sweet tofu vegan sushi

Ingredients: rice, roasted seaweed (see below), sweet tofu, fresh avocado

spread ingredients as pictured onto seaweed

roll

cut into 1'' pieces--wet knife with water to make it easier to cut

tasty

Homemade Vegetarian Naan and Curry

Our friend Jules made this delicious meal.

Stern Grove Concert, OK GO! San Francisco

Savory Tamarind Noodle Soup in 10 minutes

 Need some quick savory food? No ramen in the cupboard? Don't feel like going out to eat?

scallion and cilantro to garnish

end with white pepper

done in 10 minutes!

Servings: 2

Ingredients:

Optional: 1/4 tsp vegetable oil
firm tofu, cut into cubes, 1/2 cup 
Water Spinach (rau muong), 1 cup

1 boiled egg

onion, 1/4, dice into cubes

tomato, 1 dice into 6 pieces

noodles

tamarind soup mix, enough to taste

salt, enough to taste

sugar, 1/2 tsp

pepper paste, 1/4 tsp

garlic, 1/4 tsp, finely diced

fried onions, to garnish

scallions, to garnish
cilantro, to garnish

jalepeno, to garnish

mint, to garnish

white pepper, to garnish

A Sushi non-vegan Adventure--Walnut Creek, CA

black cod special

My husband is a vegetarian. I am a non-mammalian omnivore, meaning I do not eat mammals (with some exceptions). I cook only vegetarian cuisine, but when we go out, I like to indulge with chicken or seafood. Months ago we discovered Ajisai  Japanese Grill & Sushi in Walnut Creek. Since then, we've returned almost a dozen times. The service was friendly and the food? delicious! My husband's favorite is the vegetarian deluxe rolls while mine is well, everything else. I'm a fan of udon and have eaten it at many places. Ajisai's udon noodle soup is by far, my favorite! Wayne and his staff are absolutely delightful! If only everyone in the world was as friendly as nice as them!

We've had Ajisai cater for our wedding and everyone was delighted by the food! Fresh and delicious, yum!

The Land of the Medicine Buddha-a Retreat in Santa Cruz

Hiking trail--so serene

We saw a leaf waggling on the trail. It was the only leaf which was moving that way. Perhaps it was a pet spirit?

 

rooms

Path to our room

View from our room

view from ourbed

window from our room

Clean room, serene atmosphere. It was so peaceful. We're glad to ended our honeymoon week hiking, enjoying nature while nourishing our spirits. Thank you, Land of Medicine Buddha, for a wonderful experience.

Yelp:  

Location:

5800 Prescott Rd
Soquel, CA 95073

The Penny Ice Creamery-Santa Cruz, CA

Pivot Sorbet-a bit tart, not too sweet, definitely fresh taste

Chocolate Sorbet and Pivot Sorbet $4, the combination was fantastic!

Our tongues did happy dances upon the arrival of the chocolate and pivot sorbet combination! There was a line of about 10 people upon arrival. The staff (Zach and team?) were friendly and helpful.

The most delightful part? They make their ice cream in house from scratch!

ice cream machine

around town, tower near the ice creamery

The Penny Ice Creamery

913 Cedar St
Santa Cruz, CA 95060

(831) 204-2523

http://thepennyicecreamery.com/ 

A Brief Quest for Vietnamese Vegetarian Cuisine

We found a savory Vegetarian Place! This is now our favorite Vietnamese restaurant. It's delicious, friendly, authentic, quick. and affordable.

What is it? Dong Phuong Tofu on McKee Road in San Jose.

mushroom stuffed tofu. Deliciously fried! So crispy

bun "bo" hue, a central Vietnamese noodle soup

Mi (egg noodle)

Vegan Mien Mang Ga--savory with salad on the side $6,

Vegan Chao Thap Cam $6--light, not too salty, with lots of goodies in it. Definitely a fan of their imitation "cha" (Vietnamese ham), the veggie meatball was delicious!

Vegetarian Eggrolls- best vegetarian eggrolls we've had--perhaps it has some yam in it?

Fish cake (non-vegetarian) the cashier said it was 魚 糕 $2---delicious, not dry, definitely good value

assorted mix: $5, salad,eggrolls, tofu tomoto patty, bamboo, 

yum!

Update: Vegetarian treats!

sweet banh beo la dua (pandan flavor)

re-heating eggrolls and mushroom tofu

4.5/5 stars on Yelp

2359 McKee Rd
San Jose, CA 95116

(408) 251-6838

Castello di Amorosa

Wine Tasting Room

Vegetarian Chopsticks on Honeymoon

Chateau Montelena, Calistoga, CA

Chateau Montelena, Calistoga, CA

Love letter...to who?

peek-a-boo :)

My husband chose these cake toppers and he couldn't have made a better choice! They're now our travel companions.Thanks to Y&A for the idea!

Post-wedding photos: Dress by Maggie Sottero

 My husband and I are budding photographers. Of course, we had to take photos of the wedding dress after we picked it up from our bridesmaid. The dress went through a lot of labor after being used and abused. It took us almost an hour to iron it after taking it out of a trash bag.  It was priceless to see it receiving some love from the hubby :)

Hotel Booking Tip:
-If you can afford to be flexible, try booking via www.hotwire.com
-Once you check in at the hotel, ask for upgrade to honeymoon suites. We stayed at the Sheraton and were upgraded upon request. Hilton gladly upgraded up to their Jr. Suite
-Rates are best on weekdays