You Are What You Eat: June 28 through July 1
This interval had my first major travel for the year, and not coincidentally has more restaurants and less cooking on it.
Friday, June 28 - When we landed in Oklahoma City, the first order of business was lunch. One of my sister's friends recommended what she said was the top Mexican place in town, so we went to Ted's Cafe Escondido. It was perfectly acceptable food, but not in any way remarkable, forcing me to conclude that either this friend had never had really good Mexican food or that Oklahoma City has no good Mexican food.
When it was time for dinner we were downtown, and my sister selected a BBQ joint in that area called Blu's. Despite being downtown on a Friday night, it was nearly empty - apparently they make most of their money on the lunch crowd. The BBQ was acceptable; I've had better, I've had far worse.
Saturday, June 29 - Right near our Air BNB was a Guatemalan place highly recommended by the internet, so we had brunch there. Cafe Antigua was quite good. I had chapin, and more importantly I had one of the best single cups of hot chocolate I've ever had there. Very nice!
Late in the afternoon we wrapped up at the 21C Museum Hotel and decided to have an early dinner at Mary Eddy’s Kitchen x Lounge in the same building. It was a bit pricey for what it was and the lunch menu was somewhat limited, but the food itself was good. I had a fancy chicken sandwich.
For dessert, we stopped at the Hurts Donut near our Air BNB. I had two donuts, my sister had fancy coffee. I learned it's a chain that clearly wants to be in the same niche as Voodoo Donut, but they definitely aren't there yet.
Sunday, June 30 - OKC (and in particular the neighborhood of our Air BNB) must have a substantial Guatemalan community, because in addition to Cafe Antigua, Cafe Kacao also advertised itself as Guatemalan food. It was also billed as the best breakfast in OKC, which combined with the Sunday brunch crowd is probably why it took so long to get seated - we were on the wait list for 40 minutes before we went there, and waited another 40 minutes easily. Happily, it was worth it, as this was the best single meal of the trip. The menu had non-Guatemalan food like papusas too. We both ate very well indeed. The hot chocolate here was also excellent, if not quite as good as Cafe Antigua.
Note: a certain sign of a Guatemalan community is the presence of a Pollo Campero. There was one in our area as well, but we did not go there.
For dinner we went to Picasso Cafe in the Paseo district. This was a hipster farm to table place, but not overpriced like many such places; it seemed to have a lot of students eating there. I had a nice piece of chicken with parmesan risotto and a chocolate dessert.
Not content with the chocolate dessert, we stopped at Braums for an ice cream sundae. This is chain of Dairy Queen-like ice cream / burger shops that have apparently been around for a while; their logo is on the giant millk bottle that graced nearby Route 66.
Monday, July 1 - Our flights were very early. I had a giant salad for breakfast at Gordon Biersch in the Atlanta airport. It was fine for airport food.
I was home mid-afternoon. For dinner, I made M Stir-Fried Chicken & Broccoli with Mango Chutney (March/April 2018 Eating Well) for the second time this year.
Totals For This Post
Days Covered: 4
Meals / Dishes Cooked: 1 / 1
New Recipes: 0
Leftover Nights: 0
Eating Out / Take Out Meals: 7
Eating Out Drinks/Dessert Only: 2
New To Me Restaurants: 9
Repeated Restaurants in 2019: 0
Parties / Friends / Family Cooked: 0
Repeated Recipes: 1
Overall Totals 2019 (less January 1)
Days Covered: 181
Meals / Dishes Cooked: 122/ 160
New Recipes: 68
Leftover Nights: 7
Eating Out / Take Out Meals: 76
Eating Out Drinks/Dessert Only: 31
New To Me Restaurants: 37
Repeated Restaurants in 2019: 19
Parties / Friends / Family Cooked: 13
Repeated Recipes: 10
Friday, June 28 - When we landed in Oklahoma City, the first order of business was lunch. One of my sister's friends recommended what she said was the top Mexican place in town, so we went to Ted's Cafe Escondido. It was perfectly acceptable food, but not in any way remarkable, forcing me to conclude that either this friend had never had really good Mexican food or that Oklahoma City has no good Mexican food.
When it was time for dinner we were downtown, and my sister selected a BBQ joint in that area called Blu's. Despite being downtown on a Friday night, it was nearly empty - apparently they make most of their money on the lunch crowd. The BBQ was acceptable; I've had better, I've had far worse.
Saturday, June 29 - Right near our Air BNB was a Guatemalan place highly recommended by the internet, so we had brunch there. Cafe Antigua was quite good. I had chapin, and more importantly I had one of the best single cups of hot chocolate I've ever had there. Very nice!
Late in the afternoon we wrapped up at the 21C Museum Hotel and decided to have an early dinner at Mary Eddy’s Kitchen x Lounge in the same building. It was a bit pricey for what it was and the lunch menu was somewhat limited, but the food itself was good. I had a fancy chicken sandwich.
For dessert, we stopped at the Hurts Donut near our Air BNB. I had two donuts, my sister had fancy coffee. I learned it's a chain that clearly wants to be in the same niche as Voodoo Donut, but they definitely aren't there yet.
Sunday, June 30 - OKC (and in particular the neighborhood of our Air BNB) must have a substantial Guatemalan community, because in addition to Cafe Antigua, Cafe Kacao also advertised itself as Guatemalan food. It was also billed as the best breakfast in OKC, which combined with the Sunday brunch crowd is probably why it took so long to get seated - we were on the wait list for 40 minutes before we went there, and waited another 40 minutes easily. Happily, it was worth it, as this was the best single meal of the trip. The menu had non-Guatemalan food like papusas too. We both ate very well indeed. The hot chocolate here was also excellent, if not quite as good as Cafe Antigua.
Note: a certain sign of a Guatemalan community is the presence of a Pollo Campero. There was one in our area as well, but we did not go there.
For dinner we went to Picasso Cafe in the Paseo district. This was a hipster farm to table place, but not overpriced like many such places; it seemed to have a lot of students eating there. I had a nice piece of chicken with parmesan risotto and a chocolate dessert.
Not content with the chocolate dessert, we stopped at Braums for an ice cream sundae. This is chain of Dairy Queen-like ice cream / burger shops that have apparently been around for a while; their logo is on the giant millk bottle that graced nearby Route 66.
Monday, July 1 - Our flights were very early. I had a giant salad for breakfast at Gordon Biersch in the Atlanta airport. It was fine for airport food.
I was home mid-afternoon. For dinner, I made M Stir-Fried Chicken & Broccoli with Mango Chutney (March/April 2018 Eating Well) for the second time this year.
Totals For This Post
Days Covered: 4
Meals / Dishes Cooked: 1 / 1
New Recipes: 0
Leftover Nights: 0
Eating Out / Take Out Meals: 7
Eating Out Drinks/Dessert Only: 2
New To Me Restaurants: 9
Repeated Restaurants in 2019: 0
Parties / Friends / Family Cooked: 0
Repeated Recipes: 1
Overall Totals 2019 (less January 1)
Days Covered: 181
Meals / Dishes Cooked: 122/ 160
New Recipes: 68
Leftover Nights: 7
Eating Out / Take Out Meals: 76
Eating Out Drinks/Dessert Only: 31
New To Me Restaurants: 37
Repeated Restaurants in 2019: 19
Parties / Friends / Family Cooked: 13
Repeated Recipes: 10