Fueled By Flapjacks: Bow To Chai

Fueled By Flapjacks

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Bow To Chai

Yes, I'm on a roll - for eating! I'm going okay with the eating healthy thing. But everything in moderation, including moderation. hehe. What? I couldn't resist a Starbucks fix - it is the Disneyworld of coffee shops after all... You know, I secretly work in their marketing department right.... Oh, if only I got paid to praise....

Behold, my beloved maple walnut scone. I haven't featured a picture of it for awhile. For once, I didn't consume it. Ma did.

I decided to try something new. I got the blueberry muffin.

It was good but rather average. I wasn't falling all over myself for it. Dude, imagine how good a muffin would have to be for you to be falling over yourself with giddiness upon ingestion? Positively ambrosial, I'll bet. And where can I find one? I want to fall over myself with eating glee. Normally, I just get that experience pre-eating. Methinks, I need to cultivate the post-eating delight. I could have a happy dance. I will call it the Gastronomic Jig or the Buddha Belly Breakdance. Or I will just roll around the floor with intense satisfaction and perfect disregard to the norms of etiquette.

Since I was trying new things, I also ordered the Chai Tea Latte for the first time. Why have I not tried that before? So good. Chai tea is such a comforting, satisfying beverage. This one was creamy with just the right blend of warm spices, usually cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, star anise, peppercorn and cloves. Mmmm.... much better than I make at home. Chai tea is so delicate to the senses, unlike coffee which can be a bitter affront to them. Those aspects of coffee are great if you are looking for a pick-me-up but otherwise it's gentler sister, tea, is wonderful.

posted by Lauren @ 1:16 PM

2 Comments:

At 11:28 PM, Linda Jane said…

I just imagined a Buddha break dancing. I'm not sure if that was the image you were going for but I also imagined a happily satisfied consumer doing an Irish jig. Oh how I love the imagination... :-)
At 7:45 AM, Lauren said…

haha. I did not get the visuals so much when I came up with that, but a Buddha break dancing would be freakin' hilarious. That's one of those images you keep in your head for times you need to be cheered up.