One of the great things about visiting California is all the great food there is to eat. Both my mom n dad’s cooking at home, plus the awesome Japanese restaurants around SoCal make certain that I will gain a few pounds. In fact, this past vacation, I gained about 2kg. (our scale is metric). It’s sort of a tradition that when we arrive, my mom has several submarine sandwiches + a big bowl of potato or macaroni salad waiting for us, plus my favorite chips, plain Lays potato chips. This trip is a bit different since I don’t eath beef, chicken or pork anymore. The sandwiches this time were basil, tomato, red onion, feta cheese, olive oil, and a couple other secret ingredients and they were awesome! I had maybe 2 1/2 sandwiches this time. The good food kept on coming throughout our visit, including an oyster pot pie, baked scallops, clam pasta, marinated shrimp, bruschetta, bagels and lox, oysters in wine sauce, and then the big dinner was a Jamaican feast of jerk chicken, jerk pork, rice & peas, plantain, and giant curry crab legs. Those were so amazing!!! I did eat a little meat this trip, a tiny piece of char-siu in my ramen, two dodger dogs, and a little piece of Jerk pork. Oh, and a homemade burger on the last night. I love home-cooking!