Food Trucks....Or Not.

My plan for dinner tonight was to pack up the family and visit some food trucks to see if all the hype and hysteria really matched the food. Five trucks were scheduled to appear at a local spot not far from our house so we threw the kids in the car and off we went. This is where our plans took a slight twist because when we arrived the trucks were stationed in a really tight spot where parking is already a nightmare, no seating and long lines blah blah. It just wasn't going to work for us and two kids. Plan B was commissioned and we ended up visiting The Belmont Brewing Co. This is a restaurant which my wife and I used to frequent more before we moved farther from the beach many years ago. It's a microbrewery with a casual menu but the food has always been good with a great family atmosphere. I ordered fish and chips, a dish I miss incalculably since moving from Scotland and mom ordered the lobster pasta. Unfortunately there's no pictures of any food since it was inhaled along with some fine beers but I did manage to snap some pictures while we were waiting on our table. I hope you enjoy them.

Belmont Pier with Catalina Island in the distance. You can also see the huge container ships waiting in line to enter the Port of Los Angeles which is the sixth busiest port in the world when combined with the neighbouring Port of Long Beach

Looking towards downtown Long Beach and yes that is my daughter wearing a Flamenco dress to dinner. Don't worry I left my Flamenco pants and castanets at home

Two monkeys playing in the sand. You can see some of the huge cranes used to unload the millions of containers from the ships in the background

Lifeguard training