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Lobster Buffet // Boomtown, Reno NV

Valentine's Day With Tea And Lovers

This year's Valentine's Day was lovely, and no, not because the hubby did anything (yes I'm calling him out, ::evil laughter::, heart you!), but because we shared it with all of our wonderful friends over a delightful tea party.  As I mentioned a couple of posts before, my talented friend EH hosted this tea party, and she was actually the one that started this "tradition" (yes, I am calling a tradition to hint that we should do this every year!  Yeah E? :D) a few years ago.  Since then, whenver we could find the time each year, we always try to do a tea party where she makes old and new delectable bite-size goodies to devour with tea.  My memory is bad and couldn't remember the different kinds of tea we tried that day, but thank goodness I took pictures of the eats. 

The following are items on the menu this year.  Please drool along with me...

Cucumber stuffed with lox cream cheese filling (I helped by pumping the lox filling in the cups. This was fun!)

Mini fruit tarts with strawberries, blueberries, and grapes. Another friend EC helped by carefully cutting all of the fruit into small slices and patiently piped and assembled all of these fruit tarts. Bravo! Photo courtesy of E's sister, WH (Thank you! The ones I took of the fruit tarts were all blurry...).

Earl grey tea shortbread cookies and Cream tea scones. Not pictured were the lemon curd and devonshire cream that accompanied the scones for spreading.

Linzer cookies with raspberry jam. Perfect for the occassion!

Chocolate croissant (yeah man, not some stinking 'ol regular bread!) bread pudding.

Mini pumpkin cheesecakes (guess who made this?! Hahaa... whenever I can, wherever I can, I'm going to bust out some mini-cheesecake-anythings!)

On to the savory items, Egg salad sandwiches with cucumber and mint.

Two sandwiches here: Smoked turkey with earl grey honey butter sandwiches (triangle-cut) and Chicken tarragon almond sandwiches (square-cut).

Prosciutto and mozzarella with pesto butter sandwiches. I must have ate 4-5 of these different sandwiches each! YUMM!

The entire spread. Photo courtesy of WH and her super duper camera!

Thank you my dear EH for another superb tea party!  And on your new beautiful dining set, no less!

I'm A Rebel For Dim Sum

It's going to be exciting from now on as I've just purchased a new camera, the Canon EOS Rebel XSi DSLR.

Beautiful isn't it?

I took this camera out for the first food-taking trial on a dim sum outting with the hubby's family for the 7th day of Chinese New Year, which I've just learned that it is the Common Man's Birthday, the day where everyone gains another year to their age.  Such a great thing to celebrate eh... (do you sense my heavy sarcasm?!!  I don't want to be closer to 30 just yet!!)  Regardless, I will consume dim sum for any reason, any time.  Dim sum to me is the equivalent of what comfort food is, delicious hot food that everyone loves and gathers around for any occassion at any time.  If you want to go out for lunch on a weekend with your family, friends, or generally a big group, dim sum is the first thing, and usually an unanimous vote, for the lunch place to go.  Each dish typically gives you about 3-4 bites to share, so coming with a big group and ordering a variety of items is the way to go.  The other important thing is the tea, as dim sum is to be enjoyed with hot brewed tea and long conversations.  There is no rapid eating and then leaving the table!  People use this time to enjoy company, enjoy tea, and enjoy sharing all the different dishes.

This day, we went to one of our favorite dim sum places in Daly City called Dim Sum King.  Two reasons: it's cheap and good quality!

Hmmmm... looking at these pictures... I am think this Saturday will be a dim sum lunch!