It started with going with our Marines to choose the dinner menu for the Marine Ball in November. This involved sampling three soups, two salads, two starters, two entrées, and two desserts. We also tasted five or six wines, but frankly, I lost count of exactly how many! Even though the food was served in small, tasting-size portions, I left feeling very full, which wouldn't have been much of an issue, except...
That night, I headed to Samba Brazilian Churrascaria for a friend's birthday. This is one of those restaurants where the servers walk around with skewers of meat and keep filling your plate until you tell them to stop. Jeremy calls it "parade of meat." It's impossible to eat light at one of these restaurants, especially because I wanted to try everything and get my fill of good steak, which is in rare supply in Cambodia.
A few days later, I went to afternoon tea for a girls outing at Sofitel hotel. It's funny how the small tea sandwiches, scones, macaroons, and eclairs can fill you up! In fact, we didn't finish it all and I took a doggy bag home to Jeremy!
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| Laura and Erica enjoy afternoon tea |
Last weekend, Jeremy and I finally hosted the fondue dinner party that I'd been thinking of doing for ages. I love fondue and, of course, needed to sample both of Jeremy's cheese and chocolate fondues with all the creative dippers our friends brought, which included sausage, bell pepper, and cherry tomatoes for the cheese course and mangosteen fruit, peanut butter cookies, and pretzels for the chocolate course!
A couple days later, we ventured out to Common Tiger restaurant. Common Tiger is known for its five-course tasting menu. The tasting menu is a selection of creative dishes that the chef chooses and explains as he brings each course to the table. The portions are small, but five courses - plus their bread with amazing onion marmalade - leave you with a full stomach.
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| Common Tiger entree featuring duck heart and deep-fried foie gras |
Finally, today I went to the Sofitel lunch buffet, known for its array of high-end offerings. I was most excited by the cheese board, which had nine cheeses to choose from. Jeremy helped himself to two servings of oysters. We also loaded up on sushi, seafood, and more steak.
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| Sushi boat at Sofitel Sunday lunch buffect |
After all that, I'm swearing off restaurants for the next week. Otherwise, I might need to detox with another raw food diet, which I'd rather avoid!
