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Pastries, coffee et al… Oh, Asheville.

Downtown Asheville has stolen my heart. It’s just the kind of place I’d love to visit, again and again. I didn’t click many pictures but the collage above should give an idea about what we were up to that morning. Coffee and pastries, tea and conversation, sunshines and street musicians, olive oil tastings, delicious Thai food… now that’s what Downtown should be like.

Downtown Asheville has a relaxed vibe that is equal parts hip and casual. Would I be raving as much if I were an Asheville resident? I think yes!

Lunch @ Cafe Momo

Lunch today came from Cafe Momo. A busy cafeteria nestled inside Peachtree Center, this place has a bunch of vegetarian options, as I discovered today.

I sauntered through the aisles checking out the warm/cold salads, pastas, meats, greens, etc. before going up to the made-to-order items menu.

Was almost going to get a Roasted Veggie Quesadilla before I changed my mind and ordered a meatless sandwich on multi-grain bread. It contains fresh mozzarella, Roma tomatoes, fresh basil and spinach with sun-dried tomato spread. I also asked the guy to throw some honey-mustard on top.

End result? Pretty tasty, actually. The mozzarella was not very soft (I really wonder how fresh is “fresh”) and the tomatoes lacked the fresh juiciness that I have been raving about on the last few posts. However, the basil and spinach added a nice chewiness to the sandwich. Also, the sun-dried tomato spread was a great sweet-sour combination that provided the perfect foil to the mozzarella. If the sandwich could have been recreated with fresh seasonal ingredients, it would have been a total killer.

Oh, I asked for the sandwich to be toasted. I like those burnt grill marks plus I am not the biggest fan of cold sandwiches. All in all, a decent lunch.