2025 Road Trip Restaurant Meals (for now)

 It may look like all I did was eat my way across the country, but these meals were enjoyed over a period of 5 months.  

Once I was back in Sequim, I went to the 7 Cedars Casino to the 7 Brothers Restaurant in there.  They've had consistently good food when I've eaten there.   And a lot of it is fun as well.    I love a good Chicken Fried steak, but am also in like with Chicken Fried Chicken as well, and really don't like a lot of sauce glopped over it, so I asked for the sauce to be served on the side here.  The veggies were perfectly cooked, the chicken, well, I ate it all, along with the mashed taters.    It was my only meal of the day.  And I also won on the slot machines, so, my dinner was paid for, 😜.   And if you're a member, you also get a slight discount on your meals.  Always a nice benefit. 

There is a little restaurant in Sequim called the Oak Table Cafe.   I decided to go there for Breakfast the next morning.    My realtor introduced me to this little gem last year.   And as usual, there was a line up, but I was ok with waiting, cause I knew there was deliciousness inside.   The bacon was some of the best I think I've ever eaten.  Thick, perfectly cooked and well, the whole meal was amazing.  

We're not finished with Sequim either.   Or with bacon and eggs.   I tried out the Black Bear Diner the next day and have to say their bacon and eggs were good as well.  And as you can see, I was a hungry person, and started eating before I took the picture.    Bacon and Eggs are such a simple meal and yet, I think one of the hardest meals to make, and this is speaking as someone who's cooked for people.    I know I'm picky on how my eggs are cooked, and have offered many an egg to the kitchen goddess when I've over cooked or broken the yolk or just didn't like the way the egg was looking at me in the pan.  

I was staying in an Air BnB and didn't feel like cooking much while I was there, so I ate out for many of my meals.  

I did go back to the Dynasty Restaurant for one meal. I really like their Sweet and Sour Pork, and the rice is good as well.  

Have I mentioned the Halfway House restaurant in Brinnon, Washington yet?  I've only eaten there a couple of times, but I will make the effort to stop in there for a meal when I'm either on my way to Sequim or leaving there.  The Monte Cristo has got to be almost an inch thick, and so good.  I've only ever been able to eat half of it.  And it's cooked all the way through.   

Don't forget the desserts either.  I didn't.  I got a Coconut Cream pie to go, and thoroughly enjoyed it later on.    I would have licked the container but couldn't get my mouth in there to do so.  It was worth every single calorie.  

And as I was enjoying each mouthful, I kept thinking of a friend who would have loved it as well.  Sorry, Lynn, I ate it all.  

As I said, much of the time, as I was driving across the country, I had fast food.  One night, though, I stopped in Sidney, NE, at a Days Inn, I think it was.  A friend texted me and told me about a Mexican restaurant called Three Margaritas, which was pretty much next door.    I was tired and not hungry, but wanted a drink.  So I headed over there, and ummm, if I'm ever in Sidney, NE I'll be going back to that restaurant.   I ordered their Guacamole Salad and a Margarita and had a lovely end to a long day of driving.  

It was in a very heavy glass, and tasted amazing.   

I stopped in Mansfield, MO cause I wanted to see the Laura Ingalls Wilder house museum,  and decided to fuel up at the Wingos Cafe.  The clubhouse was huge, and I ended up taking the other half with me and eating it later on.  

The museum was everything you'd want a Laura Ingalls Wilder museum to be, and I'll be writing about it over on my other blog, Sea Palm Treasures.    

I had to do it, saw that there was a Shoney's restaurant on my way home, and decided to stop for a meal.  We used to go to a Shoney's in Kingsland, Georgia, and so this was a nostalgic stop for me.    I think it was in Clanton, AL.   The offerings were the same on the buffet as I remembered, but the dessert bar was where I got excited.    They offered canned pears with mayo and cheddar cheese sprinkles.   It was a dish I was introduced to after moving to Florida.  I had never liked canned pears, still don't, but there was something about how this was done that appealed to me.   And it's also fun to introduce people to this southern delicacy.  😜  I mean, who puts mayo, grated cheddar cheese and a maraschino cherry on top of a canned pear and offers it to people?  I would never have dreamed that that particular combo would taste, not only good, but really good.  

And now I'm home and back to cooking for myself.   Mostly.  I did go to the Legion for Burger Night

and then out to breakfast at a local restaurant the next day.    I got the Yoghurt Parfait 

and a bread pudding with a caramelized whiskey sauce.  

and that's it for my 2025 Road Trip.