Having recently moved to JP, people have given me their opinions about the various places to shop. So by the time I wandered in to City Feeds, I'd heard a number of times that this was the way-overpriced Yuppiefest store of the neighborhood. How exciting!
Fooling myself into thinking I was going to make healthy choices that day, I went with the $8 soup and 1/2 sandwich combo:
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| Carrot Ginger |
Okay, but not all that flavorful. My sister's is better.
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The Eightfold Path: "Locally made firm tofu, hoisin sauce, fresh cilantro, fresh mint, match stick carrots, cucumber, crushed peanuts on an Iggy’s baguette"
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Tasty, but the hoisin sauce pretty much drowns the other flavors.
To drink with my meal:
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Vermont Maple Soda
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Delicious maple syrupy soda. What could go wrong? Well except that at one point I accidentally knocked it over and spilled some of my precious mapley goodness on the floor :[ I want to try
all their sodas.
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They called this an Oreo, which may be copyright infringement. I'd call it a Moonporeo to be simultaneously safe and more accurate. Defuckinglicious.
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They have a full coffee bar situation.
My americano was decent but a little bitter and burnt. 7/10
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Little Lad's Mud Crackers
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They have all kinds of awesome looking shit from
the Little Lad dude, and I bought the most reasonable priced option, this bag of Mud Crackers for $4. They're really interesting and addictive. I accidentally ate at least half the bag after that whole meal.
I'll regularly go back to try more fun stuff. I'm saving up my nickels for the $16 jar of pickled green tomatoes.
I was looking at these little cakes from 3 Little Figs they had wrapped up at City Feeds. I asked a guy who worked there his opinion on the best one, and he recommended the chocolate zucchini enthusiastically.
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| Cocoa Zucchini Cake with Walnuts (dairy free but with eggs) |
I'm always happy to find dairy free but eggfull treats because I'm not a vegan but am lactose intolerant, and I find eggless goodies tend to be less dense. Sadly, this wasn't really dense anyway. Neither the chocolate nor the zucchini even really had much of a flavor presence, and it was a touch too crumbly and unmoist. This may be because I didn't get to eat it fresh out of the oven, but $3.95 is way overpriced for this thing. City Feeds is losing its charm for me. I get the feeling that the workers there don't have and/or give good and honest opinions about food. Also, they often act a bit snobbish and rude there. Hmph.
More:
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Iggy's Sticky Bun - $2.69- mmm so much honey, so many walnut choplets, so dense, so soft, a little too indulgent, but delicious.
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They do the LevelUp thing here now, so
click here for at least $3 free here, which'll get me some free credit there too!
