I'm actually in Boston right now.
But because I have to write something...I'll write about my Sarasota traditions!
WINTER TRADITIONS:
Hot chocolate at Starbucks
Walks at Ringling Museum for free thanks to my Ringling student VIP status, yeah
Run around in Myakka like a weirdo
SUMMER TRADITIONS:
Walk on the beach
Candy apple at Kilwins
Walk in this random rich beach neighborhood near St. Armands Circle (The houses here are AMAZING)
And every summer, when my family comes down to help me move back home, on the way back to Clearwater we stop at this restaurant called the 'Crab Shack' somewhere in Manatee. It's not fancy and we go at an odd hour, but they make some darn good food after you've been moving junk all morning.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Pho Kali
I went to Pho Kali in my second year. A firend and I were craving for some Vietnamese food (St. Pete is the land of Vietnamese food, so people from around there develop the thirst young), so we decided to hit Pho Kali. It's on Main street, and the reason I'm writing about it today is because I'M HUNGRY and I WANT THEIR SPRING ROLLS.
Pho Kali has awesome spring rolls. They're chewy, wrapped in rice noodle thing, and have shrimp in them. They are the bomb. They also make a really good soup called tom yum soup. It's spicy and awesome in the winter (when we went). They have some interesting tea drinks, but we passed. Overall, Pho Kali's some solid stuff.
Pho Kali has awesome spring rolls. They're chewy, wrapped in rice noodle thing, and have shrimp in them. They are the bomb. They also make a really good soup called tom yum soup. It's spicy and awesome in the winter (when we went). They have some interesting tea drinks, but we passed. Overall, Pho Kali's some solid stuff.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Drunken Poet
Since I'm short on money this week, I'll do a few past-visit posts.
This one shall be dedicated to the Drunken Poet.
The first year I came to live at Ringling, I was super homesick. My mom visited once, so we got some food, and landed at the Drunken Poet. We had a totally hilarious Bulgarian waiter who was incredibly monotone, and ordered us some NOODLES. They were good! This place seemed to teter between fancy and affordable...a strange sort of fusion Thai-everything else place. We had the smallest table in existence as well.
This one shall be dedicated to the Drunken Poet.
The first year I came to live at Ringling, I was super homesick. My mom visited once, so we got some food, and landed at the Drunken Poet. We had a totally hilarious Bulgarian waiter who was incredibly monotone, and ordered us some NOODLES. They were good! This place seemed to teter between fancy and affordable...a strange sort of fusion Thai-everything else place. We had the smallest table in existence as well.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Yoder's
Yoder's is a magical land.
If you drive down South Tamiami, make a left at Bahia Vista, and follow it for about three billion hours (aka TOO LONG), you will come across a strange place. The women ar ein modest dress, the men have little beards and hats, and everyone's riding bikes. Welcome to the Amish community of Sarasota. Also welcome to the place where you may choose to happily die.
Yoder's, the main restaurant, is a sleeper. The food is ok. According to my rich cousin, the turkey is a little dry. After my rich cousin had dessert, she was swearing up and down everything was fabulous and she was going to donate all her money to the Amish and they should be in business always and forever. She settled for buying me some pumpkin bread and pumpkin butter from the market next door (I may or may not have a thing for pumpkin...canned pumpkin is $1.45 at Sweetbay right now...). Anyways, Yoder's is a nice lil place where all the food is homemade by fresh faced girls in dresses. It's ok. ...let's get to the pie. Order the pie. Hopefully you brought some friends because it will be a huge piece of pie. It will also be the best piece of pie. Ever. We got peanut butter chocolate. RFGLFHGF It's delicious filling on delicious crust topped with delicious peanut butter powder.
Then go buy some homemade whoopie pies and some stuff from next door. The sweet potatoes are 59 cents per lb. Being a staple of my diet, I know sweet potatoes, and I know a good price for sweet potatoes.
...I love Amish land.
If you drive down South Tamiami, make a left at Bahia Vista, and follow it for about three billion hours (aka TOO LONG), you will come across a strange place. The women ar ein modest dress, the men have little beards and hats, and everyone's riding bikes. Welcome to the Amish community of Sarasota. Also welcome to the place where you may choose to happily die.
