falafel joint, Panera if we just want salads. Generally healthy, but same-old, same-old.

So tonight, we went somewhere we don’t go very often – a Chinese place called Hunan Taste. Chinese food isn’t all that unusual, but when you’re used to dicey takeout, a sit down place with good food and service is a nice change.

My daughter had chicken and broccoli, which didn’t even vaguely resemble the takeout equivalent. I had basil chicken, which is something I’d never heard of before. It had lots of garlic, ginger, and basil (obviously). Delicious.

And of course, we got a little dessert wisdom. Words to live by.