FoodFash

Adventure Begins in the Kitchen

Just Another Cafe Hey Day

by

Let me just start with…  It POURED today in Tampa!  So much so that I buckled a golf umbrella, spent 45 minutes driving four miles, and considered writing someone of importance requesting that Tampa now be called Atlantis.  And when it came time for lunch, I wanted only two things: something close and something cozy.

I speed dialed my favorite neighbor, Cafe Hey, and placed an order for the VLT sandwich and kale salad.  I butchered the VLT even more than usual (sorry chef!) by adding avocado (duh!) and nixing tomatoes and vegenaise.  The next modification would happen in the privacy of my desk…

I mile high piled the kale salad on my sandwich and went to town – cuban toast crumbs were a flyin’!  I didn’t care though, the dressing on the kale salad and the crunch of the lettuce and sunflower seeds were so darn good!

Here’s to hoping for a dryer tomorrow!

Thankyounomoreplease

by

 

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!!!

District Delivery

by

I think that some people – scratch that – most people look forward to expensed meals on business trips.  I don’t.  Don’t get me wrong, I heart the free-ness, but after an already extended day with co-workers…  I wanted to eat my last meal of the day in a business-free zone.
And maybe I also wanted to eat an entire pizza with a side of hummus, plopped smack dab in the middle of a king sized hotel bed, in a judgement-free zone.  Is that so wrong??

Tofu Xpress Giveaway

by

It’s no secret that I’m obsessed, well beyond obsessed, with pressing tofu.  The differences in pressed tofu are a vegetarian game changer, which is why I was obsessed prior to owning any gadget as you can see here.

The frequency in which I pressed tofu grew exponentially after this handy dandy tool made its way into my kitchen.  No more paper towels, no more ruined cookbooks, just self contained pressing goodness.

Pressing tofu is like squeezing a sponge, you take as much moisture out of it as you can so that it will soak up as much marinade as possible.  Coincidentally, plain tofu has about as much flavor as a sponge, so you can see how important this whole pressing thing can be.

Pressing tofu also changes its texture, giving it a less spongy, more meaty feel. In fact, if I would have chopped these tofu squares into smaller pieces, I’m not sure I would have been able to tell the difference between this salad and chicken salad.

Here’s how you win one!

Contest Entry Instructions:

Each of the steps below will count as one contest entry, with a maximum of 4 entries per person.  The contest will run between now and 8PM EST on August 6th.  Please leave a separate comment for each entry as each individual comment represents a number and a random number generator will be used to select the winner.

1.  Follow me on Twitter and tweet “I entered to win a @TofuXpress  at @FoodFash and you should too! https://foodfash.com/?p=2591″ and then leave a comment on this post indicating you have done so.  (If you’re already following me on Twitter all you have to do is tweet and comment on this post)

3.  Follow TofuXpress on Twitter and leave a comment on this post indicating you have done so.

4.  Follow me on Facebook and leave a comment on this post indicating you have done so. (If you’re already following me on Facebook all you have to do is comment on this post)

5.  Follow TofuXpress on Facebook and leave a comment on this post indicating you have done so.

The winner will be announced on Sunday, August 7th.

Best of luck to you all!