It has been about seven or eight years since I have walked into a restaurant, sat down, ordered a meal, and eaten it right there at the table. Am I bitter about that? No, I'm not. It does make me a little sad sometimes that I don't get to experience exotic and different cuisines, things I have never tasted before. And when we go out with family, I always feel awkward sitting there watching everyone else enjoy their food, while I have my little to go box already ready.
Because of this, my husband and I never go out to eat. We'll stop at a drive through once in a while, or pick up a soup or something from a deli, but it always comes home with me. I know it doesn't seem like that big of a deal, but really, you don't realize how much of our culture revolves around eating.
But Nick did something very special for me for our anniversary. He took me out to dinner.
What? Why would he do that, you ask? Well, this is where it gets cool. One of the girls he goes to school with is a waitress at a Thai restaurant here in town. Nick knows I love Thai food, it's some of my favorite ever. So he had the thought to ask if maybe the owners of the restaurant would be ok with me bringing my blender and them blending my food in the kitchen. His friend asked the owner, and he said that would be perfectly fine. Wow!
Now, it was supposed to be a surprise, but I can't hardly wait for anything. That and I had been nagging Nick about making sure to do something spectacular for our anniversary. I guess to get me to stop bugging him, haha he told me. And I looked forward to it every day.
I was happy to see the parking lot was nearly empty when we drove up to the restaurant. I already felt awkward enough bringing a grocery sack full of hugemongous blender in with me. But it wasn't bad at all. Nick's friend was our waitress, and she gave us a nice corner table, and we ordered our food. To make it easy, since blending for me has become somewhat of a science, I just ordered a soup. Then she took my blender back to the kitchen and we waited for our dinner to arrive. Nick got his and finished it before I got mine, haha, so I sat there sipping rootbeer while I waited. We were concerned because we didn't hear my blender going, and it is VERY loud. After we asked if they needed help, like, if they wanted me to go back there and show them how to do it, they said it was fine. We told them to run it on the highest setting and then strain it, because I guess they had just run it on a low setting to start and were unhappy that it wasn't straining well. After a few minutes, we heard the loud roar or my blender, and giggled to ourselves about how funny it was.
And then, they brought me my soup.
It was weird, I have to tell you, actually eating there. But, once I got over my fear and took a sip, it was the best tasting Thai soup I have ever had. It was blended perfectly! They had made me something superb that I could eat without any trouble at all. And I have my wonderful husband to thank for that, because he thought of it. That was one of the most thoughtful and special things he has ever done for me, and I will never forget it. After seven years, we went to dinner together.
On the way out, we made sure to thank the owner and kitchen staff for being so accommodating. They said we were welcome back anytime, preferably when it was slow, haha. But we are going to take them up on that.
In short, that was the BEST anniversary ever!
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