Northstar Cafe

Nostalgia

Source: mywedding.com.
Do not be alarmed, this burger is supposed to be pink (it's the beets).

Hello friends!  As promised, a post!  But I didn't promise to write an awesome post :) (hey, it's hard to write award-winning material at this hour). 


Now you may be wondering why I titled this post "nostalgia".  Well, here's why - number one: today I went thrifting and sifted though tons of clothes from the 90s, shoulder pads and all. And since I am a product of the 80s, I remember the 90s (does that make any sense? I don't really remember the first five years of my life). Number two: On my way home, I heard a No Doubt song on the radio, and No Doubt makes me think of middle school days in typing class (where we'd listen to music and NOT type). And number three: I had a date with my long-lost cousin today!  


My sweet cousin just turned 18, graduated high school, and in a month she's leaving for college. Sad face. I'm so glad I had a chance to see her and catch up with her before she leaves.  It's been several years since we have seen each other (due to some parental issues), but I was delighted to see what a beautiful young woman she's grown into!  And the fact that she wants to be a doctor is pretty great too :)

Turkey Sandwich. Source: yelp.com. It was HUGE

We went to Northstar Cafe for dinner, and Jeni's for dessert but..... I forgot my camera!  So I am borrowing some images (and crediting the sources, of course).  I had the freakin' delicious Northstar burger, and my cuz had a Turkey sandwich with a wild rice salad.  

Source: fitsugar.com. I like mine sans the ketchup.

At this point, I would talk about the food, but it's quite late. All I'll tell you now is that the Northstar burger is not the kind of burger you think it is.  Mikey ordered it a while ago, expecting a nice juicy beef burger, and he was quite upset when he took a bite and didn't get beefy goodness (he obviously did not read the menu, typical man thing to do).  The Northstar burger is a veggie burger.. but it's not the kind of veggie burger you're used to either!  It's made of rice and beats, and maybe some sort of legume.  I'm not sure.  I think it has some sort of mystical ingredient mixed in, 'cause it is damn good. I ate it so fast that I hardly had time to analyze the flavors, so excuse me for this hasty "review".  Sorry..  But at least you know it tastes good!  And is good for you too.  And besides, I think that the Northstar Burger is something that you just have to experience. 


Here are some (borrowed) pictures from Jeni's.  Interesting fact: my cousin's friend works for Jeni's kitchen, and she labels the containers by hand.  And when they misspell something, the pint is deemed a reject and the employees are free to do with them as they please.  I'm sure glad I don't work at Jeni's, because I would be rather fluffy (read: fat).

Source (for both images): dishtip.com

Eeek, it's late!  I need to get up in 4 hours, so I will say goodnight for now. 


Goodnight.


xoxo<3
Nhu-Y

Ohio Deli

Greasy Spoon

photo from singledigitdining.com

Mike and I really love to watch food TV.  I like to watch the Cooking Channel and the Food Network and Mike watches the Travel Channel.  Well, one day Mike saw an episode of Man vs. Food in Columbus and he said that he wanted to try all of those places.  If you guys haven't seen Man vs. Food, this guy (Adam Richman) travels across the nation to look for "food challenges" - the spiciest, the most outrageous, the biggest, etc.  Usually it's these enormous meals, and that was the case for the Columbus episode.  He went to Schmidt's and had a huge cream puff, Thurman's for a giant burger, and Ohio Deli for an enormous Dagwood sandwich.  We have already been to Schmidt's and Thurman's, so it was only natural for Mike to want to try Ohio Deli.

We drove 20 minutes or so to the southside of Columbus.  For those of you who haven't been there, it's not in the best part of town.  There was a trailer park across the street and it was a little sketchy, but we figured if this place was on TV, it had to be good.. right?  We would soon find out!  It turned out that Ohio Deli was more then just a Deli - more of a diner.  They had food like steak, sandwiches, fish and chips, fried chicken, etc.  As soon as we walked in, we saw a server carry one of their famous Dagwood sandwiches to someone's table.  It was HUGE.  At least 6 inches of cold cuts, a huge pile of fries, and a pickle.  We decided that it would be a little too much food for us and opted to get two smaller sandwiches.  Mike got a turkey club on a croissant and I got a monte cristo.  We also split an order of cheese fries.  The food was ok, but nothing to write home about.  My ham was really, really salty, and the food was quite greasy.  However, the price was very reasonable, and the portions were large (see picture above).  We spent less than $20, including drinks.  Overall, we decided that we wouldn't go back just because it was so far away from campus. 

So that was our adventure to Ohio Deli!  


As a side note, we don't think that we will go out of our way anymore to go to any of Adam Richman's recommendations.  Earlier this month, we went to a restaurant called Primanti Brother's in Pittsburgh.  We heard tons of good things about it on the show, but when we actually got there, the service was horrible and the food was even worse.  I think that most of the food that Adam Richman eats on his show is just massive, and not necessarily delicious.  I mean, how can you enjoy a dish if you are shoveling it down your mouth as fast as you can?  Anyways, that's my rant for the day.  I still like ya, Adam :)