Happy Friday, lovelies! Thank you for the wonderful comments from the last post. Cath and I don’t really like to think about the moving-away-from-each-other part of this exciting Scotland move, and all of your words are so encouraging! Once I move to Scotland we do plan to change AsianCajuns a bit. The blog will be more like letters to each other about our experiences across the pond. We’ll still have fashion and food galore, but just shaken up in a slightly different format. Whatcha think?
In the meantime. food! Apart from spending gobs of time with our peeps, Matt and I are trying to eat our way through Atlanta and Decatur. This is not the most cost-conscious thing to do, but we are using the excuse that our kitchen is all torn up and unusable, so we might as well try all those delicious food places we have yet to lick our chops at. It’s a bit like playing tourist in your own backyard (cameras strapped-around-necks included).
We managed two yesterday. Delicious!
First up, Bell Street Burritos inside of the Sweet Auburn Curb Market (how is this place not more of a tourist/local destination?! It is ah-mazing!). To be truthful, Matt and I found the burritos a little on the bland side, so make sure when you go to bring a bottle of your favorite condiment: mine is Hot Squeeze. Burrito, meet Hot Squeeze. Hot Squeeze, meet Burrito. Match made in heaven, that.
Next up: Cakes and Ale’s Bakery in Decatur!
On Lar: thrifted Brooks Brothers shirt • Zara shorts • Deux Lux purse • Mango booties • Target sunnies
We’ve been so impatient for their grand opening that we decided to pop in yesterday during their soft launch. Come next week they’ll have pastries and sandwiches galore. We whetted our appetites with a peach tart, rosemary monkey bread (oh-so-gawdly-good) and some coffee.
Matt and I also plan to hit a few other places that need to be drooled over before we leave town: Holeman and Finch, Cakes and Ale (the restaurant), Sugar-Coated Radical, more Miso Izakaya of course, and a number of places off Buford Highway and in Duluth. Locals, any recommendations to add? We’d love to hear them!
What do you guys have on tap for the weekend? If you’re free and fancy a hop over to the West End (of Atlanta), I have a few handy paintbrushes that would love to be put to work in my kitchen! I kid! (I think). Here’s my plan: paint one more layer on cabinets, reward with Grindhouse burger, paint kitchen walls, reward with dim sum. Good plan, right?
Ack – though I’d hate to see you go so far away, I think the changed format for AC would be awesome!
And my fondest memories of most of the places that I have been revolve around food somehow, so I think it is a fantastic idea for you to eat your way through Atlanta. If you’re ever up by Brookhaven/Chamblee, I recommend Verde on Dresden for a good cheap modern taken on tacos, Tacqueria Los Rayos on Clairmont for more authentic tacos, and the 57th Fighter Group next to PDK Airport for WWII fly boy ambiance, good food and a great views of the private aircraft taxiing and flying by!
Ooo thank you so much for all the great recs! Cath and I will have to make it up there before I take off.
I love love love the idea of the changing of the blog to be like letters to each other. That’s such a cool idea! Distance makes the heart grow fonder!!! 🙂
I love the direction you’ll be taking the blog in. And I really love your casual but chic outfit. I have a soft spot for button-down shirts.
FEED ME AGAIN. 🙂
j/k
Nothing Chicer than a white button down. Too bad they have such a short shelf life, though.
xx{ish}.,
Mae Lu @ ~thereafterish.!
Hahaha! We would love to feed you again, Mae!!! Sooo wish you could come by Decatur before I fly away again!
woah! there’s a burritos store with the same business name as me! my mind is blown. I freakin’ love burritos. maybe I should collaborate with them somehow.
anywho. I really like your new blogging idea, part of the reason I started following this blog is because of my life long wish to have a twin, or at least be friends with twins, so I love the idea.
Ali, ooo I so wish you could come down and try your “namesake” burritos!
I’ve been wanting to check out Sugar-Coated Radical ever since I heard about their milk chocolate ganache infused with jasmine tea. They also have something with white chocolate ganache infused with chamomile that sounds insanely tasty.
Mmmmm.
Anyway! Let us know how their treats are. Hope you two are enjoying every minute together! Feel extremely excited (and a wee bit sad) for you both, but I know you’ll both have tons of exciting adventures to share with one another.and us. SISTERS FOR LIFE, and all that jazz! ;o)
Hi Katie!!! You must try Sugar-Coated Radical! Cath and I got to shoot a pilot there and got to try all these delicious combos.
Thanks so much for being such a loyal reader, lady! Love your commentos!
i love the new formatting idea!!!
I’m excited to see the new upcoming changes! But keep the food, most definitely. 🙂
♥ laura
the blog of worldly delights
I’m so glad you went to the Cakes & Ale bakery! I’ve been drooling at their signs/windows ever since I found out that space would be theirs! As soon as my budget smudget challenge ends, I think I’ll celebrate with a baked treat! 🙂
Also, adore your jean shorts!!
I can’t believe how soon the move is! I am sure you guys will find tons of ways of staying in touch and the upcoming post-move format of asiancajuns sounds amazing.