Our First Anniversary

It is hard to believe that over a year ago now, William and I were married in the Salt Lake Temple for time and all eternity. Time has just flown by and every day, I love him even more. He truly is my soul mate- or "media naranja" (as the Spaniards say it- it literally means half orange so you are bringing the two back together).

We both had to do work but were able to spend another evening in downtown San Francisco. William bought me these beautiful roses and I curled my hair especially for him. I am also wearing one of the shirts he gave me as a Christmas present when we were dating (he's got good taste).

Traffic was amazing- literally unbelievable in that we drove straight downtown with zero problems. There was even less traffic than on some Saturdays. We made it about 30 minutes early before our dinner reservation and so we decided to walk around Union Square which was close by. It was SUPER windy and so the curl completely went out of my hair (as illustrated in the photo below) but I was glad that we got a photo of it and that William was able to enjoy it for a little bit.

We went to a place that was very highly recommended by William's co-worker called "Le Colonial" and I was excited to go to it because the executive chef was one of the special guests on Top Chef season 1 so I knew that it had to be good. Le Colonial is a French-Vietnamese fusion restaurant that is truly somewhat of a hole in the wall. The surrounding areas are back alleys of a parking lot and you walk up a set of stairs into a long beautiful patio that leads you to the main entrance. It was a great ambiance and busy, but not too crowded since it was a Monday night. And we were literally blown away by how good the food was. It has been a long time since I went to a restaurant for the first time and loved EVERY SINGLE thing that we were served.

We began we the chefs appetizer tasting menu which was a great choice- we had crab cakes, fresh spring rolls, a salad, chicken wings, and beef satay.

Our favorite dish of the night was this lobster soup made with coconut milk- it had the most unique flavor to it that was so tasty. Our main dish did not have the best presentation- the beef was just in these hunks (we're so alike because we thought the exact same thing) but the taste was incredible. Unique but very good. And we split two desserts- the first consisted of apple filled bengets with a cinnamon crust, caramel syrup, and vanilla ice cream. The next dessert was coconut panna cotta with pineapple ice cream on top (as pictured below with the beautiful garnish). It was good, but the still didn't compare to the panna cotta we had at Lumiere's in Boston.

All in all, it was a fabulous way to celebrate our first anniversary- and we are looking forward to many more to come!