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Wednesday
Feb152012
Valentine's Day, Simmer, and Hot Pot Food Comas
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Yesterday was Valentine's Day, in case the entire world didn't notify you, and so the Palinode took me out to a local restaurant's opening night.
Simmer, Regina's newest spot, is a Chinese hot pot restaurant, which means they bring you platters of fresh meat and vegetables, which you then cook yourself in a small pot of boiling broth right at your table.
We ate pickled radishes and cloves of garlic and cinnamon dinner rolls:
Yum.
I liked how they took the opportunity to sell us the flowers right off the table:
And then we ate ALL of this, which seemed perfectly reasonable in the moment:
And then we went home and slipped into hot pot comas, because on your tenth Valentine's Day together, it is perfectly acceptable to eat gross amounts of food, waddle home discussing your burgeoning food babies, and then pile through the entire first season of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia.
Sexy times can happen later when we've regained the ability to see our own knees.
Burp.
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PS. This is not an ad for Simmer, although I would advertise them, because they are local, their food is fresh and healthy, and the owner is one of those people who'll know your name and what you like the second time you go there, so, if you're in Regina, go!
Simmer, Regina's newest spot, is a Chinese hot pot restaurant, which means they bring you platters of fresh meat and vegetables, which you then cook yourself in a small pot of boiling broth right at your table.
We ate pickled radishes and cloves of garlic and cinnamon dinner rolls:
Yum.
I liked how they took the opportunity to sell us the flowers right off the table:
And then we ate ALL of this, which seemed perfectly reasonable in the moment:
And then we went home and slipped into hot pot comas, because on your tenth Valentine's Day together, it is perfectly acceptable to eat gross amounts of food, waddle home discussing your burgeoning food babies, and then pile through the entire first season of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia.
Sexy times can happen later when we've regained the ability to see our own knees.
Burp.
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PS. This is not an ad for Simmer, although I would advertise them, because they are local, their food is fresh and healthy, and the owner is one of those people who'll know your name and what you like the second time you go there, so, if you're in Regina, go!
categorized in food & drink and tagged in It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Simmer, Valentine's Day, eating, food, hot pot
food & drink and tagged in It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Simmer, Valentine's Day, eating, food, hot pot 
Reader Comments (7)
Awesome.
Ooooo a glowing endorsement! Was it reasonably priced? Not that it matters, it would be nice to eat at something a little different. Regina seems like such a food desert when you're at home with three kids, ha ha.
And congrats on ten years of food babies!
Rhonda, the cost was about mid-range. The whole dinner-for-two platter along with some oolong tea came to about $50 for the two of us, and we ate until we just couldn't eat anymore.
That looks fun.
The Palinode with his hands together though looks like a guy on a terrifying set-up date describing his love of artisanal teas or something arcane and then you have to go uh-huh, uh-huh and pray for the date to end.
But it's the Palinode so he was of course saying something brilliant and hilarious.
I love hot pot. I can't imagine that I'll be in Regina anytime soon, but I'll be sure to keep them in mind.
You guys are the best, couple. Sigh.