How I spent my birthday

So as you may know, I celebrated my birthday this past Monday, which was President's Day. It was nice to have the day off. I didn't really have a plan as to what I was going to do for the day. As the years have gone by I just let day take me where it want to go. It was a "go with the flow" kind of day. To start, I went to Panera Bread and had myself a little breakfast brunch sandwich of their Asiago bread sandwich with bacon, cheese, and egg with a hot cup of fresh brewed hazelnut coffee.

I had gotten a pleasant call from on my best friend to visit the zoo with her son, who is also my godson, so we spent several hours looking at the animals, snacking on kettle corn and admiring his first time seeing the different animals. He seemed to like the noisy birds quite a bit. We also spent a little playtime at the park.

Hello kangaroo

Climbing up the kiddie slide -- the wrong way

To cap off the day, my mom had treated me to a lovely dinner at Katsuya. It's a Japanese fusion slightly upscale restaurant with locations in Glendale, LA, Beverly Hills (I think -- can't be sure as I rarely go to restaurants these days.)

 

 

I believe you've all met my lovely mom. 

Hi there!

So we order: 

 Crispy Rice with Spicy Tuna

The rice looked it was cooked over one of those char grills giving the crust as nice crisp and a chewy texture inside. The tuna itself wasn't overly spicy, so anyone who isn't a fan of hot and spicy foods will enjoy this one.

Kobe Tebanyaki

Slices of kobe beef (cooked to your liking) with wild mushrooms served on a sizzling plate with a size or extra sauce. I had mine cooked medium rare, which was nicely tender. 

Almond Crusted Scallops

Served with s slice of lemon with s spoonful of sea salt and ponzu sauce. Those scallops were big. The almonds were nice and crist and the scallops nicely tender as well. 

 

We finished it all.

 To wash it down I ordered myself a nice midor sour.

Though, I was tempted to bake something that day. Laziness won over doing "something" and I just went out and bought myself a nice big birthday cupcake from Crumbs Bakeshop at the Americana in Glendale. 

Chocolate Pecan Pie Cupcake

It was literally the size of my fist. Moist and chewy. *drool*

Cheers. 

Of course I didn't eat it all myself. I shared half with my mom. 

Overall, it was a good birthday spent. Simple and unplanned.