Home = Eating Out

I ate out twice today, and even though it's a little sad for me to say so, it made me so happy.  Being home hardly equals eating out all the time, but I had some specific foods I wanted today:  El Pollo Loco and In-N-Out.

This isn't a great picture of what I had from El Pollo Loco.  It's a taco al carbon (chicken, cilantro, and onion with a little lemon juice squeezed on top), but I also had a Caeser bowl (chunks of deliciously marinated white meat, Mexican rice, lettuce, pico de gallo, and cilantro caeser dressing).  Honestly, I don't care if EPL is fast food.  I've rarely had chicken with as much flavor as theirs, and they don't have to stoop to deep frying everything to draw customers in.  This was the lunch I was looking forward to all throughout my flight, but my stomach quickly moved on to its next desire once I finished lunch.

In-N-Out was the main attraction.  I hadn't eaten a full-sized hamburger in a month, and I'm the kind of guy who likes a good burger.  I went to the right place for that:  perfectly medium patties, melty cheese, grilled onions, crisp lettuce, and special sauce on a toasted bun.  Add fresh-cut, almost fried-to-order fries and I was in heaven.  I realize that Northern California is not devoid of In-N-Out, but I've really got no good way to get to any of them.  Going home was the easiest way to get my fix.

I'll probably eat out once more tomorrow.  I think I'll have to consider this time vacation time, during which you can eat whatever you want guilt-free.  At least most of it isn't coming out of my wallet.  It's good to be home!