Birthday

It was my 23rd birthday on the 21st, but was blessed to have celebrated for a few days with  all the people whom I love so dearly.  My celebration started early this year.  Days before my birthday my coworkers had brought me a special surprise.  Anh bought me my favorite kind of dessert: FRUIT TART CAKE!  I go crazy over these.  The best part about fruit tarts is that they taste better the next day, because the custard gets to soak in the tart just a little bit.  I love it! 

My supervisor is from Peru, and I have always told her that I loved one of their well-known dishes,  PAPA LA HUANCAINA  After months of begging her to bring it to one of our potlocks, she made it for my birthday!!! Definitely worth the wait. The dish is more an appetizer and usually served like the picture above.  It's boiled potatoes cut into slices, with lettuce, olives, and hardboiled eggs on the side.  The sauce is what kills me the most: chile, olive oil, evaporated milk, saltine crackers,  fresh cheese, and seasoned with salt and pepper. 

If we get the chance, one of my bffs from elementary school, Jonny and I meet for lunch.  We both work around the same area,  so I am grateful that I can catch up with him for a rushed hour before we have to drive back to work. For my birthday, we went to  J&J SUBS in Fountain Valley.  You'd think they'd be very popular for their subs, but actually people love to come here for their burgers and apparently their fries are to DIIEEE FOORR..  But because obviously I'm at a SUB place I'm going to get myself a sub.  This is one of their popular ones, THE ITALIAN COLD CUT. 

Jonny was so sweet (hehe get it) to get me cupcakes from PINKY'S CUPCAKERY from Fountain Valley.  

ahhah Jonny's drawing of himself.  

My parents spoiled me this weekend too.  We went to Orange Hill for a sweet buffet all the way up up up up high where there was a beautiful view of the OC.  It was quite delicious and quite expensive, so you know we stayed at the buffet for quite some time. 

they brought me a birthday plate. shwweeeet 

Mimosas? Yes, please! Cappuccino?! OH Yeahhh!