We did it! We finally found a Japanese restaurant in the area that serves Japanese food, not the Korean, Filipino, or Chinese take on Japanese food. I know it sounds like I'm splitting hairs, but the taste and style of cooking is different. We had several excellent Japanese restaurants that we frequented in Seattle, but have not (until tonight) had excellent Japanese food in about 6 years. AND... this restaurant had lots of vegetarian options!!! AND... Tomo (the restaurant's name) is walking distance from where we live!!! All good things.
Today was a good food day and a good day in general. Breakfast was the usual cereal and fruit. Lunch was a wrap made with yesterday's leftovers (sweet potato hash) and lots of peppers, cucumbers and lettuce with fruit for dessert. Dinner... ahhhh, dinner. Dinner was from Tomo.
We walked into Tomo and immediately got a good vibe. There was a very large sushi bar in a bright, well lit, yet comfortable place. The waitress was very friendly and cheerful, patiently coming back to our table several times before we were ready to order. Brian got a plateful of sushi; 15 pieces in total, including a rainbow roll and some random pieces of sushi. I ordered a California roll and vegetable yakisoba noodles. The noodles came well before everything else, so I wasn't hungry for much of the California roll by the time it got there. Brian ate half of it. For those of you keeping score at home, that brings his total to 19 pieces. This is not a record for him, but it does make his belly stick out.
Back to the yakisoba noodles: a hot, steaming plateful of teriyaki drenched vegetables and noodley goodness. By the way, teriyaki sauce is really sweet. I didn't realize it until I took my first bite after a day with no added sugar, and got hit by the intensity of the sweetness. It was amazing! Perhaps this is why I'm doing the challenge. By removing the extraneous sugars from the day, I was able to get all of the complexities of the sauce. Or, maybe not. Either way, it was great!
Just in case the food day wasn't good enough, I also loaded the dogs into the car and drove out to the beach between lunch and dinner. The drive was on Hwy 26 through the Oregon Coastal mountain range. It was BEAUTIFUL! So green! So fresh! So wet! It rained off an on for most of the way there. No matter. We came out of the mountain into a gorgeous mix of sun and fog, right on the beach! Katy (big dog) was so excited to be at the ocean again. She was found abandoned on a beach in Washington state seven years ago. Buckley (little dog) had never seen anything like it and was even goofier than ever. First thing he did was find something dead and put it in his mouth. Great.
We left the beach and drove up to Astoria, then took Hwy 30 back home. The whole trip took about four hours and was well worth it. Dean, there is a Wilkerson Camp Ground off of 30, so I kept thinking of you and how much fun you and your family would have up there. I don't know if the girls camp, but I know you'd love the area.
Well, that was it for the day: no meat, no dairy, and the only sugar was in the teriyaki. Not a bad day at all.
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