Portland, Maine Sights

Portland Head Light house. I think I dug the rocks and the ocean more than the actual light house, but whatevs! It was pretty!

Silly's! So fun (and yummy!)

Nik was beyond happy that they had Moxie there and Moxie shakes. I had never heard of the stuff before, but it holds a special place in his heart.

Sitting on top of a Ferry, waiting to depart to Peak's Island.

Someone loves buoys! Peak's Island.

Peak's Island. This place is so gorgeous. We hiked to the other side of the island, and it was so quiet that we were whispering! It was really isolated there, walking alongside the road that ran along the ocean. It was fun to oogle at all the huge, gorgeous homes alongside the coast and really peaceful to stroll along with no other signs of other people. 

At the ferry docks, back in Portland.

We went to the sand-sculpting contest at Crescent Beach. The turtle was my favorite. 

Silly phone pics walking along the beach.

A few more pictures are here on Flickr

Portland, Maine Food!

Hello!  Nik and I went to Portland, Maine this past weekend, for a mini vacation before all the fall/holiday business starts up.  It is SO pretty there! I, of course, ate all sorts of yummy vegan food and walked on lots of beaches and lusted over lots of cute shops and gourmet food places. It was a super-fun trip!  Here is some of the food we ate:

Silly's!  I loved this place so much. It's really super-bright and colorful and eclectic inside, and in the backyard, where we ate.  I got the Fuffalo Burger (falafel burger with buffalo sauce slathered on it) with sweet potato fries and a Peanut-butter soy shake. Holy yum!

We went to the Pepper Club for dinner the first night, and I was a bit disappointed with my meal there, overall. I got the tempeh cakes with jasmine rice, a citrusy sauce, and roasted veggies. I didn't really dig the sauce too much, so it kinda ruined the rest of the meal.  Dessert was a chocolate-coconut mousse, that was super-pretty, but REALLY rich. I couldn't finish it! I know!

The Green Elephant was probably my favorite meal in Portland. It is a really cute little place, and we had to wait to be seated, but they were nice about it and gave us a little buzzing coaster so we could wander around and it would alert us when the table was ready.  Nik and I shared the Oyster Mushroom Tempura for an appetizer and it was to DIE for. Seriously, so so good. Fresh out of the fryer, so it was nice and crispy and the mushrooms were amazing. Really great batter too.

Nik had the Green Tea Noodle soup, with soy filet in it. It was a great comfort meal with a really awesome broth.

I had really wanted to try their local tofu and local tempeh, so I chose the steamed veggies with peanut sauce that came with both the tofu and tempeh. The homemade tofu totally blew me away. It was really creamy, yet still firm.  I could have just eaten a whole meal of just the tofu.  I usually buy the homemade tofu from my local asian market, but this was nothing like that! Totally inspired me to try making my own. I think I will save that for VeganMoFo!

We were both really full, but had to share a slice of the Pumpkin cheesecake anyways. Mmmm!

Possibly the best tofu scramble I have had, at Local Sprouts.

Annnnnd, I got a whoopie pie to go from there too!

More pictures tomorrow of Portland itself! 

xoxo