Breakfast: banana, 2 oz nuts
Lunch: Large orange, apple, banana, lots of grapes while walking all over the city. got over-full with the grapes. I brought the oranges, apples, bananas and nuts, and we bought the grapes at a fruit stand. They weren't nearly as good as the ones I get from my co-op. People complain that organic costs more but it really does taste better. Same goes for the bananas. I brought the organic ones from my co-op and had one for breakfast, then had one from the hotel at lunch and it wasn't nearly as good.
Dinner: splurge at Gobo restaurant. It was very good and I think worth going off plan for. Had tastes of appetizers--edamame (with salt), vietnamese spring rolls, and the scallion pancakes were the best (probably fried). Oh they brought out bread and pumpkin spread which I ate and it was enjoyable. They had great juice and smoothie drinks. I had a carrot, apple, ginger drink that was great. My neighbor had a carrot, apple, spinach, parsley drink (I think) that we agreed was even better and we were surprised. The juice drinks were way better than alcohol! very energizing! For my main course I had white bean, root vegetable and pumpkin soup; and spinach salad with mango and crisp onions. If I were to go there again I think I'd try a couple of small plates--eggplant with string beans in basil sauce, and there were several others that looked really good. Then we shared 7 desserts between the 8 of us. That was definitely off-plan (off the Fuhrman healthful eating plan which I'm a total believer in now), but it was enjoyable trying out all the desserts. I had the mango, coconut and tapioco pudding mostly and then bites of the others. Next time I might try the apple pear crisp--I didn't get a bite of that one. I enjoyed the bites of the chocolate cake and pear with the chocolate ganach inside, but wouldn't want to eat the whole thing. I had sips of a neighbor's decaff coffee with soy cream and sugar. It was really good too. I think desserts are definitely better in spoonfuls rather than large servings.
My physical reaction to the meal was to the salt and chocolate. I have been thirsty ever since (it's 7 am the next morning) and my fingers are still swollen. And I was a bit affected by the caffeine in the chocolate. I slept a good 6 hours though. I am not sure when I will be hungry again! Tonight (next day), we're probably going to Indian. Let's hope I behave somewhat...