Snowbirds Living in the Philippines : My Father's Day Outing at Rudy's Hideaway LobsterHouse

Monday, June 21, 2021

My Father's Day Outing at Rudy's Hideaway LobsterHouse

Yesterday was one of the happiest Father's Day Outing I have experienced in my aging years. It was the first time in 12 months I was out of the house without mask and saw more than 50 people inside a restaurant without social distancing. Ditas treated me for an early dinner to a 4.7 Star Lobster House( see photo above) in Rancho Cordoba only about 5 miles from our house. We had an early dinner reservation at 4:15PM. When we arrived at the restaurant, the parking lot ( around 100 cars) was almost full. We were seated right away and served our order in 10 minutes. Below is the menu for Father's Day.

The food was excellent, but after the Boston clam chowder and the Calamari appetizer, I was so full, I was not able to eat my entry. However, but we took it home. The soup was delicious and SF sourdough bread was warm and taste perfect.

Besides my first post -vaccination and without mask outing in the crowd, yesterday's is the Father's day, I will always remember- because all my children called me and extend their greetings.

The Rudy's Hideaway Lobster house reminded me of Spangler's Sea Food Restaurant in Berkeley that Macrine (RIP) and I used to patronized in the 1980's when we were still residing in Pinole, California. Ditas informed me Spanglers is now closed.

Here's a brief description and Customer reviews of Rudy's Hideaway Sea Food Restaurant for your information. https://www.opentable.com/rudys-hideaway Home Food Delivery is also available via Door Dash. The regular menu is not as pricey as the Father's Day menu above.

Meanwhile enjoy Hauser's cello rendition of Meditation by Thais- one of my favorite classical piece.

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Joys of Retirement

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