I ventured out last weekend to the wild lands of Denver, Colorado. Upon pulling up to the train station, I saddled up and rode into town ready to conquer a new city. Ok, that's not entirely true. I have been to Denver before but it was quite a long time ago. Whilst there I tasted the most delicious yogurt my taste buds have ever been exposed to. My cousin, friend, and I were at a farmers market when they both encourages me to taste this 'Noosa'. I yelled out my customary 'sweet potatoes!' when I tried it, which stopped a woman who inquired if the yogurt had sweet potatoes in it. I had to inform her, no it did not. I have written to Noosa to try and get them to the East coast. I may start going to stores here, like Whole Foods and inquiring about it. Noosa will find it's way East!
Two tours were completed on this jaunt which included the Celestial Seasonings Tea Factory Tour and the Coors Beer Factory Tour. At Celestial Seasonings in Boulder I stocked up on tea taking home Coconut Chai Tea, Blackberry Pomegranate Green Tea, Safari Spice Red Tea, Sleepytime Vanilla, and Honey Vanilla Chamomile. And a travel mug.Meanwhile in Golden I just got drunk on the tour because of the high altitude and dropped my audio guide sending it crashing to the floor.
Next up, the two best food places we went to. After climbing the Flatirons outside of Boulder my friend and I were exhausted (at least I was, hey, it's the high altitude!). So we grabbed some Thai (Pad Thai, duh). And then we went to d Bar Desserts where we ordered 3 cake and shake's: 3-layer choc cake ∙ manjari frosting ∙ vanilla or choc milk shake or malt. I whispered with great shame and awe that this chocolate cake might be better then Wegmans' Ultimate Chocolate Cake. Then she slapped me and yelled, "Lies!".
The second restaurant that we dined at was Snooze, an A.M. Eatery. It was 8am and I was tired. I was thinking about my flight and sad about leaving and the overcast day. Then I entered this warm cocoon of breakfast love. Our waiter realized that it was early so he spoke in a calm voice, even sitting down at the table with K and myself. He informed us that we could do half portions with the menu. My day was made. I drank Chamomile Tea and K had the Chocolate Milk. Now, the only reason I had this dish was for the one ingredients I mentioned at the beginning of this entry: Blueberry Lemon Bar Pancakes Our legendary buttermilk pancakes griddled with fresh blueberries and oatmeal, topped with Noosa honey yogurt sauce and whipped lemon butter AND Sticky Bun French Toast Udi’s French bread battered and covered with gooey, nutty goodness and topped with cream cheese icing. Ahhh let the angels sing out in praise! K had something healthy and not involving as much sugar as mine. Our waiter pointed out that I would slip into a carb-coma after this meal on my flight. Excellent.
Thank you Colorado!
