Multiple Taste-gasms!

Have you ever ate something that tasted so good it felt like you were cheating on your spouse just by eating it?  Yeah, you know…that one bite of food that could possibly be called “better than sex”.  Well, the hubby and I went on a little adventure to Reno and then to Vegas this last weekend and all I can say is I had multiple taste-gasms!

I decided after one month on my diet and losing thirteen pounds, I was going to let loose.  I would drink what I want, eat what I want, and not give a damn! Well, I certainly did that and experienced some amazing eats!

There were three bites of fabulousness that stand out in my mind from the weekend, and I will tell you a little bit about each of them.

#1.  The Jason roll from the sushi bar at Atlantis in Reno.  OMG!  Grilled spicy scallops, tobiko, and green onions in a hand roll.  Creamy spicy sauce, with the crunch of the tobiko and onion…it was freaking out of this world.  I went twice and got the same thing both times.  So good!

The next two come from Botero at the Wynn in Las Vegas.  This place is spendy; the martini’s cost more than a whole bottle of Grey Goose, but it was all worth it. Yum-o!

#2. The Crudo Tasting, which I have attached a photo of below, was a bunch of little bites of heaven.  There were four types of sashimi all with different toppings.  There was tuna with avocado and soy, swordfish with spicy tomato, salmon with ginger and lime, and himachi with tangerine.  Every one was absolutely delightful.  My favorite was the tuna…but when it comes to sashimi…my favorite is always the tuna.

#3.  Truffle Mac and Cheese!!  This is the winner for the best taste-gasm of the weekend! I would weigh 300 pounds and be ok with it if I could eat this decadent side of sexiness every single day of my life.  Forget the chateaubriand or my grey goose martini.  All I wanted was more of this mac and cheese.  There is literally no way for me to describe this amazingness besides calling it the sexiest bite of food I have ever put in my mouth.  If you are in Vegas, get your ass to Botero and get this Mac and Cheese…I feel bad for anyone who doesn’t get to put this in their mouth at some point in their life.

So that is my line up of sexy taste-gasms from our weekend away.  Get in your car, get on the plane, go there, eat these things…you will NOT regret it. Yummmm!! I’m drooling just thinking about them…too bad I’m back to the real world and the unfabulous, unsexy, non drool worthy powdered meals I have come to love.

Once a Cheater - Always a Cheater

I have never cheated on a boyfriend, but I have always and will always cheat on a diet. There comes a point between celery sticks and powdered shakes that a girl just has a need for something naughty.  What’s funny is, with me, it doesn’t have to be a big greasy cheeseburger.  It can be as simple as a glass of wine or a turkey sandwich.  As long as it’s something that isn’t allowed, I want it.  But that is how everything is right?  You always want what you can’t have!

So last night, I cheated on my diet.  What’s new right? But it was planned.  I have plotted and thought out my cheat night since I started this diet two weeks ago!  Oh my goodness, being bad suuuuure feels good!  We decided to go somewhere we’ve never been and it was amazing!

We tried this new place called Kelton’s.  For those of you in Medford, it is over by David’s Bridal.  I won’t lie, I had some major apprehension about eating at an upscale steak house in a strip mall.  But man oh man; you can not judge a restaurant by the strip mall!  The service was impeccable and the food was just as great.

My night of diet sins started with a cosmo and some baked clams.  So tasty!  For my main course I had a glass of the house Pinot Grigio….oh, and the halibut picatta.  Anything with an abundance of capers is something that I will always get excited about.  What was strange was, with a million naughty choices (steak, cheeseburgers, fettuccine alfredo), I ended up with a healthier option, but I still felt like a naughty girl.  We ordered a chocolate tiramisu to go, and I will confess I had at least five bites….and another glass of wine.  The tiramisu was out of this world.  I definitely recommend Kelton’s.  It was amazing!

With all positives though, there come the negatives.  The down fall of cheating: the guilt.  I woke up this morning with a headache from the wine and a knot in my stomach knowing I had gained all my weight back plus at least fifteen pounds.  That seemed like a totally legitimate and rational assumption.  Well, I stepped on the scale and hell-to-the-yeah! I hadn’t gained an ounce! Woohoo! 

I am revived and refreshed from my naughty night of sinning.  I’m more than ready for another week of angelically perfect dieting.  So the question of the day is….will I cheat again?