elote fries

Tried the Elote Fries at La Tour Cafe recently.

Elote is a Mexican Street Corn...grilled corn slathered with a creamy sauce, topped with cotija cheese, garlic, cilantro & chili.

Having never tried elote, I was curious about this version.

La Tour Cafe's version is crispy pomme frites (french fries), cotija (mexican feta) & sour cream sauce, charred corn & jalapeno, red onions, cilantro, elote seasoning and crispy garlic (there was also a grilled lime to squeeze over everything).

This was spicy, garlicky goodness.

I'm glad I tried this and would definitely eat this again.

teddy's

Teddy's heard my wish for "chili cheese fries"...

Actually they have a chili cheeseburger running for the month of August, and if you want, they'll put the chili cheese onto your fries instead...whoo!

Thanks for lunch BFF!

with parsley also comes...

So with the rest of my Italian parsley, I used it to try La Fuji Mama's recipe.

The sweet potatoes are in season here. The ones that I bought were long and skinny.

I rinsed then cut the potatoes into half and then fourths. (La Fuji Mama's recipe suggests peeling them, but I left the skins on)

Since I didn't have garlic powder or dried parsley, I grated some fresh garlic and sprinkled it on with some freshly chopped parsley.

This recipe is delicious. Salty and sweet--salty from the seasoning, sweet from the sweet potato.

Since I was going to cook the sweet potatoes in the oven, I figured why dirty another pan or pot, so I drizzled some EVOO, salt and peppered some chicken and put them on the side of the sweet potatoes.

For the last 7 minutes, I put everyone under the broiler.

The chicken skin got really crispy....yum.

The fries didn't get crisp but they were cooked and delicious. I'll try her method for crispy fries another time.

Since I usually just steam my sweet potatoes, this was a nice change.