And when I say “killer,” I mean this brunch could actually shorten your lifespan.
Monday
Our week started off on a delicious but entirely unhealthy note at Hash House A Go Go for an early brunch. Ben found this place on the internet, intrigued by the epic portions and ridiculous dishes.
I ordered the mushroom, artichoke, sundried tomato, spinach hash, which came with two eggs and a biscuit the size of a baby’s head. And some melons for good measure!
I ate all the eggs and veggies and a lot of the potatoes before having a whole piece of Madre’s banana pecan French toast.
And then several bites of this heart-stopper that Ben ordered:
SAGE. FRIED. CHICKEN. EGGS. BENEDICT.
I stop breathing just fathoming it, but it was darn tasty. Mashed potatoes, two huge biscuits, a large fried chicken breast (hey, healthy breast meat!), maybe four scrambled eggs, a tarp covering of cheese, and a special hollandaise that flowed like a river over it all.
Ben did a pretty good job with it! He nixed the thick layer of cheese + all the hollandaise on top of the cheese + a lot of the potatoes + I helped him with a lot of his biscuit (which was amaaaazing with the sauce), but he still crushed that beast.
We didn’t eat real food again until 10 pm that night.
After that brunch of a lifetime, Madre and Pop dropped Ben and me off at Universal Studios for the day! I’ve been several times in the past, but my main motivation for going this time was Harry Potter World, since I’m actually a fan now 🙂
Of course, everything was decked out for the holidays.
The weather was beautiful except for one spot of light rain during the day. Also, the lines were surprisingly quite short for most of the rides! I don’t think we waited for more than 40 minutes for any ride, which is almost unheard of for Universal at this time of year. Using the “single riders” lane for some of the rides also made things more efficient for us.
To Diagon Alley! (throwback to when I was here two years ago but didn’t know what any of it meant!)
“Lunch” for Ben and me was Butterbeer and ice cream from Florean Fortescue’s. I got the salted caramel blondie + apple crumble flavors in a cone, and they were both fabulous.
What a nutritious day!!!
As I am reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix…
Heh heh.
We made it to almost every single ride and show in the park, so we felt quite accomplished by the end of the day!
After the “Macy’s Holiday Parade”, we phoned home (E.T. phone homeeeeee) and asked our parents to pick us up. It was so much fun to hang out with Ben all day and experience the excitement of being an HP fan in HP World!
Madre had some delicious dinner waiting for us at home at around 10:30pm, which involved ALL the fresh veggies (thank the Lord).
I stayed up late blogging, but I knew that I could sleep in a bit yesterday.
Tuesday
The sound of the maintenance guy in the house + lawn mowers + the sunshine all woke me up at around 9am, but I indulged in some lazy bed time with my phone. I actually don’t love doing that, but sometimes it just happens.
I did an 8 minute ab workout because I was feeling it and then headed downstairs to eat my favorite breakfast.
I worked on some job applications in the morning early afternoon (with a five minute workout in there as a work break) before Pop and I walked over to the driving range to hit some balls. (← Is that the phrase? Because I feel like it’s not.)
Now, I don’t play golf. I don’t have hand-eye coordination. But when Pop invited me to the driving range (“It doesn’t hurt to know how to swing a club!”), I agreed. I’m glad I went, but MAN was I horrendous.
I sort of decently hit 3/35 balls. The other 32 either went ten feet in front of me or went somewhere with a piece of sod flying after it.
Then I showered, lunched, massaged, and got massaged. Rough life we have here.
plus grapes, greens, and tortilla chips
The rest of the day involved some job searching, emails, attempting to work out (and not really feeling it), talking with the family, and eating dinner.
Madre’s homemade pho — so good! plus leftover potatoes from Hash House and a leftover cinnamon roll for dessert
I learned that I do not want to eat a decadent brunch and ice cream for my body’s fuel, but I don’t regret my food choices. It was all a good ~experience~.
So tell me:
What is the most outrageous dish you’ve ever eaten/someone you know has eaten?
Have you ever been to Harry Potter World?
Are you good at golf? Help me, please.
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