My husband and the pomegranate...

Gordon has been taking some effort to try out different stuff when he goes shopping at Oakland Chinatown. He usually walks over to Chinatown after work and buys some vegetables, fruits, fish etc.

Today he came home with two pomegranate fruits and a 1 pound fish that cost 12 bucks (don't ask me why he bought a 12 bucks fish; but I think he wanted me to eat good fish for the baby..:D)

Anyways, when we were done with dinner, I started washing the dishes (i usually don't wash the dishes, but today, I felt like helping.. hehehee) So, while I was washing dishes, Gordon said he would try the pomegranate and see what it taste like. So far, we only had pomegranate juice and we know that the juice is expensive.

Gordon starts with a knive and cuts the fruit in half. He looks at it and then starts throwing the seeds in the sink. When he did that I was like "what are you doing?!?!?!" and he thought I was asking because I did not like him to put stuff in the sink, so, he moved towards the trash can... and I was like "what are you doing?!?!?!... you are throwing away the good stuff"....

He looked at me and was surprised!!!! My dear husband thought the pomegranate was like a honeydew or papaya, where you cut the fruit in half and scrap away the seeds.... it was SOOO funnnny....:)

He tried a few pomegranate seeds, crunched on the seeds and did not believe me, so he turned on the laptop and checked online to see if what I said was true....of course, he found the right way to open a pomegranate and how to eat the fruit (he was suppose to spit the seeds out.....)

This was also my first time eating fresh pomegranate. I kinda like it but maybe Gordon will never buy it again....:P

.....just imagine if I was not in the kitchen and Gordon was opening the pomegranate.... he would have thrown away every single seed and realize there is nothing left of the fruit.........

Baseball game and dinner...

Gordon's cousin, Eugene invited us to watch a baseball game on Sunday. It was at the Pac Bell park with the Giants playing against the Dodgers.

Baseball games are always fun... not so much the game itself, but just the hanging out, walking around the stadium (this is one of the nicest stadium witha very nice view). Eugene and Ivy insisted with take a lot of pictures before our baby comes, so we stopped a lot just to snap pictures....

The highlights of the game was thatthe Giants won...:) and of course, I got my garlic fries... yum yum yum.

After the game, we headed over to Thirsty Bear. This is a tapas place. Gordon got the idea that tapas dishes were small dishes and he ordered the following:

Organic figs salad, spanish meatballs, ceviche (mixed seafood),fried calamari

Braised short rib, grilled hanger steak skewers, pork tenderloin and sofrito rice

He had to try everything.....:P Good thing everyone was hungry enough to finish the food.

We had chocolate oozing cake and pineapple ginger grahm cake..... we were super full when we were done.

As always, it was fun hanging out with Eugene and Ivy..:)

San Ramon House Warming

Simon and Lu Fun bought a home in San Ramon and invited all of us for a house-warming.

The weather was super hot, but they bought a cover to block out the sun.:)

Of course the highlights were Lu Fun's cooking. She made Sarawak Laksa, Satay with peanut sauce, curry chicken and indian rice. Everything was SOOO good and Gordon and I over-ate.....

Picture below : Everyone going for the FOOD!

Happy Gordon..:)

We had to leave early as Gordon's Grandma was celebrating her birthday. Gordon's mom did the cooking, so dinner was at their house.

2 Year Wedding Anniversary.............

Happy Anniversary to Us!

Yes, It's been two years since we had our wedding. We can't believe how quickly time flies... good thing is that we are getting to know each other better....:)

To celebrate, we headed over to Pakwan indian restaurant in Hayward. We like this place since it gives us our staples - naan, chicken tikka masala and vegetable biryani rice. This time, we also tried Nihari - the traditional boneless beef curry (not recommended).

Short visit from Will, Miki and Hana Ashmore

Our frens Will, Miki and baby Hana visited us over the weekend from Arizona. Will was in town for a meeting and his wife and baby came along.

They stayed with us on Thursday night and left on Sunday. It was fun to see what it is like to have a baby in the house.

Baby Hana is only 4 months old and she already sleeps through the night (from 8pm to 8am - no feeding). We thought that was super cool and it gave the parents a chance to have a good night sleep.

We spent Saturday with them, starting with lunch at the ramen place in Bekerley and then heading up to Napa Valley. We were only able to hit one winery - Hess Winery on Redwood Rd. Another first time for us. This place has a nice musuem and has great views.

Here is Will and Miki tasting wine..:)

And here is Gordon baby-sitting baby Hana............

Here is us in front of the winery.,,

We had to leave quickly as Miki and I had a massage appointment at Relaxation Co.

I had a pregnancy massage and she had a soothing massage. Massages are always sooo nice.... here is the bed I slept on..... This is to ensure comfort as I laid on my tummy. It called the prego pillow...