We spent another day off in Bruges, Belgium and it was one of the best I’ve ever had. We did lots of tourist sightseeing and of course ate some great food.
After a mid-day panini I had this waffle topped with chocolate ice cream. Nothing beats an actual Belgian waffle. It’s way more of a dessert kind of thing than breakfast like in the US. There’s large bits of sugar inside of the waffle too. The ice cream was perfect. I had trouble deciding if I wanted one or the other until I found out I could have both. Perfect.
Later on I feasted on this great bucket of mussels swimming in a white wine broth. Mussels are a Bruges speciality so there’s easy to come by in a lot of restaurants there. These were great.
Before night hit we sat outside a cafe and got into these really large and strong beers. After one of these I was flying, so of course I had to have another one. That’s pretty much where my memory of the night stops. Cheers to you, Bruges, for giving me a great day I won’t soon forget, or completely remember for that matter!
The other week we had a day off in Salzburg, Austria, where Mikey, Matt and I hit up a really cool brewery called the Stiegl Brewery for a good lunch.
I started off with season wheat beer. Very delicious.
I had this really nice burger topped with cheese and bacon. The patty had a real weird texture and it was very different than any burger I’ve ever had but it was still very tasty. Good fries too.
Unfortunately we didn’t have enough time to do a tour because I really would have liked to experience it. Ah well. Hopefully there’s a next time.
We visited our favorite hot dog spot, Po Dogs, on the day of our Seattle show and once again it was great.
I had a Morning Glory to start. This giant thing was topped with scrambled eggs, cheddar and pepper bacon. I also threw some jalapeños on it. Pure deliciousness.
The Morning Glory had nothing on the PB Dog though. Topped with peanut butter, peanuts and banana, this thing would have made Elvis cry. So phenomenal. I could eat one of these every day. It probably wouldn’t make me a rock ‘n’ roll legend like The King, but it would certainly make me as healthy.
Po Dogs: never stop, never change.
I went to a pretty sweet Indian-influenced Chinese restaurant in Vancouver called Green Lettuce with my two great friends, Avrinder and Justin. Avrinder told me about this place a while before this and fortunately it lived up to the good praise he gave it.
We had some really good ginger chicken and I think sweet and sour beef? Regardless, they were very tasty.
Neither of those dishes were as good as this crispy cauliflower dish though. This stuff was incredible. To be honest I was a bit skeptical when Avrinder ordered it but it ended being great. It had a good spice kick and it was nice and crispy. I would definitely get this again. Hopefully that time comes soon.
After our London, Ontario show we went to a good poutine spot down the road called Smoke’s with Pat and our other friend Spencer. Smoke’s gets pretty creative with their poutine. You can get all sorts of meats on it like smoked pork, beef, chicken and even chili. They do nacho poutine too, with nacho cheese, sour cream, guacamole and jalapeños. So many rad options, it was tough to choose, but I ended up getting a pretty good one.
I had the weekly special, the Beef Stroganoff poutine. It was loaded with beef, pickles, mushrooms, onions, sour cream and of course cheese curds and gravy. Total belly-warming deliciousness. I was so full from my Elvis burger from earlier though that I could only put down half of this mess. Still it was very worth it. I can’t wait to go back to Smoke’s and try some of their other ridiculous poutines.