One of my favorite things about Monterey is it’s Old Fisherman’s Wharf. It’s tiny and loaded with either restaurants or souvenier shops. I like how every single restaurant has someone standing outside giving out samples of their clam chowder. If I wasn’t already full from dinner, I’d say all these samples woulda gotten me full [...]
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After dinner, we had to walk off the food so we went to Lovers Point Park, just a few blocks away from the restaurant. Well, we stayed mainly around the beach side, and I climbed up the rocks to grab a view of everything from atop. I spotted sea otters too, but they were too [...]
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We didn’t originally plan on having dinner at Passionfish. We were going to a cheaper restaurant, but that place was booked for a private party, so I figured, when in Rome …
This was the best meal I’ve had this year (I think). We had an avocado dungeness crab salad, a seafood calamari salad, sea scallops, [...]
Such a nice beach. The sand is so soft that when I first stepped onto it, I sank. Dogs are able to roam around unleashed. Too bad it was cold, otherwise I would have dipped my feet into the water. Mom got a little too close and her pants got wet. Ha!
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We had the best pork sandwich ever at Carmel Belle, located inside the Doud Craft Studios. It was a slow-cooked Berkshire pork with red onion-currant chutney on a ciabatta bread. How good was it? My mom didn’t want to eat because she was still full from breakfast and dessert, but I insisted that she take [...]
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This was the second non-food stop of our visit to Carmel. The Carmel Mission Basilica is definitely worth a visit if you’re: 1) into history, 2) into religion, or 3) have a checklist and need to get it out of the way. I fall under 2 and 3. $5 entrance, or $4 if you’re a [...]
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Our first non-food stop during our trip to Monterey Bay was at the Point Lobos State Reserve. The weather was muggy but that didn’t stop us from going. We hiked around for a bit but had to rush since I had an itinerary long enough to last a whole weekend yet crammed into a day.
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After breakfast, I had to have dessert. I know, I know, who does dessert after breakfast, right? I’m on a mini-vacation, so I can eat whatever I want in any order I want. Mom and I just shared a red velvet “baby cake”, which is Layers Cake’s version of a cupcake. Layers Cakes also seems [...]
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According to Yelp, The Breakfast Club seems to be the most popular place to dine in Seaside, so that was the first place I decided to eat to kick off the day. I can see why it’s so popular – HUGE portions and reasonable prices, and the food was pretty good. Not great, but definitely [...]
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