Delicious Exciting Food

[forestofglory]

One of my favorite things about urban living is the great variety of food available for purchase. So for today's observations I thought I'd tell you about some recent exciting things that I ate.

A new cupcake shop opened up near us! They have exciting filled cupcakes. (Cupcakes with a bit taken out of the center and replaced with frosting or jam or somesuch) They have very cute cupcake tier towers, and many many flavors. I got a key lime pie cupcake. It was vanilla cupcake with a graham cracker crust, with lime curd filling and cream cheese frosting. It was so, so delicious!

Since the covid numbers have been good, I have resumed my monthly dinners with my parents. Before the pandemic we would go out to actual restaurants, but since the pandemic we have been getting take out and eating on their back porch. Last month we had Japanese food which was delightful. And this month it we'll have our dinner after the time change so it should still be light out!

We have had lunch at the Public Market twice in the last month or so. This is a fancy food hall near us. There's a bunch of small restaurants inside a high ceilinged building, and you go and order an pick up at the counter. They have outdoor seating set up now, so you can sit and eat outside at a safe distance. The kid always gets a milkshake and fries, R gets BBQ, and I generally get ramen. I don't eat pork but the place at the market has chicken broth based options, which are very tasty. I frequently get the butter corn add on --which is what it sounds like, butter and corn in the soup. The last time we went I tried the rice bowl form the ramen place. It was very good, but I think I'll get the ramen again next time. Its so comforting and filling!

Also at the public market I happened to pass by a stand selling macaroons, and impulse bought a dozen! The where very good but a dozen was too many. So the next time I less impulsively bought six. They have all kinds of flavors, churro, jasmine tea, chocolate, strawberry, to name just a few.

So what delicious exciting food have you eaten lately?

Comments

[naye]

Oh my goodness all this food sounds amazing. One of the downsides to living in a small town is definitely the very limited food choices - especially since the pandemic has limited us to places that offer take-away.

Mondays we're usually to tired to do a lot of cooking, so I made quick brioche shrimp rolls. Very simple (shrimp, celery or cucumber, mayo, lemon peel, chili flakes on a ready-made brioche bun brushed with melted garlic butter) but delicious.

[forestofglory]

Your brioche shrimp rolls sound good!

I'm sorry your town has limited food options, but at least its very pretty.

[ehyde]

We have not been going out to eat, or really up for that much adventurous cooking, but every Wednesday is out takeout day and we've been trying some new places. We got fancy hamburgers last week! I also made it to one of the local bakeries and got some of their olive bread, which is one of my favorite snacks. It's actually right next door to a macaron shop, but I didn't go there this time. I love all the unique flavors, though!

[forestofglory]

The olive bread sounds lovely! Maybe next time you can get macarons too.

[lunabee34]

That sounds so delicious!

Josh made chicken wings in the oven last night, and they were amazing. Looking forward to an encore tonight.

Because of celiac, I can't eat anywhere in the small town where we live, so I'm looking forward to being able to go to restaurants again. :)

[forestofglory]

Here's hoping that restaurants will be a thing again soon!

[riventhorn]

I got some really good blood oranges at the farmer's market. Also from the farmer's market, some shitaki and oyster mushrooms that I'm having in stir fry. I like having different kinds of mushrooms in the same dish and comparing how they taste. Those cupcakes sound wild, lol.

[forestofglory]

The cupcakes where pretty over the top. Yummy though.

I love mushrooms, but R doesn't like them, so I don't get to eat them as often as I'd like.

[narie]

I made a complicated lentil soup last night, which was a bit underwhelming for the amount of chopping it involved, but did introduce me to the idea of putting preserved lemon rind into lentil soup, and that's been a very pleasant discovery! The soup reheats well, too, which is a good thing indeed since I love cooking large batches and then living off leftovers.

It's the one on this page, if you're curious: https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/feb/21/reem-kassis-arabesque-table-fatteh-pistachio-cake

[forestofglory]

I'm not super familiar with preserved lemon rind, but I'll have to try it in lentil soup sometime.

[mrissa]

Our favorite local Korean restaurant FINALLY got its delivery options sorted, so I got mandu last week. And. And. And they included banchan.

I am still so happy about that banchan.

[forestofglory]

Yay for banchan!

[owlmoose]

I love the Public Market! I used to work near there and would eat lunch there regularly. It's been completely renovated since then, and I think all of the food sellers I frequented are gone, but I've been a few times recently and enjoy the new line-up as well. I'm glad they put in outdoor seating and have been able to survive.

[forestofglory]

I used to go to the Public Market before the remodel, but I do think all those old sellers are gone. It's still a lot of fun though!