Weekend = binge eating. And this weekend was no different for *this girl.*
It started off with satisfying my truffle obsession w/ truffle fries from Jolly Pumpkin:
Then, decided to try their grilled romaine with warm potato croutons - you'd think this was healthy, but the deep fried potato cheesy croutons made it "Yuko-appropriate" :)
Saturday morning, I skipped my morning workout to meet up with K-Jo at Phat Sammich. As we walked into this newly opened (okay fine, 7 months ago!) restaurant in Birmingham, it was as if we time warped into the 70's. Grooviness. K-Jo decided on #18 - The Mexican Chicken: Pulled chicken w/ chipotle mayo, pepperjack cheese, avocado, lettuce, tomato, and doritos, stuffed inbetween a grilled sesame seed bun. The doritos were a pleasant surprise that added a nice texture!
K-Jo's first attempt to take bite out of the burger - fail!
I opted for #1 The Phat Sammich original, per recommendation by the employees. This consisted of corned beef w/ cole slaw, french fries, swiss cheese, Russian dressing on a grilled Italian bread. Heart attack on a plate, you say? Eh, no prob! And yes, I finished it!
After a quick unbuttoning of the pants and a cat-nap at the rents place, I got ready to head to Royal Oak to meet up w/ my PPs (pregger pals) L-Nol, J-Wow, and my fav girl Lil-A at D'amatos. We started our dinner with bruchetta as an appetizer. Nothing extraordinary, but it was tasty nonetheless:
For my main dish I decided to go with the chef's special of the Sable Fish. The presentation was great (I was amused by the baked potato chips on top!), but was a bit too creamy for me and I would still prefer Pacific Rim's version over this (As a sidenote: The description of the sable fish on their regular menu looked more up my alley so I'm not disregarding this restaurant!).
Lil' A taste tested our dessert for us to make sure it was a-ok. The choco-peanut butter mousse was a perfect sweet finish to a fabulous dinner!
It was so good to catch up w/ the girls...hmm, maybe next time it will be plus two??
And to finish off this weekend of binge eating, after taking Gymmy w/ me on a short (but raaaainy!) 45min tempo run, the roomie and I headed out to try O'sushi. But not for their sushi, oh no. For their hot stone bibimbab. The crunchiness of the rice at the bottom of the bowl hit the spot! We will be back, O'Bibimbab!
Now I have to go thru my closet to see if I have any clothes that still fit me...*sigh*
the truffle fries and phat sammich made me salivate and drool a little (but not like Busta tho)
ReplyDeleteIt's not fair to just say that I failed--you failed at trying to take a bit out of your sammich, too! And you never even managed to eat it like a sandwich--you need to 'fess up and admit that you ate the fries, slaw and meat separately. :)
ReplyDeleteHahaha, K-Jo...caught me red-handed. I confess :)
ReplyDeleteAnd don't worry sis, no one salivates more than our lil' Gymmy. Its more like a waterfall!