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Yum Yum Stumped

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Warning!  It’s about to get gluttonous.  Like ‘placed an order for one and the restaurant delivered plasticware for two’ gluttonous.  Oops!

 The Thai/American version of Yum Yum Can I Get A Scoop?  Heck yeah!

And I mustn’t forget the Yum Tofu, staple of my DC work trips.

And some foggy soup.  I ordered the mushroom dumpling soup, but ended up with shrimp dumplings.  Not nearly as good, but satisfied my broth craving fo sho.  (Side note: As I hyperlinked the restaurant below, I read that the shrimp dumpling had chicken.  Bummer.  Kind of grossed out.)

I wish I could wrap my head around how Urban Thai is able to make their tofu so crispy yet so full of citrus vinegar goodness.  I’m sure it has something to do with a deep fryer that refuse to own, but still!  Perhaps if I broil the tofu almost to tofu crouton status and soak it in an amazing dressing that I have yet to create I’d be one step closer.

Any ideas?

Not Ideal… Not Ideal At All

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Simply put, today was terrible.  Like 9 hours of back to back meetings and thinking that you have the chicken pox terrible.  What?  Chicken pox?  Yes… Chicken Pox.  Never had ’em.  But more realistic than pox was probably the woody photo shoot from Saturday.

Apparently I was attacked by something from the nature world.  So it looks as though I’m neither athletic nor outdoorsy.  Thank goodness for being cook-y and crafty, right?  Oh, and Calagel, thank goodness for that, too.  I put my label reading skills to the test to find which product had the most of everything relief related.  Calagel won and it worked.  Highly recommend the stuff.  Saved my life.

When I got back to the hotel, I placed a delivery order with Urban Thai, knowing they already had my address on file.  Yum tofu and supposed-to-be vegetarian pad thai.  Here’s to hoping my leper-ness goes away before my weekend with Emily!!!

Are you the one that always gets bitten in a crowd or are you the luckier sort that leaves the nature scene bite free?

Thankyounomoreplease

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Hellooooo last night of take-out!  I was just as excited to see this smiling Urban Thai bag as it was to see me.  I can’t wait to get out of this hotel room!

Ginger broth with mushroom dumplings?  Get in my belly now, please!

Next up was Yum Tofu, which was yum, as advertised.  At first glance, the dish looked super dry and I thought to myself “at least the soup was good”.  But after my first bite it was apparent the tofu was far from dry.  The dish, composed of fried tofu, cashews, red onions, green apples, and spicy lime dressing, was perfectly soaked with spicy lime goodness.  I see a Yum Tofu recreation attempt in my future, for sure.

And lastly, mango with sweet sticky rice, which was… the jam.

These 15 dollar minimums for delivery are killing me.  Somehow the combination of being in a hotel room and leftover takeout staring me straight in the face is pure gluttonous danger.

See you tomorrow Tampa!!!