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Travels: Food of Dallas!

Drew bought me tickets to The Killers concert for my bday. This doesn’t sound like THAT big of a deal, but seeing them was, by far, my #1 bucket list item. And we got front row. It was the best night of my life. Really, the best show I’ve ever seen. If you ever get a chance to see The Killers, do it.

Anyway, we decided to make a long weekend out of it to enjoy Dallas, so  here’s the summary of all the food we had while we were there.

(Click on the titles to read the specific reviews of the following places we ate at.)

Empa Mundo

We started here with a late Friday dinner. It was one of the best meals we had all weekend.

Nammi and the Dallas Farmer’s Market

Saturday we started the day by heading to the Dallas Farmer’s market and eating an amazing Banh Mi!

Crushcraft Thai Street Food

For a late lunch, we then hit up this fantastic Thai place!

For Sunday’s breakfast, we strolled down downtown Grapevine and stopped in The Main Street Bakery.

I got a chocolate almond croissant for less than $2.50. It was delicious!
The inside was full of almond paste, which is perfectly sweet, and one of my favorite flavors. Though, the chocolate was neither overridden by the almond nor did it override it. The flavors worked really well together and made a melty, gooey, middle with a perfectly flaky, buttery crust. YUM.

    

In-N-Out

For Sunday’s lunch, we finally tried In-N-Out and I directly compared it to the East Coast’s Shake Shack in this review.

On our drive home, we stopped by the popular Fuzzy’s Taco shop. It is a chain, but one we don’t have in central Arkansas, and I felt like some tacos.

The chips and salsa, $2, was very good! The chips were seasoned and fresh, and the salsa was full of roasted, pepper-y goodness. Definitely a must-get here.

However, the tacos was pretty awful. I asked for no cheese, and they also kept any sauces off…not cool. I wanted that garlic aioli on my tacos! So, I tried a pork taco, a stead taco, and a fish one. The grilled fish was inedible. One bite and it tasted as if it had gone bad. So, we didn’t even try that one again.
The other two were good enough to eat, but pretty dry.
I would NOT recommend going to the Fuzzy Taco Shop, unless you’re getting chips and salsa to go.

Food Wars: East Coast Shake Shack vs. West Coast In-N-Out Burger

For years of visiting the West Coast, I have heard I need to try In-N-Out burger.  As soon as I was finally going to visit the East Coast (NYC), all I heard was I needed to try Shake Shack. Apparently, people are only fans of one or the other. In fact, there’s pretty much a war between these two institutes. So, within the past 6 months, I finally got a chance to try both of them.
Here are my honest thoughts. Sorry, not sorry, if you disagree.

*I ONLY ate the burger. No fries. No shakes. Burger alone. That’s all that matters in this fight.

In-N-Out Burger

Double (no cheese) animal style: $3.38

The price is incredible for a double burger with lots of veggies and that great house-made animal sauce with grilled onion pieces. It was pretty large. It was way better than any McDonald’s or Burger King or Sonic burger I’ve tried in our Arkansas parts.
However, it wasn’t very greasy or juicy, (no juices running down the arm) which I need if I’m going to branch out to a fast food burger. However, the last couple bites soaked up some good sauce and grease and were VERY good!
My last complaint would be the lettuce. I love a lot of lettuce on my burger, but not a big clump of the whitest iceburg possible. I ended up removing the lettuce and then I could finally taste the burger.
*This was a Dallas location.

Shake Shack Burger

Single Hamburger: $4.29

Here at Shake Shack, ordering a hamburger instead of a cheeseburger is an oddity. They clearly think you want NO toppings if you don’t want cheese and you must request all the toppings you want, that will be provided to on the side. So weird. Just make me a burger without the cheese, please!
Anyway, so I add my fresh veggies and their house sauce and dig in.
I’ll start by saying even a single patty here is much larger and beefier than the double at In-N-Out. It very much tasted like a David’s Burger from around our parts….which I love. It was extremely juicy, elbows had to be wiped clean afterwards. The lettuce was romaine and the perfect amount. All the veggies were crisp and fresh. The sauce was delicious, but I couldn’t tell a difference in either this sauce or In-N-Out’s animal sauce mixed in with the burgers.
Though, this burger is a whole dollar more expensive. And I have to put it together myself.
*This was a Manhattan location.

Final Decision

SHAKE SHACK!!!! No doubt. If you like David’s Burgers as opposed to other nation-wide typical chain burgers, you’d agree. While both are exceptional for fast food, I’d choose Shake Shack any day.
If you’ve tried both, what do you think?