Good lord, I've been at this damn airport since 6:30 AM and I am SO ready to get back home. I've been in beautiful Pittsburgh, PA this week (that picture hardly does it justice, but it's all I could get out of my hotel room) which is known as the city of bridges. This is apparently because there are a TON of them around. There's also a lot of interesting things to do (like go to the zoo, or visit museums), none of which I had time for due to job stuffs but eh, whatever. I also don't feel like typing much do to the fact I'm still sleep-deprived and in what appears to be a travel coma. FYI the architecture around Carnegie Mellon reminded me of London, and you can imagine just how high-pitched my gleeful squeels were when we drove by a branch of Le Cordon Bleu.
As for the food, well, there were 2 places we went that were amazing: Zarra's, and Union Grill. Zarra's was a cute little family-owned Italian/Greek restaurant across the street from our hotel. I had a chicken dish that was nothing spectacular, but their homemade salad dressing was to die for (balsamic vinegarette) and when the mother of the operation "botched" her homemade cheesecake (forgot eggs), we were privy to a taste. It was warm, fresh, right out of the oven homemade cheesecake and it was probably the most delicious thing I've ever put in my mouth. Although its structure was lacking because of its missing ingredient, the flavor was unaffected. Tangy, sweet, savory, with a moist graham crust - I had to stop myself 3 bites in because it was almost too sinful. After that, I took a ride in the owner's sports car in exchange for one of my drawings. I'd say that was a good deal.
Now, Union Grill, an "all American food" place which seems to be populated with mostly tatooed students, was impressionable. After perusing the menu I was inclined to ask our server, "So, this Devonshire Sandwich - what is it?", as it was advertised in the menu as world-famous, has appeared on TV, etc. The server told us it is described as a sandwich, however, it's basically turkey on some bread slathered in their famous cheese sauce. Server's words: "If it wasn't for the fact that it's probably about 3000 calories I'd probably eat it more often." Because I wanted to go a healthier route, I opted for a turkey burger which was tasty but rather dry, and for some reason tasted a little like ham (?). I ordered a baked sweet potato and a side of that cheese sauce, because I couldn't NOT try it!
The cheese sauce came, and yeah, it was amazing. It was a white sauce with a few herbs and chunks of fresh cheese mixed in. Imagine that delicious white cheese dip that you find at Mexican restaurants. Now double the consistancy and add melted chunks of cheese. Oh yeah. What originated as a quest for delicious healthy food ended up with me slathering my burger with it and then obtaining ultimate Fatty status and dipping my sweet potato in it, which was rather good.
Now since I didn't snap a shot, I've taken this one from www.roadfood.com. This is a picture of the actual Turkey Devonshire. After eating this, you probably wouldn't poop for about a week or two:
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