Delicious!

This morning as I was getting ready to leave, my mother informs me that dinner will be all left overs because she will have a later meeting.  Which a late meeting for her means that it was scheduled to end at 5pm.  Whatever the case, I was not looking forward to the same thing that I had eaten for lunch today again for dinner.

So, after another long day of student teaching, and designing a blog, I decided to get dinner for my family from Portos!  No one would answer the phone so I just went and ordered some of my favorites.  There was a line of course, but nothing too bad, other than the creeper in line behind me who lacked a sense of personal space.  Anyways, I finally ordered and got some potato balls, chicken empinadas, cheese rolls, and medianoche sandwiches.  Let me tell you, they were delicious!

Let me preface this with the repetitively proven fact that once my step-dad finds out that I like something that he has yet to see or try, he automatically dislikes it.  Case in point, he refused to ever watch the movie "Happy Feet" because he "hates rap music".  This "rap music" is slightly, if at all heard only in the previews.  We constantly reminded him that the movie does not focus on rap music and that it would be something he would enjoy, but he just kept putting it down.  Finally, after my mother forced him to watch it, he did and LOVED it!

As you can tell by my random back story, I was worried that all of the hype that I gave to Porto's in my house that he would not even try it.  I was pleasantly surprised!  He not only started to eat the food, but he actually told me how much he loved it!  Finally, my girlie expertise on delicious food is being recognized by my stepfather!

What does all of this have to do with being "girlie" you might ask.  Well, I love to cook, and Porto's inspires me to try and figure out how to make their delicious potato balls.  (Deep fried mashed potatoes with meet in the middle!)  I love them and I want to add to the foods that I can make for my boyfriend Ted!  Luck him! 

Let me know of any other great food in the Southern California area that I should try, or anything that I should attempt to make!  Thanks!