Now that I have moved back to Dallas, there are literally endless of places to go to get those tastebuds excited.
Every time I am in Dallas, my friend Hunter and I always meet up for lunch to catch up on everything that had happened over the past couple months. This time we decided to go for breakfast at Coffee House Cafe. I hadn't been yet but only heard great things about their cozy atmosphere, coffee, and food.
Hunter and I both got the house latte, which has notes of vanilla and caramel.
I went with an egg white veggie omelette and breakfast potatoes. Now I probably have had an egg white veggie omelette at every breakfast place I've been to. Don't get me wrong, it was a very good omelette but nothing out of the ordinary. The potatoes though...they were strongly seasoned with rosemary and garlic. I am not the biggest breaky potato fan, but I could have gone for two more plates of these guys.
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(disclaimer: this was that same day...I told y'all girl can eat)
One of my good friends from Iowa had a layover in Dallas so we decided to hit the food scene. We started off at urban taco, which I surprisingly have never been to as common as they are.
I went with the urban taco trio and got: Potato zucchini, Chicken al carbon, and Carnitas DF with my sides being the mango jicama slaw and roasted corn con lime creme. Everything was light and refreshing but has so much flavor. The toppings and sauces to the tacos complimented each main item. The star of dinner had to have been the roasted corn though, I don't know what they did but I was licking that bowl clean.
...Talking about licking clean. For some reason we decided to get dessert and just a glance at the menu and we knew what we wanted. The churros. Really no explanation needed to make these look appealing to anybody but I'll continue. The churros were fried with crystallized sugar and a light chocolate sauce drizzled over them, but then you bite into them and there is a light dulce de leche sauce in the middle. Honestly, probably one of THE best things I've ever tasted.
Now believe it or not, but we woke up the next morning and decided to grab brunch. So we headed to the other part of town to check out Smoke.
We couldn't decide so we went halfsies with each other. He ordered the Pulled Whole Hog BBQ Eggs Benedict" and I got the "Heavy Handed Blueberry Pancakes" ...with vanilla poached apricots and cream. oh...and we also got a side of "Thick cut pork belly bacon". Now those names by themselves make even a vegetarian's mouth water. Everything was very decadent and rich but just enough. This had to have been the best bacon I've ever had in my life-it was so thick and you could taste all the pork fat (gross but oh so good). The fat in the eggs benedict was juxtaposed with the eggs and hollandaise sauce so it wasn't too much. The pancakes were out least favorite-but its hard to win with no meat. But when you got a bite of everything and made sure to soak up the cake in the apricot juice at the bottom of the plate...it became a close call.
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One of my best friends lives in NYC as a professional dancer, so she is rarely ever in Dally. The day of her flight her family and the girl group of the four of us decided to grab brunch at a downtown spot called Sissy's Southern Kitchen and Bar.
Since a celebration was to be had we started off with two crafts of mimosas. I'd never seen it done this way but thought it was interesting, you got a bottle of champagne and got to choose 3 out of the 4 options for juice: OJ, Grapefruit, Pineapple, and Cranberry. (we opted out of cran). This was a fun way to try new flavor combinations...and drink lots of champagne.
So as a southern kitchen goes you know they have to have chicken & waffles on the menu. My friend and I knew we both wanted it but couldn't put that much sacrifice on our waistlines so we decide to split...thank goodness we did. The full portion is a full belgian waffle with two massive pieces of fried chicken. You spread a little butter on the waffle, cut off a piece of chicken, drizzle a little syrup and there you have it. the single best bite of your life. If you have never had chicken & waffles and are in the area, hit up the brunch at Sissy's.
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So college volleyball season started and I was lucky enough that the Hawkeyes were scheduled to play in a tournament at A&M. Now I usually swear off College Station, but this was a great exception. My mom remembered this small mexican place that she wanted to go to again, but couldn't remember the name, so going off of a recommendation from my good friend we went to Blackwater Draw Brewing Co. Funny enough, this brewery took over the mexican place my mom was thinking of!
We started off with some of their craft beers and the Nemo Nachos appetizer. Anything that has sashimi tuna I am game for-(thanks Blackstone for getting me addicted) with cucumber and avocado tossed on top of fried wonton wrappers and a wasabi sauce drizzled over. Ma and I didn't finish alllll of the wontons, but were just pretty close.
I don't know if its my attempt to eat healthy (funny I know) or just because other things looked better, but I haven't ordered a burger in forever so I thought I'd give it a shot. My mom ended up getting the short rib sliders. Both things were really good, but weren't anything out of the ordinary. I have come to realize that I am so harsh on college town restaurants because Iowa City has so many impeccable ones. But for a late night or big group this spot is great to grab a beer and get some tasty eats.
Well thats all of the food frenzy for now, but don't you worry I am sure there will be more soon but I need to take a hiatus from the foodie scene to get together because I am going back to Iowa City in a week!! I am sure there will be updates from there because as you all know, I am obsessed with the food (and everything else) there!
