Restaurants

Slowly we're figuring out what this place is known for and what people do for fun. And apparently, one of them is eat (how American, right?). I've been told that you can eat at a different place every day for a whole year and never eat at the same place twice. That's crazy! And, plus, wouldn't you want to go back to some of those places anyway?

Moving on...

We've already discovered some favorite places to eat, avoided some because of price, and think some are just crazy because of the concept (like this one place dedicated entirely to chicken fingers - those must be some really yummy chicken fingers!).

One of our favorites is a place called Chipotle. I think it's considered Mexican food (but if I'm eating it you know it's really not). You can order a "burrito" or a "burrito bol" and tell them what to put in it as you walk down the counter. My favorite combination is a "burrito bol" with rice, seasoned chicken, mild tomato-cilantro salsa, sour cream, shredded cheese, a little dab of guac, and lettuce strips. Not very Mexican at all, is it? Yummy!

Another wonderful place is Fogo de Chao. It's a Brazilian Steakhouse (meat market?) where they come around with skewers full of meat and slice it right off onto your plate. As long as your little card is turned to green, they keep bringing the meat! It's grand, especially for meat lovers (duh). They also have a salad/cold bar that's amazing: fresh salmon, glorious salads, olives, cheeses, and breads, soups, veggies, etc. I rather eat all that stuff instead of the meat!

Last Friday night we ate at Japaneiros. It's a sushi bar and latin grill (what a combo!). We had sushi and it was really good. They were little mini-sushi that don't fill your entire mouth with one bite and they were cooked. Maybe that's cheating; I don't know. I did grab a spoonful of guacamole to add to a bite of sushi (I know it doesn't make sense that they would serve guac with sushi, but still) when Bryan stopped me because it was actually wasabi. Phew, close call! I have learned from watching others, though, that a spoonful of sugar would have cured me (thanks, Steph). The main dish of chimichurri stip-loin was less interesting. I didn't think I knew what Latin food tasted like, but after one bite, I knew. I'll probably try something else next time.

And there's no Braum's here! All the ice cream is like $10 and there's no ice cream drive-through. It would melt if you got it in the drive-though, anyway, but still. We only have the fancy stuff like Maggie-Moo's, Cold Stone, and Marble Slab. All very good, but we miss Braum's.

Check here to see all the different types of restaurants here.

There are so many different types of people living here and the food choices reflect that. Maybe we'll try the chicken fingers this Friday. Just kidding, but at some point I'm going to have to try them.