Yoder's, the main restaurant, is a sleeper. The food is ok. According to my rich cousin, the turkey is a little dry. After my rich cousin had dessert, she was swearing up and down everything was fabulous and she was going to donate all her money to the Amish and they should be in business always and forever. She settled for buying me some pumpkin bread and pumpkin butter from the market next door (I may or may not have a thing for pumpkin...canned pumpkin is $1.45 at Sweetbay right now...). Anyways, Yoder's is a nice lil place where all the food is homemade by fresh faced girls in dresses. It's ok. ...let's get to the pie. Order the pie. Hopefully you brought some friends because it will be a huge piece of pie. It will also be the best piece of pie. Ever. We got peanut butter chocolate. RFGLFHGF It's delicious filling on delicious crust topped with delicious peanut butter powder.
Then go buy some homemade whoopie pies and some stuff from next door. The sweet potatoes are 59 cents per lb. Being a staple of my diet, I know sweet potatoes, and I know a good price for sweet potatoes.
...I love Amish land.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Kilwins
HAVE I REALLY NEVER POSTED ABOUT KILWINS?
Ok so...freshman year I had a problem with Kilwins. An obsession. The ironic part is that I'm lactose intolerant, so I can't actually eat any of their ice cream. I would go a ridiculous amount of times just to watch my friends enjoy every last bite of their gourmet ice cream while I stirred my peach frozen yogurt or sipped my unsweetened ice tea or...well. Until I found THREE things that I will kill for at Kilwins (ironically, I stopped going right after I tried each...what the heck)
a) Chocolate Apple thing: AN APPLE DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE and maybe also caramel or something...A+
b) Hot Chocolate: It was 90 degrees out when I tried this. I didn't care. I want this stuff to flow in my veins. A+++
c) Choco Puff: THE BEST AND CHEAPEST THING IN THE STORE
IT'S TWO MARSHMALLOWS ON A SKEWER DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE FOR $2.48 or something. So. Magical.
I just went this week for the first time in a while. I bought a chocolate apple for my roommate, and ...nothing for me. Oh Kilwins, whyyy.
Ok so...freshman year I had a problem with Kilwins. An obsession. The ironic part is that I'm lactose intolerant, so I can't actually eat any of their ice cream. I would go a ridiculous amount of times just to watch my friends enjoy every last bite of their gourmet ice cream while I stirred my peach frozen yogurt or sipped my unsweetened ice tea or...well. Until I found THREE things that I will kill for at Kilwins (ironically, I stopped going right after I tried each...what the heck)
a) Chocolate Apple thing: AN APPLE DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE and maybe also caramel or something...A+
b) Hot Chocolate: It was 90 degrees out when I tried this. I didn't care. I want this stuff to flow in my veins. A+++
c) Choco Puff: THE BEST AND CHEAPEST THING IN THE STORE
IT'S TWO MARSHMALLOWS ON A SKEWER DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE FOR $2.48 or something. So. Magical.
I just went this week for the first time in a while. I bought a chocolate apple for my roommate, and ...nothing for me. Oh Kilwins, whyyy.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Columbia + Le Macaron
Well, my grandma visited the other day, so after some extremely slow-paced window shopping (I just can't pay attention very much anymore) she required some fare of a slightly higher class than Kilwin's- cue THE COLUMBIA (in cursive letters). This mainstay of Florida, with it's addictive bread and fancy cloth napkins, has a location in Sarasota that I've been to once. I've been to every COLUMBIA restaurant in Florida, so I'm pretty good at determining if something is Columbia-y enough...this was.
I was all adventureous and ordered chicken croquettes. AMAGADDDD they were fabulous. FABULOUS. So fabulous I felt a little reluctant sharing with my grandma...but I did, because I too am fabulous. The bread was awesome as usual, and not even my grandma could complain about their extremely attentive service. The Columbia is off the chain...except I feel weird walking by it in the middle of the day and see those of a higher caste leisurely eating lunch...I think it's jealousy and bitterness.
Afterwards, I beelined to Le Macaron, a shop that sells this extremely hard to make French cookie that I can actually make and was planning to make a business out of. Granny bought a box for me against my wishes, and testing commenced...mine were better, and not tinged with the taste of more bitter futility.
I was all adventureous and ordered chicken croquettes. AMAGADDDD they were fabulous. FABULOUS. So fabulous I felt a little reluctant sharing with my grandma...but I did, because I too am fabulous. The bread was awesome as usual, and not even my grandma could complain about their extremely attentive service. The Columbia is off the chain...except I feel weird walking by it in the middle of the day and see those of a higher caste leisurely eating lunch...I think it's jealousy and bitterness.
Afterwards, I beelined to Le Macaron, a shop that sells this extremely hard to make French cookie that I can actually make and was planning to make a business out of. Granny bought a box for me against my wishes, and testing commenced...mine were better, and not tinged with the taste of more bitter futility.
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