Teach Me How To Fuzzy

Day two in OKC and we have a new addiction.

Fuzzy’s Taco Shop.

It’s literally across the street from the stadium here and is situated with other restaurants right on the canal.

I spy a Marble Slab Creamery peeking out from behind the trees!

The menu is full of your typical Mexican options: tacos, burritos, quesadillas, salads, etc. You chose your protein, your shell and then “fuzz” up your entrée with toppings.

I went with a grilled shrimp taco which was topped with tomato, lettuce, cilantro and feta cheese. I was thrown off by mixing in the Greek with my Mexican in the cheese but it added a nice flavor twist.

While Brian opted for a burrito bowl (surprise!), which was served to him in a gigantic mixing bowl!

We ordered a side of queso and salsa to try and as a word of advice, be careful on ordering your chips and dips. We could have fed a small family with the amount we were given!  Well, until I got my hands on them that is…

Once you place your order at the front counter, you can pick up your “appetizers” immediately from the kitchen window.

And then wait for your order number to be called for pick up as well.

There is a large inside seating area, decorated with cool posters, painted fish and surfer themed.

With additional outdoor seating as well.

And in addition to the multitude of food options, they also have an abundant margarita, beer, tequila and specialty drink list.

That’s only one portion of the hefty beverage menu. If Brian wasn’t pitching tonight I would have definitely ordered an afternoon cocktail but instead we stuck to the fountain soda machine.

Reusable cups that are only $1.00 for refills when you bring them back on future visits – we will be taking advantage of that! 🙂

And look what else my little eyes spied on the walk back to the hotel…

Self-serve frozen yogurt with in a stone’s throw from where we are staying – wooohooo! 🙂

Question:

Feta cheese with Mexican or do you save it for Greek food?

Cards & Abs

This afternoon was occupied mostly by a ton of card playing by Brian and me. For two people who never played cards together before we got to Korea, we sure have been playing our fair share now!

However, today, instead of just sitting on our butts through numerous hands of Rummy 500, we decided the loser of each hand and the loser of each game had penalties.

• Lose a hand = 15 crunches
• Lose a game = 100 crunches

Might as well get a workout in while entertaining ourselves, right?!

And with all those hands of Rummy that were played, we both got our fair share of ab work in for the day. Crunches with weights, stability ball crunches, planks, leg lifts…we kept it interesting!

And tomorrow was supposed to be a core day for me…let’s hope they aren’t feeling my insane amount of lost hands today. Even though someone else lost more complete games… 😉

Dinner

While we were busy playing cards and getting in our ab workouts this afternoon, I had two tilapia fillets marinating in lime juice and cajun seasoning in the fridge. Once we were ready for dinner, I put them in the broiler for 11 minutes until they flaked easily with a fork.

And then they were made into fish burritos with rice, black beans and corn.

Topped with shortcut guacamole, salsa and lettuce.

And cheese…we can’t forget the cheese!

The tangy flavoring from the lime juice mixed perfectly with the spicy cajun seasoning for just the right taste for a fish dinner with Mexican flare.

Question:

Do you ever find ways to add extra activity into your day, like in friendly card game competition? What are some of your best ways to add exercise to usually sedentary activities?

Shortcuts

Sometimes taking shortcuts pay off.

Today’s guacamole shortcut definitely was one of those.

Instead of chopping an onion, mincing garlic and running across the street to the market for a tomato to chop to make the home-made guacamole that Brian and I have been putting together here in Korea, I went for a speed route and ended up with the perfect, portion controlled snack of guac!

All in the skin of the avocado too. Double bonus when you don’t dirty excess plates!

After cutting the avocado in half, I took a knife and sliced up the half without the pit, right in the skin before adding salt, pepper, a spoonful of salsa and drizzle of lime juice.

Mix it all together and serve with tortilla chips, veggies, pretzels…whatever your dipping item of choice may be.

Or just use it to top burritos, burrito bowls, tacos, burgers…the possibilities are endless!

Dinner

On our last trip to Costco, we picked up some tilapia fillets and decided to break some out for dinner tonight.

After dusting them with flour, pepper, salt and garlic powder, we lightly pan-fried them in olive oil for a couple of minutes on each side until they were cooked through and flaked easily with a fork.

On the side it was a mix of rice, beans and corn – pretty typical.

The fish came out great! Definitely good Costco find!

Question:

What do you take shortcuts on that have a finished product that you think is better than the long way of doing it?

Takorea

With yesterday being Cinco de Mayo, we obviously were not going to let the holiday pass without getting into the Mexican spirit and made our second visit to an awesome Mexican restaurant here in Daejeon, Takora.

The restaurant is owned by a Mexican man who is a very welcome and gracious host. The food is all authentic Mexican recipes as well.

Enchiladas, quesadillas, fajitas, tacos, burritos…

They also offer a variety of Mexican beers, frozen margaritas, pina coladas, sangria and other Korean spirits as well.

On our last visit there, I tried the chicken tacos and the sangria and was delighted with my meal. However, I definitely had food envy of Brian’s chicken fajitas, so I knew what I was getting last night before we even got to the restaurant!

We both ordered the chicken fajitas which come with chicken cooked with peppers and onions, two small tortillas and refried beans.

I love that the tortillas already have cheese melted inside for you!

After piling up two fajitas with meat, peppers & beans, I still had to finish off the rest of my chicken and peppers tortilla-less.

Overall, the perfect sized fajita dish. I was left satisfied and not overly stuffed like I normally am after a visit to a Mexican restaurant. Maybe the fact that they don’t have complimentary chips and salsa on the tables helped with that!

Keeping in the festive mood, while waiting for our dinner, I sipped on a lime margarita because, well, when in Rome…I mean when in Mexico…errr, when in Korea, yea, that’s it! 😉

And since one of the deals of the day was 1 + 1 margaritas (that’s Korean terminology for BOGO or “Buy 1, Get 1”), I obviously had another while enjoying dinner. Who passes up a free margarita ON Cinco de Mayo?! Isn’t that like sac-religious or dissing the Mexican Gods or something?!

Like I said, the last visit to Takorea, I had sangria (which was a great fruity, red wine variety) but the margaritas on this trip were really good as well. Great flavoring and they had just a touch of finely crushed ice instead of being a complete frozen concoction. Yum!

In the end, an awesome Cinco de Mayo celebration in South Korea! Thanks Takorea, we will be seeing you again soon, I’m sure!

Question:

How did you celebrate your Cinco de Mayo?