RICH and DELICIOUS! After a yummy dinner of Thai rub ribs, corn grits and sweet mash potatoes, I got to indulge in the most delicious brownie I had in awhile. I loved the presentation. It looked very classy and matched the feel of the restaurant. The brownie was so rich. I couldn't even eat it all. That is saying a lot. The brownie is gooey and yummy. The ice cream is what really made it. Creamy. I couldn't get over how light it tasted. The caramel and almonds added the perfect touch. I usually like the ice cream on top of the brownie, but this time, I didn't mind because I liked the way it looked and I think it would have taken away from the creaminess of the ice cream. Defiantly one you would want to share, just because it is so rich.
So... Yummy!!! If I had to rate it, it would be 4 scoops of ice cream out of 5!
The Memory and Adventure behind the brownie....
This is a funny story! So I was in New Orleans for work and everyone at work kept giving me places to go eat. It's all about eating in New Orleans. One of the restaurants that was a repeat on every list was Zea's. So I went... and I was not disappointed. It was SO YUMMY! I am hooked. I have been craving it for the last week I've been home. While I was in Zea's it started thunder and lightening. No biggy, right? I'm from Texas, thunder and lightening doesn't mean anything in the summer.... Well, after my yummy meal and tasty brownie a la mode I took my left overs to my car before I went into Target for some toothpaste. I go next door to Target, get my toothpaste and as I'm checking out I see everyone standing by the doors waiting to go outside. I think, "Really people? It's just rain. Whimpy "'na leners."
I get to the doors and I have to eat my words faster than I devoured that brownie a la mode. I could not believe my eyes... and it's not because I haven't seen rain in over 3 months in Texas, but I kid you not... this rain wasn't not coming down like crazy, it was coming across like crazy. Yup. HORIZONTAL RAIN! If I didn't know better I would think this was Katrina all over again. Which... this gives me a whole new appreciation for those that went through Katrina. Back to the story. So I'm standing there thinking, "Man, how long do I need to wait? I am tired. I just want to get back to the hotel... I think I can run for it." So I take my purse and put it in my Target bag... tie it up... take a deep breath... and run for it. Now, keep in mind, I'm in flip flops, shorts and a t-shirt. I'm splishing and splashing through this lake of a parking lot to my car. I just get soaked! To THE BONE! I get in the protection of my warm rental... take a few breaths and all of a sudden.... bam... boom... bang... "What the...?" I look around and there are shopping carts coming from all over slamming into my car! I was so freaked out. I start to pull out and drive into this horizontal rain and then the hail comes! I'm now in my own personal puddle of water from my clothes and hair, freezing to death. And let's be honest, probably a little shock too from this wetness that is coming out of the sky. I start driving to the hotel, which was really close. I pull into the parking lot and just then... BAM! Thunder sounded and then SNAP... darkness! Power, gone. I look up at my hotel... complete darkness. I start thinking, "How am I going to get in through power driven sliding glass doors to the hotel... oh no, how am I going to use power driven room key to get into the solitude of my hotel room that will allow me to strip off these soaking wet clothes and crank up the heat... oh man. I forgot my hoodie." All of that went through my head in a matter of seconds. Then it was, "Suck it up cupcake and run for it." So I did. Rain slapping me in the face....I get to the lobby and light... power... AC! I was so cold! I am just dripping. I get to the elevator and just as I go to push the button another finger swoops in to push it... I look up and of course it's this gorgeous single guy standing there. We get in the elevator... silence. wait... silence... then I say, "It's a little wet out there." Really? That's the best you got? I mind of well have said, "I carried a watermelon." He didn't think it was funny. He just said, "Nah, it's just a sprinkle." Are you kidding me dude? There were shopping carts flying at me. That's no sprinkle! I book it to my room... and of course I am at the end of this forever long hallway and he is only two doors down from me in this forever long hallway. So I'm just sloshing and flopping in my flip flops down the hallway with this cute guy behind me.... it was like the moment in a scary movie when they are in a hallway and the lady is running down this long hallway and she keeps running and the hallway keeps getting longer and longer and she keeps running and running but the ghost is still following her and she's not going anywhere... yeah, that's how I felt... Finally, he stopped at his door. I finally get to the comfort of my room... cloths off... heat up...hot shower...just shivering.... longing for one of my 10 hoodies at home.
Around 11:00 that night my phone is dead. My charger isn't working, so I got out to my car to see if my car charger will work... I walk out and you couldn't even tell it rained! It dried up just like that! CRAZY! Seriously, a scary movie right? Did that all really happen or was I in the Twilight Zone?
The next night I go out for a run and I look up at the hotel and the front of the hotel that I was looking at the night before durning the power outage was a brick wall. There were no windows on that side... hence the complete blackness the night before. I just laughed. My life is so humorous.
What a funny night. All in the name of a brownie a la mode!
You crack me up, cupcake!
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