Dinner and Dessert

Today, I had dinner plans with my friend PJ. That’s right, I had dinner plans on a WEEKDAY. Excitement. I know, I lead a very exciting life as a graduate student. Anyways, I really was excited, because we were going to Lucy’s Fried Chicken for dinner and Lick for dessert. I haven’t been to both, even though I’ve been hearing about Lucy’s for quite some time. As we were driving along 1^st Street, I kept noticing restaurants I wanted to check out. Now I know, 1^st Street is the magical street full of restaurants. 

We finally got to Lucy’s, but the parking lot was full L. Turns out, Tuesdays is Steak Night, so keep it in mind for if you ever go. We walked in and were told to seat ourselves. The place was pretty crowded, so we chose to sit upstairs. The friendly server told us about Steak Night and some other specials, but come on, we’re at Lucy’s Fried Chicken – we’re here for the fried chicken. Here’s what we ordered:

Clockwise: Bucket o' Chicken, Corn Bread Muffins, and Mexican Coke Sweet Potatoes

Close up

The chicken was SUPER crunchy, just the way I like my fried chicken. Also, the pieces were big. We probably should've just got the basket. I've never been served fried chicken with pickle spears and jalapenos before, so that was new. I didn't eat any of the jalapenos though, wasn't feeling brave enough. I really really liked the sweet potatoes, but then again I'm just a big fan of sweet potatoes in general. I liked the corn bread, especially the tequila butter it came with, but I only ate one since I was trying to save room for dessert. I think I would def come back for the fried chicken, but I would have to get a salad or something to balance out the meal. And a sweet potato side dish to myself :P

Alrighty, so after we boxed up our leftovers, we headed over to SOLA for...ICE CREAM!! To be honest, when PJ told me we were going to Lick, I somehow heard "Jim's Ice House". I don't know how I heard that, but I did. I was pleasantly surprised, though, with the cute little ice cream shop. I personally think ice cream beats shaved ice. Lick must be new cause I haven't heard of it till today, and what a shame cause it was AMAZING. I liked the simplistic decor, especially the sky blue wood paneling. More importantly, they had some really unique flavor combinations like strawberry basil, which in case you're wondering, is tasty. We both got smalls, can you guess which one's mine?

If you guessed the one in the waffle cone bowl, you guessed right!! It was SO good. The moment I sampled the caramel salt lick, I knew I had a winner. I decided to pair it with the honey and vanilla bean one. Towards the end though, I wished I didn't get the waffle bowl, because its sweet taste became a bit overpowering. PJ was a bit more daring with his ice cream bowl, he got the cilantro lime and the strawberry basil. I sampled the cilantro lime, and it reminded me of Vietnamese food in a good way :]

Homemade waffle bowl:  Honey and Vanilla Bean + Caramel Salt Lick

So that was my dinner and dessert!! I would def go back to Lucy's Fried Chicken, but with a bigger group if  I'm planning on getting the Bucket o' Chicken. And I'm now adding Lick to favorite dessert spots to take out-of-towners to :]

Until next time! And happy eating!

Linh Thy