Dine Out Vancouver - C Restaurant

 Dine Out Festival!

Waiting for our table

Last year I didn't get a chance to go to any dine out festival restaurants (dine out is when restaurants in Vancouver feature a set menu from $18, $28 and $38 so basically you can eat at a super fancy restaurant for $38 minimum O_O) Mainly because Steve was a lazy butt and doesn't like to go out in public -___-'

Me and Steve had plans with his friend and his girlfriend to find a place and eat so we picked this place since it had a reservation open through open table and according to the open table website it was good so we picked this place.

 Complimentary Champagne

We waited for over an hour even though we had a reservation and Steve was getting so pissed off because there was a huge group of people that came in after us and got seated first. I told him maybe they had a reservation, I don't know! No point being a douche to the staff at the restaurant.

 Complimentary Hors d'oeuvres

I guess they knew we waited for over an hour even though we had a reservation! They were a seared tuna piece with some soy/vinegar sauce, smoked salmon with cream cheese, a random quail egg and dill and a pickled beet ^__^

Appetizer! I splurged a little

I ordered foie gras because I never had it before but I'm aware of what it is and this was SO GOOD, a little small (as expected) but it was so good. I had to pay a bit extra for this but I think it was worth it, just wish I was bigger lol.

 Steve's Appetizer! Lobster Bisque

Or as he calls it biscuit lol. This was surprisingly salty, I'm used to lobster or even crab bisques being on the sweet and savory side instead of the salty side, I was a little disappointed but it wasn't terrible.

 Steve's friends girlfriend's Appetizer (LOL) Scallops!

These were grilled nicely, the whole dish was nicely pulled together and I thought the fried fish skin was pretty cool lol (I thought it was a pork rind lol)

 Everyone but Steve got the steak entree

This was odd lol. There's a piece of slow braised beef in this dish which I thought totally threw off the whole dish because it had a weird taste lol, everyone who ordered the beef dish at our table was like wtf is this? lol but the sliced steak pieces were good, just wish there was more.

 Steve's Entree - Lobster

He had to pay like $20 extra (obviously its lobster) I'm generally not a big fan of lobster, this was alright, I only had like one piece. I prefer crab over lobster but Steve seemed to enjoy it, but he said he's had lobster entrees at other restaurants that were better than this.

 Steve and my dessert!

So this was a panna cotta with basil sorbet, the sorbet was so odd lol but in a good way, super surprising lol, it ties in with the dish really well, especially with the berry soupy stuff LOL I don't know the correct terms! Only complaint wish the panna cotta was less yogurty and more firm otherwise A+.

Steve's friends Dessert - Chocolate mousse

I'm not a fan of chocolate but this was really good, it had a great smooth texture and light taste it was a good way to end a meal, wish I got this instead of the panna cotta lol.

Unfortunately the dine out festival has ended T_T but at least I got to eat at two restaurants this year ^__^ as for the C restaurant... I'm really not sure if I would go back and eat there with their regular menu, we were just a bit peeved about having to wait for over an hour even though we had a reservation, otherwise we would've just went somewhere else and waited an hour at a different restaurant with a better menu.

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December Updates

What an end to the entire year, this month was so relaxing, the beginning at least lol. Mainly because I had like a month off from school (no classes, exams finished early) and because Steve's mom went away for like a week (wish it was longer T_T) and you know what she did as soon as she came back? Asked Steve to do her school homework and school project while she just sat around and relaxed >.<

His mom seems to be extra clingy since she came back which is overly annoying, like having princess syndrome. She woke us up in the middle of the night to plug in the ipad right beside her bed -___-' like wtf. She also woke us up super early in the morning to tell Steve that the heat isn't coming on in her car (you gotta wait, stupid!) its overly stressful when she's at home. Its like when she left and came back she decided "hey I can get away with my son doing everything for me so I might as well take advantage of him and his girlfriend" Umm fuck you no, you know how to fucking pump gas into a car/buy grapes!!!!!!!!!! Man where is karma when you need it lol.

Cute but stupid

Speaking of stress, my stupid mom decided she can take care of two dogs at once because she's basically getting paid, but in reality, she sucks at taking care of people let alone animals. She's killed one dog before because she thought a puppy doesn't need a leash, so it got hit by a car. Her excuse? "it committed suicide" uh.. no. The dog pictured above has high anxiety issues when its left alone and is super people dependent. If there is nobody upstairs with him he will bark and howl until someone goes up there. SO ANNOYED! And on top of that we have a super nice tenant that I hope doesn't move out because of these stupid animals.

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Woo I got most of the classes I want this semester ^__^ so I'm pretty happy right now.. but I still have to buy books for the semester so that's gonna set me back quite a bit >.< poops lol. Class starts tomorrow for me and my sleep schedule has been super messed up lately >.< (sleeping super late and waking up late) its all thanks to Steve because we moved his computer from the living room into our bedroom and he likes to play games super late or watch anime -___-' lol.

