Monday, September 7, 2009

The Best Laid Plans

A four day weekend! The last of the summer! I had big plans, mostly involving riding my bike. Here's what actually happened.

On Friday, I got my haircut. It was supposed to be a trim, but the guy went a little nuts and I now resemble a Romulan. It's okay, a little hair product fixes it right up. I then took a really long nap and woke up in time to go out for dinner. Missed workout day 1.

On Saturday, I intended to take a really long bike ride, then go out for brunch. 11 miles into my ride, I got a flat tire, and had to be rescued. I still went for brunch. Then I took another really long nap. When I woke up, the spouse and I went to get pizza. Missed workout day 2.

On Sunday, I wanted to make up my missed workouts with another bike ride. Instead, the spouse and I had a home cooked breakfast (eggs, homefries, tempeh bacon, english muffins) and then decided to drive to Atlantic City for the day. Missed workout day 3.

While in Atlantic City, we decided to try Buddakan for dinner. Full disclosure: we are mostly vegetarian with some leanings towards pescetarianism. Sometimes we eat seafood. This was one of those times.

Scallops in Black Bean Sauce
Scallops in Black Bean Sauce

Wild Mushroom Chow Fun
Wild Mushroom Chow Fun

Chocolate Pagoda
Chocolate Pagoda

Coconut Rice Pudding
Coconut Rice Pudding

Not photographed because I was fighting with the dark lighting in the restaurant: Edamame Ravioli and Wild Mushroom Dumplings.

The food was awesome. The service was eh. Once we placed our order, we were fine, because the food runners just dropped the food off as it was ready. We simply waited a bit longer than we would have liked to place the order. Perhaps we were just hungry.

I'm currently waiting for the spouse to fix my bike tire so I can not miss workout day 4. He's in his comfy chair. I'm not sure he really wants to get up.

2 comments:

  1. That food looks delicious.How were the scallops? Last week we tried Sho-Gun (sushi/hibachi place on Street Rd.).
    We were a little disappointed. It was just OK. I ordered a scallop tempura roll and it was so blah.

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  2. The scallops were amazing. Melt in your mouth delicious. I don't see them on the Philly menu, though. Bummer.

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