Oh my friends, many of you know that BC Chicken is one of my very favorite restaurants, and how lucky I have been to have one in my home town. Well, my friend Yujin and I were downtown for Conference and starving, so we went down to the corner of 4th South and State, where there are three great restaurants: BC Chicken, Himalyan Kitchen, and Star of India. All wonderful, but when you're in a hurry, BC Chicken is the best fast food around, and the best Greek food I've had around. We both ordered this platter with the chicken and beef kabobs, in addition to a gorgeous pile of gyro meat on a bed of my favorite rice and lovely salad--this dressing is the only thing that makes iceberg lettuce a delight. Of course there was also tzatziki and pita bread. Man. So good. So you're wondering, why I'm telling you about BC Chicken when it's been an old favorite....but the Salt Lake location is, I believe, even better than the one in Kaysville! Oh man. I left my leftoevers in K-town. I wish I had them right now...mmm.
Plain yogurt is a wonderful canvas. It goes well with so many things, having a distinct, but creamy tanginess to it. Today I made mango lassi. I didn't get a picture because I slurped it down too fast. There are different recipes floating around all over the internet, but it basically consists of plain yogurt, milk, mango, and some sugar or honey. You can add a little salt or cardamom if you like, or ginger. I have no cardamom (alas!) but I loved the ginger in it. I love ginger in something sweet. Sometimes I like my desserts to have a little kick. I like to add ginger to lemon cake. In fact...I think my ginger lemon cake also has yogurt in it haha. Good times! Anway, I also discovered today that I like plain yogurt on triscuits. I don't much care for plain yogurt or plain triscuits, but together....Mhm.
