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August 22, 2011 · 6:59 pm

Food trucks galore

Last night Kevin and I headed out to the Fashion Square Mall to meet up with Seth and Ana at a food truck bazaar sponsored by The Daily City. After being rained out last week, I was eager to get out to this one, and luckily the weather cooperated.

food trucks

We got there early and I immediately knew which food truck I wanted to try: Melissa’s Chicken and Waffles. I ordered their original chicken and waffles topped with country gravy.

chicken and waffles

Thank goodness Kevin and I shared. It was a lot of really filling food. The waffle was very airy although not as crisp on the outside as a traditional Belgium waffle. The friend chicken tenders on top were really tender and juicy, and the breading was slightly spicy. It was a perfect flavor combination with the sweet waffle and gravy. It was sweet and salty, which means I was obsessed.

Kevin really enjoyed it too. We shared our own Lady and the Tramp moment.

true love

Kevin also ordered a brisket sandwich from C&S Brisket Bus. He said the meat was really good, but the Texas toast it was served on was a little soggy.

brisket sandwich

C & S Brisket Bus

Seth and Ana ordered some croquettes, which looked delicious. They also ordered some barbeque (not pictured), cake pops from The Batter Bowl and Jeremiah’s Italian Ice. The Italian ice looked so good that I knew I had to end my evening with some as well.

croquettes

Ana and Jeremiah's

Seth and cake pops

Seth and Ana also brought their puppies, Ryder and Rita, to share in the fun.

puppies

It was the perfect cap off to the weekend. Is it a bad sign that I’m already craving chicken and waffles again?

Have you ever had chicken and waffles? Would you ever want to try it?

What’s the oddest flavor combinations you’ve had or seen? One of the food trucks featured a bacon cheeseburger that had two Krispy Kreme donuts instead of the hamburger buns. I still need to muster up the strength to try it!

Weekly Workout Summary

  • Monday-Treadmill run
  • Tuesday-Free weight arms exercises
  • Wednesday-Free weight arms exercises and treadmill run
  • Thursday-Abs and arms
  • Friday-Treadmill run
  • Saturday-Rest
  • Sunday-Outdoor run

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June 6, 2011 · 9:44 pm

Eola Farmer’s Market, Bite and Jeremiah’s

Yesterday morning started off with a stroll to the Eola Farmer’s Market with my next door neighbor, Vanessa, and our puppies. I was incredibly impressed because it was very hot out even before noon and my next door neighbor is six months pregnant with her first baby. I don’t know if I would be walking in the Florida summertime humidity if I were with child.

The puppies were excited to be out and we were excited because Bravo TV’s Top Chef Tour would be at Lake Eola that day. We watched a little of the cooking demonstrations but didn’t partake in any sampling as it smelled like fish, and it was just too hot and early for fish to sound appetizing.

Vanessa enjoyed a pina colada smoothie (virgin of course!), and Parko thought it was very generous of the vendors to have bowls of water out for all of the dogs. He liked the idea so much that he made himself right at home, plopped down and prevented any other dogs from partaking in the water. I think he may be suffering from only child syndrome.

That night I had plans to have Kevin grill hot dogs for our lazy Sunday dinner but then Kevin’s brother and sister-in-law, Stephen and Maggie, suggested we make our return to Bite Hot Dog Company. Obviously we were in.

The second trip to Bite was just as delicious as the first. This time I got their chili cheese dog and asked for onions to be added on. It was a winning decision if I do say so myself.

The chili recipe is really tasty with or without the hot dog, and I love that they offer you the option of chili with or without beans. The chili is so good that I already plan on ordering chili fries on my third trip to Bite.

On our way home from Bite, we decided to stick with tradition and stop by Jeremiah’s Italian Ice for dessert. Vanessa looked so happy sipping on her smoothie that morning that it must have triggered something in my subconscious because I ordered the pina colada gelati at Jeremiah’s. It had fresh chunks of pineapple, and it tasted extra creamy when combined with the vanilla soft serve.

Have you seen the Top Chef Tour? What did you think? You can see all the cities they’re scheduled to stop in at http://www.bravotv.com/thetour.

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April 23, 2011 · 11:20 am

Opening Monday: Bite Hot Dog Company

I’m from Chicago, and I take hot dogs pretty seriously. We keep celery salt in the house just so I can sprinkle it over hot dogs we grill at home. I’ve learned that people in Orlando don’t share the same passion as Chicagoans do over hot dogs. It can be a pretty polarizing topic. People either love them or hate them.

Thursday evening, Kevin, his brother, Stephen, and I got to go to the soft opening of Bite, a brand new hot dog joint, which opens this Monday. Ever since Between the Buns on Colonial packed up his hot dog-shaped Winnebago and headed back to Boston, I’ve been on the hunt for a new hot dog place. Bite did not disappoint. It is in Longwood so it’s a little further for downtown residents, but it’s worth taking a trip out there if you have a hot dog craving (which I do…often).

The owner of Bite is Jeremy Litwack, who you may be familiar with because he owns Jeremiah’s Italian Ice, which has three Central Florida locations so far.

The hot dogs at Bite were delicious. I got the Chicago Dog, which Jeremy said is his favorite. It was a classic Chicago hot dog made with Vienna Beef hot dogs, so you get that great snap when you bite into it. The seasoned fries are also delicious. They had just enough flavor to keep making you want to eat more, but it didn’t have so much seasoning that your mouth is burning afterward.

I’m excited to return to try their loaded chili-cheese hot dog, which consists of chili (your choice of with beans or without), cheese, tomatoes, onions, sour cream and jalapeños. I also want to try the roasted garlic mashed potato dog, which has, of course, garlic mashed potatoes, brown gravy and crunchy potato sticks on it.

All of their hot dogs come in three varieties: their regular beef dogs (which is what I got that night), spicy and jumbo.

After stuffing our faces with hot dogs, we felt it was only appropriate to continue our patronage to Jeremiah and head to Jeremiah’s Italian Ice for dessert. I had gone to Jeremiah’s about two weeks ago and was pretty much craving it again as soon as I was finished eating it. We all got gelatis (a layered cup of whatever flavor of Italian ice you’d like and soft serve). I got black raspberry, Kevin got cake batter and Stephen got banana, all with vanilla soft serve.

It was a great sweet treat and follow up to Bite. I encourage you to try Bite when it opens Monday, and definitely check out Jeremiah’s Italian Ice if you’ve never had it.

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