I am a super picky eater. I have been since I was a kid. I can pretty much count the meals I like on two hands. (Ok that might be a little bit of an exaggeration, but only a little). As I’ve grown up, I’ve tried new things a little more often than I did as a kid, but I’m still not culinarily adventurous (yes, I made that up myself). I generally go to restaurants where I can get a burger, a salad, or spaghetti. That’s about it.
Recently I’ve been expanding my horizons and going out to experiment with different types of food. Last week I had Chinese food at PF Chang’s, and it turns out that it’s good stuff! I was extremely surprised that I liked the Mu Shu Pork. They also had these amazing desserts served in large shot glasses. They came in 7 different varieties, but the S’more one was the one I tried. It was excellent, and the perfect size! I am actually looking forward to going back there and trying something new.
This past week a group of us went to Wabi Sabi (I can’t find a web page for them) for a friend’s birthday, and I tried some new Japanese food. I’d never had sushi before, and I was extremely hesitant to do so. I’m not a fan of fish, at all. I like a little smoked salmon on my bagels, and I dig tuna salad for lunch, but that’s the extent of my love for food of the sea. But since I’ve decided to expand my horizons, I took the advice of several friends and tried what was called a Las Vegas roll. It contained crab meat, cream cheese, and avocado and was deep fried. I had to poke out the avocado due to allergies, but the rest was phenomenal! I was almost full by the time the main course came, but I made myself eat it anyway. I chose the Teriyaki Steak, which came with rice, shrimp and vegetables. It was extremely good, and there was no way I could finish it all. Donald got the Fillet Mignon and Chicken, and let me try some of the fillet. I swear it was the most tender meat I’ve ever tasted in my entire life. I will absolutely be having that the next time we go.
I know that this is probably nothing new to 99% of the planet, but it’s new and exciting to me. If anyone has a type of food that they absolutely love and think I should try, let me know!
Dude! Changs rocks! Lindsay works there and mmmmm. Mongolian beef is our favorite. Dude, the shot glass desserts are so cute (Thurs night I had the tres leches/lemon merengue thing or whatever) but if you get the freaking chocolate wall?? (the HUGE one and not just the shot)..Ohhhhh my god!
I’ve been asking to go for a few months so I’m super pumped.
I’m very happy you’re expanding your horizons, because you’re such a food weirdo. Tonight we’re going to get Thai for my brother’s birtday
I love fooooooooooood
birthday* dammit!
Yum. I love Sushi. Although Cajun and Mexican are still my 2 favorite types of food. I guess that comes from living in Texas my whole life.
I used to be picky. Then I got all hooked up with a guy with food restrictions and now I eat everything we can. Have you ever tried risotto? It’s a delicious rice dish (a bit of a pain to make, but worth it). We are also on a bit of a polenta kick – this one is a corn dish and it’s also delicious.
Also, we have a new pact with each other that we’re trying one new recipe every week and it’s really broadened our horizons – we tried one recipe in which we baked chicken with dates and garlic and onions and it was wonderful. I never would have paired something sweet (the dates) with chicken like that. Some of our recipes have been failures. But it forces us to try new things!
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