I usually don’t like to eat beef ribs for a number of reasons: too tough, too chewy, too fatty, low meat to bone ratio. But my friend Steve in Austin says that he likes the ribs at Iron Works BBQ so we set up a time to meet him and some other friends there one evening.
We went to the Sunset Valley Farmer’s Market, south of Austin to have a look-see. It’s a great neighborhood farmer’s market, with lots of organic produce. I liked the raw milk cheddar cheese from Full Quiver Farm but they ran out so I couldn’t take a block home.
We picked up lunch from the Deli Bento vendor to bring back home. I haven’t had a bento in ages!
These days, we mostly eat at home or at sit-down restaurants. But every once in a while, we go out for fast food like an In-N-Out burger or KFC. Out in Texas, they don’t have In-N-Out but they do have Chick-fil-A. Our friend said they have the best chicken sandwiches. Never having had their sandwiches, we decided to drive thru and grab a quick snack.
Continue reading Chick-fil-A (Austin)
I remember reading an article once that suggested college students could save money on food by eating lunch at Costco. Not by buying food at the food court, however. But by going inside the store and eating from all the samples!
Now, we didn’t go to Central Market in Austin with that in mind. We just wanted to check out Whole Foods’ competitor and see what it was all about. But of course we wouldn’t turn away from all the various plates of samples left out, like at the cheese counter where we couldn’t stop sampling a fantastic vodka currant cheese from Sweden.
Or the beef fajita wrap served hot at another station sampling various meat rubs and seasonings:
