Summer Vacation 2006: The Food (Part 1)

This is the first in a series of entries about our summer vacation to the Oregon Coast and Bellevue, Washington.
The itinerary we followed, by day, was:

1. Leave Vancouver, shop at the Seattle Premium Outlets, stay overnight in Clackamas, a suburb of Portland, Oregon
2. Visit the towns of Seaside, Cannon Beach, and Lincoln City, Oregon, stay overnight in Lincoln City
3. Shop at the factory outlets in Lincoln City, beachcomb, relax, stay another night in Lincoln City
4. The Oregon Dunes, stay overnight in Florence, Oregon
5. Drive to Bellevue, Washington
6. Shop in Bellevue, visit the Boeing Plant at Everett
7. Visit Seattle's Pike Place and Pioneer Square, shop some more in Bellevue
8. Leave Bellevue, shop at the Seattle Premium Outlets once again, drive home

With the preliminaries out of the way, this blog entry details my foray into gluttony. Much like those ladies who lucked upon a rented houseboat of partying rugby players celebrating the end of their tournament over a long weekend off the shores of Shuswap Lake, every rule in the book was broken. Instead of six smaller meals low in simple carbohydrates and saturated fats, I gorged three times a day on starchy and deep-fried food and topped dinner off with dessert.

Day 2, @ Sam's Seaside Café, Seaside, OR
I had the tuna sandwich lunch platter with tomato soup. Good ol' American fare.

Matthew couldn't finish his burger platter, so I lent a helping mouth.


Day 2, @ Kyllo's, Lincoln City, OR
We went to a funky, dimly-lit restaurant with an ocean view. They had kidney-shaped wooden tables for larger parties (my family and my brother's family made for eight). The restaurant would fare well in Vancouver, let alone a small town like Lincoln City (population 7,437). And the building is on stilts!

I ordered the Seafood Fry, thinking pan-fried, but no such luck. Gulf Shrimp, oysters, scallop, halibut, cod, squid, all deep-fried. This shot is out of focus, a small bout of personal incompetence.


Day 3, @ Momiji's, Tanger Outlet Store, Lincoln City, OR
It's one of those "authentic" Japanese places that also serve Chinese. For lunch, we ordered some maki rolls and the General Chao/Tao (whatever they call it) chicken. Darn tasty until the mishap: somehow, a whole dried chili pepper ended up in one of the chicken pieces. It took, and I swear, 15 minutes for Betty to regain her composure. She even resorted to sticking her tongue into the ice cubes in our water. And just prior to this, Matthew put a whole spoonful of wasabi in his mouth thinking it was avocado.


Day 3, @ Kyllo's, Lincoln City, OR
The Italian place recommended by the hotel attendant was closed, so we ended up at Kyllo's again. This time, I ordered the Salmon.

To Be Continued...