Comfort Suites Albany

After dinner, we weren't sleepy so we drove another 45 minutes to Albany. I looked on Hotwire and found a deal at Comfort Suites.

The Comfort Suites is located just off Hwy 5, so it was convenient.

We got a King Suite

complete with a little sitting area

microwave & mini fridge.

The hotel has an indoor pool and jacuzzi.

It even has a sauna.

There's a complimentary hot breakfast, including make your own waffle. There was an egg scramble with spinach, sausage & bacon. My favorite though was the biscuit & gravy!

2019 06 30

Olive Garden

We drove until it got dark and ended up in Eugene, Oregon. There wasn't much available and we had dinner at Olive Garden.

Bread sticks come with every meal and they're good.

You can get Salad with Italian Dressing with your meal. Or, you can get soup.

They were having a buy one entree, get one to go special. My husband got the Five Cheese Ziti--$12.99 with 2 Meatballs--$2.49 and got Spaghetti with Meat Sauce to go. How can you beat 2 entrees, salad & bread sticks for just $12.99?

I chose the Spaghettit with Meat Sauce for both my entree and meal to go--$12.99. The meat sauce is tasty.

2019 06 30

A Taste of BIm

It's a good thing I was able to travel last year. Now, that we can't go anywhere, I'm catching up on past trips. This one was a trip to the San Juan Islands. We drove up along Highway 1 then 101 along the coast.

A Taste of Bim got great reviews on Yelp so we stopped to have lunch. It's located at 613 3rd Street in Eureka and serves Caribbean cuisine.

On a Saturday, it was not crowded.

Stewed Oxtail--$22.99. It's served on Fri, Sat and Sun. The oxtail was fall-off-the-bone but it wasn't a huge portion.

Side Salad--$3.99

Cod Fritter--$6.99. These were not good. The interior was too mushy.

We also tried the Home Made Ginger Tea--$3. It was basically ginger brewed in water.

Near Eureka, we ran into a field full of elks.

2019 06 30

Cafe Beaujolais Bakery

Cafe Beaujolais in Mendocino makes great bread. During COVID, they fortunately are still selling their breads.

Cafe Beaujolais is located at 961 Ukiah Street.

Austrian Sunflower Seed Loaf--$5.75. This is a very dense bread but so tasty.

2020 05 10

Panda Express

Panda Express has a Family Meal for $20. You get 2 sides and 3 entrees and it's enough for 6.

One of the entrees is Chicken Egg Roll. You get 6 large egg rolls and these are quite good.

For the sides, I chose Chow Mein and Super Greens. Other options include Fried Rice and White Rice.

The other 2 entrees I chose were Chicken with Mushrooms and Broccoli Beef.

2020 05 07

Paradise Sushi

Paradise Sushi offers an All-You-Can-Eat option. It's located at 119 4th Street.

During COVID, when only takeout is available, the All-You-Can-Eat is actually 2 lunch rolls and 2 dinner rolls, with salad and a bowl of miso soup for $28.95. The salad is pretty anemic--iceberg lettuce with shredded carrots).

The dinner rolls are: 

• Red Dragon Roll (shrimp tempura, crab, avocado, topped with spicy tuna, sweet chili mayo, mango sauce, tobiko)
• Yummy Roll (shrimp tempura, crab, topped with salmon & spicy mayo lightly torched with eel sauce & sesame seeds)
• Samurai (rainbow roll topped with spicy scallops, scallion, eel sauce, tobiko)
• Chef Roll (hamachi tempura, cucumber & avocado with bay shrimp baked in mayo & eel sauce on top)
• Ocean Roll (calamari tempura & cream cheese, topped with salmon, lemon sauce, crab, scallion & eel sauce
• Dragon Roll (shrimp tempura & crab meat topped with eel, avocado, eel sauce & tobiko)
• Paradise Roll (spicy salmon & cucumber topped with hamachi, avocado, spicy mayo, eel sauce & macadamia nuts)
• Spider Roll (soft shell crab, cucumber & avocado with eel sauce & tobiko)
• Carburator (shrimp tempura & crab topped with mango, avocado, eel sauce & spicy mayo)
• Ceviche (salmon, serrano peppers, avocado, topped with 3 types of fish, shrimp, red onions, lime juice & cilantro

We ordered Dragon Roll & Carburator Roll for our dinner roll options and Ninja Roll (shrimp tempura & crab, topped with tuna, avocado, red snapper, tobiko, eel sauce & spicy mayo) & Rainbow Roll (California roll with 4 types of fish & avocado on top). 

2020 05 06

Kale Soup

A Portuguese friend taught me how to make kale soup many years ago and it is so comforting.

Kale Soup

3 Tbs olive oil
1 lb linguica or smoked sausage
1 pkg shredded kale
4 cloves garlic
3 cans low-sodium beef broth
3 cans water
4 bay leaves
2 tsp rosemary
1 Tbs marjoram
2 smoked ham hock
2 potatoes, peeled and cut into quarters
1 thick slice prosciutto, cut into cubes
1/2 cup barley
1 cup macaroni, boiled for 5 minutes

Brown linguica or sausage in olive oil. Remove from pot. Saute kale in oil and add garlic, beef broth, water, herbs, ham hock and potatoes. Boil then reduce heat to low. Cook for 30 minutes. Remove potatoes and mash. Add potatoes back to soup, along with barley. Cook 20 minutes longer then add partially cooked macaroni.



2020 04 05