Just a week after giving birth, Jay and I went to Magleby’s for all you can eat crabs. Korean tradition is that you and the baby don’t go out for a month for the sake of you and the baby’s health and all these other extremities such as not bending or twisting your wrist(literally), not crunching on ice because all your teeth will fall out(my mother’s words exactly), etc. but that’s worth a whole other post. So my mom didn’t think it was a good idea but with my body feeling good and me wanting those dang crabs, we went nonetheless.
By the time we got our crabs I felt my breasts get engorged with milk due to skipping a feeding, but it was so good I kept eating my dang crabs. We wished Adalie was there with us and felt bad we left her behind and agreeing that she would love the crabs, we decided to ever so discreetly hide the crabs in a napkin and take it with us. Horrible idea. First of all, Jay had to go to the “bathroom” so on his way back he could snatch a napkin from another table. Second of all, Jay had to lean over next to my plate so he could break the crab legs and in the middle of doing so, our waitress appeared on our sight which caused Jay to jolt up out of nervousness and he dropped the crab legs and stopped everything he was doing which had to be SOOOOOOO obvious. We waited for the waiter to disappear out of sight and when he did, with the napkin Jay snatched on his way back from the bathroom, we rolled up a few legs and shoved it in my purse. Right after I shoved it in my purse I looked up and my eyes met with our waiter’s eyes who was by the cashier register in the corner. He had his eyes big with his mouth gaped open like he couldn’t believe what he was seeing and then he ducked down and started laughing with another waiter in the corner.
I never felt so embarrassed and shamed in my life! Then I realized I was just like my Asian mother whom just a few days earlier brought me a scone and a garlic bread wrapped ever so nicely in a napkin from Chuck-A-Rama. Why do Asians do this? Are we the only ones that do this? Whatever the case may be, that was the very day when I realized I am the stereo-typical Asian I make fun of sometimes. Ugh…
When I told Jay our waiter had totally seen us, the look on Jay’s face was priceless. You would’ve felt bad for the guy if you had seen it too. I could obviously tell he was all shame and embarrassed as well so we got up to leave ever so quickly and discreetly but it didn’t help that our waiter who was tending the table right next to us turned to us and said, “Oh take your time guys, there’s no rush.” ARE YOU KIDDING ME? OF COURSE THERE IS A RUSH, we just got caught stealing crab legs and shoving it in our purse!!! We gave him a 20% tip and half walked/half ran out of the restaurant and across the parking lot to get to our car to drive away as fast as we could. A lesson learned: There is ALWAYS somebody watching you.
Mibi and Lee says
ROFL!!!!!!!!!! It is TOTALLY a Korean thing:-P But a real Korean wouldn’t have been SHAMED they would have complained about something totally random and ade a huge scene just to take the attention off of them! So funny!!!!! At least you got your crabs:-)
Tim, Lynn and baby Kaden says
haha that’s pretty funny! i get embarrassed doing stuff like that too but hey at least hopefully you won’t see that waiter again.
Jaymie Tyau says
I had a hard time reading this post, on account of it being so embarassing. I mean, I felt embarassed for you just reading it and I like slowed down on the embarassing parts because it was seriously painful to read. Haha. Just glad it wasn’t me. And yes, it is an Asian thing. My mom does it ALL THE TIME. She went with my sister to eat yakiniku (like Camelia’s) and she had my sister cook a bunch of meat and then she stuffed it in a plastic bag she had in her purse! I am ashamed, but that’s my Asian mom for you.
George, Jenny, and Carlitos says
Wow-that must have been sooo embarrassing! If it makes you feel better-I think most cultures have a tendency to do that. 🙂 Hee hee. I love that you posted this. Great!
Kayla R. says
HOW EMBASSESING…ha i love you SAr!
George, Jenny, and Carlitos says
This is George writing this if you’re wondering why there are two comments from us. Sarah, it’s a good thing that Jay works out a lot and probably flexed when trying to hide the crab legs in the napkin. I think that it’s not just an Asian thing but a minority thing. I’ve done it a few times at Asuka’s all you can eat sushi but it’s b/c I didn’t want to pay for the leftovers. Jay I think you have to learn some 007 skills before you go trying to sneak any food out of any restaurants.
George
Kat Clark says
Hillarious! I hope she loved them!
Mary says
lol! you guys crack me up. you should keep ziplocs in your purse. . .just in case the opportunity arises again. . .lol
harmony says
love it! and no, i don’t think asians are the only ones who do that stuff – well, i guess i AM part asian – but WHO ISN’T?! lol! when tony roma’s has their endless ribs, i totally sneak some out. don’t lie – i know u guys do it too.
Nicole says
LOL, Ket and I had a good laugh at this… Yes, Ket is always trying to do things like this… I have learned to leave my PURSE in the car when ever we go to an all you can eat place!
o1ohana says
SHAME!!!!
Kami says
Tsk tsk…shame on you two! ha ha. That was hilarious! Are their crabs good? Better than Red Lobster? Mmmmmmmm
Sarah says
yes! their crabs are really good. I haven’t tried the red lobster. i do love their rolls. yum…