Yas Persian Treats

It’s been a while. But my husband was running out of sugar cubes so we needed to take a ride to Yas Bakery in Vienna. We can no longer find sugar cubes in the grocery store, so this is our go to place not only for the sugar, but also for the desserts and other treats. Yas is a Persian grocery/bakery that we found even in Vienna even before we moved to northern Virginia. We would often times take a ride there from Capitol Hill to get cookies and treats for friends and family - and ourselves. There are also interesting tea cups and other notable items that we have made in to Christmas and graduation gifts. It’s a bit unique and we enjoy looking. So today we found a bunch of small cucumbers, saffron pistachios, a cookie/cake item my husband likes with tea, the broken up uneven sugar cubes, and some Persian tea. The tea has the name of our niece Sahar and the sugar cubes have the name of some family members Golchin. I also like going to this place because it reminds my husband of where he came from. Now it is a lot closer to home and there is no excuse not to go. This time we had a good reason. 

In Search of Sugar Cubes

My husband loves coffee and tea. And with the coffee and tea he has to have sugar cubes - not granulated sugar - but sugar cubes. We never used to have trouble finding sugar cubes - until recently. For whatever reason the cubes could not be found at our local Giant grocery. But it was inconsistent. They had them for awhile, then stopped again. And we can’t go without a back up supply. I have actually had to order them from Amazon because they always seem to have whatever you need without a lot of hassle. So this week when we went to the grocery store there was all kind of sugar available - but not sugar cubes. Then I had the idea that the Persian grocery store Yas in Vienna had them. I remember that we bought some before we went to visit family in central Virginia along with all the other treats. So after our morning walk we took a ride to Yas to pick up a few things that we needed anyway - cucumbers, lettuce, naan bread, sour cherry jelly, my husband’s favorite Persian cookies - and perhaps sugar cubes? We went right to the tea section and there they were in all shapes and sizes. It felt like we had hit the jackpot. We ended up picking a Sadaf container of cubes that are of all different sizes - just like in the old country. And they are called fancy sugar cubes. So it was worth the trip. We already had a lot of the bread for breakfast and will be having some of the cookies this evening with tea after dinner. What a treat! 

C&H Sugar Cubes

Some things are not easy to come by these days. When you have a cookie, candy, and sweets monster in the house the supplies must be maintained. My husband has a big sweet tooth. He loves chocolate, candy and sugar. He drinks coffee in the morning and tea after dinner. With his drinks he always has sugar cubes. It’s a cultural thing. He doesn’t use the type of sugar that is dissolved in the drink, but sugar cubes that you put in your mouth and soak them up with the tea or coffee. Since we have been ordering our groceries on line since March, it’s been more and more difficult to find sugar cubes. I’m not sure what the big deal is. The only time we were in the grocery store was to get flu shots. Even then when we checked the aisle for cubes they weren’t there. In the meantime I got a box of individual packs of sugar like you find in the restaurant. It’s a last resort. So I searched amazon to find something before the cube supply ran out. It wasn’t cheap, but I decided to get six boxes of C&H sugar cubes as a surprise package delivery. It was like Christmas when they arrived. So we can breathe a sigh of relief for awhile - until the next time. 

Mother's Day Cupcakes

You would never know it by looking outside today that Sunday was a gorgeous blue sky with wonderful temps. Although I missed our grandson's visit to drop off cupcakes for Mother's Day, my husband was all too eager to accept the treats on my behalf. They came from Curbside Cupcakes. Whenever the food truck is in the neighborhood there is always a long line clamoring for the dessert - or maybe lunch? So we made some tea, cut two of the cupcakes in half so we could each try a chocolate and a yellow, and headed to the patio to not only enjoy the wonderful evening after dinner, but to eat some good stuff. Need I say more?