These past
few weeks have been really crazy for me!
There have been some emotional up’s and down’s, unexpected sickness and
lots of happy moments that involved the comfort of food and family.
So one of
the big foodie events in Halifax was “Burger Week” which ran from March 19th-25th. This is where everyone in Halifax comes out
to enjoy delicious burgers of all shapes and sizes throughout the week at various
restaurants. This year was the city’s 3rd
anniversary and each year, my husband and I notice more and more restaurants
choose to participate in this monumental event of burger proportions. This year we decided to go to three different
restaurants, that way we could put our names in a draw for the grand prize.
Our first place was Flipburger, after we
had got there it started to get pretty busy so we took ours to go. The burger they chose to contribute for
Burger Week’s events was The Big Smoke and it was pretty good. I had a gluten free bun with mine, which is
always good there and the highlights were: smoked gouda, bacon and even smoked
tomato.
Our second place was 2 Doors Down, which
they technically didn’t have a burger but a slider, but it was still really
good. They called it The Steakhouse
Slider and it packed a punch of taste, Ben and I loved every bite! Hand formed beef patties, sautéed mushrooms
and three different cheeses sent us to burger heaven.
…Unfortunately
if we had known what awaited us a few hours later, we would have thought twice
before diving in.
At
3:30am I awoke to Ben puking in the bathroom quite violently. Naturally I thought he was just having
stomach problems and went back to sleep as there was not much I could do, and
to be honest I can’t handle puke.
Tossing and turning I had trouble getting back to sleep, with hot and
cold sweats keeping me awake not being able to rest for more than fifteen
minutes at a time. Then at around 4:30
am it was my turn to run to the bathroom, except Ben was already in there…the
kitchen garbage had to suffice. I had
realized we both were sick with food poisoning from the 2 Doors Down burgers,
as that was the only thing we both had ate that night. I’ll spare you the rest of the details, but
long story short I still have not had nor can look at another burger in the same
way. And unfortunately we never made it
to the third restaurant and thus a sickening end to our month of March.
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With age
comes change, and with change sometimes can come stress. Thus my inner fat child has run rampant for
the month of April and I am still recovering, trying to get back on track with
healthy habits. During these past weeks
with my sugar binge, I had made a key lime cheesecake. Unfortunately I over cooked the cheesecake
and it was not very good, due to my mistake of course. I had also had an unexpected stressful day
this past Thursday, and I decided the only way to make things better was to eat
comfort food. This consisted of
baguette, cheese, chips, root beer and strawberry shortcake.
Even though
these last few weeks have been stressful, I am grateful for the weekend, family,
friends, my comforting husband and much needed vacation time! I was able to take my best friend to the Halifax
Seaport Farmers Market today, which she had never been too and I was way
overdue for a visit. We walked around
enjoyed all of the local sites, and Lenora fell in love with the amazing things
the market had to offer. I myself love
bramoso’s
breakfast pizza which has spinach, sun dried tomatoes, bacon and an egg on top
which is an excuse to eat pizza for breakfast any day J I also got a cinnamon biscuit and a double
chocolate cookie from The Cake Lady, which was amazing and I will definitely be
back there again to indulge in another sweet treat.
Needless to
say this week ended on a sweet note, and I enjoyed many tasty indulgences…probably
too many LOL. But I’m glad the weekend
is here, and I hope you all have the opportunity to enjoy this beautiful
weather.
Kyra xo
The
websites for the delicious places I have mentioned are listed below:
Too bad about your burger experience. Love the pictures though. The 2 doors down burgers sounded delicious. What was in the bowls?
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