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Monday, March 25, 2019

Banh Mi! Vegan Pastries! Savory Bread!

Monday night is $3 draft pint night at Midtown Crossing Grill, my Crosstown neighborhood bar/pizza parlor, and I'm there many Mondays enjoying cheap booze. Last Monday, Paul and I grabbed dinner there, as well as beer. It'd been too long since I'd ordered my namesake sandwich, the Bianca Banh Mi (tofu, hummus, pickled veggies, cucumber on baguette) with a side salad. I always order the wasabi vinaigrette because it's amazing.


Last week, our baker at the cafe at Crosstown Arts (where I work) made a Vegan Basil-Pesto Twist Bread with vegan mozzarella stuffed inside. 


I had to try it, so I ordered a bowl of the soup du jour — Sumac-Spiced Red Lentil Soup — to enjoy with it. The soup was topped with vegan tazatziki. So creamy! And perfect for this chilly (but warming!) spring weather.


Last week was really just a storm of pastries for me. I had more dessert in a week than one should have in a month, including a (not pictured in this post) carrot cake and lemon hand pie on Ostara. I also had one of these amazing Chocolate Pecan Twist Buns with Vegan Cream Cheese from Crosstown Arts. 


And I grabbed one of these Guava-Pineapple Hand Pies from Crosstown Arts on Friday to enjoy after my Saturday long run. This was a real treat after running 18 miles!


Needless to say, this week will be filled with whole foods and far less sugar!
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6 comments:

  1. Sarah March 26, 2019 at 8:59 AM

    OMG YEEESSSS!!! Your namesake looks delicious and OMG that basil pesto twist bread looks like everything I need in my life. I am also drooling over the chocolate pecan twist buns, wow! You are seriously so lucky to have all of that available to you where you work! That is amazing.

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  2. BarbMarch 26, 2019 at 10:14 AM

    I love banh mi sandwiches sooooo much!

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  3. HillaryMarch 26, 2019 at 1:55 PM

    I agree that your namesake sounds amazing!!
    The guava hand pie really is speaking to me!! You definitely earned it!!

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  4. The Student-turned-DoctorMarch 26, 2019 at 7:32 PM

    I want some of those buns! I am a sucker for cream cheese.

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  5. SusanMarch 28, 2019 at 2:50 AM

    Everything looks amazing. The guava pineapple pastry sounds especially delicious.

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  6. JenniferMarch 28, 2019 at 1:01 PM

    Were all the baked goods worth it? Nothing is worse than crummy baked goods. Those layers looks divine!

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