TBA
Savoy Kitchen
Been ages since the last visit to Savoy Kitchen, so decided to mix it up from dim sum and go there. Got there perhaps a little too early to beat the rush, but the owners were nice enough to let us in early so we didn't have to roast on the outdoor dining patio.
The Hainan chicken rice there is still pretty awesome, although next time I might skip the whole chicken and just order individual dark meat orders for everyone. A whole chicken, 3 orders of the rice/sauce, mushroom pasta, and a smoked duck breast pizza was just about right for the five of us, especially if you wanted to try a spread and not just the chicken. I honestly might just stick to the chicken and a few extra orders of the garlic sauce...
Quick stop at Half and Half afterwards, where the Atlantic Blvd/Garvey Ave location is doing a free strawberry jelly add-on. Nom!
Wrapped up the day with board games; Ophelia and Sue finally dragged out Everdell with the (first time for me) Newleaf expansion. It was more fun than I remembered, but also, like most games with expansions, a bit much to keep track of given I had played only the Everdell base game maybe once or twice and not in many years-- clearly proof that Ophelia and Sue have waaaaaay too many board games.
Next was First Rat, where you send your rats down a linear-ish series of steps towards building a rocket that will send them to "space". There's a parallel track of accomplishments plus a rat maze at the bottom of the board as well to add more complexity. It's decently fun but needs another play-through or two to determine if it's actually worth keeping. Wrapped things up with a few rounds of Sea Salt and Paper, which, especially with the Extra Salt expansion, is still quite a bit of fun. Feels kind of like Sushi Go, only a nicely done amount of additional complexity, and some neat orgami art on the cards.