When my dad asked to take my friends and me out to dinner for my birthday, I jumped out the chance to go back to Royal Thai!  About an hour before we left, I had a bowl of fruit to hold me over:

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Thai was excellent!  I was joined by my Dad, Husband, Harry, and Meghann.  It was a nice, intimate dinner.  :) 

 

We started with Spring Rolls and Pork Dumplings:

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I had a bit of each:

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And I ordered Chicken Pad Thai for my entree.  Pad Thai is my favorite "indulgent" meal, and I figured turning 25 is as good as an excuse as any to splurge!

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I ate… every…single…bit of this Pad Thai!  :)  Everyone at the table commented that they’d never seen me eat so much or so fast.  Haha! How lady-like of me. 

 

Meghann brought me some AMAZING presents!

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Total foodie friend presents:

 

  • New bowl and plates
  • Pack of Z-bars (YAY!)
  • Crunchy PB from TJ’s
  • Bag of Coconut Macaroon Coffee
  • 6 Pack of Honey Moon from the makers of Blue Moon
  • The Twilight Movie Director’s Notebook (!!)

 

What lovely and thoughtful presents! :)  Thank you, Meghann!

 

Again… this was a fabulous birthday, and I really appreciate all the kind comments. THANK YOU!  I hope you had a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you tomorrow!

{ 32 comments }

 

  • Mrs. LC April 26, 2009, 6:01 pm

    Happy Birthday Caitlin!!! What awesome presents from Meghann. 🙂 I hope this next year is a wonderful year full of life and love for you!

  • jenngirl April 26, 2009, 6:06 pm

    What a fun night out!! I’m so glad you had such a great birthday! 🙂

  • Bec April 26, 2009, 6:10 pm

    Your birthday is a perfect excuse to treat yourself to some yummy eats!

  • Meghann April 26, 2009, 6:13 pm

    We should have timed how long it took you to eat the Pad Thai, I seriously when to have a bite of mine and looked up and your plate was empty. lol!

    I hope you had a great birthday and enjoy your presents!! 🙂 I love you!!

  • Anonymous April 26, 2009, 6:13 pm

    Hope you have a great birthday
    http://islandgirleats.blogspot.com

  • teacherwoman April 26, 2009, 6:15 pm

    I am not even hungry but looking at that Pad Thai is making me hungry! LOL Sounds like a great evening and the gifts from Meghann are wonderful!

  • Mica April 26, 2009, 6:15 pm

    Happy Birthday again! It sounds like a pretty sweet day.

    I had Thai food on my birthday too. It’s the besssst!

  • Susan April 26, 2009, 6:16 pm

    Sounds like a delicious birthday dinner! I love the foodie presents…such a good fit for you.

  • Melissa @ For the Love of Health April 26, 2009, 6:21 pm

    I love spring rolls! Those look so good! So does the juicy melon.
    Yum!

  • Meg April 26, 2009, 6:21 pm

    Happy Birthday! Fabulous gifts from Meghann! I am a proud Thai food-aholic too!

  • The Healthy Hostess April 26, 2009, 6:24 pm

    I’m glad you had a great birthday! You deserve it!!
    🙂

  • kristisummer April 26, 2009, 6:28 pm

    I love Thai too. Blue Moon makes a honey beer?

  • Caitlin April 26, 2009, 6:32 pm

    Happy Birthday from one Caitlin to another 🙂

  • Run Sarah April 26, 2009, 6:36 pm

    What sweet presents! Pad thai is soooo good – perfect birthday meal!

  • redheadedjournal April 26, 2009, 6:36 pm

    Looks like a great birthday 🙂

  • balancemycake April 26, 2009, 6:53 pm

    Happy Birthday!!! 🙂

  • Priyanka April 26, 2009, 7:07 pm

    I bought the same green bowls last week!

    Looks like you had an awesome time!

  • Matt April 26, 2009, 7:15 pm

    Happy birthday! Pad Thai is awesome!

  • meghanN April 26, 2009, 7:37 pm

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY! So glad you had such a funfilled birthday weekend (and great eats, of course!)

  • Christie April 26, 2009, 7:49 pm

    Happy birthday!

    I have got to find some of that honey moon beer!

  • Andrea of Care to Eat April 26, 2009, 7:49 pm

    I’m glad you had a great Birthday!

  • Oh She Glows April 26, 2009, 7:56 pm

    wow fabulous food and such wonderful gifts from Meghann! What a fun weekend for you 🙂 yay!

  • Amanda April 26, 2009, 7:57 pm

    Your birthday sounded like a great time! I really love that Coconut Macaroon coffee from Target – yum!

  • melissa April 26, 2009, 8:05 pm

    happy birthday! I love disney!

  • Lisa D. April 26, 2009, 8:10 pm

    What a great weekend!!! And if you ever start a thai food-aholics anonymous I think you should consider my candidacy for vice-president. But instead of abstaining from thai-food I think we should just indulge in it more often. Whattya say? Oh and of course, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!

  • Danica's Daily April 26, 2009, 8:18 pm

    I LOVE Pad Thai too – you are absolutely right – it’s your birthday and calories do not count on your birthday. Glad you indulged.

    Speaking of Thai – I made an amazing Thai Coconut Curry Dish at lunch that is low in calories and fat – you should definitely check it out.

    Here is the link.

    http://danicasdaily.blogspot.com/2009/04/thai-coconut-chicken-curry-yum.html

    I also have a version of a VEGAN Pad Thai that I made up awhile back. You could add chicken to it to recreate your own version.

    Here is another link 🙂

    http://danicasdaily.blogspot.com/2009/02/vegan-gluten-free-pad-thai-yum.html

    I am glad you had an awesome birthday!

  • emily April 26, 2009, 8:27 pm

    Hello, my name is Emily, and I’m a Thai food-ahalic too.

    The next time you guys are in Miami you have to check out MoonThai – it was one of my favorite things about college at UM!

  • Becca April 26, 2009, 8:52 pm

    I’m with ya on being a thaifoodaholic…happy birthday!

  • *Andrea* April 26, 2009, 8:55 pm

    thai food is amazing! i will definitely splurge once a month or so and eat an entire pad thai entree.. SO worth it 😉

    happy birthday again – i love the presents that meghann gave you too

  • Haleigh April 26, 2009, 9:27 pm

    Yum, lovin’ the Thai food! Your birthday is the perfect excuse to indulge 🙂

  • Christy April 27, 2009, 7:31 am

    Looks like you had a fabulous birthday! My husband and I live on TJ’s crunchy PB. It is our all time favorite. Here’s to a great week!

  • Quinn April 27, 2009, 9:15 am

    Happy Belated Birthday! Enjoy the 25th year – it was one of my favorites thus far!

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