If You Are Ever in Lexington…

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.