Thursday Things about Food Things

On a morning that I've forgotten to eat breakfast I came up with this brilliant idea to write about "Food Things" in this weeks Thursday Things blog post. Sooo by the end of this blog post I will be even more starving than I already am.

1. I LOVE CUPCAKES. I love eating them and I love baking them. When my boyfriend and I started dating a few years ago I used to bake him cupcakes ALL THE TIME. His favorite is Vanilla Funfetti flavored where as my favorite is Pumpkin or Carrot cake. This past week I went to Kara's in Palo Alto, CA. Now unfortunately, I think Kara's is only a Bay Area bakery. So here is what I got:

From left to right: Hazelnut, Carrot Cake, Raspberry, and Banana. Cupcake flavors at Kara's are always hit or miss. My all time favorite which I know will never disappoint me is the Carrot Cake.
2. Pacific Catch. I don't even know how to explain what type of restaurant this is. They are obviously a bit of a seafood grill. A lot of their dishes are inspired by Asian and Hawaiian culture. My favorite thing about this place is I can order a good sushi dish and my not-so-fond-of-sushi-for-dinner boyfriend can order something he calls dinner like a rice bowl. Last time we were there for dinner I ordered the Chicken Island Tacos and they were a little spicy but so delish! And I am not a spicy girl.

3. I watch the Food Network after work a lot of the time. My favorite is Paula Dean even if she is killing America with her recipes. The other day they were showing an episode of The Best Thing I Ever Ate, which if you don't know is a show where some of the Food Network stars talk about some of their favorite things to eat at certain restaurants. One of the stars I forget his name talked about this ice cream place in San Francisco which served prosciutto flavored ice cream. Wellllll I'm not a huge fan of weird flavored foods like that. I like it simple. But I noticed they had Honeydew flavored Sorbet and that sounds delicious to me! So this past Monday I convinced my boyfriend to drive 45 minutes to the city just so I could check out Humphry Solocombe. Unfortunately, they rotate they flavors and they did not have anything that seemed a slight bit tasty in my opinion. So I settled for Chocolate.

I hate to say this but I was slightly disappointed of my 45 minute ice cream run but next time we're in the city and craving ice cream and definitely have to give it another try and fingers crossed they'll have Honeydew!

4. Ok, lets talk about the best damn pretzel I've ever had. First time ever strolling through Carmel, CA with my boyfriend we came across Carmel Bakery and they had these pretzels on display in the window which were drizzled with chocolate and frosting. They looked to good to pass up. So we went in and just bought one to try out. We've been going back to Carmel not only because they're beaches are beautiful but for those flaky sweet pretzels.

5. I don't know if I'm just really late on this or what but there are Dark Chocolate Mint M&Ms! I found these at Walgreens the other day and they are so yummy! I love mint flavored chocolate.

I hope you enjoyed this weeks Thursday Things! Please share some of your favorites food places if you're located in the Bay Area!

Thanks for reading!

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