Food.

We've had a nice weekend of eating so far.

Friday night - Pio Pio on the West Side with the Egans (where they have the full menu, vs. the East Side location that is smaller, with a limited menu). We love Peruvian food, & are big fans of the spicy green sauce that you can put on just about anything. Kind of like the tomatillo Cafe Rio sauce, but better. We ate Lomo Saltado, my very favorite Peruvian dish. Steak, rice, french fries (?!), tomatoes... all mixed together. Plus lots of green sauce, of course.

Last night - Malaysian, at Nyona on Grand Street (is that China Town, Soho or Little Italy? I'm going with Little Italy). We love eating with Tim & Amy in part because they're always up for something different (we're thinking Moroccan or Trinidadian next), not to mention the fact that they're just some of our very favorite people. The verdict of Malaysian is that it's sort of like Thai, maybe with some Indian influences, & slightly more... mushy. It was good. I liked everything we got except for Mike's sour plum juice (it was really, really gross but good for him for giving it a shot), & maybe the texture of the Sarong Burong was a little off (the taro was sort of grainy & mushy). I managed to hang on to my chop sticks until I was almost finished with my meal, but my fingers started to hurt, so I caved & asked for a fork.

Our Saturday was nice. We woke up at a decent hour, exercised (Mike to his normal Saturday morning basketball with the boys at the church, me to the gym). We ate a yummy lunch together. We went to the temple. The weather was balmy. I like that it's a long weekend & we still have 2 days left. I like that we have church at 11am now instead of 9am. And I like that we're having the missionaries over tonight & I'm making my favorite dinner for the 2nd time this week. I really don't understand people who don't like cilantro...