I was over at Dad Gone Mad’s site last night and he had several interesting questions posed that caught my attention. They ranged from your level of happiness to what really pisses you off to what would you do with $10 billion to who your favorite artist is to . . . . FOOD. You should go weigh in on any or all of these. Again, I enjoyed the comments immensely. I love comments. . . even if they’re not on my site.

Anyway, the FOOD question: Name something you would eat more of if health, cost, allergy, and caloric intake were of no concern. You can see why that got my attention. Anything related to food catches my eye and tugs at my heartstrings. I know I’m not right. But seriously what would you choose to eat more of if there were no consequences?

Being someone who has had to limit my food intake my entire life because just thinking about food makes me gain weight, my thoughts were all over the board. My mind was racing around like a kid in a candy store. What would I eat if I could a) afford it and b) wouldn’t make me gain weight? Hmmmmm. For a Foodie like me, this was more difficult than I’d imagined it would be.

First, my mind ran immediately to seafood - Lobster, more specifically. I heart seafood.

Then it ran to homemade vanilla ice cream. Then to french fries, to delicious warm donuts, to wine. (I’m all over the place) But I already eat little bits of all of these all the time. Well, except for the lobster. I can’t afford lobster. So that’s what I’m going with. Lobster/seafood. Plus a glass or three of wine, with some homemade vanilla ice cream for dessert. Yeah, I’d be rollin’. . . literally like a ball down the street. PLUS I’d be broke as a joke. One can dream though.

So since I was fantasizing about my favorite foods, my mind wandered over to my favorite restaurants. Plus I just got a Hampton Roads Dish magazine in the mail at the office that got my thinking cap rollin’. It’s the first time I’ve ever read it, but it was very interesting SINCE in addition to my freakishness for recipe books, I also have a freakishness about restaurant menus. (I dated a guy once who used to steal the menus of the restaurants we went to - like it was a game cuz he knew how crazy I was about them. Yeah, we didn’t date long.) This magazine was my golden ticket. It has menus of all the nicest restaurants in the area. Being on the oceanfront, we have a plethora of seafood restaurants. So I totally enjoyed perusing the collection of menus. I was in my glory.

Sadly though, out of all the restaurants they displayed, I’d only ever eaten at one. I don’t get out much. But I found where I WANT to go (one that’s leans toward the less pricey but still constitutes a “splurge night out”. . . A place called Mahi Mahs - a seafood restaurant and sushi saloon where I would order a bowl of their Seafood Bisque and their Asiago & Parmesan Crusted Tilapia with a lovely glass (or three) of Pinot Grigio. **sigh**

A girl can dream.

What’s YOUR food of choice should you throw abandon to the wind? And your favorite restaurant should you strike oil like Uncle Jed in The Beverly Hillbillies. **okay, I’m dating myself with that one** But seriously, I’d love to hear what you dream about.