In Minneapolis, ‘Eat Street’ refers to 17 blocks on Nicollet that house some of the most unique, authentic, and delicious ethnic food you will ever have. In the past few weeks, I’ve visited two notable Eat Street locations.
The first is Evergreen, which is generally considered one of the best Asian restaurants in the Twin Cities. It has this reputation for a reason.
The menu is comprised of authentic Asian dishes, so don’t come looking for deep fried lemon chicken. Everything is cooked to order by the chefs (and most likely a family member of the owner if not the owner himself). As soon as we were seated, we were served tea along with our water:
After perusing the menu, we decided to order steamed vegetable dumplings, orange chicken, and chow fun noodles. The prune juice was hard to pass up though.
If you like Asian food, this is must-visit.
The second place along Eat Street I’ve visited in the recent past is Icehouse. Icehouse has been on my list to try since I saw its veggie burger featured in Mpls/St Paul Magazine over the summer. Icehouse is a bit more upscale, and their dinner menu is a bit on the pricey side. The chef was super nice though and offered to make us the veggie burgers (usually offered only at lunch time) for dinner anyway.
It is no wonder this veggie burger has gotten rave reviews. I’m not sure of all the ingredients but there were mushrooms, spinach, cheese, deliciousness. The fries were top notch too. I would highly recommend both of these eat street restaurants!
And last but not least…here’s a recipe for baked breakfast sweet potatoes! *full recipe below
Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet, add one chopped onion, and saute for about five minutes, seasoning with garlic, basil, allspice, and cumin:
Meanwhile, chop two sweet potatoes.
Once the onions have begun to softer, combine with the sweet potatoes and add to a 9×9 pan:
Cover and cook for approximately 30 minutes at 350° or until potatoes are cooked through:
Baked Breakfast Sweet Potatoes Ingredients - 2 medium sweet potatoes - 1 large onion - 1 tbsp butter - 1 tsp basil - 1 tsp minced garlic - 1/4 tsp allspice - 1/2 tsp cumin Method 1. Melt butter in a skillet and add onions and spices 2. Cook for 5 minutes or until onions start to soften 3. Chop sweet potatoes and combine with chopped onions 4. Distribute mixture into a 9x9 pan, cover with foil, and bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until potatoes are soft
