Category Archives: Restaurants

Good things come in threes…or sometimes twos…or sevens…or…

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I am lucky to have good things come to me often. These are some good things lately:

Trio. I tried to eat here one night a few months ago and after we’d sat down, had our drinks, and given our orders, the power went out. So, no trio for us. But thank goodness I finally went back, cause it was delish. If you go I think you should get the rosemary flatbread. It has goat cheese, roasted peppers, caramelized onions, and tomatoes. It’s pretty wonderful.

Dry Cucumber Soda. I had this at Trio (see the afore mentioned other good thing). I got it just for kicks because I’d never heard of cucumber soda, but I ended up loving it. However I was worried. The waiter said they imported these drinks from somewhere in Seattle and they were only here for the season. How would I ever find this drink again? Surely I would have to search for endless hours on the internet to find their obscure origin.

Or it would be the first hit on Google. And you can easily order them online. Guess I’m behind on the times.

dry cucumber soda

dry cucumber soda. Mine did not come garnished with cucumbers and artfully placed on highly reflective surfaces, but was delicious nonetheless.

Movie time. Recent watches include The Impossible and Ruby Sparks. The Impossible made me cry (which I don’t really do in movies). Ruby Sparks made me want to visit the Big Sur, take more chances, be my true self, and write, write, write.

New recipes. Part of my new years resolutions was to cook more and I’ve found some good recipes; my favorite so far was probably the Moroccan Chicken and Lentils. I’ve also been pleasantly surprise to find that a few nights of cooking goes a long, long way.

Unhinged. This is place is great. You should probably go there. It’s tucked away in Sugarhouse (1121 east 2100 south SLC, UT) and is full of wonderful things. Like clothes, and jewlery, and art, and great local designers. I got this:

Nifty, right? It also came with a case, flash, the original manual, and one final picture that the previous owner never removed.

Nifty, right? It also came with a case, flash, the original manual, and one final picture that the previous owner never removed.

Best Week Ever! It’s back! Can’t wait. Now, I just have to figure out where I can watch it since I don’t have VH1.

BWE! So many great times with this show!

BWE! So many great times with this show!

Currently: Happy after a night of pancakes and dancing it out despite having to reschedule and cancel plans. I guess even large amounts of snow can be a good thing. Oh, also got to spend a lot of time catching up with family via telephone, which is always good :)

Expectations versus Reality

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Here’s a fact you may not know about me: I love falafals. I had one for the first time in Paris of all places, and fell in love. Now keep in mind Paris sometimes makes things seem better then they really are (You know, because, it’s magic and enchanting and all that).However my love of falafals has remained true. So imagine my delight (and surprise) when the number one Sugarhouse restaurant on Urbanspoon was O Falafal.

I had to go.

However I was bit skeptical that it would hold up to my expectations. And you know what?

It was delicious. I dare say it exceeded expectations. I love it when that happens.

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Me eating at O Falafal. My awkward smile does not properly show how yummy my falafal was. Gabby   liked it too (you can see her twitpic here). We also tried the chicken shawarma, which was also delicious.

Currently: making to do lists and goals for the week. This week went by way too fast!

Les Madeleines

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When I checked out the Salt Lake City library last week I also ate at this scrumptious place across the street called Les Madeleines (216 East 500 South, very tiny sign).

Les Madeleines

Les Madeleines was actually the reason I went over there in the first place. I’d first gotten interested in trying this place when I was helping ring a woman up at Ten Thousand Villages. We had bonded over dark chocolate (of course) and were swapping food stories. She mentioned that she had just finished travelling through Europe (jealous) and that she loved Kouing-aman pastries. She said the closest she’d had to European quality was the Kouing-aman at Les Madeleines. Now I had no idea what a Kouing-aman was, nor had I ever tasted one.  But that woman sold me on it. I had to try one.

So what is a Kouing-aman? Allow me to wikipedia it for you: “A [Kouing-aman is a] round crusty cake, made with a dough akin to bread dough with sugar sprinkled between layers. The resulting cake is slowly baked until the butter puffs up the dough (resulting in the layered aspect of it) and the sugar caramelizes. The name derives from the Breton words for cake (“kouign”) and butter (“amann”).”

It looks like this:

Kouing-aman and pistachio button from Les Madeleines

Kouing-aman and pistachio button from Les Madeleines

And it’s delicious. Flaky and sugary on the outside, soft and delicious dough on the inside. I was glad I made the trip; I can see why it’s their specialty.

You may have also noticed that I couldn’t resist picking up a pistachio macaroon. I also got to taste a few other treats thanks to my friend who came with me. She decided she wanted to sample a little bit of everything and, lucky for me, she also shared them all with me.

More delicious treats from Les Madeleines

More delicious treats from Les Madeleines

It was a great pastry splurge. My favorites were probably the Kouing-aman and the black and white cookie (simple, but I was in a cookie mood).  Now I just need to try their lunch menu…

Even our leftovers were wrapped up in a cute little box.

Currently: getting over my boggle obsession ( I downloaded it on my phone a little while ago). It was getting dangerous there for a little while.