Its food time!

 Lotus Root Soup

I did a lot of cooking this month, specifically soups and this one is my favorite :P so easy to make and tummy warming :P Chinese soups FTW!

 Steve's birthday dinner

I took Steve out for his birthday dinner when we went to go visit Ashley since I thought it would be hectic for us to do it when his birthday actually came around. We went to Black Bottle in Bellevue and it was so goooood.

Steve ordered a local beer and I ordered a cocktail that was really bitter and full of alcohol, I fell asleep as soon as we got home :P LOL

 

Water

 Fried Chicken

Ashley suggested these to us, they were good but I'm a fried chicken snob lol so obviously I wanted more. The sauce was a nice compliment to the chicken.

The food came out quick which was nice.

 Clams with chorizo

This came in a really nice broth. Generally I don't really like clams but I had this once and had to get it again, Steve ended up eating like all the clams -___-' I only had like 3 lol but he let me have most of the broth ^__^

Pork Belly and Kimchi

It wasn't as good as I thought it was, it was alright but I probably won't be ordering this again.

Fennel and Sausage Flat bread?

I thought that the flat bread was too much food and I was right lol, I had only two pieces and Steve ate the rest lol but it was good but we found a super hard piece of rock or something in it >.<

I didn't want this LOL

Steve ordered another dish, this one is vegetarian and its roasted eggplants, roasted red peppers, a nice mozzarella with some balsamic sauce. I ate a bit but that was it.

BEST THING EVER!

This is the best panna cotta ever! This is earl grey panna cotta O_O I would eat this everyday if I could. Steve liked it too and he generally doesn't like many desserts.

Christmas Dinner Setting

We were invited to a nice Christmas dinner at Ashley's Mother-in-law's husbands daughters house LOL ok that was a lot.. maybe this would be easier Ashley's husbands step sister? LOL I don't know but it was a very large dinner and there were many guests.

Ashley's on a diet so she didn't get a chance to eat the food they made but she kept asking us what some food tasted like lol.

SO MUCH FOOOD

The dinner was so great! Everything was delicious and I know a lot of hard work went into this dinner >.< Wish I brought something to contribute to this dinner.

My large dinner plate lol

Steve's Dinner plate

OMG the desserts!

Some of the stuff on this plate I've never had before like the marshmallow thing on the left, the white balls (didn't try those actually -__-') There was like a brittle thing, gingerbread and short cookies.

More Desserts!

This plate has fruit cake, sugar tarts and fruit tart? I have no idea LOL I didn't have much from this plate.

Steve's second birthday dinner

We went out for another birthday dinner for Steve on Boxing day with a couple of friends and of course we had a few drinks :)

Salmon Sashimi!

Miso Oden

I have a secret love for daikon radishes and I super love oden!! Should find myself a nice recipe :P

Meat Skewers

We got some Toro (pork belly?) and uhh.. I'm not actually sure what this other one is LOL but the toro is the best!

Quail eggs wrapped with bacon?

I don't think its bacon.. lol I think it was thin pork meat wrapped around it, but it was pretty good O_O

Ebi Mayo

Basically battered fried shrimp with a spicy mayonnaise lol but these are always good no matter where you go.

Chicken Karaage

Fried chicken! This was alright.. lol I love super crispy fried chicken and this wasn't crispy enough for me.. lol

I don't remember what this was

It was not worth it LOL. It all tasted the same to me, I mean it wasn't bad tasting but for something that is supposed to have variety it all just blended together and it seemed like you were eating the same thing.

Steak

It did not need butter LOL

Nature Republic Products! O_O

Steve's mom couldn't find the product I wanted so she got me these instead. $40 for 3 boxes at the duty free? Seriously next time I go to Korea I'm only going to shop at the duty free lol.

Hope you all had a good end of year celebration! Since school is starting I'm not sure how often I'll get to post something but I'll try my best to do a weekly post or something! 

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Money and Relationships

I wish Steve was more aware of what he does and says around people instead of blaming them when I point out some of his issues.

We went out for dinner last night with my good friend and her boyfriend from college at a Chinese restaurant. We went to the bank beforehand because I told him "Its a Chinese restaurant its probably cash only, you should take out some cash" and he says to me "Why would they have cash only? Most places accept debit/credit so I'm not taking out cash" so in my head I was like this is going to be complicated later.

Generally when I go out with my friends I like to take out cash if its an Asian restaurant (for some reason most of them here accept cash only) and its better to pay in cash if its a group of people because its easier to figure out who paid for what.

Anyways, we ordered a few dishes to share amongst ourselves and when the bill came it was $60 including tip it was about $66 so I put down $20, my friend and her boyfriend put down $40 and Steve just sat there and was like "do they accept debit/credit?" I was like "seriously? this is why you take out cash" and then he asks "Does this place accept American dollars?" >.< !!!!!!!!!!! yes because most family run restaurants accept foreign currency ...

