Build your own food is one of the most fun ways to eat, but most of the places that let you totally customize your meal aren’t exactly what I would consider to be “great Valentine’s Day dinner” worthy. You know, Chipotle, Subway, perhaps a few pizza places…
Maybe don’t take your significant other to any of those if you still want to be with them next Valentine’s Day.
As great as any menu can be, the only way to make sure that the both of you get a meal that fits both of your cravings is to customize it yourself with some build-your-own options.
That’s why I absolutely loved the two unique new places I recently tried, both in the same building, Urban Grill and Poke and Freezing Moo. If you’re looking for a fun and affordable way to customize your Valentine’s Day meal, take your boo here and get some BOGO goodies.
Urban Grill and Poke
As I’ve said before, Poke is one of my newest and most adored obsessions. Not only is it fresh, delicious, and healthy, it’s totally customizable.
Urban Grill and Poke, which just opened up last year, offers build your own poke bowls with both the traditional raw meat like ahi tuna and salmon as well as grilled chicken, shrimp, and steak options.
The steps are simple
- Choose Your Base: white or brown rice, quinoa, mixed greens, or zucchini noodles.
- Pick a Protein: Grilled-chicken shrimp, or steak; tofu; Raw- salmon, spicy salmon, ahi tuna, spicy ahi tuna.
- Mix In Some Goodies: tomato, corn, sweet onion, cilantro, broccoli, cucumber, avocado, edamame, jalapeno, kale, mango, and pineapple.
- Sauce It: teriyaki, spicy mayo, siracha, sweet chili, wasabi. Siracha, soy, honey wasabi, honey ginger, and eel.
- Top it: seaweed salad, imitation crab, shredded nori, masago, wasabi, sesame seeds, toasted coconut, crispy garlic, toasted cashew, bacon bites, crushed peanuts, and picked ginger,
My Urban Grill and Poke Picks
Brown rice, raw ahi tuna, sweet onion, avocado, mango, honey wasabi, honey ginger, seaweed salad, shredded nori, and crispy garlic.
It hit the spot perfectly and set me up for a fantastic dessert- rolled ice cream.
Freezing Moo
Freezing Moo is blowing up around the Kansas City area with their East Asian method of Thai ice cream rolls.
If you haven’t tried it yet you’re missing out.
Instead of traditional scooping, at Freezing Moo a milk base is poured onto a super cold surface where you can watch your ice cream being frozen and rolled with customizable flavors and ingredients. The iced grill is about -15 to -22 degrees- depending on the skillset of your rolling professional.
Once again, the steps are simple
- Select a flavor – there are about 18 different flavor bases to choose from, ranging from strawberry cheesecake to cookie monster and everything in between.
- Top it off – after your iced cream is beautifully rolled up in your cup you can put on 3 extra toppings. There are tons of cookies, fruits, candies, chocolates, cereals, and sauces to choose from, whatever your heart desires.
If you want to get bae something a little extra special, you can get an additional special add-in like a chocolate covered strawberry or marshmallow.
My Freezing Moo Pick
I went with Freezing Moo’s special Valentines Day offer- chocolate covered strawberry with brownie and strawberries on top. You can only get it this February, and it’s Buy-One-Get-One on Valentines Day. It was sinfully delicious.
Whatever you choose to eat this Valentine’s Day, make it special! Whether you’re eating alone, with a friend, or with a special someone- you deserve a delicious fun treat!
Let me know what your favorite Valentine’s Day treats are in Kansas City, I can’t wait to try them!
About Me!
KCFoodGal is a Kansas-City based food blogger with a capricious, ceaseless appetite and a penchant for trying new, sometimes wacky, foods. When she’s not on the hunt for the nearest food truck by night, you can find her in downtown Kansas City, daylighting as a professional business writer.
There’s no culinary comfort zone here at KCFoodGal, and the only thing off limits is cantaloupe. The hope of this blog is that you’ll try something new and explore all of the diverse, delicious fare that Kansas City has to offer.
Let’s go eat!