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Hello lovelies! Hope you’re all enjoying your Saturdays and doing something more exciting than I am…the past 24 hours have been super busy but super fun, so I’m staying in tonight and catching up on some homework!

Yesterday started off with a bowl of Fiber One with fresh raspberries and almond milk:

I was planning on going for a run, but the drizzly and windy conditions made it difficult to motivate myself. Instead, I went to the gym and did 4 miles on the treadmill, followed by stretching and ab work. I came home and refueled with a plethora of fruit and veg:

 

Steamed broc, cauliflower, zucchini, broccoli and carrots topped with nooch and a Dr. Praeger’s California burger topped with mustard; apple and banana

I was a little lazy with pictures this weekend, but for an afternoon snack I had another apple and some protein cookie dough before going to Penn Station to pick up my friend Mikey, who came to visit Mike and I last night! We started off our evening of debauchery with edamame, yellowtail ceviche and sashimi at Sushi Samba, all with a pitcher of mojitos:

Afterwards, we headed to Magnolia Bakery for some dessert. I chose an incredible red velvet cupcake- just check out the blood red color on this sucker!!

 

The rest of the night was full of food and drink. We first made a stop at a German beer hall, where I had a salad plate of stringbean, tomato, cucumber, cabbage and onion salads with sauerkraut and a pickle, in order to get me through a few heavy-duty beers. We also all split a piping hot soft pretzel:

 

Since last call was at 11:30, we decided to peace out of there and head back to Sushi Samba for awhile. I stuck to water while there, but somehow Mikey finagled a chocolate banana cake out of our cocktail waitress, and I couldn’t resist a few bites:

I finally fell into bed around 2:30, super late for me! I had a massive food baby, but it was totally worth it. It might not be the healthiest thing to do, but every once in awhile some drunken foodfests are just necessary. It’s part of college, right J

This morning I woke up to another cereal bowl- Fiber One with a sliced banana and almond milk:

I snacked on an unpictured apple before going to a blogger meet up at Sigri, a Sri Lankan restaurant in the East Village. I met Maya from American Gourmande, Becka from Beek Eats, and Leslie from The Whole Plate for a totally new to us experience! We each selected one dish to share:

Devilled prawns tossed with sautéed onions, capsicums and Sri Lankan spices

Fish curry in a coconut milk sauce with a blend of herbs and spices

Kotthu roti, a doughy pancake chopped into shreds, stir fried with vegetables and egg

 

Lentil curry and red rice

It was all delicious and very unique! My favorite was the prawn dish, which was awesome but SPICY! I needed a lot of rice to wash that stuff down J Afterwards, we strolled around the East Village for a bit and made a dessert stop at Lula’s Sweet Apothecary, a totally vegan ice cream shop!

I chose the cake batter soft serve with rainbow sprinkles, which was out of this world. I’m pretty new to the realm of non dairy ice cream, but I could tell that this was as good as it gets! Thank you so much to Maya, Becka and Leslie for such a great meet up- it was wonderful to meet them!

Mike and I were planning on going for a run early tomorrow morning, but he’s come down with a horrible cough and wanted to postpone it until the afternoon to see if it gets better. I decided to take advantage of the night alone and get some things done! In the midst of doing homework, I was a bad food blogger didn’t take pictures of my eats. They were boring, and I just wasn’t feeling breaking out the camera in front of my roommate’s dinner party! I enjoyed some of the leftover roti and red rice, spiced up with some steamed veggies and nooch, plus an apple with sunflower seed butter. I needed something clean, after last night’s sugar fest!

Well bloggies, I’m off. My eyes are already heavy, and it’s only 9:30! Hopefully I can hold out for some laundry and reading. Have a great Sunday loves!!

What’s your favorite kind of ethnic food? I was on a roll this weekend with Japanese, German and Sri Lankan, but I think my favorite is either Italian or French!