Vol. 10, No. 3 | Over-Easy Eggs Are Trash
Hey Ya’ll!
Even though I didn’t write for quite a few months, I kept some notes on some of the things that I observed. I stumbled across them this week.
Here’s what I found:
Espress - I had this in my notes but I’m not sure what it meant. Maybe I was going to write something about espresso which makes sense because I had more espresso last year than I’ve ever had in all my years of life combined.
Red cappuccino - Even though I’ve had a lot of espresso, I’m still not a big coffee drinker. In Johannesburg, I discovered red cappuccino which is just rooibos tea that drinks like a cappuccino. It’s so good. Although some of these reviews on Amazon are making me wonder if it only tastes good in South Africa.
Jamaicans in Guatemala - I went to Guatemala in June. It’s my second time going to Antigua and it’s more beautiful than I remembered. After hearing a ton of stuff about how quaint and charming Oaxaca is, I was a bit disappointed because I’d already been to Antigua and it’s one of the most charming colonial cities ever. Anyway, I was walking down the street by Café No Se after lots of Ilegal mezcal and thought Antigua might be the perfect place to get married…but then I had a quick flash of 100 Jamaicans with 100 complaints and I quickly let it go.
Ruth Reichl - This is my one of my favorite food writers. I was reading one of her books and came across this quote: “We all become actors to some extent when we go out to eat. Restaurants free us from mundane reality; that is part of their charm.”
Over-easy eggs are trash. - They are and I just don’t care what anyone says about this. I’ll give you that presentation-wise, they look great on a plate. However, the taste of over-hard eggs are superior and I don’t know why we pretend otherwise.
LA loves R&B music. - And I love them for this. It’s hard to go into a restaurant in LA without 90s R+B playing, no matter how trendy the place is. From Michelin restaurants to dive bars, everyone plays R&B and it just makes everything better. I’m praying for LA right now. I just can’t comprehend this level of destruction.
LA is one of the friendliest cities in the country. This was my very next note.
Hope you’re all well and safe!
Shannon
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