D and I were able to go to a two-day parenting conference featuring Paul Tripp at Lighthouse Church in Torrance. I thought it was a really good opportunity for D and I to digest some parenting instruction together. The speaker had some really solid, Biblically-based points, and his stories were quite entertaining. There was also childcare, which we took advantage of on Saturday. We were also able to try out two restaurants in the South Bay, which we rarely visit.
Friday night the kids were with my parents, so we turned it into “date night”. We ate at a small banh mi shop called Little House of Mary.
We shared a roast pork and lemongrass chicken. They were a lot bigger than this picture makes them appear. I was so full, but I kept eating because they were so good! The roast pork was quite juicy (dipped in au jus) while the chicken had a more subtle, yet distinct lemongrass flavor. They were around $6.50 each, so much more expensive than most banh mi places, but they had much more meat, and definitely worth it.
After the conference on Saturday we went to The Local Place (off-shoot of King’s Hawaiian) with the kids. We ordered two three item combo plates so we ended up trying lots of different entrees. Overall it was pretty good, but nothing really stood out.
We also took home two malasadas which dobash filling and a long john (which was smushed in transit).
Yum!