#31DDD - Tell Me Where to find the best Fried Chicken

There are few things I miss as a vegan like I miss fried chicken. Or in this case, pollo a la brasa.  If you haven't had Peruvian chicken in NoVa and more importantly if you haven't had El Pollo Rico in Arlington, then you haven't had chicken worth talking about.

I was first introduced to Pollo years ago by my then roommate, Sarah, she and her friends raved about this place until me in my scoffing disbelief made the journey up 66 to the place.

I was pissy that I had to wait in line...that is until I got my plate.  You have never had flavors like this cross your palate and sink into your tastebuds.  So when you ask me about where to find the best fried chicken I'm not sure what I can tell you accept, there IS no fried chicken that can measure up to this chicken roasted on a spit.

#31DDD - If there were a book entitled, The Ramen Chronicles, what would its first line be? How would it end? AND Post a photo from your phone and tell me about it

Opening Line:

Some required a cigarette after a really good orgasm, for Ricki it would always be a nice bowl of Top Ramen (c) with a liberal squeeze of siracha pepper sauce on top.

Carrying her bowl back into her bedroom she nudged over the lump that was her boyfriend and in a careful balance of bowl, chopsticks and body, managed to settler herself against the headboard without spilling a drop.

End:
Now she no longer looked for the packages of Top Ramen (c), she found a cigarette would do just fine.

This is of course me.  I love hats, however, with my big melon of a head, they don't exactly love me back.  But when I do find one that does fit and doesn't make my head look like a watermelon I am more than willing to pose with it, case in point, this pic.  This particular hat embodies everything I love about headgear...its pink, its stylish (no baseball hats for this girl) and it fits!!!

#31DDD - Which celebrity is living the life you were supposed to lead?

There are very few people I envy or want to do what they do on the daily basis...and then there is Anthony Bourdain.

Live a life of cooking, traveling and doing it your way.  Yep, that's what I would really love to be doing and he does it and remains self deprecating about it.  And the funny part about this whole thing?

I'm vegan and if you've ever watched an AB show...he is most definitely not.  And that's okay, if I could do what he does, I wouldn't be either.

He is the Frank Sinatra of cooking and his is the life I should be living.

#31DDD - Take a picture of your fridge and tell me about it

Day late, dollar short and all that jazz.  But this is a pic of one of my fridges.  I actually have two in my kitchen and they both function fully.

When I told little Miss Diva of Yum about this she declared me her "hero," so I think that's a plus of this post altogether.  Now, the reason I have two fridges is very practical...

There is more than one person living in my house.  Which is to say that I have two roommates and since all of us do some form of cooking, in order to have any semblance of order a second fridge was going to be necessary.

Also, luckily for me, at the time I was looking one of my friends was looking to get rid of it and was more than willing to help load it up and ship it out.

Now to the contents.  Currently, the 1st shelf is sporting the final remnants of Thanksgiving dinner...which means the collard greens and sweet potatoes are all that's left.  Then there is one of my favorite bottles of wine.  One of my roommates is quite the cheese hound, so there are pounds of different types for his amusement.

But really, the only thing of any real concern is the wine.