Food

Since I don’t have anything new and exciting to blog about, I am going to talk about food.

Obviously, Atlanta has many more food choices than Nashville, Tifton, or Valdosta. Justin is a lot more adventurous than me when it comes to food. He’ll try most anything and really likes moldy cheeses. I, on the other hand, am much more reserved about what I eat. If I don’t recognize something or if I perceive something to be unsanitary, I just won’t eat it. Justin, moldy cheese is unsanitary. If meat doesn’t come from the supermarket, I don’t eat it. I know that is absolutely absurd, but that’s the way my mind works. Since I no longer eat most meats (I only eat seafood), I don’t have to worry about the meat thing.

Our house is near Buford Highway. If you’re familiar with this area in Atlanta, you know that there are many ethnic restaurants here. There are a lot of Mexican restaurants on Buford Highway. Farther north, there are many Vietnamese and other Southeast Asian restaurants. Justin and I enjoy Mexican food. He likes very authentic while I like Tex-Mex. We went to this taco stand/restaurant on Buford Highway called El Taco Veloz. Justin chose it and it was quite authentic. The employees did not speak English (if they did, I never heard them). Customers ate outside in this covered area where birds walked around under tables. Yes, there were birds walking around where people were eating. This wasn’t really a problem (the birds didn’t bother you) and I’m sure it’s hard to keep them away when customers put excess food on the ground for them to eat. Luckily, the restaurant was clean so I ate a cheese quesadilla and rice. Those are usually safe.

One of my favorite places to eat in Atlanta is Taqueria del Sol (http://www.taqueriadelsol.com/). I love their cheese enchiladas with lemon cream sauce. Mmmm…delicious! They have weekly specials which usually include a taco special. One of the first special tacos I at Taqueria del Sol was The Bob. It was a soft shell taco with fried shrimp, lettuce, pickled jalapenos, and a flavored mayonnaise. It was delicious! I could have eaten 10. Sadly, they haven’t had that again (that was in October or November). They have had other special tacos, but none have compared to The Bob. If you’re in Atlanta (or Athens), you should try this restaurant. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

I’ll talk about my favorite place to buy cupcakes soon.