Portola Cafe & Restaurant

Pinky and I were visiting the Monterey Bay Aquarium and decided to have lunch at their Portola Cafe & Restaurant.

At $12.95, this appetizer ain’t cheap. It also isn’t very filling, heheh. We decided to try it though because an Aquarium volunteer recommended it. She said these are from an abalone farm right here in Monterey Bay.

Abalone

Due to salmon shortages, many restaurants are looking for alternatives. Since the Portola Cafe is careful about serving sustainable seafood, salmon wasn’t even on the menu. Their offering of Arctic Char was a pretty good substitute.

Arctic Char

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About Me: I'm a semi-extroverted introvert. I've been called an Arrogant Bastardâ„¢, but I'm really pretty nice once you get to know me. Who I'd like to meet: Sportos, Motorheads, Geeks, Sluts, Bloods, Waistoids, Dweebies, Dickheads, and Righteous Dudes. Interests: Alphabetizing, Butterflies, Cooking, Daydreaming, Ephemeron, FARK, Gardening, Harmony, Igloos, Japanese (language & culture), Kite Flying, Lemons, Music, Noodles, Ogres, Photography, Quiet, Rodeos, Slip 'n' Slide, Thai Food, Umbrellas, Violets, Whispering, X-Rays, Yoga, Zebras Favorite Music: AC/DC, Beastie Boys, CCR, Dwarves, Elvis, Fairport Convention, Grand Funk Railroad, Hives, Iron Maiden, Jimi Hendrix, Kinks, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Motorhead, NWA, Otis Redding, Pink Floyd, Quiet Riot, REO Speedwagon, Santana, The Transplants, Uninvited, Visitacion Valley Boys, The Who, Yardbirds, ZZ Top Favorite Movies: Airplane!, Big Lebowski, A Clockwork Orange, Dirty Harry, Evil Dead, Fifth Element, Grease, Harold and Maude, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Jaws, Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Life of Brian, My Favorite Year, Napoleon Dynamite, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Princess Mononoke, The Quick And The Dead, Ricky-Oh, Star Wars, To Sir, With Love, Unforgiven, Vertigo, Wild Zero, Xanadu, Young Frankenstein, Zabriskie Point Favorite Books: Who reads books? Well, I do, but I am too lazy to come up with a list. Here's my TV List: Adventures of Brisco County Jr., Bionic Woman (coming soon to DVD w00t), Crossing Jordan, Dark Angel, Ewoks, Futurama, Green Acres, Hawaii Five-O, Invader Zim, Jack of All Trades, Knight Rider, LOST, MXC!!!, Nickelodeon, One Day At A Time, The Prisoner, Q-Bert, Red Dwarf, Supercar, Tom & Jerry, Unsolved Mysteries, Venture Bros., Wonder Woman, X-Files, The Young Riders, Zoobilee Zoo (okay I'm reaching with that one)
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