So my friend and her boyfriend ended up having to pay the difference because I only took out $20 and put down all the change I could and we all left awkwardly. I did scold him in the car on the way home he said he'll pay the whole thing next time but I doubt he will and then he got SUPER defensive and said "if she would just check her phone when you asked if it was cash only we wouldn't have this problem!!" even so I wish he would just take responsibility or even thank them for the meal but that wasn't the only issue.

At some point in the dinner he said "I can hit my girlfriend whenever I want (he doesn't) but I choose not to" and we were all like silent and awkward because he wants to be a police officer and its something you probably don't want to say out loud in a public place, even if it was a joke. When I brought this up today he said "they're just closed minded" -___-'

Financially this isn't the first time something like this has happened with the same friend. We went out for dim sum once and the bill was $50 my friend only had a $50 bill and didn't want to use her credit card. I gave my friend $20 and Steve took the $50 and paid with his credit card, the whole amount so basically he didn't pay for any of the food and she was like wtf and said that she's never seen him pay for anything.

Most of the time when we go out with his friends one of his friends pays for him because he says he's totally broke, which isn't the case. He's just saving money for stupid shit LOL. I talked to his friend about that today and he said that he knows that he has no money and one day he'll pay him back -__-' does he really think that his girlfriend who lives with him doesn't know him at all? Then he said "the person who is most financially stable should pay" -___-' !!!!!!! Ok I must be dealing with really inconsiderate people. Even if you make more money doesn't mean you should pay for people who  make less money than you... if you choose to go out you should pay for yourself, its not the responsibility of others!

Argh its just giving me a headache and I know that when Steve gets home he's going to rage and break something and he'll blame it on others instead of taking responsibility. A lot of people don't like his cocky attitude (I can't blame them)

Don't get me wrong I like that he's confident (most of the time) but when he's around certain people it just triggers his douchebag side. The problem is talking to him about certain issues because he doesn't like to talk about serious topics.

So tell me, how would you go about this issue?

Poop.

*update* Now that I think more about it I wish my friend would have handled this situation better than she did. I mean she could have said something then and there (he did ask if there was an atm but they said nothing) instead of staring at him all awkwardly or even given us a heads up on this place being cash only since we've never been to this place before. I'm not sure what I want to do but Steve is still oblivious to people's feelings and he should town down his cocky attitude when its someone sensitive. So far its ended on bad terms since neither of them want to see each other ever again :(

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Birthday Dinners!

WOO PARTY TIME!!

For my actual birthday day I didn't really do much.. had a ok dinner (kimchi soup T_T wanted something else) and that was about it Steve didn't get me anything -___-' but his mom did LOL gave me a gift card. Then as some of you know the rest of the day was full of stress, thanks parents.. I always have the best birthdays T__T (if you can't tell I'm being sarcastic) but I did have a few nice dinners with my best friend and Ashley :)

With my friend I went to one of my favorite local restaurants T__T Burgoo!!

 We ordered a pitcher of Strawberry Lemonade (with alcohol! ^__^ lol)

And Nachos!

 I always get their Soup and sandwich combo!

I got a giant cup of Crab bisque and The Dos Diablos sandwich!

(two sandwiches that have chorizo, cheese and red peppers, my favorite!)

 My friend got the Moroccan lamb with couscous! 

which was SO GOOD!

 

 I had so much fooood! But it was so good!

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Ashley and her husband came to visit this past weekend to celebrate her husbands mom's birthday. They arrived Saturday and left Sunday and we went out to lunch when they came and picked me up and I felt bad that I picked a restaurant where Ashley's husband couldn't get a decent meal and pay quite a bit for it >.<

Me and Ashley headed downtown afterwards to do some shopping but we didn't end up buying anything -___-' lol so we basically window shopped. We had to meet Ashley's husband and his mom and her husband for dinner at Las Margaritas which was AWESOME!

 Complimentary Tortilla chips and salsa!

 Nachos

(Honestly it was just a small layer of chips and 

tons of toppings so it looks big, not worth $11 would not order again)

 I was the only one that didn't order fajitas at our table LOL

I ordered the Chicken Tamal and the Chicken Enchilada combo ^__^

 Everyone else got fajitas lol

Ashley ended up switching her meal with mine because I got full and ate like half my meal lol

 Ashley and Pancakes!

This dog is so small! Its Ashley's husbands brothers dog 

it looks like a miniature version of Ashley's dog Trixie

They said that Trixie is now the ugly one and has been replaced LOL

She's still one of my favorite dogs! ^__^

She got so chubby though -___-' but she's still super cute!

I did get these for my birthday! ^__^

YAY! THANKS ASHLEY AND YOUR HUSBAND! lol

Can't wait to use them!

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