Restaurant Meals, 2025 Road Trip, Part Two

 When I'm traveling, doing my road trips, I like to try local restaurants, not chains, but local restaurants, although, I've also been known to stop at chains.  

Here are just a few of the places I've stopped at.  

I stopped in at the Moon Palace in Sequim.   Can't say I really loved the almond chicken, cause the sauce was a bit much, but the rest of the plate was good.   

Not super excited by this, but it was edible.   

I had breakfast at the Sunshine Cafe in downtown Sequim.   I'd ordered the sausage and eggs, but when the owner asked me how I liked my meal, I had to confess I didn't care for the sausage. She then brought me some of the best-tasting bacon I've ever eaten.   And the little pot of deliciousness there was some homemade tasting Marionberry preserves.  The sourdough toast was also pretty awesome.  I took a big bite before I took the picture.

And then we come to Vancouver Island.   My sisters told me about the Roast Beef Special every Sunday at the Mount Brenton Golf Course.   Look at the size of that Yorkshire Pudding.  

It was so good, I asked to go back the following week.  

And it was just as good.   

Next on my wish list was Just Jakes, for their Greek Caesar with Shrimp.   I wasn't too impressed with the shrimp this trip, it was pretty pale and lack luster.   But the salad, was just as good as I remembered it. 

It may seem like an odd combo, but if you're a fan of either salad, try combining them sometime.  You'll be glad you did. 

I also found out that a former favorite restaurant was back and serving food, so I got a take out from them one night.    The Dragon Juan Cafe was back. In its former iteration, it was not only a Chinese Restaurant but also a disco, back in the day.  And I was a semi-frequent customer of both the restaurant and the disco.  And yes, I know that dates me.  The Dragon also featured local bands, and I also have to admit to sitting in awe and watching the drummer on some of my favorites.  I had a mad crush on one young man, and now cannot recall his name, but if their band was playing, I was there.    And enough of the maundering around.  I ordered the combo and it ended up feeding me for three meals.   It was a more than generous portion.   

I also hit a few other favorite restaurants.    The CVI was one of them.  CVI stands for Cowichan Valley Inn.   

One night for dinner with one of my sisters, we ended up at the CVI and shared the Nacho platter.  Gotta say, I had more than enough to eat.   It was a very generous platter.   

I also hit a few other favorite restaurants.   Back when I was a teen, there was a restaurant called Romeo's in town; they used to have a disco there, along with the restaurant.  Well, times change, the restaurant and disco got shut down, and then it was opened up again, and as it turned out, it was a great place for me to meet my sisters for a meal, and we did meet there several times for a meal, that is.   

The last time there I tried their fish taco's and they were good. 

I was good, and just ate the fish, but the tacos' while tasty were also a trifle messy to eat.  

I do like a good fish taco, and tried the ones at the Cook and Butcher in Cowichan Bay as well.  We were there for my sister's birthday, and umm, I ended up wearing most of a caesar drink, due to a glass implosion, no fault of the server, but the glass decided it was done being a glass just as she put it down on the table.  

I did get a picture of another one, that did not implode.   Look at this, it's a meal in itself.  

 I didn't order the drink, my nephew did, but the fish taco's I ordered were pretty darn good.  

And since I was on Vancouver Island, and it's a bit of a seafood heaven, I also enjoyed some fresh-caught crabs, courtesy of a nephew.   Heck, I even made the family my 😜 award-winning crabcakes one night, with some fresh caught Dungeness crab.  

Would you believe I almost got too much of a good thing with all that crab? Well, I did, but I am hoping my nephew is just as generous when I get up there next year.  Cause I will take advantage of him and his generosity. 

And staying with the fishy side, I also stopped in at a favorite local'ish pub in Crofton and had their cod bites a couple of times.  While enjoying the view over the bay.   This is at the Osborne Bay Pub in Crofton, B.C. 

I also tried a few more dishes off their menu, cause I wanted to make sure their food was good enough to brag on.  

They have daily specials and some incredible soups.  

I tried Montreal Smoked Meat for the first time there, and ummm, if it's all like this, I'm a big fan. 

This was such a generous-sized bowl of soup, I ended up taking some of it back to my place and reheated it the next day.  

I also tried the wings another time along with the soup of the day, and again, it was more than I could eat and I took the rest home to reheat.  I can't remember what this soup was called other than delicious. 

I tried the wings cause my sister had ordered them one time and they looked good, and I love wings. 

I did eat at a local White Spot in Campbell River, it's a local'ish chain, and has consistently decent food. 

One of my last meals with my sisters this trip was at the iconic Doghouse restaurant.    I'd not had any curry this trip, and when one of my sisters mentioned she'd not been here for a while for their curry, I jumped on the idea of getting their chicken curry.    This was a half order.  I hate to think what a full order would be, cause I ended up not even eating half of this.   This is also one of those semi-iconic dishes.  It consists of breaded deep-fried chicken cubes covered in very mild curry gravy, over your choice of rice, coleslaw, fries, or any combo thereof.   I like it with half rice and half coleslaw, but you do you.   As I've said, the serving is very generous and more than I can eat.  

And that does it for this trip down my culinary memory bank.  I'll share more meals at a later date.  Mainly cause I headed back to Sequim, Washington and then drove back across the country, and have to admit that many of my meals were the fast food variety, but I did eat at a few places that were good enough to blog boast about.   BTW, none of the restaurants mentioned here know who I am, and any reviews are purely my own.