What shall I eat next?!
Well, here we are in Pasadena for the IMN training and Origins. I’m having a fantastic time. Really enjoying interacting with all these fantastic people from different places and backgrounds. What a privilege to be here all the way from little England creating and enriching friendships with people we may never have have met otherwise and who are here because they want to change the world.
William Carey University where we’re meeting, learning and sharing
Anyway, onto the serious stuff. I’m trying to experience food in the US that I can’t get back home/haven’t tried before. So far this week I’ve eaten Meatloaf (not just an old overweight singer!), had my first taste of root beer (a bit like dandelion and Burdock for those who know what that is!), crab and some of Alex’s lobster (thanks!), a burrito, a Japanese meal, a hot dog today, and then finished off this evening with Brazilian all you can eat meat! Phew!!
So, what shall I eat next?! Is there anything you think I really have to try before we leave on friday? 5 days left!
Our Japanese meal and personal chef last night
Eating Brazilian food with all our IMN coursemates tonight
May 21st, 2006 at 6:12 am
Great getting to see you guys one more time!
The only other thing I can think of that is truly an American meal is BBQ…it is usually beef or pork, smoked for many hours…it’s sooo good! I’ll be watching for the rest of your adventures in America!
May 21st, 2006 at 12:23 pm
two things you should try if you haven’t:
- fish tacos from Wahoo’s (they really are great)
- In and Out hamburgers (quality hamburger the way they’re meant to be)
May 21st, 2006 at 8:59 pm
Parke, I just got back from eating an In and Out burger! Well recommended! I loved it. The sauce is really unique. Thanks for that..
Deana, I’m looking out for a BBQ opportunity! Hope you’re having fun on the oldest street. Have a safe journey home.
May 22nd, 2006 at 2:41 pm
I’m a breakfast person. Here’s my advice:
Ask someone to take you to First Watch for breakfast, if you have time and if there’s one near you! I can’t eat much early in the morning, but if I’ve waited until ten or eleven to eat and am hungry for a big, piggy brunch there’s no place I like better than First Watch. Try the Key West Crepe-egg. It’s my favorite. A crepe-egg is a crepe that they’ve dipped in egg and fried like an omelette, with all sorts of yummieness inside! The Key West one has turkey, bacon, tomato, avocado, sour cream (sort of like creme freche), salsa…you get the picture! It’s very California, for all that it’s named after Florida.
And it’s served with fried potatoes. We love our homefries and hashbrowns in America. In the Midwest it is a rare day that potatoes are not served in one form or another at at least one meal. A legacy, I suppose, from the millions of Irish immigrants we’ve had.
If you can’t find a First Watch, ask for a Cracker Barrel restaurant and order the pancakes. They have to best pancakes you’ve ever eaten!
May 22nd, 2006 at 5:24 pm
As I was going to bed last night I remembered Cracker Barrel…it will have loads of stuff you’ve never eaten! Remember how I said Meatloaf is my granny’s cooking? Well, everything at Crackerbarrel is like my Granny’s cooking! yummy stuff! Oh catfish is another thing you could try or Cajun food. If you make it to the Farmer’s Market there in L.A. to eat there are tons of places to choose from, Cajun food, BBQ, Deli’s, I think it’s just your kind of place…and a great shopping area too!
May 23rd, 2006 at 12:15 pm
Yay for Grandma’s cooking! Although mine probably looks pretty different from yours and is nothing like most of cracker barrel’s menu. Fried cornmeal mush with bacon and maple syrup. Swedish meatballs and kringles and spritz cookies and other Scandinavian foods. Soda bread a la my Irish great-grandfather. Croatian dishes like patitsa bread and pigs in a blanket (totally different from any other kind of pigs in a blanket, this one has ground pork and sauerkraut). Turkey stuffing at Thanksgiving that has wildrice in it. And the inevitable relish tray.
Yes, my family is from the Iron Range! Lol. Crazy Northerners from random European countries. Lots of good old Scandinavian and Bohemian food– and lots of beer.