Restaurant Bucket List

excuse my finger in the pic!

Will and I have decided we want to be more adventurous with our restaurants that we try. So, we are moving down a list of all the types of international cuisines. The restaurants will range from Portland down to Eugene (and possibly further south). This week we tried a Greek/Middle Eastern restaurant. It was very good! The restaurant was a small hole in the wall place called, Poppi's Anatolia. We started with dolmades (stuffed grape leaves) for an appetizer. I had a delicious plate of Egyptian Moussaka stew and Will had a very Greek flavored chicken dish with cauliflower and potatoes (small steps for him). Technically, I am very open to trying different foods (even meat - as long as I do not know what it is), but Will is working on being more adventurous. We ended the meal with baklava (one of my faves). This one was good, but I felt it was pretty different from the ones I had in Greece and at different Greek restaurants. It seemed a little more "Americanized".

 

Afterwards we tried a bar that was referred to as the "little Portland", but I totally forgot the name. That was an interesting place. It was the first time that I felt kind of old being somewhere, but people our age group showed up fairly quickly after we got there.



Last night we were able to have another date night. Since we were trying to be good on our diet and we were a bit tired from our busy Saturday (and staying out late),  we ate dinner at home and then went out for chips and salsa at a Mexican place...and beer. A few calories there, but we have not been drinking beer, so very much deserved!