No, I’m not the pregnant lady! It’s my friend A. We had another quarterly meeting this week at the Marriott in Conshy. They feed us of course, how else would they get us to attend? This week’s lunch fare was much more casual than meetings past. We had some salad and pasta salad. Two cold sandwich selections – turkey and roast beef.


There were two “hot” sandwich selections – grilled ham and cheese and bruschetta. They also had some tomato bisque with crab. Except it wasn’t bisque since it wasn’t creamy. And there was no crab. So it was really chunky tomato soup. However, there was a crab dip that did have nice huge chunks of crab. People ate it up like soup.

Yes folks, once in my life, oh, when I was a young teenager, I loved hanging out at malls. After all, what girl didn’t? Nowadays, not so much. But I had to go to one the other day, and since I was starving, had to eat. The “japanese” place in the food court had some scary japanese and chinese looking selections. I decided to go with chicken udon. It looked like a safe choice.

I love udon in general, but it can be very plain depending on where you get it. After all, it’s just thick noodles in a broth with some veggies and protein thrown in. This particular one was so much more than that! Instead of plain chicken, they threw in some chopped teriyaki chicken. It was made with chicken thighs so it was wonderfully tender. It also came with some steamed veggies. Because of the teriyaki flavoring from the chicken, the broth was jazzed up with this extra flavor. And man, was it filling! I could hardly stop eating it because it was so good. So what if it’s from a crappy mall food court place? It was still darn good. I wouldn’t be so sure about their other stir fried dishes, but this udon was great.

We took a grocery trip to hong kong supermarket on washington ave and found some adorable long and skinny eggplant. When we got home, Z whipped up some steak tips with eggplant, red onions, and shallots, using a baja chipotle marinade. I don’t know how people just make up stuff. I can’t ever make up dishes on the go. I can only do recipes. He does this making up his own dishes stuff all the time! And it was great. I did cut up and steam some red potatoes. Haha. Look at me! I’m a chef! I did take pictures and eat the meal very well!

Bon Bon Artisan Gelato is a new gelato place that opened up in old city. It’s quite adorable, and very european cafe looking. Maybe it’s because I’m addicted to Capogiro, but this place does not compare. Capogiro has maybe 30 flavors every day, Bon Bon has maybe half of that? They certainly are cheaper, $3 for a small compared to Capogiro’s $5. They do have more of a selection as far as non-gelato is concerned. They seem to have more dessert selections.

Don’t get me wrong, their gelato is good! I just wasn’t blown away. Z got chocolate, and I went with half pineapple half wild berries. I think it was the texture that did it for me. It wasn’t nearly as smooth and creamy as Capogiro. There seemed to be some icy chunks in the pineapple one. And no, it wasn’t pineapple chunks, it was definitely chunks in the sorbetto/gelato itself. So it was a bit disappointing. But the serving size was good and the service was also nice and friendly. Since Capogiro isn’t in old city, I would definitely go here again. But if Bon Bon and Capogiro were next to each other, sorry folks, Capogiro’s got my vote!