Monday, July 13, 2020

More: What I've Been Eating

Greetings from South Austin! I've been doing my best to try to support South Austin restaurants, with a few exceptions. Here's a look at what I've been making and getting for take out in the past two months. Caution: may make you hungry! 😂

Pasta
Homemade: pasta in light cream sauce with asparagus, bacon, pine nuts and parm.
Coconut cream tarte
Homemade: coconut cream tarte

Bouldin Creek Cafe veggie burger
Bouldin Creek Cafe veggie burger
Chili (with beans!) and cornbread
Homemade: chili (with beans!) and skillet cornbread
Vespaio canneloni, arancini, beet salad
Vespaio canneloni, arancini, beet salad. These were fabulous and I got about three meals out of this.
Bokksu box of Japanese snacks
A dear friend sent me this Bokksu box of Japanese snacks! So much fun!
Air fryer churros
Homemade: air fryer churros! Easy and yummy!
 (Though not as good as the nearby Churro food trailer!)
Habana -- pollo salteado, emapanada, tres leches
Habana pollo salteado, empanada, tres leches
La Patisserie morning bun, croissant, almond macaroon
La Patisserie morning bun, croissant, almond macaroon
La Patisserie chocolate hazelnut cake
La Patisserie chocolate hazelnut cake
Homecooked: pasta with corn pesto
Homemade: pasta with corn pesto
Bao'd Up BBQ chicken bao
Bao'd Up BBQ chicken bao
Slab BBQ
Slab BBQ pork ribs
Tarka's lamb biryani and chicken korma
Tarka's lamb biryani and chicken korma. I can't not get the korma! 
Homemade: raw beet salad, with fennel, red onion and haloumi
Homemade: raw beet salad, with fennel, red onion and haloumi
Beet issues
Beet issues 😀
Soup Peddler: grilled cheese
Soup Peddler: grilled cheese + salad
Sugar Mama's carrot cupcake and bourbon pecan bar
Sugar Mama's carrot cupcake and bourbon pecan bar
El Dorado beef enchiladas
El Dorado beef enchiladas with calabazas (squash). This was a fabulous evening, being socially distant with friends in north central Austin. Food and friends were excellent! 
Fat Dragon's lamb cilantro dumplings
A friend and I both ordered carry out from Fat Dragon, coordinated our pick up times, and sat in the parking lot with our cars dovetailed together so we could eat and talk.  Delicious lamb cilantro dumplings and below, dry fried green beans.
Fat Dragon's dry fry green beans

Coffee bourbon browned butter blondies
Coffee bourbon browned butter blondies. See my previous post!
Artipasta: bolognese + lemon cream sauces
Artipasta: bolognese + lemon cream sauces for another evening of social distance with a friend.
Thai Fresh pad thai, tom yum soup, veggies
Thai Fresh pad thai, tom yum soup, veggies
Elizabeth Street Cafe banh cuon
Elizabeth Street Cafe banh cuon and pesty cat.

Bird Bird Biscuit Queen Beak
Oh my. This Queen Beak (fried chicken biscuit) from Bird Bird Biscuit is one of the finer things I have eaten lately! This is the naked version, as I got my chipotle aioli and hot honey on the side, and as I was eating (and photographing) this from my car, the pics with the sauces on them aren't super. This was messy. But worth every bite.

Dolce Neve gelato
Dolce Neve gelato
Homemade: pao de queijo (Brazilian cheese balls)
Homemade: pao de queijo (Brazilian cheese balls)
Loro: bavette, corn fritters, won ton chips + dips
Loro: bavette, corn fritters, won ton chips + dips. The bavette is quite good, but somehow I can't get these lightly seasoned won ton chips with peanut sambal out of my mind.
La Tunita 512 birria taco + consume
I've heard the buzz about La Tunita 512, and had to go check it out. The consume with birria is delicious! Should have gotten the torta special to dip in the consume -- next time! 

Hungry? Yeah, me too. Time for my next meal! And I should add (and had mentioned in my May post), I've been doing intermittent fasting, so eating all these lovelies, and I am down 20 pounds total! 

What's on your menu?