Vacation Eats

I spent 5 glorious days in San Fransisco recently, and discovered that I’ve been missing out on some ah-mazing foods here on the East Coast.

First, and most important: tacos.  I knew we didn’t have great tacos here, but I always thought that what I could get in New York was pretty damn tasty, so I didn’t mind that they weren’t “authentic” tacos.  Now, I’ll just have to pretend I’m eating a wrap or something when I get tacos or burritos here.  Tacos in California are delicious.

Soyrizo taco with extra guacamole

And the Guacamole doesn’t suck either.

Guacamole

Especially when washed down with one of these guys:

Ginger Beer!

Although I have to say that the ginger beer wasn’t the best choice when eating spicy food- too much spice!

At (on?) Fisherman’s Wharf my mom treated me to a delicious lunch at Boudin Bakery!  Amazing sourdough bread, folks.

I got the tomato soup in a sourdough bread bowl.  It was so so so good.  Sort of tasted like pizza! Ya know, tomatoes + bread + parmy cheese.  I ate all of the soup, then started in on the bowl.  I was absolutely stuffed but just could not stop eating that bread!  I ended up saving the top of the bowl for the plane ride home

Tomato Soup in a Sourdough Bread Bowl

Next I went to the Buena Vista Cafe, where the Irish Coffee was purportedly brought to the United States.  Now honestly, I don’t care who brought it to the US, I just care that it got here, so when our lovely hosts insisted that we get one on our last day in SF, I happily sought it out.

It was good.  Nothing spectacular, but just booze, coffee, and whipped cream like it should be.

We ended our trip with some lovely fro-yo from a self serve place.  This was funnn.  I mixed “tart” plain yogurt with mixed berry, then added strawberries, mini chocolate chips, and blueberries.  The blueberries tasted funky and were sorta hard, but other than that this stuff was delicious.  Big fan.  Want one in Syracuse.

I ate other stuff too!  Tasty indian food, homemade dinners, grilled cheeses, and lattes each morning.  It was a pretty tasty vacation!

Now I’m back at home, and think I finally slept off the funky jet lag that I had (2 small children sitting behind you on a red-eye flight from CA to NY is NOT OK!) and back in my kitchen.

And if the soap doesn’t fall off the sink and jump up and down on the bathroom scale like it was a trampoline, annoying the toilet brush and making the bubble bath giggle, I’ll tell you next about how to make sneaky vegetarian lasagna in roll form!