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Eating Out

While this site is more about making your own awesome food, I love exploring the foodie scene wherever I go.  Here are some restaurants that really stood out to me, including at airports (where, let’s face it, the food pickings are slim…

Airport Food: One Flew South

September 28, 2012

As I headed out on my Italian & Croatian adventure, I killed a little time in the Atlanta airport by trying one of the most-talked-about airport restaurants in the country—One Flew South.

CNN recently named them one of the top ten airport restaurants (I think in America only, though not positive). Do they live up to the hype? We’ll see.

A meal at One Flew South in the Atlanta airport

Updated at the bottom June 2020

I started with a cauliflower and parsnip soup, which was beautiful and hearty. It was maybe a little bland but overall pretty good.

Then I debated between the pulled duck sandwich and the awesome-sounding burger. At the waitress’s urging I went with the duck sandwich. It was pulled duck with duck confit, scallions, figs, some kind of peanut relish, and a sweet-spicy mustard. Overall it was delicious. The mustard was maybe a little overwhelming for me because I’m a total wuss, but the dish overall was great.

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So I can safely say that One Flew South lives up to its hype. In addition to the creative and interesting menu, the service was great, the food came out very quickly without feeling rushed, and the prices were insanely reasonable. In fact, they were exactly what I would have expected to pay for the same meal in Atlanta regularly, not in the airport. My soup was $7, sandwich was $14, and wine (a pretty great Kung Fu Girl Riesling) was $8.

I had the chance to re-visit One Flew South for the first time in almost a decade in February 2020, while on a CRAZY thunderstorm delay while headed to Jamaica.  I feel like I got a starter, but can’t remember…what I do remember was re-visiting that pulled duck sandwich.  It was just as good as the first time!  I also had banana pudding and a couple drinks.  Their cocktail menu is interesting, and I particularly enjoyed the Nearest to Happiness (with Uncle Nearest whiskey).

If you end up in the E terminal at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta airport, or have a long layover in another terminal, definitely go check them out!

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Pretty darn authentic Italian (Cucina Asellina)

June 30, 2012

I had a lovely girls’ dinner with my friend Shalya yesterday evening. Knowing my admitted snobbery about authentic Italian food (I pretty much refuse to eat at most “Italian” restaurants), she took me to this fairly new restaurant in Midtown Atlanta called Cucina Asellina. It’s only been open a few months, right at Peachtree & 12th. The menu is “rustic Italian”, and is a nice mix of seemingly-lighter (in weight if not in calories) takes on traditional Italian dishes.

We were giddy while perusing the menu. After ordering a bottle of lovely sauvignon blanc (which wasn’t on the menu), we ordered a few appetizers. The one I was most excited about was the pizza with truffle mushrooms, fontina, and an egg. It was glorious—light, with a richness from the truffles and a saltiness from the egg and fontina.

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Dutch Monkey Doughnuts – a fun twist on the classics

April 19, 2012

A sales rep brought us in donuts this morning (not an uncommon occurrence, according to my 15 extra pounds), and they were from a place I’d never heard of.  The shop is Dutch Monkey Doughnuts and it’s up in Cumming, GA (way northern suburbs, for those who aren’t familiar with the Atlanta ‘burb layout).

Doughnut sampler...mmm!

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