What was that again?

 Well, here’s the final post for this trip, one and all, and it’s a bit of a doozy (young uns can look that up on rural dictionary.com). 

Having escaped from the room, we “cleaned up “ and returned to town for EH’s birthday dinner. She always picks someplace different. 

This place, Kojo, was no different. Supposedly Asian fusion. Not sure with what, but the logo was two Asians (men?) in traditional dress with man buns reaching out to touch hands. Ok. 

We were told by the server it was the kind place where people get a bunch of plates and share. 

Ah oh. 

It was 40 minutes before we actually ordered food. ☹️ and we ordered drinks (the reviews said their cocktails were good) but they didn’t come! And didn’t come…

We vacillated on how to proceed. Did we want a hunk of wagyu beef? Yes. But no. 

The server brought us complimentary glasses of champagne (bc our drink order was lost in translation? To keep us from melting down over choices?) and we finally settled in. The manager also came over and said we were getting complimentary desserts due to the wait. 

Boo-ya. 

Then they brought a wasabi Caesar salad. Got no picture.

Then this:

Crispy tuna on rice. We decided it wasn’t as good as later plates. 

Shrimp pork won ton

Wagyu beef and noodles.

I’d never had Wagyu beef before and it lives up to its rep. This was skirt steak and it melted in your mouth. Made you wonder what the sirloin might do. 

Then the sushi plates. 

Spicy tuna roll on the left and shrimp tempura on the right. 

More of the won tons, which were my favorites. 

Then bacon shrimp kimchi rice. With an egg on top for good measure. 

If you can imagine, we were pretty full. But then there was dessert. EH had the shaved ice, which came with coconut and strawberry sauce in bottles. And a candle for her birthday. 🙂

RR and I had this - a chocolate bar with praline ginger line ice cream. 

If you can’t tell, frothing was delicious. They even brought us a complimentary donut dessert (we weren’t fans of what Koreans think of as donuts) to “keep the dessert vibe going”. Yes, that’s what the server who brought it said. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Stuffed, we returned to the house where the ‘Rents tried to give the kids a euchre lesson. EH’s present was she got Mr Undefeated for a partner. He remained undefeated. 😥

Brunch was at First Watch, a very good breakfast chain. The photos aren’t losing. I had the lemon ricotta pancakes, that have lemon curd on top, and the Kid had the steak and bacon burrito. The women both had a bavacado— an omelette with bacon, avocado (duh) and monster jack cheese. 

It was rainy, rainy today, so we were ok with leaving, having eaten our way thru west central Florida. 

It was fun and we look forward to next year’s “Christmas trip” — wherever it may be to. 

But the next travel blog will be from NYC with Bing and Dorothy. Until then, happy holidays.