Indonesian tastiness.

When we got to Yan's house in McMinnville, he was in his pajamas! Of course, Yan is a really cute boy, and we like seeing him in his pajameas, but we wondered if he was thinking 11pm instead of 11am... We got to meet his cute cute 18 month old niece Calista, and Stephanie cuddled her while Yan changed. Then we struck out to Yan's favorite coffee shop. Yan has 2 dirty habits, coffee and cigarettes, and he usually enjoys them together. I think Yan would be a wealthy (and healthy) man if he didn't buy 3 coffees and a pack of cigarettes everyday. Anyways, CornerStone coffee was absolutely lovely. I had a chicken mushroom and bacon quiche, and Steph had a turkey wrap and a blackberry italian soda.

After Yan had a celebratory smoke we ambled through downtown McMinnville. We stopped in a couple of antique shops looking for postcards, but no luck. Stephanie wanted, and got, a cup of icecream, which made her smile. Then we passed by a little shop that smelled of irresistable chocolate. We stopped in and got mom a belated birthday present.

When we got back to the car Yan wanted to take us to a park to take some pictures with his camera. See, Yan's good habit is taking pictures of everything he likes to look at, and that includes his friends. He recently started his professional photography business, and his portfolio is already starting to look impressive. So he had Stephanie and I pose for a few shots at the local college, Linfield. The campus was immaculate, and emtpy, save one bikini clad sunbather.

Then we headed over to WinCo to do some shopping for dinner. Yan's brother Aris promised to make us some Sate and Rawon. Sate (saw-tay) is indonesian kabobs covered with a spicy peanut sauce over rice. The meat is changeable, and we had beef. Rawon is a beef soup in a thin broth with bean sprouts. Both dishes were to die for. I was stuffed after my first serving, but I had to go back for seconds. The spicy peanut sauce is still keeping my belly warm. It will be warm on the way out too!

We had a really good time meeting Aris, his wife Liz, and their daughter Calista. Liz' friend Kevin was over for dinner too, and though I didn't get much time to chat with him, he was polite and friendly. Calista was just a darling, crawling around and giving everyone kisses on any surface she could reach.

The drive back was rather difficult, not due to traffic, but due to full bellies and sleepy heads. We struggled on though, and arrived a short 2 hours later. You suffering Californians may be interested to know that we stopped for gas in Sandy and paid $2.75, and they pumped it for us!