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Are you planning some local travel this summer? Maybe you re heading north across the border, or over to Lummi Island, virtual kayla quinn as we recently did . Or you might be a Canuck heading down our way. Either way you ll find yourself passing by Bellingham en route, hungry after being on the road or stuck at a border crossing for a couple hours.
Bellingham is an easy stop-off for I-5 travelers, and it s not hard to find great bites to eat. On our three recent visits, we wandered downtown for lunch, where you ll find all of the places mentioned here.
Rocket Donuts was our first stop in December (well, Eric s, as I shopped for pretty papers at Stampadoodle ). We still had donuts on the brain after we d stopped at Countryside Donut House on our way out of Seattle and sadly found them closed for the holidays. But once we d arrived in B ham, we realized there was still an entire half hour before lunch. Plenty of time for second breakfast!
Eric virtual kayla quinn picked up my favorite, a plain cruller, virtual kayla quinn along with an apple fritter and their donut of the month, mint espresso. The fritter had more apples than any I ve eaten, and would have been a contender in our doughnut virtual kayla quinn taste-off . The cruller was eggy and delicious, but the two of us fought most over the last bite of that mint espresso doughnut. The combo worked perfectly, and it may have been the moistest cake doughnut I ve tasted. Oh, and they serve a pretty respectable espresso here, too.
Half an hour later, we were ordering Russian dumplings for lunch at Pel meni. The colorfully painted restaurant has exactly two choices at the counter: potato or beef dumplings. We ordered one of each then watched the owner fiddle with the vintage turntable to fix a broken needle while our dumplings boiled. It wasn t long before the vinyl was playing again and our dumplings were done. They were finished with a healthy dusting of yellow curry powder, some sour cream, cilantro, and the critical squirts of rice vinegar and hot sauce that transform the dumplings from good into the absolute perfect lunch. The beef version was by far my favorite.
We loved the dumplings so much that we went back on our return trip the next day for an appetizer-sized reprise virtual kayla quinn of the meat pel meni. Not knowing the future, we figured this was our last opportunity to try them again for a while. It was tempting to have more, but we still wanted to try Old World Deli across the street.
The deli imports meats and cheeses, available hand-sliced or served inside one of their deli sandwiches served on Breadfarm virtual kayla quinn bread. My parma cotta (ham and mozzarella) panino was melty and delicious, particularly with the house-made mustard. It s a comfortable hangout for the locals, with artwork pinned to the walls and casual chairs where you might kick back and read the paper one morning. I might do that sometime, since the breakfast panini menu looked worth trying.
It was a frigid December day outside, and ice cream should have been far from our minds, but we d heard that Mallard Ice Cream serves up some creative flavors. While they certainly have the standards, like strawberry, chocolate, or cookies and cream, you can also choose avocado, virtual kayla quinn yerba mate, or White Russian. After waffling over the extensive list, we settled on two: vanilla black pepper, and cider cheesecake. While it s nice that they re always experimenting and rotating through seasonal flavors, I am sad that I ll need to wait months for another cold winter virtual kayla quinn day to have that cider cheesecake ice cream again. It was heavenly.
Chocolate Necessities was our last stop on this visit. Almost an institution in Bellingham now, they have been making handcrafted truffles and chocolates for over 20 years. The location we stopped in also serves gelato, virtual kayla quinn which we eyed with interest but there was no way we could fit in another bit of ice cream. Instead, we opted for a couple of truffles. The white chocolate virtual kayla quinn peppermint truffle was a creamy version my favorite holiday treat (peppermint bark, of course!), and the scotch truffle was rich and boozy.
