. . . look at that: Paper Moon Diner

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Paper Moon Diner

(photo by welcometobaltimorehon.com)

I've been back at home on MDI for a couple of days now, after visiting Baltimore and my daughters, and celebrating Addie's graduation from college. Eating at Paper Moon Diner was one more highlight of the fabulous weekend in Charm City. Addie and I had eaten there before - she brought me a few years ago after introducing me to the Baltimore Museum of Art - special day. So we knew we had to take John and Mary because the restaurant is very . . . colorful . . . and the food is de-licious! Today, I'm still thinking about the diner and our memorable meal.

For me it was, what Addie calls "a life-changing experience." Addie's life has "never been the same" since she experienced this same life changer three years before at Paper Moon Diner. We knew about it, but never really understood it. Seemed silly, really. But no, not silly, for real. This life-changer is a:

Bacon Milkshake

"Bacon Maple Syrup and Bacon Crumbles blended with your choice of vanilla or chocolate ice cream."

I ordered it because it was challenging and chocolate, and because it was there. It arrived in a tall, old-fashioned frosty milkshake glass piled high with real, dense, sweet whipped cream, chocolate-drizzled, with a long, thick slab of bacon slid into the blended chocolate ice cream. Was the bacon ornament or nourishment? It was art cuisine, sensuous and seductive. It was overwhelming.

And I drank all of it . . . now I am different in the world, I am changed, my perspective has shifted. My life is more interesting for having consumed a Bacon Milkshake. Yum.

I probably should mention that I also consumed a:

Grilled Havarti

"Grilled Sunflower bread with melted havarti, fresh spinach, and mango chutney."

You know when your server sets your plate in front of you and you don't even bother to look at the other plates of food that have been served at the table because your own is so riveting, and you take your first bite and hold it in your mouth and savor every layer of flavor, and in one moment you begin to hum and do a subtle, little dance in your chair, and close your eyes for just another moment, and then open them and smile and say, "oh my . . . this is soooo good"? That's what I did. Yum.