Chili Cheese Fries

It's hard to believe this blog has now reached 100 posts. This event was over 1 year in the making, but I've decided not to splash too much significance on it. I'm not even going to mention any special eating challenge or buffet run.

Chili cheese fries will be the topic of choice. Since my days in high school, this high-caloric concoction has qualified as my favorite article of junk food. Cheesy, salty, starchy, messy, greasy... these words all describe the dish I've always kept close to my stomach. I've eaten chili fries at various restaurants, and when I don't know what to get, they are my old reliable.

It would be awesome to find a chili cheese fries eating challenge.. but until then, just eating them for fun will have to do. Several years ago, I ventured to the Original Tommy's Hamburgers in Hacienda Heights with a few friends for a heavy midnight meal after work. Four orders of chili cheese fries.. easily 5 lbs of artery-clogging insanity.

The next week, when we only requested two orders of chili fries, the cashier asked if I was on a diet...

It was hard to explain.