After a hiatus of over fours years, the Missus has decided it was time for another post..... so here goes.....
This is a post for my husband on his birthday, Kirk, the man behind the blog...
Those of you that read the blog from the beginning know that I only posted once and it is a post
about my childhood experience in China. Needless to say, I only post what is precious and dear to my heart.
First of all, I want to thank you for being my best friend. The most prominent moment was when we sitting by the shores of Mekong river after the walking tour of Vientiane designed by the "Lonely Planet" ( on this note, I appreciate you put up with my gruelling schedule during our travel. I
know it is not easy to follow the city tour and end up eating at the crappy Vietnamese sandwich in near 100 degree humidity air in Laos, or landing in china at 10pm the night before and then hike the 10k Great wall the next day) all tired and drained, watching the river rolling by and the sun setting in the hazy southeast Asia sky. Sitting on the mat trying hard to get comfortable
and drinking our first Beer Lao, the air filled with the smell of trash burning and falling in love with Laos. That is the moment I know that you are truly my best friend. Of course it is also about every day when I get back home from work, regardless of the time, I want to wake you up and tell you all about my day and you always listen patiently. I don't know how you do it but I dare you ever do that to me...
Second of all, I want to thank you for being so adventurous and together we enjoyed what different
cultures have to offer, through food and travel. I'm always surprised and a little sad to hear that my friends have never had Peking duck or pho or dim sum or truffle oil on fries. We may not like everything we ate but we always give it a honest try. We meet so many wonderful people and through foods we understand the culture and the people just a little more... It also makes me realize that we are more alike than different. Yes, we may speak different a language and use different utensils but at the end, love always come through the foods they make. Food is life, love food, love life... and I hope I am becoming a better person because of this. I learned compassion and tolerance through the years and start to see life through a entirely different angle.
Last but not least, I want to thank you for being a great dad to our boyz and gr
eat son-in-law for my parents and cousin and nephew for my family. We have no regrets with my boys. They may have been born in puppy mills but we give them the best life we know how to offer to them. And I know if they can talk they would definitely say to you " I love you daddy." My parents love you and you are deemed the golden standard son-in-law by my aunts. Even though the only chinese you know how
to say is "let's eat, thank you, and I'm so full I'm going to die", they love you cause you love and appreciated the foods they made and they made everything with love... The kind of love that come through multiple generations cause cooking is passed from generation to generation. When my aunt made the Sausage it is like my grandma making it for you just like she made for us years ago.
Those of you that read this far, make no mistake of thinking our life is perfect. There are ups and downs just like everyone else. But as a whole, I would marry you all over again. Thanks again for everything.
Happy Birthday.
That is a sweet post. Happy birthday Kirk.
Posted by: Ben | Wednesday, 02 February 2011 at 09:19 PM
happy birthday kirk! what a great post, started crying at the end, in a warm fuzzy kind of way. all the best for 2011!
Posted by: kat | Wednesday, 02 February 2011 at 09:24 PM
I come back from my minor hiatus grave to wish you a Happy Birthday bro!
Posted by: Darwin | Wednesday, 02 February 2011 at 09:32 PM
Happy Birthday Kirk! Here's to many more!
What a sweet post from your wife!!! awwww
Posted by: caninecologne | Wednesday, 02 February 2011 at 10:13 PM
such a heart-warming post. love it! and I agree with Kat, tears by the end of it =) thanks for sharing such sweet thoughts.
Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Lynnea | Wednesday, 02 February 2011 at 10:23 PM
Happy Birthday Kirk!! Thanks for creating and sharing mmm-yoso with us! Cheers to many more great years!!
Posted by: Dennis | Wednesday, 02 February 2011 at 10:43 PM
missus, that was such a beautiful and well written post...he's def. lucky to have you =p
happy bday kirk...i hope you are having a good ol time tonight!
Posted by: sawyer | Wednesday, 02 February 2011 at 10:52 PM
::STANDING OVATION::
Happy Birthday Dude Kirk! What is better for a birthday than a blessing like this from the person who is closest to you? It's gonna be an AWEsome year!
Posted by: Jo` | Thursday, 03 February 2011 at 03:43 AM
Aw, what a sweet and wonderful post. Happy birthday, Kirk! And xing nian kuai le too!
Posted by: tofugirl | Thursday, 03 February 2011 at 04:35 AM
Awwww, you a lucky man Kirk and Happy Birthday!
Oh and Happy Chinese New Year to you and the Missus. Wishing you the best of health and prosperity and of course a million more food blogging to come.
新年快乐 or is it 新年快樂
p.s. does the missus have sisters? ;-)
Posted by: bill | Thursday, 03 February 2011 at 05:50 AM
Gong Xi, Gong XI, Kirk and Missus. Happy BDay to you,Kirk. Lovely expressions of sentiment, Missus.
Hope your New Year is filled with love and fortune.
Posted by: Jeff C | Thursday, 03 February 2011 at 08:19 AM
The missus is 2 for 2 for making me teary-eyed with her posts.
Happy Birthday Kirk!
Posted by: Liza | Thursday, 03 February 2011 at 08:28 AM
happpy birthday kirk =D many more years to you and your wife!
Posted by: sara | Thursday, 03 February 2011 at 08:35 AM
Happy Birthday Bro:
My wife and I also from two different cultures...me middle eastern..her Chinese...
Interested in a dining out adventure?
We are in Kearny Mesa.
Posted by: Funk Man | Thursday, 03 February 2011 at 08:55 AM
Happy Birthday Kirk! Like everyone else, I was really touched by this post by the Missus. This morning I was driving into work and thinking about how I have been surrounded by so many unhappy marriages and the only advice on marriage I seem to get is "don't do it." So reading this post after coming into work was so perfect.
Happy New Year to you and the Missus!
Posted by: kirbie | Thursday, 03 February 2011 at 09:22 AM
Awwww.... Happy Birthday, Kirk!
Posted by: Rosa | Thursday, 03 February 2011 at 09:31 AM
Thank you, Kirk and the Missus, for all the wonderful stories in the blog. You are both so fortunate to have each other.
Happy Birthday, Kirk! Is today the actual birthday?
And may this Year of the Rabbit bring you happiness, prosperity and more blog adventures.
Posted by: Sandy | Thursday, 03 February 2011 at 09:44 AM
That was so sweet! Happy birthday, Kirk!
Posted by: Mary | Thursday, 03 February 2011 at 10:55 AM
Happy Birthday Kirk!!! I am grateful to be able to vicariously share in your travels and your meals. And you've introduced me to places in San Diego that I never would have explored on my own. Here's to another year of good eats!!
Posted by: Sarah Norton | Thursday, 03 February 2011 at 11:28 AM
Kirk,
Glücklicher Geburtstag from Germany! I wish you many good and loving years to spend with your loving wife.
Posted by: Shirley | Thursday, 03 February 2011 at 12:48 PM