Tuesday, August 17, 2010

First Thing's First

I APOLOGIZE for the lack of postage, I've been trying to rearrange my life into some kind of workable, manageable, useful.... THING. Not to mention I've been on a 2 week road trip, had to come back and move, and then try and settle back into 2002 (I've gone back in time, didn't you know?).

Let me start off by showing/telling you about the yummy things I ate on my road trip!!! Now, this wasn't a culinary adventure by any means, but I made the point of finding something ridiculously good to eat every now and then - budget be damned!

God Bless You, Blenders In The Grass. Nick couldn't tell the difference between Blender's and Jamba Juice, but i assure you, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. Blender's is only on the central coast, and I use to get it as often as possible when I was in college. It's just so much better than Jamba. It's creamier and smoother; makes Jamba taste like a 711 slushy. It was a nice nostalgic starter to an epic trip.

Manhattan Bagel in Berkeley, Ca. I love this place. Every time I'm up there we go there for a nice bagel breakfast. They just have really good bagels; not to mention that bagels are my favorite breakfast item. Mmm.

CHEESEBOARD in Berkeley, Ca. Good Lord, this pizza was ridiculous. This place is like a co-op and they serve whatever is lookin' good in their garden. They make one pizza a day and let me TELL YOU, that day's pizza was just out of this world amazing. It has corn, cilantro, zucchini, lots of gooey cheese... some other stuff... it was just. amazing. Top 5 Favorite Pizzas for sure.

PIER 23! Delicious. This was the second time I'd eaten here, both times = YUMTASTIC. This here is the White Bass special, with green beans and like a chunky kalamata olive thang going on. I don't remember what it's called haha. But it was ridiculous. Like, call-the-cops-because-it's-an-out-of-control-party-in-your-mouth kind of crazy. I want it, NOW.

This place was in the Ferry Building in SF. It was actually really good for a quick lunch! I had the agedashi tofu (cold), green bean salad, and rice. It was AWESOME.

I brought veggie burgers, cheese, and cheap ass tiny bread on this entire trip so I'd have something (with protein) to eat while we were camping. And thanks to Michelle for letting us take her pan. YEAH!

Thai Food from Tim's Thai in Portland,OR. SUPER good. It was like 10 pounds of noodles, with tofu, green beans, bean sprouts, and some peanut sauce. YUM. I couldn't eat it all, but you KNOW I tried my best. I won't go down without a fight!

Captain Crunch donut from VooDoo! It was super good. Like a sugar-tastic atomic bomb in my mouth. I meant to get this one last time I was in Portland, but I forgot. So I couldn't forget this time! I stood in line, outside in the 95 degree heat, for like 30 minutes... just for donuts. And I'm not even a big donut fan; I'm just a fan of THESE donuts. mmm.

I was starving and needed some morning sustenance in Seattle, Wa so we went to this fancy shmancy grocery store and I got a sandwich at the deli. There were supposed to be red bell peppers in it, but Nick is "allergic" (aka doesn't like them) to them, so the guy who made our sandwich was nice enough to saute some zucchini for us instead! NICE man! Anyway, it was really good.
SERIOUS PIE in Seattle, WA. OMG. It's... I... there are no words. Should have... sent... a poet. 10 high fives to whoever knows the movie that's from!!! Anyway, this pizza was RIDICULOUS. I don't know how they made that dough so light and airy, but they are geniuses. This pizza has yukon gold slices, rosemary, olive oil, and finished with some parmesean. It was just... I can't explain to you how great this is. Remember in Ratatouille when Remi ate the mushroom and there were fireworks all around him? Yeah, it was like that. Definitely Top 5 worthy.

Montana Flathead Cherries. On our drive from Seattle to Butte, MT there were like.. I don't know... 30 signs leading up to this cherry stand. "Cherries in 30 miles..." "Cherries in 28 miles..." etc etc. By the time it came to exit for the cherries WE HAD TO. How could we not? The signs for the past gazillion miles had told us to. And I'm so glad we did. I'm not a cherry person by any means, but THESE cherries were perfect. They weren't too sweet or tart... they were just delicious. I saved one of the seeds and am currently trying to grow it :).

Hey-O Trout Slayer!!! Thank you Yellowstone Marina Store for selling INDIVIDUAL beers. YES.


We stopped at the Marina in the Grand Teton National Park to take some beauty shots of the lake and mountains, and then we decided we might as well eat! Thank gawd they had some vegetarian options. This one here is the veggie sandwich filled with onions, mushrooms (I know... I forgot to ask for them to leave em off!), olives, tomatoes, and provolone cheeeeese. It was pretty dang good. I made quite the mess with it. :D

And there we have it folks.
Don't call it a comeback! Or... do.

2 comments:

  1. Yum! It all looks so delicious!

    Was the place in the Ferry Building called Delica (or something like that)? Like a Japanese deli with bento boxes, salads, etc.?

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  2. Yes! That's what it's called. Geez. Couldn't remember haha.

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