Road Trip!!!

Sometimes the best food comes from the most unassuming places. Screw the notion that good food usually comes from big fancy restaurants. The best food is at those mom and pop restaurants, the hole in the walls, and family restaurants. You know the restaurants that all the locals know about but none of the tourists know. The ones that have been around for multiple generations and is not only enjoyed by old but young as well. Being in the city for so long has somewhat skewed my perception of what good food is all about: nice people, fresh ingredients, and of course the love that goes into making the food. Forget ambiance and decor. Food and friends (and of course the occasional drink) are the only real necessities. Going to Michigan reminded of all this and after eating delicious food after delicious food (not to mention gaining many many pounds and almost having a heart attack), I realized that food and friends made the trip more than worth it.

However, there is one place I have to talk about is this place called blimpie burger. i've eaten enough burgers to distinguish what is a normal burger and what is "the burger". I thought, at first glance, that this place was going to be another ordinary place, but after hearing from all the Michigan people to go there, I expected it to be good. And o man, was it good!!! The menu is simple but the flavor is beyond anything I expected. A triple patty burger with salami, egg, lettuce, and pickles had to be one of the best burgers I've ever had (maybe even being "the burger") Man, the flavor when those fresh burger patties mix with the saltiness from the salami, the texture/creaminess of the fried egg, the tang from the swiss cheese, and the crispness of the lettuce and pickles is an unbelievable harmony of flavors coming together to produce an unforgettable experience. Everything was there and couple that with some really good french fries and REAL onion rings (like the ones where they actually cut the onions by hand and coat them in a light batter) and you have a person who desperately who wants to go back at the first chance he gets.

The only regret I have is not having enough time to explore everything else michigan had to offer. And it had a lot to offer. I can't begin to describe all the other food we had (everything from awesome sandwiches to steam vegetable pitas to deep fried ice cream to hippie hash to $3 pitchers) but it was awesome. if only we didn't pack in a lot of food in such a short amount of time, we wouldn't have been as full.

All in all, nice people, good drinks, great food, and great friends result in one awesome trip. Maybe ill have to come back one day. Just maybe!!!