Good food I've had lately

Looking through my iPhone, I realized how many pictures of food I have. Which should be unsurprising really, given the fact that I'm a foodie and any delicious meal gone undocumented is quite a regretful experience. SO I decided that I'd create a post/compilation of all the good food I've had lately! Prepare yourself for some tasty pictures...hereeeee we go!

Fat Face Popsicles: Mango Sticky Rice and Rich Espresso Fudge (Off the Grid)

3-Sum Eats: Rice Krispy Crusted Fried Chicken Sandwich!! (Off the Grid)

BFF Breakfast: Mochas with whipped cream and giant cinnamon rolls :)

beef brisket sandwich with a side of coleslaw 

hot bowl of curry Pho

  homemade pizzas

a true breakfast of champions (made by yours truly)

froyo...what could be better

Made by my mother: a fresh tomato couscous salad  

Lovejoy's Tearoom fresh fruit, raisin scones, tea cookies, and a variety of small tea sandwiches!

Naked Lunch

A few weeks ago over my spring break, my dad decided to take me out on an exclusive, super hipster, foodie adventure! Who knew he was in the loop?! 

We went to a small popup sandwich place called "naked lunch"; during the night time hours, it's a spanish restaurant, but during the day they open up the kitchen and turn it into a cute little makeshift lunch spot. 

Apparently the menu is different every day, there are always vegetarian options, along with a daily soup and salad. All the ingredients and combinations were SO new, so fresh, so hipster! 

It was very difficult to decide what to get, even though the menu wasnt huge. i was very excited.

I decided to with the mary's farm fried chicken sandwich, with pickled carrot, fresno chili, cilantro, arugula and lime!

My dad opted for the crispy pork belly sandwich, which included herb chèvre, toasted almond, meyer lemon, and a mustard vinaigrette. 

After ordering, we sat outside for a very short while before they brought our sandwiches out to us....my mouth was watering.

on the left is the fried chicken, on the right is the pork belly!

Now, both sandwiches were delicious and had unique flavors, so of course I had to get a bite of my father's option. After one bite of his I decided that I liked it so much that I asked if we could switch sandwiches! And I'm his daughter, so he kind of had no choice :)

After woofing them down, i was a very happy girl. So i ordered another: 

...just kidding. i just really like posing in pictures with food.

hahhaha

bakesale betty

A few weeks ago, Heather and I went to a local bakery called BAKESALE BETTY! (http://www.bakesalebetty.com/)
It was all the way across the bridge in Oakland, but we were set on two things: a fried chicken sandwich and cookies...and Bakesale Betty is pretty pro when it comes to those two things.

freshly baked COOKIES!

As expected, the line was stretching down the block. The longest line I've seen so far, actually, in front of any restaurant. We quickly hopped in line, and before we knew it, there was a man going down the line with a clip board, asking everyone what they were ordering. He was counting how many of these people were ordering their famous fried chicken sandwich because they were about to run out. They were stopping at 60, and we were lucky numbers 57 and 58. It was a miracle, really.


ANYWAYSSSS, back to the real food! The chicken sandwiches were AMAZIN. It's a glorious combination of fried chicken and their house made cole slaw on a french roll which makes it taste sooo unique. I don't even like cole slaw, but this version is just heaven. it's got the perfect amount of spicy kick to it--theres some cabbage, onions, parsley and jalepenos all drizzled in their dijon-based vinaigrette.

After scarfing down the sandwiches, we were already extremely full. BUT we had purchased an oatmeal raisin cookie and a ginger molasses cookie along with the sandwiches, so our stomach's physical state didn't matter! Dessert is dessert and it is eaten no matter what. We split both the cookies and had half of each to try both....and they were both amazing, in their own ways of course! you cannot compare the two..

...but the ginger molasses cookie had us hooked. So much so, that after about 5 minutes of semi-digesting the mass amounts of food we had just eaten, we went back for more. Yes, that's right. We each bought ourselves a second ginger molasses cookie and ate it right there on site.

back for more! (both cookies already half eaten!)

It was a very satisfying lunch. So satisfying, that Heather and I have decided that this would indeed be our last meal. Like, if we were gonna DIE tomorrow, this is what we would eat right now. Our last memories of life would be left in the hands of Miss Bakesale Betty herself. 

the perfect sandwich

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)