This was my first year at the Taste of Cincinnati. It has been AMAZING!
The random food I’ve eaten in the last two days has been nothing short of epic.
I started yesterday at lunchtime. My parents came to visit and were pretty adamant about going to Montgomery Inn. I’ve lived in Cincinnati for three and a half years and I realized I had never eaten there. So, we all went there for lunch. My mom got the ribs and let me have a bite- Holy crap it was delicious. My dad and I got the pulled pork and between the three of us we split Saratoga Chips and BBQ sauce. I was happy with my pulled pork (I’m a terribly messy eater so I wouldn’t have gotten the ribs anyway) but the Saratoga Chips were a little stale. The BBQ sauce covered it well though. Then of course there was Graeter’s.
Graeter’s was conducting a blind taste test on the Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream. They’re trying to take everything artificial out of their ice cream. They’re trying to change the mint chocolate chip ice cream from green to white (sad!). Granted, it’s better for you but it’s MINT and you want it to be GREEN. Maybe offering both would be smart? I asked them about whether they could find a natural alternative to the green, but they said they had tried everything to no avail.
In any case, for dinner I tried a gyro from Taz. I wasn’t very impressed because it had been pre-made and was cold. I understand if you’re busy making them ahead of time but I wouldn’t make so many that they got cold. It was depressing.
Today I didn’t go until 6:30. But I was starving since I hadn’t eaten anything since breakfast. I started with a slice of pizza from Balboa’s which was awesome. I had never heard of it until I actually walked by when I was going to the event on Saturday. The business was closed so I was excited to see them there. Then the corn was strongly recommended to me. I bought mine from City BBQ and was not disappointed by the juicy deliciousness. Then- of course, more Graeter’s.
I would really like to go back tomorrow just to try to some of the Thai, Chinese, or German food. Ya know that eating better thing I was talking about in previous posts? I swear that will happen after Monday. Seriously. I even bought Healthy Choice meals the last time I was at the grocery store.