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Tonight my family and I celebrated my grandma’s birthday by going out to dinner.  She was in the mood for anything non-Asian and not too greasy/heavy.  My parents yelped “American food” and eventually chose to go to: Jack’s Restaurant & Bar (San Bruno)…

I had very low expectations for dinner tonight as I do not always trust the ratings that Yelp gives.  I actually overheard my parents talking about some restaurant named Jack’s before we went out, so I yelped “Jack’s in San Mateo” and thought we were going to “Jack’s Prime” (which I’ll talk about later).  But to my surprise, the restaurant we ended up going to (Jack’s Restaurant and Bar), a  fairly new restaurant (2 weeks old) that is run by a Bay Area family, blew me away.  The ambience was a classic and sleak, the waiters were especially nice and the food was amazing and good-portioned (and when I saw good portioned I mean large!).  And even better, the price was decent ($12-15).  The early bird specials (5-6:30 pm) even came soup or salad plus a drink with your entree for $12 (Oh what a deal!).   We ended up getting the fried chicken, fish and chips, catfish and chicken piccata.  Yum yums.

The waiter also mentioned that the family that ran this restaurant also owned another restaurant: Boulevard Cafe.

…which apparently has the best fish and chips in the Bay Area.  I’m definitely going to try this place out.  The breakfast menu looks pretty darn UHHHmazing too.

But getting back to my misunderstanding of where we were going tonight for dinner, I thought we were going to a place called “Jack’s Prime”:

After looking at their menu on their website and some of the pictures on Yelp, I really want a burger and sweet potato fries real bad.  This is another food joint that I’m going to try.

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And to think that just a few weeks ago, I had no idea where to bring my Socal friends for dinner at a good old Bay Area exclusive.  Now I have three!!  Guess y’all better come back up here soon…

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UPDATE: this is the 150th post on this blog! how momentous.

God gave you a brain for a reason! it’s not to balance your head weight! God gave you a brain so you can use it!!

“can i take pictures with my cell phone? i thought i wasn’t allowed to take pictures with my phone because i would get charged for it!”

i miss my grandpa.

I thought it might be time to graduate from xanga and move on to something a little more grown-up.  And so this blog came to be.

A little bit about music, food, random thoughts and God’s faithfulness every day, this blog encompasses life, at all different depths. So don’t be afraid to jump right in, take a read and dive with me in exploring life…