My bestie Howie is a pretty awesome guy. Not only does he know some awesome places to go eat, he always has the best food at his parties in his lovely home. I heart you Howie's home! He's funny, he's rad, need i say more?
Pork is delicious. So many great things come from pork. Bacon, sausage, pork chops, ham, pork belly.....arrrrrrrgrggrggrrg. Sorry, I had a Homer moment with pork. But how could you not??
So, Howie decides he is going to have pork steamed bun sandwiches with cabbage and sauce on top. So F-IN GOOD! Well, it was basically make your own sandwich. He prepared the pork shoulder all day the day before and slow roasted it in a roaster. The meat was beautifully spiced and just juicy as hell. There was a nice cabbage salad to top it with, courtesy of my mom. Soft delicious buns steamed and ready to be opened and stuffed with goodness. Everyone brought something. There was SO SO SO SO much good food people had fourths and fifths! We basically started eating from 3 until 11 at night. It was awesome.
Some of the other dishes that stood out were, the sweet potato mash that Kristyn brought. The bread pudding with bourbon sauce that Kim brought...had to smack my mom for that one. It was that good! The dream inspired cardamom cookies Jenne made which were really good. I hearted them. Candice brought these lemon cookies that were a big hit. I love lemon and cookies...really can't go wrong with that. There was SO much food. People just kept coming with plate after plate after plate of food. It was hard not to stop eating even though we were all pretty stuffed!
The mood got mellow and we all relaxed outside with a couple of us singing Rock Band inside. It was a day filled with new friends and old. Some that traveled far and wide. Definitely a special evening . Lots of reminiscing and telling old stories to new friends and vice versa. Howie had a great time and that's all that matters. It's always a treat when other people have a awesome time on your birthday. I know I did!
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