We had dinner at P.F. Chang's in Lynnwood tonight with Ben's brother, Spencer. It took FOREVER to be seated. When we got there, we were told it would be a 20-30 minute wait. It was more than an hour!!! Thank God it was nice enough to wait outside. Katie was extremely loud and impatient. She was all over the place and very hard to contain and control. Anyway, as soon as we were finally seated, we ordered a children's chicken fried rice for Katie, along with our drinks. We were pretty sure she was hungry, since it was so much later than our normal dinner time. Nope, she wasn't hungry. She ate maybe two pieces of chicken and one bite of rice. She did, however, drink a ton of milk. Ben, Spencer, and I started with an order of crispy green beans. I'm not sure what the dipping sauce is, but it is spicy hot and good! Then we shared orders of sesame chicken, spicy chicken, and beef a la sichuan. Nothing was left over but some shredded veggies and broccoli, and Katie's fried rice.
Another delicious breakfast at the Arch Cape Inn today. First course- strawberry, kiwi, apricot fruit salad in a yogurt, poppyseed dressing. Second course- wild mushroom quiche and apple chicken sausage patties. Again, we were both brave and tried the quiche. It was actually pretty good. It was in puff pastry, which definitely improved it:) The sausage was wonderfully tasty. They served fresh cranberry scones for the third course. The steady drizzle of the morning caused us to head back to Jennifer's house in Clackamas, OR, instead of spending more time in Cannon Beach. The drive back was very quick compared to most of the other driving we did on the trip. We had lunch at a local grocery store deli and then spent the afternoon relaxing at her home. Our plan was to have dinner at Montage in Portland, OR. We have attempted to go there several times before and have not made it for one reason or another. We actually drove there tonight, parked, and went in the front door only to find out that they had just filled all the tables and that they didn't have high chairs or booster seats. Foiled again! Someday we WILL eat there:) Luckily, we knew of an excellent Chinese restaurant relatively close by- Mandarin Cove. We were seated immediately and had a fantastic meal with wonderful service! We shared General Tso's Chicken, dry sauteed string beans with chicken, and beef with orange flavor. With full bellies, we finished our day by watching "The Hangover".
I sang in a benefit concert this evening, so we had dinner a bit early. We got Chinese food from the Safeway deli counter. In addition to fried rice and chow mein, we had Mongolian beef, General Tso's chicken, and a few pot stickers. I am always amazed at how much food gets packed into those small take-out boxes. The food was ok, but definitely was not as good as going to a Chinese restaurant. It just loses something when it is not served immediately after cooking.Katie was not very thrilled with our dinner choice. She had a couple tiny bites of chicken and noodles with us, but then waited to eat an apple and cheese with her babysitter.