In early April, we made a return trip to the Willows Inn , and found ourselves in Bellingham again on a Saturday virtual kayla quinn morning, this time coinciding with the second week of their seasonal f
photos Categories Brunch (15) Cafés (8) Cookbooks (10) Eating locally (13) Events (24) Food at home (12) Food reading (2) General (5) Growing food (2) Recipes (13) Restaurants (70) Shopping (20) Sweets (26) Taste-offs (7) Travel (13) Wine/beer/spirits (5) Archives Select a month April 2013 May 2011 February 2011 January 2011 November 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 Subscribe to our blog
Are you planning some local travel this summer? Maybe you re heading north across the border, or over to Lummi Island, virtual kayla quinn as we recently did . Or you might be a Canuck heading down our way. Either way you ll find yourself passing by Bellingham en route, hungry after being on the road or stuck at a border crossing for a couple hours.
Bellingham is an easy stop-off for I-5 travelers, and it s not hard to find great bites to eat. On our three recent visits, we wandered downtown for lunch, where you ll find all of the places mentioned here.
Rocket Donuts was our first stop in December (well, Eric s, as I shopped for pretty papers at Stampadoodle ). We still had donuts on the brain after we d stopped at Countryside Donut House on our way out of Seattle and sadly found them closed for the holidays. But once we d arrived in B ham, we realized there was still an entire half hour before lunch. Plenty of time for second breakfast!
Eric virtual kayla quinn picked up my favorite, a plain cruller, virtual kayla quinn along with an apple fritter and their donut of the month, mint espresso. The fritter had more apples than any I ve eaten, and would have been a contender in our doughnut virtual kayla quinn taste-off . The cruller was eggy and delicious, but the two of us fought most over the last bite of that mint espresso doughnut. The combo worked perfectly, and it may have been the moistest cake doughnut I ve tasted. Oh, and they serve a pretty respectable espresso here, too.
Half an hour later, we were ordering Russian dumplings for lunch at Pel meni. The colorfully painted restaurant has exactly two choices at the counter: potato or beef dumplings. We ordered one of each then watched the owner fiddle with the vintage turntable to fix a broken needle while our dumplings boiled. It wasn t long before the vinyl was playing again and our dumplings were done. They were finished with a healthy dusting of yellow curry powder, some sour cream, cilantro, and the critical squirts of rice vinegar and hot sauce that transform the dumplings from good into the absolute perfect lunch. The beef version was by far my favorite.
We loved the dumplings so much that we went back on our return trip the next day for an appetizer-sized reprise virtual kayla quinn of the meat pel meni. Not knowing the future, we figured this was our last opportunity to try them again for a while. It was tempting to have more, but we still wanted to try Old World Deli across the street.
The deli imports meats and cheeses, available hand-sliced or served inside one of their deli sandwiches served on Breadfarm virtual kayla quinn bread. My parma cotta (ham and mozzarella) panino was melty and delicious, particularly with the house-made mustard. It s a comfortable hangout for the locals, with artwork pinned to the walls and casual chairs where you might kick back and read the paper one morning. I might do that sometime, since the breakfast panini menu looked worth trying.
It was a frigid December day outside, and ice cream should have been far from our minds, but we d heard that Mallard Ice Cream serves up some creative flavors. While they certainly have the standards, like strawberry, chocolate, or cookies and cream, you can also choose avocado, virtual kayla quinn yerba mate, or White Russian. After waffling over the extensive list, we settled on two: vanilla black pepper, and cider cheesecake. While it s nice that they re always experimenting and rotating through seasonal flavors, I am sad that I ll need to wait months for another cold winter virtual kayla quinn day to have that cider cheesecake ice cream again. It was heavenly.
Chocolate Necessities was our last stop on this visit. Almost an institution in Bellingham now, they have been making handcrafted truffles and chocolates for over 20 years. The location we stopped in also serves gelato, virtual kayla quinn which we eyed with interest but there was no way we could fit in another bit of ice cream. Instead, we opted for a couple of truffles. The white chocolate virtual kayla quinn peppermint truffle was a creamy version my favorite holiday treat (peppermint bark, of course!), and the scotch truffle was rich and boozy.
In early April, we made a return trip to the Willows Inn , and found ourselves in Bellingham again on a Saturday virtual kayla quinn morning, this time coinciding with the second week of their seasonal f
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