Falafel's Drive In

Falafel's Drive In (2301 Stevens Creek Boulevard, San Jose, California, USA)

408-294-7886

Hours: 

Mon - Sat 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

This joint was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, so I wanted to check it out because Guy Fiery and the Food Network in general can be convincing. 

Banana shakes, falafels, and onion rings.

I liked how the little balls were slightly crunchy on the outside, and I enjoyed the hot sauce. The onion rings were reminiscent of the ones from Craft Burger in the way that they were battered. I didn't like that my pita was ripped and only fell apart more as I ate it. I approve of the banana shake. I'm sure people would appreciate that they're made with non-fat milk and low-fat ice cream.

Would I return? Yes, if I'm in the area.

Total damage: I don't remember, but the prices are on their website.

Alcohol!

If there's one thing the United States isn't short of, it's alcohol. It's everywhere there!

BevMo!

I've never been to a BevMo! before, so it was quite the treat when I finally walked into one. It's like never-ending aisles of glorious booze from seemingly everywhere!

A tiny fraction of what the store had to offer:

A sample of mine and Casey's combined purchases from Korbel and BevMo!.

Anchor summer beer.

Tastes light. Goes down easy. I approve.

Lindeman's Belgian pomme beer.

It has a cork!

I think they mostly do wine of the fruity variety.

It looked like apple cider, and tasted a lot better with meat than it did with peach pie.

The sweet apple flavour comes out more when paired with warm, savoury foods. The beer tasted really sour when eating the peach pie. I suppose that was my fault for eating and drinking what I wanted when I wanted. 

The selection of alcohol at the Target isn't too shabby.

Total damage: lots of punches to my liver.

Random SF Food

Breakfast chicken made by Casey

Mmm, the golden brown skin is delicious.

Boneless chicken wings.

Casey really outdid himself with this one. Sweet boneless chicken wings for our mini road trip. It's great when we pull things like this out of a cooler from the trunk and just start eating it in parking lots.

During a car ride in a traffic jam, we got hungry. Remember that there were packed sandwiches in the trunk, it took me a lot of work to use the club to reach in from the backseat and get them out.

Healthy avocado, orange, spinach sandwich by Casey.

More eating out of the trunk. This time it's peach pie (courtesy of Casey) in the Korbel (more on that later) parking lot. 

The peach pie tasted like apple pie, but it still tasted okay. The best part was when the security guard drove by us and gave us funny looks. He probably thought we were drinking alcohol out of the trunk.

Apple orange spinach sandwich by Casey.

Healthy!

Perfectly arranged apple slices!

Healthy!

French toast breakfast by Casey

This was quite delicious. I liked the texture of the soft bread with the crispy edges.

Alaska spruce tip syrup

It tasted like... if I licked the needles on a pine tree. It was interesting, but I think I still prefer maple syrup.

My chopped up seaweed.

Seaweed and avocado

Sunny side up eggs

The complete meal: rice, seaweed, avocado, and a fried egg.

Simple idea from Casey, but relatively healthy. 

Cream of mushroom pasta by Casey.

Oatmeal breakfast.

... Casey eats a lot of oatmeal.

Trader Joe's!

I picked out these sausages to be barbecued.

Barbecued meat, rice, and vegetables.

So the chicken I cooked were slightly on the raw side at first, but it was my first time!

The sausages from Trader Joe's were pretty good. I liked the spices that were in them. 

Great coaster at Casey's place

Bones from wing tips.

We leave nothing behind.

Major thanks to Casey for so much cooking and healthy food on the trip. There was a lot of thought put into it, and I really appreciated it!

Chocolate Cheerios

Chocolate Cheerios (San Jose, California, USA)

Jess discovered this treasure from Stephen, and I discovered Chocolate Cheerios from Jess. So in like with them, she promptly bought a box for herself (which she shared with me) at the first opportunity she had.

I love Honey Nut Cheerios, but there's something addictive about Chocolate Cheerios. I'm pretty sure I finished most of Jess's box.

I also like that it "may reduce the risk of heart disease". It's like exercise!

Would I eat them again? Yes! I'd buy them from my local grocery store, but I never seem to find them there.

Total damage: free for me thanks to Jess!

Home Cooking

Cooked Meals and Random Food and Drink (San Jose/San Francisco or that vicinity, California)

My ingenious packaging...

... of beer to bring on the plane. I made good use of old tennis ball canisters.

Miller Genuine Draft.

I am unimpressed with its lack of flavour.

Steaks by Casey.

Wow! So tender and amazing! He should make these steaks all the time. I seriously have not had such a tender and delicious piece of meat in a long while, not even from a fancy restaurant. So good.

Oatmeal breakfast by Casey.

... it's oatmeal.

Steak and egg by Casey.

That steak is always awesome!

Apple slices because we're healthy like that.

Meat and rice by Casey.

That meat was super flavourful. In a good way.

More oatmeal with some brown sugar.

Milk tea?

Picnic meat at the beach! Courtesy of Casey.

Makeshift salad from spinach, pine nuts, sesame oil, and crumbled cheese.

Not terrible, but sesame oil is really strong.

Thanks to Casey for doing all the cooking and preparations of the food in this post! And again, those steaks were amazing.