Another Day in Pizzaland

Stepped on the scale this morning for the first time in a while and was pleased to see 224.6. I seem to be maintaining my lower winter weight, despite the lack of serious bike riding and the indulgent restaurant diet. Regardless, for health reasons, I need to curb some of my sugar consumption, replace it was the same amount of calories in veg and complex carbs n' protein.

Spent the day at the restaurant under the Brooklyn Bridge, just hanging with the owner/chef and picking his brains about his plans. He had a meeting of local business owners and served them wonderful mint-infused Sicilian pie, then later a marg to various friends and potential employees. So the whole time was basically eating pizza, talking pizza and thinking pizza theory. Ahhhhhh!

BREAKFAST: 8:15am, organic cheerios with industrial milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
The one good thing about the dead milk is that it sticks around, and doesn't go bad within 3 or 4 days. Still, it just doesn't taste very....milky.

LUNCH: Noon, mixed gluten, mashed taro treasure boxes, steamed glutinous rice wrapped in lotus leaf, mock-shark fin dumplings, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Swung by Vegetarian Dim Sum before hitting up the Brooklyn Bridge restaurant. I ordered 4 small plates, and it was just too much, left behind a good 1 plate worth of food. Got to remember, never more than 3.

PM SNACK: 1pm, 1 slice of mint Sicilian, .75 bowl, hunger 3/5
L made a large square tray of Sicilian style pizza, but in the sauce he infused it with fresh mint, and laid on a layer of torn up fresh mint leaves between the bottom layer of cheese and top layer of sauce. It tasted surprisingly sweet on the tongue, but not in a cloying way. I associate strong mint flavors with sweet, so maybe it was my brain playing tricks on me? It was surprisingly pleasing.

PM SNACK: 3pm, 1 slice margerita, Manhattan Special soda, .5 bowl, hunger 3/5
While chewing on L's ear in the back kitchen, we forgot the pie was in the oven and caught it just as it was on the edge of beginning of burnt -- you could taste a mild bitterness starting to develop on the bottom crust, but the crisp crunchiness matched against the firm chew of the bread easily made up for it. This is some serious pizza.

The Manhattan Special is a carbonated, sweetened espresso drink, and the caffeine jolt got me buzzing for a solid 4 hours. I usually don't drink stuff like this, but it's going to be served at the restaurant, and if I don't end up working there, who knows when I'd get a freebie.

DINNER: 8:45pm, half a sesame noodle appetizer, spinach salad, hijiki tofu patty, water, 1 bowl, hunger 3/5
Tired after another intense day, nice simple dinner with a friend I haven't seen in way too long.