Wallingford | the L A Z E of days

A late recap of more birthday weekend eats.

Passion fruit cream filled Double Happiness and Mini Double Happiness from Ba Bar.

Pastries and coffee for breakfast. Rather, dessert and coffee for breakfast.

Close up look.

Leftover chocolate cake. And I seriously mean there was a leftover cake. We had about 1/7th of the thing on my actual birthday, and I’ve been doing my best to take the rest of it down with minimal help.

Takeout from 663 Bistro Sunday night.

After watching mall patrons eagerly line up at Cinnabon, we decided to indulge our curiosity and get one. This was my first Cinnabon experience during adulthood, as I’ve nearly forgotten the shenanigans and poor diet choices of adolescence. The roll was under cooked and sweetened to the point of our disgust. Incidentally, the curiosity was David’s, not mine.

Taiwanese A-Cai from Rocking Wok, an awesome Taiwanese restaurant that’s tucked away in the suburbs of Wallingford.

Hand shaven fried noodles.

We met one of my best friends for a double date in Wallingford last week. Our plan was to dine at Joule, the sister restaurant to Revel by Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi. I’ve heard great things about both places and have yet to get a table without a minimum one and a half hour wait. My mistake was assuming a place as such wouldn’t take reservations. I assumed wrong. They do. So, take that information and do something great with it.

After some quick thinking, we decided to go to Tilth (by James Beard Award winner and Iron Chef Maria Hines). The last time I was there, I had the vegetarian five course tasting menu. It was a unique tasting experience. I have sampled other prix fixe menus at restaurants like The Herbfarm and Crush (my absolute favorite), and the one at Tilth is on the lighter side. The dishes were simple and the portions much smaller. For the price, it is worth a try if you would spend the same amount in large plates and appetizers. We decided to forgo the tasting menu on this occasion. but true to form, the dishes were seasonally inspired and the decor of the restaurant screamed “boutique northwest” (even down to the little bug on my menu. RIP).