The Walsh project: End of part 1

Saturday, August 14, 2010

End of part 1

So, that's as far as I got with my project on this trip. Over nearly three weeks I managed to eat 27 of the hundred dishes. I also found another two to sadly no longer be available. They cost me $310 including tips. I travelled 220 miles on my quest, 127 miles by car, 13 by foot, 28 by bus and 52 by bike.

Other than the 10 pounds I put on what I take back to England with me? As you can see it was a pretty pepper heavy load. Four varieties of dried peppers in the top left, hot sauce along the bottom and chipotles in adobo between. Good Mexican and Tex Mex ingredients are hard to come by over this side of the Atlantic. I've never found a corn tortilla over here to my get sadness. With this little lot I'll be able to keep myself happy for a while though.

I'm not sure when I'll be able to restart the quest. Let's hope it's soon. Until then, happy eating!

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UnknownOctober 7, 2010 at 10:46 AM
Thom, I've enjoyed catching up on your food-finding exploits. Your post are a delight to read. I especially agree with you about cycling around town-- it's definitely an underrated mode of transport in Houston, particularly right now with the fabulous fall weather. I look forward to reading Part 2!
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What's going on here?

Throughout the spring and summer of 2010 the fabulous Robb Walsh, who wear many hats, including that of food critic for the Houston Press, published a list of his 100 favourite dishes in Houston.

I love food.

I love Houston.

I have a fairly fanatical love of lists.

It was only right that I should attempt to eat all 100.

Unfortunately there's a major obstacle. I live 3482 miles away from Houston on the other side of the atlantic and I'm not one of those rich business types who can afford to fly over and gorge it up on oysters and truffles for the weekend.

My girlfriend lives in Houston. Roughly once a year I can save up enough to travel here to see her. It's likely to be a test of our relationship to see if she can cope with me putting on 30 pounds in a two week stay and dragging her, by bike or public transport, all around town to look at food that she, as a vegetarian, mostly can't even eat.

I have no idea how long it'll take to get through this enterprise since it will be so sporadic. I thought since I was keeping a record and taking photos for myself to remind me of the deliciousness it made sense to put them up here incase anyone else had an interest.