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Urban PL8′s Paleo Breakfast Hash

This Sunday, I ventured to downtown Atlanta to try out the Paleo restaurant: Urban pL8 for brunch.  It is a bit tucked away so that if you hadn’t already heard of the place, you might not ever stumble in.  However, when we got there it was 100% packed.  I think that really says something about the restaurant!

The brunch menu consisted of a mix of both paleo dishes (such as paleo breakfast hash, paleo frittata) and non-paleo dishes (such as crabcake and eggs and organic buttermilk oatmeal pancakes).  Even the non-paleo dishes seemed very healthy, which I really liked.  Oh, except for one thing – they also had cocktails and beers!  But hey, it’s okay to mix it up once in a while!  Unfortunately, I arrived a little too late and so there was no point in participating in their bottomless mimosas (for $15) but I did order one just to try it out since plenty of people seemed to be enjoying their mimosas.

I ended up ordering the Paleo Breakfast Hash (pictured above), which consisted of:

• Turkey sausage
• Red peppers
• Onion
• Sweet potatoes
• Zucchini
• Jalapenos
• Pico de gallo
• 2 sunnyside up eggs
• 3 strips of bacon

Sounds like a lot of stuff?  Well, it was!  I couldn’t even finish mine! It was DELICIOUS!  I don’t know about you, but I LOVE the sweet and savory taste in my food – and this was the perfect amount of both!  The sweet potatoes were sweet, and then there’s some jalapenos, then another bite of bacon happens!  I highly recommend trying this place out if you’re in Atlanta!

Related Articles:

• The 10 Best Paleo-Friendly Restaurants Across The Country (foodrepublic.com)
• How to Eat Out and Stay Paleo (ohsnapletseat.com)
• Urban pl8: Inexpensive, healthy, delicious (clatl.com)
• Urban Pl8′s Revamped Gluten-Free Friendly Menu (glutenfreedomatlanta.com)

Gu’s Szechuan Bistro

It would seem that the best Sichuan food I can find are, well, not exactly holes in the wall, but let’s just say in a very random shopping centers where you don’t think there’s going to be anything good to eat. So that is exactly where Gu’s Bistro (渝蓉和) is located in Doraville, Georgia.

Here’s their store front:

Gu’s Bistro Storefront

It does not look like much from the outside right?　Now let’s take a look on the inside:

Gu’s Bistro Inside

Okay, that’s kind of cute. But what about the food? I had my doubts as I was surprised I had never heard of them before but turned out it was delicious and authentic, and now it might be one of my favorite Szechuan restaurant in Atlanta!

水煮魚 (Sliced Fish in Hot Chili Oil)

In one of my previous posts about another good Sichuan restaurant around Atlanta, I mentioned Sliced Beef in Hot Chili Oil. Obviously it is spicy, but I’ve ordered this dishes at almost every Sichuan restaurant I go to, and I have to say this one was the most flavorful Sliced Fish in Hot Chili Oil I’ve had.

五更暢旺 (Pork Intestines & Tofu w/ Pickled Cabbage)

If you are not in to eating offal, you might be in to this dish. However, if you want to try it or do eat offal, this is the dish for you! This dish is another spicy one (I rarely order non-spicy food ta Sichuan restaurants as that is their specialty). It contains the pork intestines but also snow peas, tofu, pickled cabbage, mushrooms, duck blood, and more.

This is a dish is very hit or miss to me when I go to Szechuan restaurants Many times a restaurant will just make it disappointingly. But at Gu’s Bistro it was 100% a HIT. Hands down, best 五更暢旺 I’ve ever had in any Szechuan restaurant I’ve been to in the United States!

If you want to try out some yummy authentic Szechuan around Atlanta, I highly recommend this place. Also, I highly recommend ordering off their traditional Chinese menu for authentic dishes!

Related articles

• Gu’s Bistro (gusbistro.com)
• Yelp Reviews on Gu’s Bistro (yelp.com)
• Delicious and Authentic Szechuan in the Suburbs? It’s possible! (ohsnapletseat.com)