Food

Megan and I got back yesterday from a couple of days in Asheville. It's a popular tourist destination in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and I'd never been, so I wanted to see it.

Here's what it's about:
1. Hippies-Have I ever told you of my love for hippies? I love hippies. Well, at least as much as I love any other person.
2. Hiking-It's in the mountains.
3. BUY LOCAL-These signs were everywhere.
4. Food.

Here's what I have to show for it:
1. Pictures.
2. Food baby.
3. A blister on my left foot where my sandal rubbed from the many miles we walked.

We only went to restaurants recommended to us--of course there were more recommendations than meals we had, so we tried to choose wisely. Everything was delicious!

Stop number 1: Tupelo Honey Cafe

OK, those biscuits? If I could make biscuits like that I'd totally have a man by now. Or I'd be huge because I would want at least 2 biscuits a day. The biscuits and jam are their chips-n-salsa, you just get it when you walk in the door and order your dinner/lunch/meal. Brilliant. 

Speaking of chips...we started with the Homemade Pimento Cheese and Tortilla Chips. It was served warm, the flavor was good, but I think that warming the pimento cheese loses makes it lose it's texture which is half the deliciousness of pimento cheese. The other half was still present. 

Megan had the Misse’s Asheville Veggie Melt it was pretty dang good. 

I had a Sunshot Vegetable Plate, which was basically my choice of three sides. From the top: 1. Fried Green Tomatoes with Basil, 2. Honeyed Pickled Beet Salad, 3. GOAT CHEESE GRITS. #1 was my least favorite (such a dinky portion!) and #3 was AMAZING. Also, pickled beets are pretty much to die for in any form, but these were crunchier than I expected and I loved them.

Stop number 2: Early Girl Eatery

 

It's for the sugar!

Early Girl Benny--Grit cakes topped with tomato, spinach, poached eggs, tomato gravy and avocado, served with toast a biscuit

Tempeh Ruben--Baked local tempeh, sauerkraut, russian dressing and swiss cheese (What's tempeh??)

Jam. Mushrooms and ants? So cute!

Yummy...Yummy...Yummy!

Stop number 4: Asheville Pizza & Brewing Company

I didn't take any pictures because this is basically a big movie theater where you can eat and I was busy watching The King's Speech (again).

Stop number 5: Sunny Point Cafe

See these? I am re-creating this. Why? 

Chocolate buttery-mousse. YESSSSSS!

Huevos Rancheros with tofu chorizo

 

Hey Megan, wanna go halvsises? A sweet and a savory?

And those were the meals that we ate. But there's more to come from our adventures in Asheville.