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So what did we have at the Gasthaus? I didn’t get a chance to put up the pictures yesterday and I’m sure you’re all dying to know, right? Well, we had this heap of scrumptious sausages and it’s so cool that they all tasted different.

The grilled platter came with an assortment of meats. There’s grilled lamb, chicken, pork and more sausages!

That’s all we ordered. It doesn’t look like a lot but we were stuffed! Seriously! It surprises me too. Could we really be such small eaters ?

Hmm, here’s another thought. I wonder why they call these yummy sausages the ‘wurst’ when they taste so good and are clearly the ‘best’?

Being that Hip2bDad and I pride ourselves on being such incredibly responsible parents (ahem!), we rounded up our teens and took them out to dinner Saturday night. At a bar, no less !!

Well, okay, so it’s a bar that serves real food, real German food, besides the hard stuff, high stools and beer taps the size of fire hydrants! We were there way ahead of the happy hour crowd so we practically had the Gasthaus (aka Guest House) to ourselves, save a couple of men discussing business over biers and a pair of lovebirds in the back.

There were regular tables and there were bar stools, pretty exciting to our teens on their first bar experience. But all they got to drink was this… (so boring, right?)

.. and a sip each of Hip2bDad’s bier! And in case you’re wondering, ja, that would be a rare glimpse of yours truly in the background !

With every breath of secondary smoke we inhaled, it’s hard not to be reminded why being in a bar feels so much to me like being stuck inside a chimney. And as Skye promptly reminded us, her teacher says secondary smoke is the most dangerous, duh !

The meal though was absolutely brilliant, beyond scrumptious. But we can’t go there too often or we’d break the bank ! Thing is we had a grand old time laughing and snapping funny pictures of each other. On the way home, Hip2bDad thrilled us with a crash course in German. Definitely my kind of family night out!

After report card day yesterday, I took the kids to McD’s for breakfast.

Me: I’ll have 3 sets of Breakfast No. 2 please.

Server: Okay. (And a minute later, as if she’s seeing me for the first time!) Yes?

Me: 3 sets of Breakfast No. 2 please with 1 orange juice and 2 tea.

Server: Okay, (punching earnestly into machine) 2 coffee and 1 tea.

Raine : No, 1 orange juice and 2 tea!

Server: And your order?

Me : Breakfast No. 2!

Server: What’s Breakfast No. 2?

Me : Sausage McMuffin with Egg.

(I was tempted to say, “Look, there’s a huge menu signboard behind you with even better than outdoor home lighting and you’re asking me?!!)

Server: How many sets?

Me : Three!!

I took a good look at the young lady serving us.

• She looks to be 20, not 85.
• She has stud earrings on, not headphones.
• The clock on the wall says 10:42am, not 4:12am.
• There are no good-looking hunks within a 6-mile radius of where we’re standing.

Pinch me, somebody! This is not really happening!!

Lookie here, if you’re thinking this is just any old mac and cheese, you’re wrong! Steev cooked this last Saturday!

Looks yummy, huh? This is his first real cooking attempt though he could cook rice by the time he was 8 and has been cooking the occasional Ramen (instant noodles) since.

And while that mac and cheese was bubbling merrily in the oven, Raine took over the skillet and cooked these spicy tricolor spirals.

Not too bad, eh !!

I’m so excited that my home cooking classes have finally taken off! But somehow because of all our different schedules, it’s been really hard to organize.

When Steev leaves home for college, I won’t be there to cook for him so he’s going to have to learn in a hurry. Like I tell the kids, cooking is not hard once you get the basics down pat. So begins our crash course.

Looks like we’re off to a good start. If I keep up these cooking classes, he should be able to whip up a few easy meals for himself and the rest of us will need the best fat burners for sure.

Busy as I am, I rarely get the chance to socialize with our neighbors. Those who are just as busy tend to keep to themselves and those who love to gossip for hours, I just don’t have the time for them.

Having said that, we do have a couple of darling neighbors. The lady who lives on our other side is in this wonderful habit of passing us barbecued pork and other yummies across the fence. Her husband takes it upon himself to water our plants and warns us if it rains and we still have our rugs hanging outside to dry!

The lady who lives across the street from us knows all my favorite foods, and whenever she cooks them, she always makes extra and brings me a bowl or sometimes, even a pot of it!! She sees me rushing about all day and she pampers me with her delicious herbal soups and comfort food. How sweet is that!

I had lunch with a girl friend the other day and she ordered this…

Stir-fried pumpkin!

It’s supposed to be good for health. So I’m telling the girls we’re going to have this for lunch next week. And Raine’s smart reply is this :

“I simply won’t eat anything that turns into a carriage!”

Heard any smart remarks about food? Share it with us. It’s the weekend and we could all use a good laugh .

Skye and Hip2bDad are making their nightly run to the kitchen. Skye is pouring herself a glass of milk while Hip2bDad happily pops a fresh egg into the microwave. And before we know it,…

Ka-BOOM!

Skye jumps out of her skin. Hip2bDad wonders what the heck’s going on. The small explosion is heard all the way upstairs. Looks like a midnight artist tried to create modern art in my microwave. Let a man loose in the kitchen and they sure can get creative!! Hahaha!

We just got back from a nice lunch at a small Chinese restaurant called the Little Dimsum Place. This is our first time there. Nice little place, not too busy and the dimsum (little delicacies from the heart, being the literal translation from Chinese) is pretty good.

We ordered several types of our favorite steamed dumplings, pork and century egg porridge, barbecued pork buns, fried yam dumplings, chicken in glutinous rice, shrimp rolls, fried carrot cake, all piping hot and a pot of hot Chinese tea.

Scary but true, we really pigged out. We haven’t had dimsum in ages so you have to excuse us . Even though the food is a little salty and I’m drinking anything I can get my hands on, even weight loss drinks, I still have to say the food is yummy .

Since we’ve barely left the house these few days, I guess this has to be the highlight of our long weekend. Are you cooking or eating anything this weekend that you haven’t eaten in ages?