Day 30 - Finish Line

Anime themed Hotel Tomo in our room

The last day and it ended with a sputter and not a bang. Prepping for vacation next week but I had a last minute assignment from work to fly to San Francisco. The only problem is when I go away for vacation there is lots to do and I got so lost in all of the prepping for leaving and prepping for vacation that I forgot my Ramen at home. And as mentioned in previous blogs there is nothing close to work that has vegetarian Ramen. So I ate some salad and met with my coworkers for lunch at the mall.

San Francisco

My plane was leaving at 5:30 and I had to pack still so I left work early and raced home. I decided to take my wife with me to keep me company and so that she could visit our friends and family up in the bay area. The place I was working was in Japantown so we stayed at Hotel Tomo which is an Anime themed hotel in walking distance from where I was working.

View from Hotel Tomo 7th floor

The food in the area was amazing and it was a great way to start the vacation even though I had to work two days. I didn't get to eat Ramen that night either since it was so late when we got in but I did go to a nice Japanese restaurant that had good vegetarian sushi.

Hotel Tomo lobby

It was a nice trip to San Fran and the food was good as usual. I could see myself living up here and maybe someday it would be a possibility. It is very expensive though. When I got back from vacation I had some Ramen at work since I needed to make it up to myself. It was decent but the new microwave at my new office doesn't work as well as the old one so it took some doing to get it working right with Ramen.

I hope you have enjoyed the Ramen diet blog. Let me know if you start one of these and how it is going. Thanks for reading!

Day 29 - New Office Style

Ramen erasers

My company moved over the weekend to a new office. I decided to bring in my new Ramen erasers that I bought in little Tokyo to celebrate. For lunch I had to learn the new layout of the office kitchen and test out the Ramen skills of the new microwave. It did ok for the first try. I am glad to be close to finished on this adventure.

Pizza Ramen

There was some left over pizza from the office move this weekend and I couldn't resist having some Ramen pizza one more time. Since it was day old (or more like two day old) I had to eat it with a knife and fork.

Tastes like Oriental

For dinner I got home a little later than I had hoped. Sometimes the traffic sucks and it was unusually bad for a Monday coming home. Then I had planned to make some BBQ and that requires a lot of running in and out of the house. I didn't have any I was just making it for the family. So I couldn't make my Ramen until they were setup with the BBQ stuff. I just threw something together with some plain old Top Ramen.

Ramen quickly prepared

I made a few sausage patties and chopped those up for the Ramen as well. I wasn't sure how sausage would taste in the Ramen but it was pretty good.

Thanks for checking in. I'm almost done with this experiment. Do you celebrate or reward yourself after a long successful run at something?

Day 28 - Quesarito Done Right

Now that's a Quesarito!

So if you remember a few weeks ago I tried to get a Quesarito from Chipotle and they failed. So this week I decided to take my Ramen burrito fix to the next level with my own home made Quesarito. I got two full size tortillas and a shit load of cheddar cheese and made a massive quesadilla.

Quesadilla base

Then I cooked up some Ramen and laid that inside the quesadilla center.

Getting there, looking good

Then I went to Chipotle and got a burrito bowl with tofu meat and all the fixin's and dumped part of that on the Ramen.

Oh yeah! How are you going to wrap that?

Then I tried to wrap it all up. It was a little full at first and I was afraid it might burst at the seems. I removed some of the filling and tried again and got it done.

Ramen Quesarito

I cut this thing in half to make it more manageable. It was heavy and greasy and huge. This was so good! The grease from the cheese was a bit much but I didn't care. After I was done (and I did finish it) I felt so full it took all day to recover. I walked around in a stupor barely able to wake from the carb coma. I would do it again but possibly lower the cheese to something less crazy.

For dinner all I could do was make a normal Ramen so I didn't die. I am on the last few days of this thing and I'm just trying to get through it at this point. Looking forward to having more choices for food. What would you eat if you could have anything?

