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My Trip To Dubai (Part 5)

Posted on March 28, 2015 by LFFL

Ready to go on a dinner cruise in the Dubai Marina.

I couldn’t wait to get on the boat and sail down the Marina while having dinner buffet-style. You know I love food.

The Dhow Cruise

When we arrived to the boat, there were fresh sweet dates waiting on a platter before we even stepped onto the boat. I can’t begin to describe how sweet these things were! Omg. I couldn’t eat just one.

I finally had to pull myself away so I could board the boat because my date kept encouraging me to try another one and another one because he saw how much I liked them. I’m telling you—I could have eaten the entire platter myself. Which means there’d be none left for the rest of the crew—but such is life.

Headed out the door for the cruise.

The platter of fresh sweet dates I couldn’t pull away from.

Getting ready to board the boat.

That’s me on deck shipping out to sea.

Me and my dinner date.

Me and my dinner date.

Me and my dinner date.

Waiting to eat dinner.

At the dinner table.

This cruise was one of the most beautiful and romantic ever! I loved looking out the window at the water and all the beautiful buildings. It was a sight to behold.

Me and my dinner escort.

The buffet-style dinner was lovely. Of course, I had to get one of everything which required more than one plate. And since I don’t have eight arms, I could only carry one plate back to the table. But my date surprised me by bringing me a second plate with food from the other side of the buffet—which I hadn’t made my way to yet. But you knew I was headed there, right?

For someone that’s only known me a short time, he figured me out pretty quickly when it comes to food! He was such a gentleman taking care of me. Ahh, I just absolutely loved meeting people in Dubai.

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An Easter Brunch With Taxidermy & Ice

Posted on April 20, 2014 by LFFL

Today was a beautiful and glorious day. My day consisted of being surrounded by some fabulous food as I always love doing. And who in their right mind doesn’t love a buffet?

I love the above ice sculpture. I’m not sure what kind of talent you need to do something like that to a big chunk of ice, but I’m pretty impressed with it.

Oh, and let’s not forget the taxidermy below. Just look at that gigantic moose head among the food! Yikes!

Moose head taxidermy.

Easter flowers among the buffet.

A feast for your eyes.

Seafood among the ice sculpture.

Desserts.

The dessert station had a beautiful large container on the counter full of Stolichnaya Vodka being infused with huge fresh pineapple chunks—just marinating together for those so inclined to have a stoli doli cocktail.

So, if you have nothing else to do today, enjoy a lovely feast of a brunch with family and friends.

Take-Away Life Lesson: We may not all possess an ice sculpting talent, or be able to arrange huge chunks of pineapple so prettily into a jar, or even be talented enough to center and staple a moose head to a wall ourselves—but we can all enjoy the many talents of others while eating beautiful food.

I Love Dinner And A Play

Posted on November 10, 2013 by LFFL

The play.

Take a bow.

The end.

This is a night I went to a dinner theatre restaurant and had a grand old time. This just happened to be when the fabulous “I Dream Of Jeannie” Barbara Eden was in town performing for several weeks.

She was perfection in her performance. The play was marvelous and I loved every minute of it.

I was also fortunate enough to meet her—but not on this particular day though. I met her on the street another week when she was out and about running around town. I mean, she was living here for about 10 weeks after all. She is the tiniest thing ever and does not even look like she’s in her 80’s.

She’s so sweet to talk to and I got to talk to her husband, too. He gave me a little run down about the city. He seemed to be more familiar with it than I am—especially the history of it. Just a lovely couple.

The menu.

Crème Brulee for dessert.

Dinner theatre restaurant.

The menu was divine. Of course, I go through the buffet line and get one of each—as only I would do. The food was phenomenal.

The play generally starts after everyone is finished with dinner. Halfway through, there’s an intermission and dessert is brought out—then the last half of the play is performed.

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So, if you have nothing else to do today, find a dinner theatre in your area and go see a play while enjoying a fabulous dinner.

Take-Away Life Lesson: Stop forgetting to take pictures when meeting celebrities.

Fogo de Chao

Posted on March 14, 2013 by LFFL

OMG! Who’d ever thought you could have herds of meat coming at you on sticks all at once?! I just love this place!

I mean, I already love buffets as it is for the obvious reason that I can eat as much as I want—so, naturally, I was in heaven.

The salad bar is a help-yourself kind of thing, but the side dishes are brought to your table on an ongoing basis by the gaucho chefs. It’s great. As soon as you’ve eaten one side item, they automatically bring out another replacement—you don’t have to say anything. And this goes on the entire time you’re there. They might as well bring me 3 baskets of warm cheese bread off top because the first basket is devoured within 15 seconds of me sitting down. For reals!

So if you decide you don’t want anymore side items brought to your table, just make sure you don’t eat the next side plate they bring out. Because if they see you’ve eaten all your bananas—you’re definitely getting another plate of them!

As for the meats on a stick! There are at least 15 different types of meat to choose from. YES! And all guests have their own personal disc at their table that has a red side and a green side. Just flip it to the green side when you’re ready for the gaucho chefs to head your way with meat on a stick.

And they won’t stop coming at you until you flip the disc back to the red side. So be warned. It’s just constant as long as your disc is on the green side. I made the mistake of forgetting to flip it back over to the red side and had a plateful of meat. Woah!

So, if you have nothing else to do today, take a trip to your local Fogo de Chao and have some fun eating yourself into oblivion.

Take-Away Life Lesson: The only difference between lunch and dinner is the price. Lunch is always less expensive. So go during lunch, if you can, for the exact same experience and exact same food. That’s right.

The gourmet salad bar consists of fresh-cut vegetables, assorted cheeses, cured meats, and Brazilian sides.
The side dishes that are brought to your table consist of warm cheese bread (my favorite), garlic mashed potatoes, crispy hot polenta, and carmelized bananas.
The meats include–filet mignon, rib eye, top sirloin, bottom sirloin, beef ribs, lamb, chicken, pork ribs, pork loin, and sausage.
Desserts include my favorites of South American Flan and Signature Papaya Cream among other delicious goodness.