What’s in Chef Spike’s fridge? You might not wanna know.

Chef Spike is the former Top Chef guy who owns Good Stuff Eatery–the place with a damn fine burger, a bottle of Sriracha on every table, and a milkshake that causes serotonin surges (the toasted marshmallow).

That’s why I was expecting to find better sweets in his fridge and freezer. Jolly Rancher popsicles? Andes chocolates? Skinny Cow ice cream? Hershey’s chocolate syrup? That’s how he (and his fiance) get their sugar on?

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Encouraging signs of coconut water going mainstream

Mr. X-sXe and I are big fans of coconut water, “nature’s Gatorade,” as it’s often billed. Seems it’s getting a bit more mainstream lately, as in this new flavor of Naked smoothies. Note that even though the label touts fewer calories, there are still 40 grams of sugar per bottle. Taste-wise, I couldn’t detect the coconut water, but it had a pleasant tropical flavor overall, and I could definitely taste the guava (a vastly underrated fruit).

The cool thing about Naked is they tell you exactly how much fruit went into the bottle. This one included 3/4 of a guava, 1/2 of a coconut’s water, 3/4 of a peach, 1/3 of a mango, 3/4 of an orange, and 3/4 of an apple.

de-lechable leche milkshake, good stuff eatery

You’ve heard me rave about their toasted marshmallow milkshake before. If not:

http://pievcake.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/good-stuff-eatery-marshmallow-milk

Anyway, this caramel milkshake is also pretty tasty, with caramel in almost every sip. A close second to their (original recipe) toasted marshmallow shake. But both Mr. X-sXe and I had bad stomachaches afterwards. So we’re probably sticking with the toasted marshmallow next time.

Full disclosure: we also had burgers and onion petals (rings) with the shake. It hasn’t been a volatile combination for us before, but in this case it was extremely volatile. Explosive, even. Ok, I’ll stop now.