Food::Dinner @ Sapporo Grill

        Last Thursday, the kids and I took the train again to meet Dinah at downtown Sacramento.  We planned to have an early dinner at Sapporo Grill for it was their happy hour from 2 pm to 6 pm.  It was almost 6 pm when we arrived at Sapporo.  Dinah realized that our parking spot was a no parking spot from 4 pm to 6 pm so she asked us to go ahead and start ordering while she finds another parking spot.

        The waitress seated us in one of their booths.  Somehow, I wanted to stay at their bar for the lighting there was better but the booth would be more comfortable so we just stayed at the booth.  I asked Danii and Dylan if they wanted the Sa's Pepperfin and they said yes.  So I ordered 1 each for them.  

Sa's Pepperfin (Albacore Sashimi in Ponzu)

The Honey Miso Ribs, they said not so much so I just ordered 2.  

Honey Miso Ribs

I also ordered the Lettuce Wraps which was Dinah's request.  

Lettuce Wraps (Pork)

We also ordered 2 of their House Rolls, the Cafe' Special, Dylan's pick and the Godzilla, Danii's pick.

Cafe' Special Roll

Godzilla Roll

        The kids started eating since it took Dinah quite some time to get a parking spot.  The kids were almost done when she arrived and the waitress had been bringing lettuce refills twice already since Dylan was eating them as is.

Postcards::The Mystery Spot

Food::Lunch @ Indo Cafe

        Yesterday, I took Danii and Dylan to Old Sacramento via the Folsom Light Rail.  It took about an hour to get to Sacramento Valley Station from Folsom.  When we got there it was already 12:30 pm.  Dinah met us at the station and we all walked to Old Sacramento to have lunch at Indo Cafe.  I asked the owner for the "secret menu" and he smiled.  He asked if we were Indonesians, we said we were Filipinos.  I have always wanted to try Laksa for a long time now.  It was a good thing that they have one on their menu and it was of the curry variety.  I got the Laksa, Danii got the Sate Babi and Dylan shared the Chicken Thai Curry with Dinah.

Laksa

          I saw a lot of items on their menu that sounded similar to some Tagalog words, like "kambing", "pangsit", "gulai", "lumpia", "tahu".  The owner asked how I got to know of Laksa.  I told him, I saw it on the web from some foodie's blog.  I asked how come they only have one kind of Laksa.  I mentioned some that I knew of and he said that there were different types of Laksa, Malaysian, Singaporean, etc. and Indonesian Laksa has the curry based broth.

Sate Babi

         I liked the Laksa.  It was different from our own Mami, or from the Vietnamese Pho, or from the Japanese Ramen.  The noodles looked like our pancit bihon (rice vermicelli).  The broth had this rough texture that you can feel with every sip.  I also loved their chili paste.

Chicken Thai Curry

Postcards::Sacramento Railroad Museum

Postcards::Lunch @ Dad's w/ Mark & Kat

Postcards::Bangui Windmills, Bangui

Postcards::Cape Bojeador Lighthouse, Burgos