Florida Eatin

Over spring break, I went to Florida with my parents and my best friend Sara. Other then the obvious appeal of a beach front hotel, palm trees, and 85 degree weather every day, I was looking forward to the food. Going out to eat is a rarity for my family because my mom loves to cook at is good at it and my dad doesn’t like to spend money on thing he says he can make himself (this philosophy has lead to creations that have all failed miserably). So with the only food in our hotel room being a box of Honey Chex and apples, we ate out every single night. The first night we ate at a beachside restaurant called H20 which ended up having the best bread of all time. Here I got an angel hair pasta dish with fresh tomato and basil. The next day at lunch, we ate at a place called The Big Kahuna, a Hawaiian inspired place where I was creative enough just to get chicken nuggets. I do regret being so lame about my food orders because I have chicken nuggets sitting in my freezer right now and I had to travel all the way to Florida just to enjoy some. The 3^rd night we took a water taxi around the canals lined with billion dollar houses and yachts. We knew we were in for some good food when we got off and walked along a place called “Restaurant Ave” by the locals because of every building being a restaurant, ice cream parlor, or candy store. We finally settled on a fancy Italian place where I got a beef lasagna and Sara tried gnocchi for the first time. It took me all of 5 minutes to eat my huge plate, after complaining about how full I was, my parents tried to kill me by bringing us to an ice cream buffet. Throughout my time in Florida I really started to appreciate food and how much I need to learn about portion control.