The Blog is Back! Plus Donuts and Soup...

OK, so I've been lazy, slack, forgetful, lazy, tired, lazy and other adjectives on why I haven't blogged in a month or so.  There's no excuse so here we go.  This entry focuses on two things I didn't cook and most likely don't go well together, donuts & soup.

First off the donuts....

This first donut is from July 3 and was brought to my office, so essentially it's a free donut.  This was a chocolate glazed original topped with red, white and blue sprinkles to commemorate July 4th obviously.  The best part of this donut is that it's from Krispy Kreme and not Dunkin Donuts.  Not to disparage a large and successful chain, but DD is not that good.  If you're only going to have one doughnut from a chain you should go to Krispy Kreme.  First of all it's southern so you know they're going to use the best ingredients (i.e. nothing low fat). Second of all they tell you when the donuts are ready.  I've never seen a "hot donuts now" sign outside of a DD.  All I see is them selling their coffee which I'm sure is alright (I don't touch the stuff).  So onto donut #2.

Residents of midtown Atlanta should recognize this one.  It's the A-town cream doughnut from Sublime Doughnuts on 10th street in Atlanta. Sublime Doughnuts are freshly made daily and worth the drive.  I've had Sublime twice and they never failed to disappoint.   The A-town cream is very light but with a great filling and really great chocolate outside.  You can probably down five of these if you're hungry and although that's not a way to intake your daily caloric intake, once a year would be passable.

http://sublimedoughnuts.com

Now to the soup.  Probably one of the best soups I've ever had.  I've heard rumors about soup places in Buckhead, food carts, etc.  Forget about it.  This isn't your grandmother's chicken soup but it comes very close on it's own.  Take a look...

Ok, the bad news, you can't actually see the soup.  The good news is that this soup costs like $3.50 at La Carreta in Marietta near the Big Chicken.  The soup - chicken tortilla - is a very light but flavorful broth with loads (I mean loads) of chicken along with veggies.  It comes with many sides.  Rice, avocados, tortilla strips and tortillas.  Basically you take a few sips of the soup from the top and then you add the rice, avocados and a few tortilla strips.  Then you can dunk in the fresh corn tortillas on the side.  Not pictured is their red mole hot sauce which you can add directly to the soup.  It's a bit thick but once you stir it in it will change to soup from a yellow to almost a rose color and I promise it will clear up anything in your sinuses and beyond.  I will say that this place was a hidden gem but if you're in the area and like great mexican food it is worth a visit.  Subtle hint: TRY THE FISH TACOS...
 

La Carreta

1252 Roswell Road

Marietta, GA 30062-3609