A BACHELOR'S IN CONVOY!!

Happy Convoy Day! It has now been FOUR YEARS since we began our exhaustive Convoy study.
This year we tried to mostly go to different places than we did the first time...

This year we made T-shirts! 

The helmets were once again a big hit.
Lots of people honked and waved as we walked down the street.
It was interesting how we felt less and less embarrassed by them as the day went on...

We started the day with dim sum, joined by members of Convoy Recon:
Django, Andi, and Beston (not pictured).

 

Breakfast dessert at The Fruit Shop!

Mangosteens!  It's like they knew it was Convoy Day!

Midmorning tea and books at Big Joy Family Bakery.
(This was planned as introvert reading time,
but Katie showed up and we ended up just talking after all).

Miko was really worried that we wouldn't have enough books to read.

Pre-lunch beers at O'Brien's Pub.

With guest and fierce Convoy Day veteran, Katie!

A rainbow of beer!  I think the red one had hibiscus in it, or something.

Lunch at Crab Hut!  With guests Howie, Laura, Jessica and Katie.

The Viking spirit is strong.

Lunch dessert at Angels & Hearts! (That's Jessica with Katie.)

We didn't go here, but we like the idea of a cheery massage!

Finally trying the mysterious Korean spa!

Utterly relaxed after having many layers of skin rubbed off.

Dinner at Yokohama Yakitori Kobou (with the usual shot of milk).

Sarah H. brought Miko a birthday present! 
She has an excellent present-receiving face.

Ume panch!!

With guests Chelsie, Hildie, Cam, Nick, Katie, Santiago, Sarah H, Sarah P, Sarah M, Alli, Beston, and Andi.

Dessert (and looking epic) at Blush.

No new guests here!

Oh, Santiago.

With Howie, Summer, Emily, John, Erica, and a bunch of people from before!

HAPPY CONVOY DAY!!

The greatest day of all!

On October 3, 2010, we had our first official meal. 2 years, 10 months, 21 days, and 79 restaurants later, we celebrate the completion of our most noble quest. And what better way to honor our accomplishments than to spend a whole day on Convoy Street?

Miko provided the necessary uniform.

About to begin!  We parked in the middle of Convoy and walked everywhere we went. 
We logged over seven miles!

First stop: breakfast at Cali Baguette Express!

Here's Katie, our guest judge.  She makes lots of amusing faces.

We didn't want to get too full so we started out slow and shared a banh mi. Cajun shrimp with egg.

Me, devouring.

And a sesame ball, because I love them.
(Katie and Miko are not fans of these -- they taste a little banana-ey.) 

Next stop: breakfast dessert at Pangea Bakery!

Taro bun and coffee.  Part of your complete breakfast!

We had to take a photo in the FOTO (Fresh Out of The Oven) area!

Second breakfast: Jasmine Express!

Shrimp har gow and beef rice roll. 
The beef roll was even better than the shrimp one that we loved last time.

Look at this adooorable picture of Miko!

We found this EGGS box very entertaining.

Third breakfast/midmorning snack at Paris Baguette.  We were just here to kill time before meeting our lunch pals, but we saw this sandwich and HAD TO have it.  Sadly it wasn't quite as good as it looked.

The saddest face ever.

Lunch at Dumpling Inn!  We were each allowed to bring one guest.

My guest: Sarah!  Sarah was a guest judge at our very first conquest, so obviously she had to be here.

Miko's guest, Sarah P!  This is Sarah's first time as a guest judge, but she got right into the swing of things.

Ahhh.  What else is there to say.

We don't always get this dish (fish with black beans and asparagus) but I really love it.

Crack greens!! Look how shiny and delicious.

I'm so sad that I don't have this right now.

Katie making another enjoyable face.

Not quite sure why I took this, but it's such a typical Convoy scene that I thought I'd post it.

Lunch dessert at Sage Cake!
We really wanted to take a picture of the handsome baker but we couldn't possibly.

Caaaake!!

Pre-dinner drinks at O'Brien's!

Beeeeer!!

Pre-dinner foot massages at Lotus Spa!

Dinner at Sakura!  Our dinner guests were Howie and Laura, but we forgot to take pictures of them.

Miko's (and Howie's) favorite uni pasta (that I don't really like).

Everyone's favorite agedashi mochi!

Albacore tataki.

Another adoooorable photo of Miko!  She is just at her best when holding food.

I think this is still my favorite chicken karaage on Convoy.

Nikomi hamburg.

Tebashio.

Black sesame ice cream.

Done!  Time for karaoke!!

And the complete list:

Cali Baguette Express: $8.75
Green tea with boba
Iced Vietnamese coffee
Sesame balls
Cajun shrimp sandwich with egg

Pangea Bakery: $5.72
1 royal taro bun
1 caffe late

Jasmine Express
Shrimp har gow
Beef rice roll

Zion Market Paris Baguette Bakery: $9.95
2 iced black teas
California Roll Sandwich

Fruit Shop: $32
3 coconut waters
2 bags of mangosteens

Dumpling Inn: $51.05
3 orders of xiaolongbao
Chinese greens
Seabass with black bean sauce

Sage Cake: $24.57
2 fruit tarts
1 caramel mousse
4 iced teas

O'Brien's: $15
2 beers
1 glass of Chardonnay

Izakaya Sakura: $71.28
Uni pasta
Agedashi mochi
Salmon onigiri
Chicken karaage
Albacore tataki
Nikomi hamburg
Tebashio
Black sesame ice cream
Green tea

WHAT'S NEXT?
We have to catch up on the restaurants that have popped up after we had conquered the plaza already. Starting with the new year, we begin conquering the new Convoy!