Wafflin'

I've been in California about two weeks now, (okay fine, a week and a half, but it does seem much longer...) and have had all sorts of culinary adventures, starting with cookie baking the Monday after I arrived and continuing with a trip to "The Meat House" with my Dad on Christmas eve. Yesterday I was fortunate enough to be taken around downtown LA by a friend and we stopped at one of her favorite restaurants in Hollywood, The Waffle. I'm a sucker for waffles, and tell anyone that will listen how I gained 20 pounds studying abroad in Belgium eating waffles. I know they're trending now, too, at least out here on the west coast, so I was eager to see what the hoopla was all about.

I ordered a waffle grilled cheese sandwhich (affectionately known as "a double wide" but really something like quadruple wide) and it was ridiculously amazing. It wasn't what I was expecting (it was much wider) but it was still delicious. It was a savory waffle (twist!) and had three kinds of cheese, a slice of tomato, and a hunk of avocado to boot. It was a bit complicated to eat but I hunkered down with knife and fork, and was able to eat only about half before I squirreled away the rest for a satisfying leftover lunch today. I would reccomend The Waffle if you're in the Hollywood area, but it was a bit pricy... Although tax in California's got nothing on tax in Chicago.

In other news, I'll be not eating out again for the entire month of January and hope to bring this blog back up to snuff (ah, New Year's Resolutions). Armed with some new recipes and cookbooks I'm thinking it's going to go off swimmingly but who knows, I may cave and grab Chipotle on a cold blustery Friday.

Meanwhile, here is a (slightly) disturbing webcomic that illustrates some of the struggle I feel when thinking about dinner... Ah, The Oatmeal. Good times.

Cheers for now :)

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