Yesterday I traveled back to Lexington, KY
(where we lived before our move abroad) to take care of some business.
I really like Lexington and I thought I’d share with you some of food related experiences during my quick trip.
Downtown was decorated nicely for Christmas and my Dad and I met up with a friend at one of my favorite restaurants, Alfalfa. This place has been around forever, but just moved from UK’s campus to downtown a few years ago.
Why is it so cool? Well, it is like earthy health conscious meets comfort food. Yeah, that sums it up. I’ve never experienced another restaurant like it.
For lunch you can get anything from a meat loaf sandwich or chili and cornbread to an Indonesian tofu pita with peanut sauce. The variety is amazing! I settled on the Avocado Grill – mashed avocado, tomato and Swiss cheese on whole wheat bread. So tasty! I’m going to recreate it sometime.
Other highlights included a visit to Whole Foods. I’m not a regular shopper here, but love looking through the store for unique items. My hometown has only a few small health food stores which may be better to support, but also mean sky high prices. They even blow my views of Whole Foods being pricey out of the water.
So anyway, I finally got some affordable almond butter. I’ve had to hide it so I stop taking tastes! And believe it or not, I’m just getting around to trying Larabars. I picked up these two to take on an upcoming trip next week. I’ll let you know how they are. However, I don’t expect to be let down with all the rave reviews out there.
So if you ever find yourself in Lexington definitely swing downtown to Alfalfa and if you need some other suggestions for that area shoot me an email.
I gotta get to Lexington!!
Have you seen my latest blog post?? Lots of Larabar love there!! 😀
the sandwich looks outstanding! and ENJOY the coconut creme pie larabar – my favorite!
Aw. You’re description of Alphalpha brought back great memories of The Mud Pie in Minneapolis. Healthy comfort food – yeah, that’s a perfect description.
Enjoy the Larabars. I sometimes give them to my clients. Yum!
Wow – this looks like a cook place for a good meal!
-DTW
http://www.everydaycookin.blogspot.com
Nice to be back in the old stomping ground huh? I love getting chili at little restaurants like that- it is always sooo good!
VeggieGirl – Yep, loved your post. Lexington is a really fun place to visit.
lauren – I can’t wait to try it!
Delightfully – I might have to check that place out if I ever visit. Sounds good.
Darius – There food is simple, healthy and delicious. I love the atmosphere too!
Erica – For sure. It is always nice to go back to the familar.
I went to FNCE this year and it was my first time trying the coconut cream pie larabar – so tasty! And I’m not that much of a “bar” girl either!