Travel can be an adventure in eating.
It can also be an adventure in finding workspaces with outlets, tables, cell phone signals… yesterday I worked all afternoon in a flatbread pizza place.
Barnes & Noble was closed for MLK (WTF?! That’s like Starbucks closing – it just doesn’t happen!). This meant that Starbucks was even more crowded than usual. Flatbread it was. I left the store having been cured of craving pizza for a while and smelling like an Italian mamma.
At least I had a wonderful dinner recommendation from Kimberly @ Grubarazzi to look forward to – Woodberry Kitchen. They even celebrate Meatless Monday!
Side note: check out her blog – she makes some rockstar dishes!
Goldeneye
Woodberry Kitchen in Baltimore is incredible. It was a little dark for pics (I was ill-prepared in the camera department), but everything was delicious. Don’t skip the Goldeneye drink. It was stellar. Say hi to Conner the bartender for me.
If you ever go, DO NOT skimp the CMP for dessert. Malted ice cream, chocolate sauce, marshmallow fluff, and wet peanuts. All house-made. It was one of those “moment of silence” desserts.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
This is What I Ate Wednesday, not what I drank Monday.
Breakfast:
An adventure in hotel icky oatmeal.
I grabbed some of the hotel’s runny, mucus-like oatmeal and made it edible with a few mix-ins:
- Double vanilla ice cream-flavored protein powder from home (really good, btw)
- Peanut butter
- Apple
- Coffee
It was not Sweet Potato Pie Oatmeal, but by the time I got done with it these oats were not too shabby!
Lunch:
We ate at a burger place. I had a salad and a sweet potato. It was underwhelming… this is what was left when I remembered to take a pic:
Dinner:
I don’t care what Hollywood says, the Grubarazzi won’t lead you astray. Thanks to another of her recommendations we dined like A-listers in a Vietnamese restaurant located in a strip mall.
The Saigon Noodle House doesn’t look like much from the outside, but their summer rolls and pho were ah-mazing.
Tofu Summer Role with peanut sauce and sriracha
Tofu Pho with Thai basil, jalapenos, and bean sprouts to garnish
Shrimp Curry (I picked around the shrimp)
Chicken and Rice Clay Pot… in an aluminum pot
Verdict: Do NOT miss the summer rolls and the pho. I could to skipped the other two dishes, but – to be fair – I picked around all the seafood/meat and didn’t get the full effect.
Snacks:
B&N-Starbucks-style. Raspberry Oolong tea and the best KIND bar I’ve had to date – Dark Chocolate Cherry Cashew.
There was also some late-night chocolate that had to be eaten. 😉
***
I made the FoodBuzz Top 9 today with these Chewy (Vegan) Granola Cookies!!! Thanks to everyone for the BUZZ and welcome to any new visitors! Check out the Top 9 by clicking here.
Have you ever had pho?
What’s the best “bar” you’ve tried lately? Have you had a KIND bar?
As usual, all your eats look fantastic! That tofu pho and those spring rolls look really really good. 🙂 Happy WIAW!
Awww man wish we knew when you were in Baltimore!! There are some other fab eats we could have shown you! Like Cava Mezze!! Their hummus is amazing 🙂
I’ll have to ask for recs from you next time as well! This was a quick trip, but life’s too short to eat bad food. 🙂
OOOHHH that dessert sounds fabulous! And everything else looked amazing as well. But really what I bobbed on over here to say is GO TO SLEEP WOMAN!! It’s 4am!!! Do it tomorrow!!! 🙂
LOL! I did finally got to sleep… only to have to do it all over again. Is it Friday YET?!
B & N was closed? That is so random!!!
Love that pic of the water in place of the underwhelming lunch 🙂
Ugh, hotel oatmeal is the worst! It always makes me so appreciative of coming home and getting to eat my own oatmeal again!
Congrats on making Foodbuzz’s top 9. That’s so awesome! 🙂
Congrats on making the top 9! You’re on a roll. 🙂
And when i did travel for work, I always found the hotel oatmeal way too thick and gooey (in a bad way). Glad you were able to doctor yours up!
My new favorite bar is the Clif Mojo Mountain Mix bar – so good and satisfying!
Nice job pumpin up the oatmeal from the hotel… that is the way to do it to keep you satisfied!
And congrats on the FoodBuzz top 9! So exciting and you certainly deserve it!
Thank you!!! I’ve become really good at traveling with add-ins. It would be so cool if hotels should offer oatmeal BARS.
I’n not a fan of most hotel oatmeal! :/ But great job on “spicing it up” 🙂
Happy WIAW!
Yes, that pho does look friggin ah-mazing! Glad you found some good eats 🙂
hahaha your lunch pic cracked me up!
Wow another top 9!! Exciting news =)
The summer spring roll w/ peanut sauce looks amazing!!
It was probably the BEST peanut sauce I’ve ever had. I thought about asking them to sell me a bottle of the stuff.
Have you had the vegan pho at Lee’s Bakery? It’s delicious.
