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Monday, October 11
Weekend eats
I've gone SIX DAYS without a post until this morning - eesh. Allow me to fill you in on my recent food activities:
WEDNESDAY: Went out to Chilepeno's again. Possibly because we brought guests who had never been there before, we had only OK food and the worst service thus far. Everything took far too long, and some items were cold by the time they arrived at the table. However, the primary cook/owner was not there, so perhaps that was a factor.
THURSDAY: Can't remember... I think I made some soup at home for dinner. Oh, but I do remember eating the last of my cinnamon ice cream. Yum.
FRIDAY: Visited Teriyaki Chicken Bowl for the first time in years, and had a decent and cheap lunch. They even substituted all veg for the rice with no charge. Yay for cabbage! For dinner I had an errand to run in Santa Fe, so we hit Horseman's Haven afterwards. As always, I had the huevos rancheros with green. I've found that their morning-hour potatoes are better - in the evening they do a hash-brown treatment on french fries, rather than the homefries of the AM hours. But the beans were good as always, and the chile very flavorful. Unfortunately they were either having a mild day or I have a higher tolerance than I thought, as the chile didn't give me the expected post-pain endorphin rush. I got a container of Level 2 to take home which will deliver, just as soon as I decide to use it.
SATURDAY: Had a meeting in Durango at 11, so I headed to the Caravan farmer's market at 6am to get a few items, especially some apples for breakfast. I love apple season. Picked up plums, apples, carrots, yellow-hot peppers, golf ball sized red and yellow onions, beets, and garlic. No chile was being roasted - did that season come and go before I even knew it???
Once in Durango I headed for Durango Joe's, a nice coffee shop with great prices, good coffee, and fantastic granola. My 2nd breakfast was granola with yogurt and a latte.
Back in ABQ at 7pm, dinner was wearily consumed at "the new morrocan joint", named Mediterranean Cafe. It is on San Mateo near Copper. The food was good, obviously home cooked, and slightly more expensive than I was imagining. My last trip to a mediterranean place was Yasmine's, which is copious and cheap, so I guess I was biased. I had bulgur wheat soup and a pastry filled with potato and onions. Both were very flavorful, if under salted.
SUNDAY: Went for the afformentioned run in the AM, then consumed a satisfying lunch at Flying Star. In terms of bang for the buck, I think I've found a winning combination: $7.17 including tax got me a big bowl of oatmeal with raisins, brown sugar, and milk, 2 turkey green chile hand-formed sausages, and a bottomless cup of coffee. When lunch or dinner at Flying Star can approach $20, I think creative selection of menu items is the key. Their food has never disappointed (mmmmm.... triple ginger cookie...), the people watching is great, and of course the free magazine-ocopia are all reasons to patronize the place.
In the evening I prepared a quick meal for our guests again, this time a black bean soup and then plum-apple crisp for dessert. It all took much less time and effort than the last dinner I prepared, which had me somewhat frazzled at the end. And the black bean soup was great - I'll be making it again.
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