Traveling When We Can

Beach, Sun and Unique Food

Decent breakfast at the Comfort Suites in Fernandina Beach. Sun was shining and we had been afraid we might have rain - so we headed to the beach - one block! Took our chairs and spent about an hour watching the Atlantic and walking along the tide line looking for shells. Not many shells to be found. People had some screen type things to search for sharks teeth. We people watched and enjoyed the beach. Since it was day one we decided 1 hour was enough. Good partly cloud cover was good with intermittent sunshine. Not many people.

Calmest we remember for the Atlantic

We spent the next couple hours exploring and doing some basics. Ben had been reading about the potential issues with gasoline shortages due to the Colonial Hacking. So we thought we best gas up to be sure it was not an issue later in the week when we needed to head home. Found gas and had no problem buying diesel but the station where we stopped was out of regular. That errand done, bought some water and a couple other things. Then we explored old historic downtown Fernandina Beach. Nice small town with beautiful homes, a big container port, historic buildings, lots of shops, restaurants, and such.

Finally chose to eat lunch at Bretts' on the waterfront. Ben had Fish and Chips and Jane had something unusual - Fried Calamari Salad with Peanut Dressing. Both were excellent. Never had Calamari before and it was quite tasty.

Waterfront in Fernandina Beach

Calamari Salad

Fish and Chips

A nap was in order and some pool time - Ben swimming and Jane just chilling. Reading a little as well and then we began to think about more food. Going to try a really unusual place - Wicked Bao - with lots of different Asian Street Foods. We checked out the menu on line as we had read you ordered when you went in and then were seated with the waiters bringing food as it was ready. With eating little bits of this and that you don't feel you have eaten very much. It was all very very tasty and unique.

First up were rice tots with some fantastic sauces for dipping. Then Singapore Chili Shrimp which was shrimp with rice a wonderful sauce and green onions. Next up was Chicken Satay with a very unusual but excellent Peanut sauce. The Street Corn was really unusual with a fantastic spice mix on it - so good Jane bought a tin of the spice! Then to top it off was Green Tea Mochi - which were ice cream balls inside a rice cake. We got them to go and forgot to take a photo...The Mochi were good cool down flavors from all the spicy foods. We also could not resist having a house special drink - Sake Sangria - tasty!

There was both inside and outside seating - we selected the patio outside. Beautiful bromiliad right beside our table. The place was not huge and if very very busy would be wild. We were there at 6 and there was a constant flow of people and food. The owner was everywhere explaining the concept of "Street Food" to everyone and helping them make selections. After you were seated and eating - if you wanted more of anything out it would come very quickly. Unique concept for a restaurant and it seems to be very popular. We enjoyed the experience.