As an aspiring traveling gourmet - maybe one day I will host my own show on Travel Channel - I look forward to checking out different cuisines.
My host took me to a Lebonese restaurant. They have a belly dancer. I ate a dish of falafel, which is grounded chick pea balls, lentil rice, tabouleh salad (wheat, onion and parsley) and hummus. I also tried a date juice drink. It has a hint of rose in it. Very interesting.
We also went to try Caribbean food. It's heavily influenced by East Indian cuisine. I ate a roti stuffed w potatoes and chick peas. You can also have them stuffed with curry goat, chicken or other stuff. They added the Scotch bonnet pepper which makes it super super hot!! But like my host said, it's deliciously spicy so you keep panting and reaching for more. I have never tasted anything like this.
Mocha saw that I was melting fm the weather and the spice, so he took me to his favorite, Coldstone Creamery. First you select the flavor of ice cream you want.
Then you pick the mix-ins. There are a lot to choose from: berries and fruits, nuts, candy bars, gummi bears, brownie... They mix the ingredients together on a very cold stone.
Yummy! Mocha got one called Mud Pie Mojo, w peanut butter, oreo cookies and almond in coffee ice cream, and I got one of banana ice cream w banana, strawberry and chocolate chips.
The ice cream cools me down, but I must say that the warm weather is getting too much for me. I think I should head for cooler weather before I becomes a puddle of water.
As a farewell, Mommet suggested treating me to a Key Lime pie, the Official State Pie of Florida. Key Lime is a specialty of Florida and the Caribbeans and it's smaller than the regular lime. In the olden days, cans of condensed milk are the only dairy available in those remote places, and some clever housewives founded out that by mixing key lime juice and condensed milk, you get a nice pie without baking!!! Blonde Giraffe has won the Best Key Lime Pie title.
Let's dig in!! Farewell, my dear friends in Florida, hope you all stay well and see you again one day!
