Fooders

If you know me at all, which most of you do, you know that I like eating and I like cooking. If you put food in front of me, there’s a good chance that if it smells good, looks good, and/or covered in bacon, you won’t stop me from eating it until it is all gone (Heather made a dip at this party and it had bacon on it—it’s my crack rock!).

There are foods that can be easily ruined by people/chefs. I know that there are people who prefer provolone on their Philly cheese steaks, but there is something about having gooey and not-good-for-you cheese wiz, especially in Philadelphia. Or putting soy sauce on your white rice when you order Chinese! And I know a lot of you white folks who read this are guilty of it, and I shake my head in disappoint. There are just some things that can’t be made any better just because you try to make it “gourmet” and shoot up the price.

This leads me into dinner tonight. We are going out to the Oxford Street/Soho area for drinks, dinner, and karaoke! Woohoo! For dinner we are going to Carnaby Burger Co., which looks like a very posh Fuddruckers to put it bluntly (but I guess that is what Hamburger Hamlet is too). They also boast about being eco-friendly, which a lot of restaurants in London try to do. Anyways, I find it patronizing to invite a bunch of English people out to a very American-style restaurant and I’m the token American, and I find it more upsetting at the prices and creations they are putting out there.

As a DC native, one knows that Ben’s Chili Bowl is a staple. You know you are going to get damn good food and maybe some heart burn to boot. It’s also good bang for your buck, unless you are going to the Nationals ball park to get Ben’s Chili Bowl, which is absolutely outrageous based on the 200% mark up.

Well, Carnaby Burger Co. also does the chili burger, the chili dog, and the chili fries. Cue in anger, bordering on objecting to dining there tonight. Their chili cheese dog cost £5.65!!! Not only that, but they put real melted Swiss cheese!!! WTF?! They actually put Swiss cheese on anything that says cheese! I actually was excited to have some chili cheese fries and a pint of beer. But after reading that it is melted Swiss, I am kind of saddened and slightly homesick. God, I don’t even know if you can get Velveeta here—the English are quite snobby about their cheeses.

Those of you who work in downtown DC, you know that there’s this burrito stand on 15th and K Street NW that has a line halfway down the block. It looks like a shady operation, and there are other dining areas (i.e., Cosi, Subway, and Potbellys), but there’s just something about these burritos that have the suits come out during their lunch break. Perhaps I should just open up a shady stand and sell chili cheese everything, except use Velveeta. It’ll be cheap and yummy, especially the way I melt Velveeta.

So added to my list of things I miss… Velveeta? God this is a strange post to have cause I never imagine I would miss something like that! Oh, and I also miss American cheese to put on my sammiches.