Day 27 - Off To The Races

Made my kid some steaks and potatoes

For my cheat day today I was hoping to sleep in. Instead my mind said wake up at 5am. I went out and purchased everything to make breakfast for the family and got my daughter some steak and potatoes and a doughnut. My wife got potatoes and some vegan sausage and I had the same. We then packed everything up and went out to the race track to watch the ponies and lose some money.

Beautiful sunny day at the races

We didn't win on any of our races but we had a good time with family. We went to the races for a memorial for my Aunt in law who passed last month. I met lots of people I had never seen before and we laughed and at junk food all afternoon. One of the highlights of the day was Cheez-Its. I hadn't had a Cheez-It in years and they are so good!

Nector of the Gods

After we got home we had some In-N-Out which is starting to become a Saturday thing around here. My band was supposed to play but it got canceled.

My daughter's view of the races

It was a good family day and at the end of it I was glad to not drive far away and play a show and sleep in. How was your weekend?

Day 26 - Move Day

Work lunch making table

At work today we are busy running around moving our office to a new location. I brought some Ramen for lunch and cooked it up with no issues. The Annie Chun's Ramen is always very good since the noodles are more fresh than normal Ramen. I added the flavor packet to the broth I already have for a little extra flavor.

Vietnamese vermicelli noodles

I got home late so I ran to the local Pho shop. They have a very tasty noodles with egg roll and tofu dish that they make for me. I have them add their peanut sauce to the mix and it hits the spot. Especially since they are the only place near me to get anything made for you that is even close to Ramen.

A little easier in a bowl than Styrofoam 

It was a long day but everything turned out good. After dinner I made my wife some brownies with cookie dough on top. She loved them. We used flax seed powder instead of eggs and they were very fluffy and light.

OMG YES!

Thanks for checking in. What do you get when you're in a rush after a long day at work?

Day 25 - Ramen Hot Dog Burrito Day 2

Organic Ramen

For lunch I made some of my organic Ramen noodles bought at Albertson's. THey are kind of funky since they are so brown, but not bad tasting. I tossed in some cabbage, broccoli, and onions and had a pretty standard lunch.

Vegan Ramen very bland

For dinner I was craving another hot dog burrito so I went to the store to get some vegetables and cheese. I decided to add some spice and bought a jalapeno to cook with it.

Jalapeno pepper

I seeded the jalapeno and chopped it up for cooking in a frying pan with a little olive oil spray. I also cooked up a leek and some bok choy with my Ramen. I went with the Ramen I got at the vegan store which doesn't have a ton of flavor so I added some soy sauce.

Ramen burrito with hot dogs

Then I cooked up some beans and the threw the hot dogs in with the Ramen to cook. Today I added only enough to make the burrito full and it stayed together much nicer than the day before. The hot dogs grossed out my wife but they added a good flavor to the whole thing. I topped it all with some sliced avocado which was so good!

Thanks for checking in. Only 5 more days left of this Ramen eating. Has anyone else out there thought about trying this out at their house?

Day 24 Ramen Hot Dog Burrito

Vegan hot dogs

So I am getting tired of the Ramen diet and trying to spice some things up food wise. I did like my previous Ramen burrito and I have some left overs in the fridge so I decided to make a concoction of epic proportions.

My burrito exploded

I made another Ramen burrito but this time I also tossed in some hot dogs chunks. When I tried to wrap the whole thing up it had a blow out and I was forced to extract some Ramen from the burrito. It continued to get worse and became a huge messy slop fest. It tasted great but was a little difficult to manage.

Ramen Hot Dog Burrito

I worked from home today and I really wanted to go out to a Mediterranean place that my wife and I love. They only have buffet during the week and it was calling my name. But this fucking Ramen shit ruined that. I am looking forward to the end so I can eat normal again.

Pasta bake for the family

For dinner I made everyone pasta bake. I wanted this almost as much as I wanted something else for lunch. But I made my faithful Ramen dinner and bared it.

Another bowl of Ramen

Nothing special about this nighttime Ramen. I am getting burnt out and wishing I had more food choices. I am looking forward to being done. On a plus (i think) side, the salt is no longer affecting me. This could be due to the fact that I am using a broth and not the salt packets that come in cheap Ramen.

Thanks for checking in. Have you ever been sick of your food choices?