All I Want to do is Eat, Eat, Eat, Eat...

Last Friday I ate at TWO hole-in-the-wall places in one day. Because I'm a weirdo like that. That means...

Progress:

77) Go to 10 hole-in-the-wall restaurants.

-Buono's Pizza: Buono's Pizza is a little place over in San Pedro that I went to with the Bio Club after we took a field trip to the Cabrillo Aquarium. It looked promising thanks to all the "Restaurant of the Year" plaques lining the walls, and it had sort of a homey feel to it. I tried the pepperoni pizza and one other pizza that was sort of Mediterranean in flavor (think feta cheese, etc) and they were both pretty darn good, minus the stomachaches I had later. Grade: A

-Senor Big Ed's: Located in good old Cypress, Ed's is a Puerto Rican joint that I pass by on at least a bidaily basis. Michael and I decided to try it before the alumni game...he had a burrito, and I had something that I will explain in a minute. Michael gave his burrito a 7/10, so I will give this a grade of: B.

Accomplished:

84) Eat something foreign and weird and disgusting sounding.

OK, so at Senor Big Ed's I decided to try something that sounded really really weird and potentially disgusting. It was called Mofongo and the description on the menu went a little something like this: Mashed green plantain stuffed with PORK RINDS, garlic, and olive oil. I think the pork rinds is what made it sound the grossest, but garlic mixed with plantain wasn't really doing it for me either. It didn't taste that bad...actually all I could really taste was garlic...but I don't think I'll be eating it on a regular basis. But hey, at least I tried it.

<3,
Jillian