Award-winning Burgers

One last food stop in Seattle was to Red Mill Burgers, also featured on Man vs. Food. I'm not sure why it was featured on a Man vs. Food (there didn't appear to be any food challenges that I could tell) but supposedly the burgers have been listed as Oprah and GQ's "20 Hamburgers you MUST eat before you DIE!", and their onion rings, according to GQ is one of the BEST.

 

Verdict? It was tasty, but I don't know if you HAVE to have it before you die...

The Ultimate Omelette

While in Seattle, I definitely wanted to go to Beth's Cafe after having seen the episode with the omelette on Man vs. Food. And I am so glad we did!

We decided to swing by for dinner. We parked right on the street and walked into a really laid-back cafe. It was a little old looking but that was part of the appeal, it wouldn't have worked if the place was all glitzy. The walls were all lined with letter-sized papers covered in drawings by customers - it was great!

This one was my favorite:

And then our 12-egg Makin' Bacon omelette came out...

...that silver plate? That's a pizza pan. Yes, it's that large. The pizza pan is covered with a thick layer of all-you-can-eat hashbrowns topped with the omelette, with a side of double-thick egg bread...

The 12-egg mixture is cooked all large and flat on the griddle and in the case of the Makin' Bacon, is topped with bacon, tomatoes, swiss cheese and some sour cream, and then folded over and over until it can fit onto the top of the hashbrowns... We had split this omelette and was able to finish only about half of it for dinner. We finished the rest for breakfast the next morning... so good. So so good.

I think I just drooled a little bit there.

Welcome aboard the Taco Bus

It was actually sunny when we headed into Seattle, and so took the opportunity to check out the Space Needle and Pike Place Market before it started raining again. Which it did. Heading to our hotel, we passed by a McDonald's with a banner saying that the 6-piece Chicken McNuggets was only a buck... so we decided to turn around.

And then we saw this:

A bus taqueria!

And had to go check it out. At first we thought you ordered from the window...

But wait... the door opens and... "Come in," the guy says.

...and we did. The yellow school bus, with all the seats taken out, was quite a taco shop! Metal counters lined the windows with permanent stools fixed to the floor, and the rear of the bus was sectioned off as the kitchen. There was a TV placed at the front where they were watching some telenovela on. And the trash can placed on the driver's seat. It was great!

And the tacos were tasty too! Really hit the spot.