It's about time I shared some of the highlights of what I've eaten so far this year. Let me first say that the factors of being a) broke b) a grad student c) a broke grad student d) with broke friends limits the variety and splendor of my diet.  Oh well, there are still wonderful things to be eaten in the world.

Sorry about the picture quality.  These are from my phone.

Diner lunch with Lisa, Dara, Steven, and Matt during Winter break.  Tuna melt....mmmm.

Aztec soup from a Mexican restaurant near IIT.  Martin collected it for me :)

Looked greasy but was so delicious and tasty with avocados, tortilla strips, and queso fresco.

This is the lunch I had for Valentine's day at IIT.  We also had butternut squash soup which was great.  But the truth is that we basically ate a lot of the table bread and they were so slow on the service that we basically got these plates, took a picture, and packed them to go.

YAY! homemade cookies by Jay!  Chewy, hot, fresh from the oven craisin and oatmeal goodness.

Culver's is delicious.  Custard is so fantastic I have no idea how I lived without this.

This is the tasty seafood dish we had at Fabiana and Albino's birthday party.  Any time you can have Pik-Nik as a legitimate part of your meal is a good time.  That, and the awesome caipirinhas mean that you are going to have the world's most delicious and dizzy time.

So this is Tuna Sashimi Carpaccio.  Lisa ordered this at Kohan near UIC.  I am starting to love that place.  It's picked me out of some serious bad moods.  This is delicious and the daikon sprouts add the perfect amount spicy clarity to the buttery salmon flesh.

Last, but not least. HOTPOT.  If it wasn't for hotpot I would jump in front of a moving truck.  This particular pot came with the added bonus of scandalizing a group of convention attenders who were seated at the table next to us.  Can you believe a 5 ft girl can pack that all away?  I could hardly believe it myself.