As you might recall, I brought a ton of food with me to California, lest I be caught hungry. What I left with:
What I came home with:
Wait a minute? How did that pile get bigger? A trip to Trader Joe's! We don't have Trader Joe's in Houston (although, rumor has it, one is on it's way!) so I went on a small shopping spree. The haul?
A salad for dinner that night- I was so tired of restaurants I opted to eat a salad on my hotel bed instead of go out again!
Love the included fork, since I didn't have any in my room! |
Also in that pile were cookie butter, pita chips, KIND bars, and candied ginger. These were for home, although I did break into that cookie butter the very next day for breakfast! Cookie butter is this amazing (but not exactly healthy) spread that tastes like Biscoff, the cookies they used to give out on Delta flights. I had heard about this stuff, and I knew I had to try it. But it really is SO good, that I think people have been underselling it. All I can say is... get yourself some cookie butter. And a spoon. Yum!
In-n-out burger: I heard all manner of things about this place, which apparently has a divisive rivalry with Whataburger (which I hate) for the fast food burger throne.
This burger was awesome. As soon as it was gone I wished I had another. Or had at least ordered a double. Their special sauce... oh man! Another awesome thing? You can order your fries to your desired doneness- lite (slightly underdone), regular, lite well (slightly overdone/crispier), well done. I ordered regular, but I think lite well sounds brilliant. Also you can order fries with the special sauce on top. Sign me right up for that next time!
Giant bagel. Our hosts at Ames brought us some delicious bagels on Friday. It's bigger than my hand!
Beer flight- Thursday night, our last there, our hosts joined us for happy hour at a place which brews it's own beer. So, of course, we tried them all! We passed the cups around so everyone could taste and pick their favorite to order in full size. Also, these little 6oz beer glasses are SO cute!
It was a good, productive, fun trip, but I'm happy to be home!

Mmm love Trader Joe's salads!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by Sunnie! It was awesome. I wish I had a Trader Joe's near me, instead of just a vacation treat!
DeleteThe cookie butter is amazing! Love, love, love it!
ReplyDeleteAnd can we just say JEALOUS of your In N Out burger!! <3
oh em gee... i don't know if we can be friends... you hate my love. Honestly though, I didn't like In and Out, I'd rather a Whataburger. Kinda like how if you are good Geometry you probably aren't good at Algebra. Oh look, there's my inner math nerd. Maybe we can bond over good Mexican food.. no qualms with that right?
ReplyDeleteAww Tara I wish we could be friends. I I do love good Mexican food, and my appreciation has increased since moving to Houston!
DeleteI will give Whataburger another try. I may have unfairly written them off when I first moved here...
My hubs didn't like Whataburger when we first moved here but eventually he saw the light. And we can totally be buds!!!
DeleteI love cookie butter and am so glad you got to taste the amazingness that is In N Out. I'm craving some now!
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