Farm Kitchen

Last weekend, we met up with Franchi, Justin, and little Valentina for brunch at Farm Kitchen.  I've been wanting to go to their 1st Saturday breakfasts for quite some time.  Using fresh ingredients, they only offer these monthly breakfasts on the 1st Saturday of every month of the year.  Other than that, they will open for weddings or special events, so there aren't a whole lot of opportunities to eat here.  

We picked a BEAUTIFUL Saturday to go - it was nice and warm, sunny, and green, green, green!  All the flowers were in bloom and the sky was bright blue with very few clouds.  We ate under the white canopy on the left.  Sitting there, chatting with friends, sipping coffee and looking out around the grounds was simply blissful.

This little princess decided that the best way to start our meal was to dump coffee all over the table.  Thankfully it missed our laps and our food hadn't arrived yet.  She didn't seem to notice the few minutes of pandamonium while we cleaned it up and rearranged the table to get every other drink away from her go-go-Gadget arms.  Or, maybe she did notice and was completely amused.

We had a great time visiting with Franchi, Justin, and Valentina over brunch.  Franchi, unfortunately discovered she wasn't a big fan of sausage and gravy on biscuits, which was, of course, the main menu item.  Good thing there were other items like eggs and homemade pastries.  I, on the other hand, was a big fan of the main course.  It's not something I'd usually make for breakfast so that was kind of fun.

Very soon, Valentina will be walking on her own and she and Ruby will want to explore together.  Right now, though, Ruby is more of an independent explorer and prefers to march to the beat of her own bench... er, drum.

There are several animals on the property and on this morning the horses were out visiting with people.  They were huge!  The poor things didn't seem to mind the flies that circled their faces.  I think they were too distracted by all the people who were coming to see them to even bother with the flies.  Ruby was quiet while looking at them, but she seemed to enjoy watching such big animals.

Hope we can make it to the Farm Kitchen a few more times this year!

Moa Moa Chicken

In honor of Kent's recent birthday, several of us celebrated at a little place up north in Onna called Moa Moa Chicken. As you can see they only offer two items: chicken and shrimp.

Here's the little set-up that served as the restaurant. We ordered here and sat a picnic table near-by. The food is cooked right there and we could smell the delicious garlic aroma wafting through the air while we chatted.

Here's the shrimp plate with rice. Noa said it tasted amazing!

I ordered the chicken plate with bread. The chicken was also extremely delicious and flavorful. After taking a few bites of the bread, I found out it had bits of corn in it! Random!

I realize this picture is not great (I was playing with the nighttime setting), but I had to include a photo of the birthday boy. Doesn't Kent look so happy with his lovely wife, Tritia next to him?
Gotta love this sign.
The bathrooms are located inside the restaurant that shares the grounds with Moa Moa. These were NOT your usual bathrooms. Check out the stalls:

Yup, that would be a fish tank. I also like this sign inside the stall (yes, I was taking pictures inside the bathroom stall).
The toilet looks just so happy to have a clean seat.

Lots of shells! Tritia and I agreed that it was like Hawaii meets granny's attic. Every inch was covered in something tropical.

Anyway, after taking care of that business, we walked around the area, which is a vacation area with lots of restaurants, little shops, and some resorts and hotels. We found this awesome tree near one of the resorts, which made a perfect backdrop for our last picture of the evening.