May 15th 2013: Dinner at Sawa Asian Cuisine and Lounge, Gardner

Today after work, I decided to head to the town of Gardner for dinner at Sawa Asian Cuisine and Lounge, a primarily Chinese restaurant in town.

Before the sun set though, I decided to visit a few places first, passing by Stuart Pond in Sterling,

and a few places in Leominster including the Grand View Country Club which had great views from the top of the hill,

Bartlett Pond,
Wachusett Street near Elm Street

Grand View Country Club,
454 Wachusett Street

View from Grand View Country Club

Fall Brook Reservoir,
~100 Wachusett Street

before going to the Living Stone Foundation in Leominster first to check out the stone monuments engraved with Christian sayings strewn all over the place in a somewhat disorganized manner. Pictures follow.

The Main Building

The next destination town on the list was Fitchburg

Crossroads Community Church

Fitchburg Church of the Nazarene,
800 South Street

St. Francis of Assisi Church

before I headed into Ashby to find the Trap Falls located within the Willard Brook State Forest on Townsend Road near Bernhardt Road, which were pretty beautiful as you can see from my picture below.

From here, I spent the rest of the day sightseeing in Ashburnham,

Ashburnham Community Church,
84 Main Street

St. Anne's Church,
162 Center Street

Apostolic Lutheran Church

People's Church

Winchendon

Bethany Bible Chapel

and finally Gardner before heading to dinner.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
634 Pearl Street

Old First Lutheran Church,
209 Lawrence Street

Logos Church, 9 Wasa Street

St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Old Church, 122 West Street

Big Red, 95 West Street

First Bible Baptist Church

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church

Mission Street Congregational Church

Bethany Baptist Church

The restaurant is located within a strip mall, and okay decor wise.

After looking at the menu, I decided to get the Beef Negimaki (Grilled and sliced pieces of beef with scallions, and cheese, served in teriyaki sauce) for appetizers, and the Thai Mango Beef for my main dish.

Beef Negimaki

Thai Mango Beef

Both were presented pretty well, but flavor wise, they were just okay, especially because there were scallions in the Negimaki.

With that, my short but productive sightseeing trip in northern central Massachusetts after work came to an end.