Happy Hour at the Flying Fig

Shocking as it may sound (since I work downtown), I haven’t made it to many Happy Hour celebrations in C-town. I am usually busy working out, grocery shopping or drooling over shoes I can’t afford, on weeknights. Last night, was the exception.

Stacey (one of my Akron BFFs) was in town for her guitar lesson. I was driving up Lakeside Road about to head onto the shoreway, when she called and informed me she was on W. 25th and asked if I’d like to meet her for Happy Hour. How could I say no?

Much to my excitement and of course, happiness, Stacey asked me to meet her at the Flying Fig. I have in fact, been to the FF during Happy Hour before, but never ordered any of the Happy Hour specials (except the wine of course). I usually cannot resist the small plates or a fabulous entrée off the menu (even if you can save mountains of dough by doing so). However, with saving for a wedding, I definitely have to watch my pennies and HH is the perfect time to save without missing out on the fun.

Last night I went against my “Healthy/Krista wants to be skinny for her Wedding dress diet” and ordered off the Happy Hour menu (the HH menu contains nothing that will slim your waistline, only foods that will leave you feeling super happy/naughty for breaking your diet). I ordered the Bacon Blue Cheese Burger with caramelized onions accompanied by FF French Fries. Without any hesitation, I can report that it was the best Blue Cheese Bacon Burger I’ve ever had-the perfect comfort food after a long day at the office (especially when you wash it down with the HH special Spanish red wine….yummm). The star of the meal however, was not my fabulous burger or fries, but the Wasabi dipping sauce resting on the bar (next to a pile of homemade FF potato chips). While Stacey and I were waiting for our food, I dunked a few potato chips in this absolutely amazing sauce. It was some sort of creamy “ranch like” sauce flavored with the deliciousness of wasabi. We dunked everything in it from the chips to fries to my burger. If I could, I would have taken a bucket of it home.

All in all, I’ve decided that life should be enjoyed by attending more HH celebrations (plus Stacey will be in town every Tuesday and I couldn’t disappoint her ;) ). Especially, if you’ve been working hard all week (by doing spinning in the morning and yoga at lunchtime) then, you can rationalize a lovely diet cheat night at the FF HH that will leave you feeling fabulous without breaking your wallet.

Feel the burn,

-Krista