Noooo… I’m too hooked on the Bahn Mi. I guess I need to branch out…
I thought the pic of the summer roll was some sort of dessert at first. Wouldn’t be a bad way to start and end a meal. Everything looked delicious (well, minus the burger joint lunch 🙂
Congrats on the Food Buzz top 9. that is exciting!
I love your lunch pic, and I know the feeling. Most of the time, I am half way through my meal before I remember to take a pic.
Thanks!
It’s really funny, but since I started my blog my friends are always reminding me to take pics of my food when we go out. I’m all “but I’m too hungry for pics!” 😉
Girl, you are ALWAYS making the Top 9! Wish I were a foodbuzz all-star. 🙂
However, I am now craving Asian food even more than I was already this week. I must hook myself up with some pickled ginger, stat.
You should get on it more – I bet you’d be up there every day! 🙂
Way to go–Foodbuzz Top 9 again! That is awesome! And so is that pho! You did great for being on the road–it can be tough sometimes to find healthy options in an unknown place.
Oh my, that CMP sounds amazing!
My boss is Vietnamese, as is my co-worker. I have had fresh homemade pho and restaurant pho. I adore it to bits 🙂
It was really amazing. I want to try to recreate it, but I’m scared I’d be eating it every day!
You are so lucky with that pho!!! I bet their homemade is unbelievable.
Oh I am completely jealous of the food you eat for dinner. It just looks absolutely fantastic.
I am SO glad you enjoyed both of my recommendations. Woodberry, you just can’t go wrong. Saigon Noodle House a pho haven but I have not be AS impressed with the other dishes either. The pho and those delicious rolls are stars, I say, stars! Yay for food!
I am already looking forward to a return trip! Thank you sooooo much for the amazing recs. Please let me know if you’re ever in need of some n ATL!
mucous like oatmeal huh? lovely. 😉
“Moment of silence” dessert – what a description! 😉
Haha – you know those desserts, right? Thankfully this one is usually 500 miles away from home. 🙂
Smart idea to bring mix-ins for hotel oatmeal, I guess that happens when you travel more for work. Looks like a yummy food day! And congrats on your Top 9 – this is getting to be a regular occurance for you! =)
Oh yes – my suitcase is like a snack bar! 🙂
Everything looks delicious! I can only imagine how wonderful that pizza restaurant must have smelled. Congrats on FoodBuzz top 9!!
Thank you! It smelled wonderful for the first couple of hours… but after a while it was a little overwhelming.
Everything looks so good.
You came to my region and didn’t say hi? How dare you!!! LOL!
I know, I know… I’ll be back again in ~4 weeks!
Mmm, I love pho and spring rolls… need to go find some Vietnamese soon!!
B&N was CLOSED? What are the odds? I want to know where that protein powder comes from–it sounds so much better than the ones I’ve been using!
I got the sample back from my local nutritional supplement store. It was really good! Not sure what larger store would carry it, but I bet you can order online.
You are the top 9 master! And deserve it too! Congrats! 🙂
LOVE seeing Meatless Monday on a menu! In class last night, some asked me how I survive since I don’t eat any protein… I just laugh – but I love it when I see the “meatless” movement spread!
It blows my mind how little people understand about plant-based diets. Tofu, lentils, Greek yogurt… there are so many other ways to get protein!
Congrats on your Top 9 Laura!! You deserve it with that recipe for sure!! I am jealous of all your good Maryland grubs…I am craving some new restaurants to try out.
Happy WIAW! Congrats on your Top 9! You totally deserved it- those cookies looked amazing! 🙂
Hmmmm… best bar? The only bar I’ve had lately is the Halloween ZBar lol.
Ha! I have some Halloween-themed treats in my pantry too. I hoard holiday candy. 🙂
Hahahhaah, mucus-like oatmeal… mmmmmm! 😉 That protein powder sounds kickass though!
I’ve never tried pho, but it looks pretty yummy! I will have to try it soon!
EVERYTHING is an adventure in eating! 😀 And I have had Pho… there’s a place in DC that has vegetarian and vegan pho!!!!
I haven’t had a Kind bar yet but I have heard so much about them lately. I really need to pick up a few! 🙂
we can’t eat most “bars” since we can’t have nuts in our house but we did find some organic cascadian farm granola bars that are really good! All of the food looked amazing but since we are nut free most asian places are out of the question unfortunately.
I bet that is tough! I did a cleanse a couple of years ago where I couldn’t have nuts for 21 days and it was next to impossible.
My fiance is OBSESSED with Pho, and introduced it to me over the summer….I instantly loved it! The bowl you had looks great!
It’s such a great food year round – I love all the different things you can top it with!
Next time you go to Maryland, get a crabcake! They have the best style there! All crab and no icky breading!
All your adventures look delicious! Noodle house…yum!
Will do! We did get a crab cake… well my mom did. I don’t eat crab. But she loved it! 🙂
the word mucus makes me squirm…bahah
next time you get on a plane come to cali! 🙂
Ha – me too! I almost took it out several times. 🙂
You have NO idea how much I wish I was on the way to Cali!!!