So i have recently decided that the only reason to bother with school is for the food. this might seem weird, but not for those of us in ms. rechts english class.
We had a massive food party whilst watching the great gatsby in movie form (the book was, needless to say, much better)....ANYWAY, we had lots of junk including krispy cream donuts, oreos and MOTHERS FROSTED ANIMAL COOKIES.
i am oh so glad mothers cookies came back :)
Oh my god dawgs! we haven't posted in SUCH a long time, and we sincerely apologize. I suppose things have just been ridiculously busy lately, so we haven't had time to actually take pictures of any of the delicious food we've eaten since our last post.
BUT I do have a special little gelato outing to share with everyone! a few weeks ago my dad and I went to North Beach to get some gelato. Since North Beach is something like a "little Italy" (but is a little overdone in my opinion), literally like EVERY OTHER store sells gelato. After circling around the neighborhood for a while we decided on this one place, Naia (http://gelaterianaia.com/). It was probably this ice cream cone structure that drew us in:
There were SO MANY flavors, and some of them were a bit surprising. Like you wouldn't expect them to be sold as gelato. In a good way though.
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| CANNOLI FLAVORED!!! |
For example, my dad got CANNOLI flavored gelato. AMAZING choice. It had bits of chocolate, pistachio, and the actual cannoli shell mixed in!!
aaand then there was me, who was trying to be bolder and more adventurous with the flavor choosing. But as always, it ended up being a debate between chocolate, dark chocolate, and mocha.
I GOT MOCHA. which is very different from coffee flavored ice cream/gelato..it is more chocolaty, obviously. so i made a pretty adventurous selection AND got my chocolate fix :)
look at that perfect gelato-sculpting
soo I promise that Heather and I will be more RESPONSIBLE when it comes to the food blog. We were procrastinating there for a bit, but hopefully this post gets us back into the swing of things!
Recently, while in tahoe, I got a hankering for a hamburger. A really really really good burger. And so, i went to plumpjacks. Plumpjacks (www.plumpjacksquawvalleyinn.com/) is this little inn right off the main square of squaw village and has just what I was looking for, REALLY good hamburgers. They are served in both the bar and the restaurant, both of which generlly have a wait but its so worth it. This burger is served up with all the classic fixings: tomatoes, lettuce, whatever kind of chese you want, but somehow its just better than your regular old average burger. Maybe its the mountain air but I just cant get over how good this burger is.
oh, and its served with house made garlic fries, yum
take a look at this incredible sandwich from lucca delicatessen on chestnut street:
turkey, cranberry sauce, and lettuce on sliced whole wheat. originally i ordered it on a dutch crunch roll, but they were out. and i am very glad about that because the whole wheat actually tasted amaaaazing. that is all. :)
(also, i'm so proud of myself for actually taking the time to get some good pictures of this sandwich instead of having absolutely zero patience and eating it without documenting it)
Recently, while in tahoe, I got a hankering for a hamburger. A really really really good burger. And so, i went to plumpjacks. Plumpjacks (www.plumpjacksquawvalleyinn.com/) is this little inn right off the main square of squaw village and has just what I was looking for, REALLY good hamburgers. They are served in both the bar and the restaurant, both of which generlly have a wait but its so worth it. This burger is served up with all the classic fixings: tomatoes, lettuce, whatever kind of chese you want, but somehow its just better than your regular old average burger. Maybe its the mountain air but I just cant get over how good this burger is.
