!!!!!!!! PIG IRON BBQ !!!!!!!!

Oh the dilemma!!! What do you do when beef brisket is cooked so well that it needs no sauce, and the sauce that you have is so good it deserves to be eaten?  My solution: order sweet potato fries to dip in the sauce, and leave the meat to be by itself in all it's glory.

Travis and I are finally back to having lunch together after a few long weeks.  Last week I was in Vegas for a National Glass trade show.  I will share some of the meals from that later.

Lunch today, we hit up Pig Iron BBQ.  The only reason why we ate it today and not yesterday is because they are open Tuesday-Saturday.  When I go to pick up my food at Pig Iron, it reminds me that I don't have a hot rod.  The tattooed staff in black, remind me of a pack of "rat rodders".  They are all super friendly and serve up some good food.

Even though it is Pig Iron BBQ, and their pork is great.....Their Brisket is even better.  Both Travis and I ordered brisket sandwiches which are served with sweet pickles, sliced sweet onions, and your choice of potato salad, slaw, or beans.  I guess I was feeling healthy because I chose the slaw today.  I have to be honest the slaw was just okay.  I think it is the fact that everything else is so full of flavor, that because the coleslaw tastes like normal coleslaw, it winds up rather unimpressive.  Travis went with our favorite beans, which are understated on the menu under sandwich sides.  The beans are listed below as Smokey Beans made daily from scratch with the finest ingredients and spices available, and they taste it.  Like I said above, I wanted to try a couple of their sauces, but after the first bite of brisket I was glad I ordered the sweet potato fries so that I could dip them in the sauce instead of the meat.  The sweet potato fries were good, and the sauces were great.  The original sauce was a smokey BBQ with a slight tang, and the Carolina Sweet mustard was a cross between a Carolina sauce from ribs, and a mellow mustard.

Simply put, it's a favorite!

Plato de Burrito de Carnitas, y Coca-Cola de Mexico!

Pork Burrito Plate and Mexican Coke! What more do I need to say? When you work near South Park, Mexican inspiration is not far away. This "Taco Truck" may look scary, but the food is amazing! Come to think of it, I have never had a bad meal from a taco truck.

I almost always get the authentic tacos, but today I was feeling like I needed something a little heartier (I think there is a theme this week).  I don't know if I am loving food more than usual, but this had to have been one of the best burritos I have ever had.

The pork was amazingly moist and flavorful, but the seasoning was simple if present. at all.  Talk about accessories, you don't get all of this at a Taco Del Mar.  The burrito came served with beans and rice (pretty typical flavor), a red salsa, and a salsa verde, two slices of avocado, sour cream, two slices of pickled carrot, four slices of radish, and a lime for flavoring.

To wash down all this healthy goodness, nothing says Mexico like a Coca-Cola actually made from REAL sugar.  I am so thankful that these are accessible in the U.S. as they taste so much better than the corn syrup variety.

While I now wish I could nap, I am headed back to work.

-Adam

Comfort Food

I definitely think teriyaki is comfort food.  Travis and I went our separate ways today.  I think he had a Jimmy Johns sandwich. Things are a little crazy around the office this week, I was on vacation last week (poor timing, good time spent with the family), and we are displaying at our first National trade show for a project we are working on with a company in New Zealand.  So when lunch rolled around today I needed something filling and comforting.....Teriyaki.

Buxx Teriyaki is just up the street from us, and is a pretty typical Teriyaki joint.  What I like most about it, is that it is super CLEAN.  The food is good, but not to die for.  Today I had a Chicken Teriyaki and Sweet and Sour Chicken Combo complete with a Dr. Pepper. 

Buxx's friendly attitude made me feel good.  I can always count on a "Ten Minute Okay?" comment to cheer me up, but it also makes me sad that it take thems only 10 minutes to prepare and me 5 minutes to eat it.  Joy in the way of food always ends so quickly!

A staple lunch!

Everyone needs a good burger joint to frequent.  While we are all about trying new places, I think it is important in our early blogs to talk about some of our frequent stops.  Today Travis picked up identical meals for the both of us from, Loretta's Northwesterner ( http://lorettasnorthwesterner.com/).

First about our meal.  The perfect pick-me-up for any day is Loretta's Deluxe Cheeseburger with Bacon, Fries, with two orders of homemade tartar sauce. There is nothing fancy about the Cheeseburger, it is just simply delicious.  Everything about the burger tastes fresh: The buns are soft and flavorful, but light and airy. The burger is thick and juicy, topped with lettuce, pickles, red onions and tomato.  There is the right amount of sauce to be somewhat messy, but not overpowering.  Best of all, the bacon is thick and cooked to perfection.  Our vegetable intake was not limited to the burger toppings, because we ordered potatoes, french fried.  The fries are great, but the homemade tartar sauce puts the whole meal over the edge.  We need to ask what the secret is sometime, but I think that there are small bits of garlic in the sauce.

Now about Loretta's.  While I wish that we could take the time to sit in the restaurant of whose food we devour, most of the time we take working lunches at our desk or on the go (hence the name of the blog, "Take out").  Loretta's does the take out thing well, but every time I go there I want to stay. It is a quirky tavern in South Park area of Seattle that has a logger, meets indie rocker vibe to it.  There is memorabilia of antique logging and antique beer, a turntable with an assortment of records to choose from, and best of all is their outdoor patio. The patio has a walk up outdoor bar, parked right next to a bright, silver Airstream trailer.  I haven't figured out the trailers purpose, but it makes for a great backyard ambiance, especially while sitting on one of the patio chairs that doesn't seem to match any others.  If you get bored drinking beer, you can try your hand at a little ping pong on one of the tables that is conveniently located in Loretta's "back yard".

Task Complete!!!!

About us.

Hello, I'm Adam. My brother in-law and I work together selling truck equipment in Western Washington. We are normal guys, we love our families, we love sports, and we love Food. We are not experts, but we definitely have an opinion. Seattle magazine recently came out with an issue that highlighted some of the best mobile food wagons in the Seattle area. From that article we decided that we were going to start going to all of these great restaurants to bring lunch back to our office. We've had fun, and the food has been great, so we thought we would share.