Category Archives: Food

Flashback Friday: The 6 Oddest Foods That I’ve Ever Tried

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FlashbackFriEarlier in the week I took part in Pin-Up Live, a travel chat done through Pinterest. The chats are hosted by Bethany and Randy from travel blog Beer & Beans.

During each chat, the topic varies and other co-hosts join them. For the most recent chat, the topic was Rerouted: A Skype Travel Challenge with Skype and AFAR.

Besides the main topic/ questions, others are also posted creating even more conversations.

One of the questions was: What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever eaten while traveling? Lots of things came to mind as did a post that I wrote about  just before the summer. While I was on the topic of crazy foods, I figured it would be a great idea to share my post for this week’s Flashback Friday.

Here is the post:

  • The 6 Oddest Foods That I’ve Ever Tried

The post was originally published on June 24, 2013.

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Cuy (Guinea Pig)

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Shake Shack Say Cheese Photo Contest: Win A $500 Gift Card

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Last month Shake Shake ran the Create Your Own Custard Contest and now they are running another fun contest, giving you a shot to win a $500 gift card!

Shake Shake’s November contest is the Say Cheese(Burger) Photo Contest.

The contest is being run through Facebook and entering is pretty easy. All you have to do is take a “creative, witty, impressive, original Shake Shack burger shot” and upload it to Facebook.

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5 Bizarre Burgers That I’ve Tried

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Just after pizza, burgers are  my next favorite food .  I enjoying trying  different kinds of burgers at places all over the country and world but usually won’t pass up  some of my favorites (I’m talking about you Shake Shack!)

The best part about visiting different places is seeing the wide variety of ways burgers can be prepared and dressed. Each place can customize their patties with different cuts of meat, buns & toppings, some even being really creative (maybe crazy) with some of their combinations.

A bunch of burgers come to mind (that I’ve tried) when I think about crazy burgers.

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Flashback Friday: Strange Food: Ugly Curry Chicken Puff- Starbucks, Singapore

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I find food to be a big part of travel and tend to write my fair share of food- related posts. While traveling, we’ll just about always pay a visit to local markets and supermarkets to see what interesting and odd products might be found.

While I am a very picky eater, there are times that I will step out of my comfort zone to try local delicacies like cuy (guinea pig), fat-ass ants and mud!

I came across an extremely odd sounding dish available at Starbucks in Singapore that I had to try out. Kim, Lucas and I had a few days in Singapore during our trip to Southeast Asia in the Summer of 2012 so I had to make it a point to try an Ugly Curry Chicken Puff.

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Food & Wine: America’s Best Doughnuts

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Food & Wine has a sweet slide show with America’s Best Doughnuts from around the country being represented.

The list features 16 shops, with 4 states each getting two spots on the list. So this means that the best doughnut shops in the U.S. are found in 12 states making it a bit easier if you wanted to attempt to visit all of them!

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Recap: Our Visit To The Grub Street Food Festival

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On Sunday we spent a few hours eating and hanging out at the 4th Annual Grub Street Food Festival. We were lucky to have beautiful weather here in New York City.  There were lots of vendors at the festival selling a great variety of foods and desserts.

When we arrived (around noon) it wasn’t overly crowded and we didn’t have to wait on any lines when ordering but this soon changed. By 1:00-1:30 many booths had long lines and it was much harder to find a place to sit.

IMG_8320Prior to arriving at the festival I had a good idea as to which vendors we planned to try out. Some we’ve had before and a few others were new ones that we had read about thanks to Grub Street. It turned out that both our favorite meal  ande dessert were from places that we were trying for the first time. Lucas’ favorite was an old-time favorite of ours and we even took some home for his  dinner.

Here is what we ate:

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IMG_8321Roberta’s is known for it’s amazing pizzas, among other things on their menu and it’s pretty much always a long wait at their restaurant in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Whenever I see them at a food event I have to get one of their pizzas. This time we went with the “Bee Sting” which is made with mozzarella, tomato, honey, soppressata, chili flake and chili oil.

Roberta’s Bee Sting pizza seemed to miss the mark. The amount of spice overpowered any of the other flavors. I do like a little spice in my food but it’s not the only flavor that I want to taste. Next time I’ll just go with a Margherita pizza.

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The Daily Meal: 101 Best Hotel Restaurants Around the World

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The Daily Meal came out with their second annual list of 101 Best Hotel Restaurants Around the World.

The list features hotels on six continents, in over 50 countries and 80 cities. Most of these restaurants are located in luxurious hotels with menu prices to match. The food varies from “classic Italian to French Fusion and from Caribbean to Catalan”.

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Grub Street Food Festival- Sunday October 20- NYC

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This Sunday, October 20th is the 4th Annual Grub Street Food Festival.

The event will take place on New York City’s Lower East Side at the Hester Street Fair from 10 AM- 5 PM.

Local restaurants and food vendors will be there with special menus, giveaway and prizes. There will also be a Grub Street Beer Garden where you’ll be able to watch the football games.

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