South Lake Union

wow, its been a year or so since I walked down to Whole Foods in SLU.   I need green tea.  I can't find any I like anymore.  Side note(rant)..  seems like if I took all the foods I bought five years ago, at least half of those are not made anymore.   Lately my green tea has come under attack.  My favorite over the last year has been Good Earth Lemongrass Green Tea. A month ago, they stopped making that blend, replacing it with Citrus Kiss, Tropical Rush and Pomegrate Burst.  All with bold new labels and lots and lots of sugar.yuk.  Citrus KIss tastes like licking a bowl of sugar..   sigh

Now it appears Tazo has joined in. I can't find the Green Ginger they make. It was my second fav. It may be gone now too.

Sometimes I feel like an outsider in my own country.  But is it me? Or is it the youth of today who have been hooked on sugar since birth?  There is very few American foods I like anymore.









Ok, rant over.





On my way to the Whole Foods, I discovered a whole bunch of new places that seemingly have popped up overnight! well, within a year anyways.

First one I ran into is in that new building on 7th and Virginia. There used to be an UpTown Espresso or some local coffee shop here,, but now it is a trendy Mediterranean restaurant called Petra Bistro.   http://petrabistro.com I saw a falafel sandwich listed for $6.99.. While a bit pricier than Zainas, I would be willing to try it.

Further down was a new Asian fusion Taco place. Not my thing, but the price was right. $3.00 tacos and htey have a prawn taco. Hmmm


But the biggest surprise was the food trucks I encountered just South of Whole Foods.  In one lot was Fez on Wheels, an Egyptian themed truck I have wanted to try. An Indian place that had decently priced wraps and the biggest surprise, an Ethiopeian truck! I don't think Portland has one of these!  It is called Mesob. 

I walked through Whole foods and it was packed at lunch hour. I decided to try my luck on one of the food trucks. I went to Fez on Wheels and had  a dish called "Ful Mudammas".  $6.99.  It was listed as "the national dish of Egypt"   and it is vegetarian!  The  dish is pronouched "fool".  It is a fava bean stew with onions and tomatoes.  It was pretty darn good! I could eat in Egypt!



I didn't take any pictures on account of the pouring rain.