The Chinatown Gate
We walked around the area and noticed that a lot of businesses have been closed down. It just felt empty and sad.. Anyway, we had Dim Sum for lunch at a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown. Sadly, I don't remember the name of the restaurant, but their food was pretty good. I still think Jade Garden (in Seattle) is better, though ;p Now we were headed Downtown to do some shopping!
Pioneer Place was really nice, and the good thing about shopping in Portland is there's no sales tax!! So I bought a few clothes and was really happy. However, the weather was really weird that day. It was raining pretty hard when we left our hotel, but the sun came out after the lunch. It was nice for a while, then it started pouring, like a storm! I'm serious!! And that's when we decided to go back to the hotel for a while (of course, it stopped raining by the time we got to the car..oh, well).
On the way to our car, we made a stop at a doughnut place called "Voodoo Doughnut."
Sounds interesting, huh? As you can guess by the name, their doughnuts are very unique. Here are some pictures of the ones we had.
Voodoo Doll
Neapolitan (top right), No Name Doughnut (top left), Blazin Blunt (bottom)
The store is very tiny; there's no space inside where we can sit down and eat. There was a line in front of the store, which indicates its popularity. Those doughnuts we got were very tasty, especially 'No Name Doughnut." If you're interested in seeing doughnuts in more weird shapes, visit their website!! (at your own risk, hehe) They do wedding services, too ;p
When we came back in Downtown later, we went to Powell's Books, the largest independent used and new bookstore in the world! Oh my gosh, it was huge, and I loved the atmosphere of it!! I love bookstores and libraries, and Powell's is now one of my most favorite ones. I wish we had it up here..
For dinner, my boyfriend told me that we could go wherever I wanted to go. I was looking at all the nice, romantic restaurants in Portland. But guess what we had for dinner?? Sushi at Sushiland! I know, I know. There is Sushiland in Seattle, too. It was just, for some reason, I didn't want anything American or Western. Sushi sounded really good, and I was also curious if the food and/or service was different from the ones in Washington State. So what did I think? Well, Sushiland in Seattle is better in my opinion..but maybe it's just because I'm so used to the ones in Seattle. Anyway, I was a cheap date that night ;p
We went to a bar afterwards and played some pool together. He beat me...well, actually I let him win, and he just doesn't know it!! ..Yes, it is called 'makeoshimi' ;p
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