It's been another one of those crazy travelling periods, but this one doesn't feel so bad. First, chicken n waffles, best idea ever. Had at multiple places, the best: Marvin's in DC. I would go as far as to say it's better than Gladys Knight's Chicken and Waffles. Marvin's are the best. But this place in Durham was really good: Dame's Almost World Famous Chicken and Waffles. It's right in downtown Durham. They have a lot of choice, which I really don't like. Read their menu, they try so many different things, when all you really want are some chicken wings or leg and thigh and a waffle. Their waffles, however, are amazing. It's like a thick gourmet waffle, and you can choose from regular, sweet potato, gingerbread, blueberry, and vegan. I went with just regular, don't like anything fancy. They also have a bunch of shmears that are really good. Try a couple, you won't regret it. Two things makes this makes not as good as Marvin's. One, you need gravy. Chicken needs gravy and waffles need syrup, mixing those might not be the best of ideas, but it's still needed. Two: You tried to be too fancy. All you need is chicken, waffles, maple syrup, and gravy. The end. You don't need BBQ sauce or even crazy different types of combinations. Just chicken and waffles please! Their grits were ok, not great, just ok.
So now I'm off to St Louis. My plan was to drive, with my cousin, from St Louis to Cleveland and then onto New York. Since we got packed and stuff a lot earlier than expected, we grabbed brunch in St Louis. It was fantastic. Half and Half is known for it's coffee. I'm not a huge coffee snob, nor do I know a lot about coffee, but this place has some GOOD coffee. Apparently it was from Ethiopia and you had a bunch of other choices. What was phenomenal about this place was what my cousin got. It was a grilled chicken sandwich. Doesn't sounds special. WRONG! It was grilled chicken with an avocado cole slaw on top. I got the French toast, though still very very good, caused me to have food envy for her avocado cole slaw. If you ever find yourself in St Louis, go to Half and Half for brunch.
So on to Cleveland! The drive was actually not that bad for Memorial Day, but then again, my idea of "not that bad" is up and down I-95 corridor, which is always god awful. The city of Cleveland is a little rough around the edges.... you can tell that it had it's heyday during the manufacturing boom and has seen better days. The place we picked for food was good. It was in a little skwanky part of town on Market Street. Our original idea was Market Street Wine Bar, but then we realized we were more hungry than expect. We decided to go to the Flying Fig. We got the Medjool Dates. Apparently, after googling Medjool is a type of date, they were bacon wrapped dates stuffed with chorizo with a tomato sauce. I am not a fan of dates, but bacon and chorizo make almost anything palatable, and these were excellent. Not amazing, but excellent.I ordered the duck breast, which was good, nothing too special and my cousin got the hanger steak. She likes her meat as rare as you can legal get it, and I'm not a huge fan of meat THAT rare, so I didn't try it, thought since she finished it, I assume it was great. The rest of Cleveland was kind of weird. We were sitting in the parking lot and two cars got pulled over by two unmarked police cars, with 2 detectives inside (not just regular beat cops). They pulled two people out of each car, sat them down, and then cuffed them fairly quickly. Then 5 other police cars and 1 more unmarked detective dressed in a mechanics uniform came up. We guessed something serious was going on, but didn't stay to find out. When that many cops are in the area... it is best to leave.
So we left, and the next morning went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It is worth going to just for the nostalgia of it all. I also love music and learning some stuff there was pretty cool. No major other highlights. It's worth the trip, but not worth tell you about it, have to be there kind of thing.
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| Cleveland... yay.... |
So we left, and the next morning went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It is worth going to just for the nostalgia of it all. I also love music and learning some stuff there was pretty cool. No major other highlights. It's worth the trip, but not worth tell you about it, have to be there kind of thing.
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| Pretty cool building for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
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