Dessert before Dinner

I was meeting my friend Shari for dinner tonight at Bd’s Mongolian BBQ and had a bit of time before she was going to get there. I ran into Burnsville Center to waste 30 minutes, I found some good deals at Bath and Body Works where I picked up some new shower gel and lotion and then saw Red Mango. How exciting! So I decided to get dessert before dinner, I ordered a small Pomegranate with mini chocolate chips, coconut, blueberries and these puffed rice things that had the texture of a gummy bear. They may be called Mori. This frozen yogurt was delicious, a little tart and the toppings were really good. I may need to visit Red Mango again soon!

After my dessert before dinner I headed over to Bd’s. We got there at a good time and didn’t have to wait for a table. We started with the obligatory fruit drink- I had Mango. A bit tart and very tasty, but one was enough. Bd’s has a choose your ingredients, proteins and sauce method so that is what we did. I opted for brown rice and then choose lamb, some tofu, tons of veggies, an egg, and the Shitake Mushroom Sauce. We dropped the bowls off at the chef station and watched them cook away. The chefs were singing and dancing while the cooked, it really looked like the liked their jobs!

The one negative of dinner was the dessert, I am sure it was tasty but I took one bite and knew it had cream cheese. And since I am allergic to cream cheese I knew I had to leave this on the table. Sigh. Darn allergy! The menu didn’t mention cream cheese and I didn’t think to ask based on the description. Thankfully I only had one bite so not to much damage was done, I took a Benadryl and went on my way.