So far I have taken you inside the sacred moments from our road trip.
Sending a friend home to heaven, the beginning of an eternal marriage, temples. So let's keep the trend going and talk about food. Just kidding...kind of.
I have to admit that one thing we love about going back to Utah and California is the food. When I lived in Utah I always missed the food in California. I thought Utah didn't have enough places to eat. Now that I live in Wisconsin where all I can find is deep dish pizza (no thanks) and other mediocre Italian food, I miss the food in Utah. Go figure!
It may not be California, but Utah does have a few must eat places.
They are even picking up a few Cali joints, like In n Out. Seth's favorite! Haven't you ever noticed that he wears an In n Out shirt about 90% of the time. I personally don't like In n Out too much (which got me kicked out of the state of CA). I went to Cafe Rio instead. Seth doesn't like Cafe Rio (which got us kicked out of the state of Utah). I guess we better acquire a taste for deep dish pizza before we wind up homeless.
Grubbing on Rio with Kelly, Jeff, Alyssa and Chloe. Seth is at his dad's eating his burger and watching Alex, the puker (more about the puking later, in a post that doesn't have food in the title). I think Cafe Rio upped their prices, but it was still tasty.
I should mention that we are in coats because we woke up to this....
And the very next day, we spent 4 hours at the park in shorts, eating Del Taco. We don't even have Del Taco in Wisconsin. I know, it is a rough life.
Shouldn't all two year olds have 64 ounces of soda on hand at all times?
Look who fell sound asleep on the swing.
We ate chicken, bacon, ranch pizza at The Pie, with Kelly.
Chloe decided to be silly when she saw me taking pictures.
I know a few of those are super blurry, but she is always after a laugh. We love our funny girl.
We went on a quest to find chocolate covered cinnamon bears since I have heard so many people rave about them. I fully expected to LOVE them. I love chocolate, and cinnamon bears...but I was not impressed with the combo. They were too soft. One little confectionery quirk of mine, is that I prefer any gummy candy or licorice to be a bit stale. I would like the chocolate better on a chewier bear. I even went and found a second store and new brand of bears, because I was so excited to have a new favorite, but it was not meant to be. Maybe I will make them myself, with stale bears?
My favorite food adventure this trip was our stop at Dunford Bakers. When I first moved to Salt Lake (1995) I would stop at the gas station daily to get a donut, devil's food, dipped in chocolate. I couldn't figure out why a gas station had the best donuts I had ever tasted. Not until recently did I learn that they are made by Dunford Bakers and that you can go to their bakery. I was so excited to see their other offerings. I ate a delicious, softer than a cloud, chocolate cream filled Bavarian donut, but in the end we all agreed that the gas station devil's food is still Dunford's crown jewel.
Donuts are very important to Chloe, so she was in heaven.
She chose a rainbow sprinkle donut, but after posing with it she returned to to the box...
And went for the good stuff. She was picking pieces off and eating with her eyes closed, in a state of donut bliss.
Have you been to, or lived in Utah? What are your favorites there?
Oh yeah, and who's bringing me a Dunford in July?
6 comments:
I love that you dedicated an entire post to the food you ate. I think eating is one of the best parts of any trip. Have you ever read the Frances books? Your post reminds me of a quote from one of them. "I think it's nice that there are all kinds of breakfasts and lunches and dinners and snacks. I think eating is nice." Or something like that. Anyway, you definitely hit a couple of my favorite places, namely Cafe Rio and Kneaders. I feel like I can never live anywhere but Utah because I would miss those places just too much. I've never had a Dunford doughnut, but I'll put it on my list.
Your family looks so cute in all the pictures. I love the one of Chloe with two sodas. She looks adorable. I love the pictures of your family at Temple Square, too. It looks like your entire family had a wonderful time.
And it was nice to see pictures of Jeff and Kelly, too. How fun for your family to be able to get together with them.
Oh, I love family time! Love the pix of Chloe with the sodas and sleeping in the swing. Too cute. By the way, I love Cafe Rio and In & Out. I'm super lucky because I have both about five minutes from me. :)
I have to try Cafe Rio someday. Definitely love the Dunford's though. I can't believe you knew about them in college and I was just barely let in on the secret. Chocolate cinnamon bears sound gross...almost as gross as Del Taco!
I like the pics of Chloe sticking pizza on her foot. I wish I had been there with everyone!!
Valerie, I didn't know Dunfords were famous. I was a little embarrassed to run around introducing people to gas station donuts. I was even a little ashamed to be eating them, but I couldn't resist. I feel better now that I know they come from a reputable baker. I knew you would like the pics of Chloe being a scumbag, since I have seen you scratch your armpit with a cracker just to try to gross me out. I thought you would like her focus on her donut as well. The more I am with this kid, the more I think she was supposed to be yours. She is so full of silliness. Now watch Isabelle will be all lame and shy like I was as a kid. That'd drive you nuts!
I agree with you! One of the first things we do when we come to Utah is figure out how we're going to work in all the restaurants we love without eating out too much.
I think you could make a killing in WI opening up some really great Utah type place.
Donuts are also very important to Glenn who discovered the Dunford factory. I believe he called about 7 times while you were there just to ask what you were ordering, didn't he? You can thank him for that one. Cafe Rio can't compare to El Taco but Cali really needs a Kneaders. I always thought it was "Needers" because you just need it.
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