Saturday was the actual celebration with friends, as I planned a small dinner with a few close people at a brazilian steakhouse. This may actually go down as the best decision I ever make in my life, as the food at the restaurant was phenomenal. Seriously, quite possibly the best meal I've had. Many people know of these restaurants, but in case you have never happened across one of these gold mines allow me to paint you a beautiful picture... The restaurant was a smaller place on the 2nd floor of a small building. Nothing on the outside or walkway up seemed special or of significance. However, as soon as I walked in I realized this place was going to blow my toupee away. They have long metal spears that they place chunks of rump roast, sirloin, and other steak on. Then they roast the meat in a hellish contraption that I imagine is unique in some way or another... I didn't worry about that, I was more concerned with my plate. Then, a server comes to your table with one of the spears and a knife. You eye up the chunk of meat and try to stop drooling as the server places the spear near your plate and slices off a PERFECTLY cooked slab of meat. CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP.... DONE! at this point I would have thought "wow, that was delicious." However, as you finish your first slab the server comes out with a new kind of meat that has been kissed by the fire spitting hell-machine in the back. The guy asks if you want a rare slice or something else, all I really remember is not caring, because I know anything thats about to come off that gigantic piece of meat is going to be delectable. This process continues until you can't feel feelings anymore or when they think you might actually blow. Besides steak they offered chicken wings, chicken hearts (chewy, not bad though), and BACON.
Bacon deserves its own paragraph... the bacon was thick and smokey. It was also wrapped around smaller pieces of steak to give it a bit more to chew. It was unbelievable...
Anyways, I went to the restaurant with Nate, Braden, Wolfish and Diana. For followers of the blog you might recall this group from my trip to Hong Kong (minus Diana). These guys have been the bees' knees when it comes to friends (this sentence would include Diana). I couldn't have asked for a better group of people to enjoy such a great meal with. I'm very thankful for them showing up on their saturday night to saturate themselves with meat on my birthday.
Following the dinner we went out for some celebratory drinks, however that is not newsworthy. Although D did drop a flaming shot on the floor of the bar and I couldn't stop laughing. In her defense there was a fan in the bar and it did threaten to start her on fire as well. Oh well... no one got hurt so it's all good.
Finally, the last of the birthday celebrations was today. Fran, a co-worker and more importantly a friend, from last semester, has her birthday tomorrow. We had been trying to meet up for dinner since she left Maeyeoul, but our schedules have been conflicting. Luckily we found time between our two birthdays to meet for dinner and celebrate. I got her a small assortment of dessert cakes along with a bottle of wine, and she gave me very nice wallet! We dined at a restaurant called VIPS in Suwon, and I was lucky enough to meet her son, Ryan. He seems like a bright young man (6th grade), who already speaks great English (the apple doesn't fall far from the tree). Overall a great 23rd (or 24th in Korea) birthday!
Here are a few photos from the celebrations:
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| throwing up the twos |
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| happy bersday, teacha keeeiiisss |
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| tried to make it bigger so it is easier to read |
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| happy |
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| full |
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