Sorry for the delay in yesterday's post. I had a searing headache last night, a mix between sinus issues and stress, so I went to bed without posting.
We had the coolest experience yesterday. While waiting for some haddock and chips at the Frying Scotsman food cart, we were approached by a fellow who asked us if the cart was any good. We said we didn't know, but had already ordered, so we'd know soon enough. He had a paper plate in his hand with a couple of stuffed bread looking things on it, so I asked him what he was eating. He said it was from a Georgian (the country, not the state) food cart and offered us as much as we wanted. I made a deal with him... we'd try his, if he'd try ours. He said that would be perfect because he was trying as much food as he could, but he felt bad about wasting it.
So we got to talking with him for awhile. It turns out that he was on a mini-vacation in Portland and was eating his way through interesting food carts, as well as Le Pigeon restaurant, which is supposed to be one of the best in Portland. He was sort of doing the Dim Sum for one plan, at multiple places. He runs a video game studio in LA. Sadly, that is all I know about him. I'm not great at asking others about their lives when there is food to be discussed.
The fish and chips came and we all got down to eating. It was good. I don't know if I'd had haddock before, but it was kind of sweet. The coating was innocuous, but nice and crunchy. The chips were a beautiful golden brown wedges with that crunchy on the outside, creamy on the inside texture. They also sold mushy peas, which Brian got. We love those. It is really a very thick pea soup, hearty, simple and delicious.
Once we were done with our shared treat, our new friend took our photo and walked off to find the next interesting cart. We walked off to catch the Max back to the burbs. Oh! I forgot to tell you what we were doing downtown in the first place. We saw The Dallas Buyers Club movie. It was excellent. Considering it was about AIDS in the late 80's, it was surprisingly positive and, dare I say it, up lifting. It was about a straight guy who got AIDS through unprotected sex with an IV drug user, and how his friends all turned against him because he had "gay blood". He was given 30 days to live, but he started researching drugs and finding out more about them and finally decided to import and distribute some of the drugs around the Dallas area. Well, you can read the synopsis. Bottom line, it was well acted and well scripted. Brian and I both enjoyed it quite a bit. If it sounds interesting to you, go see it. If the plot sounds awful, don't go.
As far as food, I had a bowl of cereal with sunflowers, dried strawberries, and bananas for breakfast. Lunch was a veggie burrito. Movie snack was a small bag of popcorn (shared with Brian - meaning I gave him a small handful - he had 2 burritos for lunch). And of course you've already heard about the fish and chips.
That is it for yesterday. Now we're off to the farmers market.
Be happy and healthy!
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