The Buffet…

March 10

Mom said:

This was after a really busy day starting with Zone Conference for 5 hours where an Area Authority spoke – like a mini General Conference so we look kinda washed out. 

We took the Chinese girl (our Asst. Manager) and her husband to dinner.  He is a seaman and is leaving next week and will be gone for 1 year without coming home.  He and his wife, Mary Ann, have a cute little son, Jarl, who is 3 and is fun and very bright.  She thinks she is pregnant.  ANYWAY…….it was our gift to him, sort of the “last supper” since they hardly go out especially to nice places like this. 

The buffet was wonderful – about $13 each and their specialty is roast duck with a wonderful sauce.  They had delicious make your own lettuce wraps with minced pork; also a soup station where you start with a soothing broth and then add whatever you want from a choice of about 24 items to add i.e. 3 different kinds of noodles, different greens, meats, sprouts, and lots of other things.  Also wonderful fresh fruits i.e. watermelon that is so sweet and juicy, pineapple, papaya, mango, apples, and some other local delicacies, sweet and sour pork, breaded fried chicken stuffed with melted cheese, Cajun shrimp, a wonderful mild steamed and seasoned fish, fresh wasabi that will make your eyes bung out, and so much other stuff that I can’t remember it all.  The raw salmon and tuna everyone said was to die for – I didn’t want to take the chance to find out so I passed over it. 

They have Gelato for dessert – about 8 different flavors with your choice of cones or in a bowl with about 12 other stuff to add to it.  The hot fudge was a welcome sight, but the funny thing is that as soon as it hit the ice cream it turned hard – kind of like Dairy Queen’s cones.  We all had a mess on our hands because we ALL heaped it on.  Even so, it was delicious. 

The other Senior couple with us are the Pecks from St. George and their assignment is in Public Affairs.  His specific assignment now is to work with the local community and coordinate various aspects for the temple open house; he was a cop for 40 years in SLC.  They married when she was 16 and he was 18 and have 8 kids, all pretty close in age.  They’re fun and he has a great laugh.  He has started a contest on who can submit the ugliest dog picture contest.  The poor dogs are pathetic, full of disease and puny.  They share an office with us.  The cute little unidentified lady is the wife of our Office Manager (who is also our Stake President).  They have 5 children, the oldest just turned 16 last week.

ANYWAY AGAIN……thought you might like to see some pictures.  I have a bad hair day EVERYDAY since it is so humid and I’m in baaaad need of a perm; I’ve been cutting my own hair since December and I need to find someone to clean up the mess I made.  But it’s not so bad; no one knows that it doesn’t really always look this bad; still, I hate to look in the mirror. Beauty Parlors here are not like in the states; they really only wet your hair, cut it, and partially blow it dry before you leave.  It is not part of their routine to shampoo, cut, blow dry, and use the curling iron.  Thus, it’s hard to find someone to do the whole shot and so I’m holding out til I absolutely can’t STAND it anymore and don’t care what I look like when they’re done with me.

Well enough of this dribble; I know you guys probably aren’t interested in the details of the buffet, but I KNOW that the women are.