Thai Topaz: Date Night Destination

Disclosure: I recently dined at Thai Topaz as their guest, along with other San Antonio Bloggers, to sample their dishes and learn about the restaurant. However, all opinions are my own. 

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To be honest, Ive never been to a Thai restaurant before so I really didn't know what to expect when I walked into Thai Topaz for the first time. I was delighted by the fun atmosphere, friendly wait staff and the wide variety of dishes available.

Photo Credit: Thai Topaz Facebook Page

Although, the restaurant is very kid friendly, Thai Topaz offers a place for couples to escape the norm and try something a little bit out if their comfort zone. The owners, David and Somjira, have created a space that is calm, relaxing and modern.

Blogger Menu with Spring Rolls

Sipping on some Lychee Flavored Sake, I enjoyed summer rolls, miang kai (thai lettuce wraps), red curry mussels and tom kha soup as appetizers. Each dish was better than the next. I was very impressed by the presentation of the tom kha soup bowl, pictured below.

Tom Kha Soup

Red Curry Mussels 

We then moved on to our dinner entrees. The pineapple fried rice actually comes in a pineapple! Perfect for serving two, the dish is almost too beautiful to eat, almost.

Pineapple Fried Rice

As we moved to dessert, David told us that all of the dishes on the Thai Topaz menu were developed by Somjira's mother, who owns the Medical Center Thai Topaz location. Did you know avocado ice cream is a thing? A delicious thing! All of their ice cream flavors are homemade.

Homemade Ice Cream: Coconut, Avocado, Mango and Pineapple

Next time you are looking to mix up date night go try Thai Topaz in Castle Hills. You won't be disappointed. Cant find a babysitter? No worries, kids eat FREE on Tuesday and Thursday nights.

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Superbowl Snacks

For the last few years D and I have gone to our friends annual Superbowl party. Since they recently moved to Houston we were left with out Superbowl plans for the first time in a long time.

A few days before Sunday D decided we would have a few people over for game time. I started planning yummy treats right away to go along with Derek's queso dip and famous meatballs. Here is what I came up with.

Strawberry Angel Food Cake Kabobs: I wasn't sure about this little treat at first but by the end of the night there wasn't a single kabob left! I bought a mix for Angle Food Cake that was super easy to make, just add water! My kind of cake mix.

Step 1) Cut the angel food cake into cubes.
Step 2) Cut the tops off the strawberries
Step 3) Alternate putting a strawberry and angle food cube into skewers
Step 4) Melt white chocolate chips using this method
Step 5) Drizzle chocolate onto kaboobs then place in fridge to chill until game time
Step 6) Enjoy!  

Seven Layer Dip: Notice the green onions are only on half? My husband does not have a love for onions like I do.

Ingredients-Layer one on top of each other in this order. 
1) Cream Cheese-Mix one block of softened cream cheese with one packet of taco seasoning.
2) Refried Beans
3) Salsa
4) Sour Cream
5) Lettuce
6) Cheese
7) Green Onions (optional)

Chill until game time. Boom, best appetizer ever.

Football Strawberries: A twist on my usual strawberry making technique shown here. After the chocolate cooled, I melted white chocolate the same way and squeezed on football laces using my decorating squeeze bottles.

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Cue one of the funniest movies of all time...Bridesmaids. If you haven't seen it yet...go now!

Recently, I went to a baby shower, housewarming and a bird themed get together. Due to southern hospitality I know to never show up empty handed. Here is what I brought:

Read all about the baby shower here.

Housewarming: My friends Grant and Amanda recently bought a house and had a BBQ. I wasn't sure what they needed and I had never been to their house before so I opted for something general. I bought a glass measuring bowl, slapped on a bow and filled it with cupcake liners, sprinkles, measuring spoons, icing flavoring, and two spoon spatulas. Here is how it turned out:

Bird Themed Party: While exploring/spending all of my money at World Market one day I had the idea to not only wear something bird related but also bring something to the party. But what? Luckily, World Market was doing a big owl themed sale during this time so I figured, why not owl cupcakes?

You will need: 

• Yellow Cake Mix:  If you're Betty Crocker you can make them from scratch but i am not
• Chocolate Icing 
• White Vanilla Icing 
• Candy Corn 
• Edible Eyes 
• 2 Icing Piping Bags 

Directions: 

• Bake cupcakes following directions on mix
• When cooled, pipe an upside down "V" on the bottom of the cupcake. This will be used to separate the chocolate icing and the vanilla icing 
• Pipe in the rest of the chocolate icing, I then smoothed the icing with a knife
• Pipe the vanilla icing to fill in the upside down "V"
• Cut the yellow section off of the candy corn, set aside 
• Place the rest of the candy corn upside down in the middle to create the nose of the owl 
• Cut the yellow section of the candy corn, you set aside, in half. Make feet from the two pieces at the bottom of the cupcake
• Add two edible eyes to the chocolate section
• Pipe chocolate ears at the top of the cupcake
• Enjoy!      

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