Las Glorias
Orem Utah
Saturday night, we went to a place up in Orem called Las Glorias. It's a Mexican restaurant about 330 paces away from 5 guys.
When we got there, the place wasn't packed, but it wasn't empty, either. The waitress tried seating us over near the back door, where they have two booths between the restrooms and the door, in a fairly narrow area. It's freezing out here, I think we were near ten degrees when we went in, I didn't want to get frozen out every time someone new came in. We got them to seat us at the other end of the place, which was much more open.
I'm not sure what was going on in the kitchen that night, but the service was very slow. I'm not sure if this was just that night, or if they are always like that, I can't imagine they are always that slow, but we were there almost 15 minutes before they took our order, and 45 minutes before our food came out. Several sets of people just up and left the place, they had been sitting so long. (This restaurant is near movie theaters, which doesn't really mix well with slow service, I am sure.)
I ordered their combo plate that included a tamale, burrito, and enchilada. I mostly ordered it because of the tamale. I like a really good tamale, but they are really hard to find sometimes around here. I made some once, but it took all day, and they were fantastic. Should have made 100 more and froze the extras or something.
Anyway, when our food managed to show, (we were not headed to the movies, just hiding from the kids, so waiting for the food was ok...) we had to ask for silverware. I think the waitress was having a bad night, likey due to food not coming out of the kitchen. My plate was covered in sauce. It would have been a bad thing had my tamale not been dry. (Dry as in no sauce, not dry as in dried out.) I'm not sure if having the sauce filling the plate, and not in the tamale was an intended feature of the dish, it turned out ok. I would have been disappointed if I got the tamale without the extra sauce.
The food tasted good. It wasn't super expensive, but I'm not sure I would go back, solely based on the speed of the service we got. (Really the lack there of.) Guess it's time to keep exploring...
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Restaurant Review
Rocky Mountain Wing Shack
Provo, Utah
There's been a place up in American Fork for a few years that makes pretty good wings. They cook them to the crispy side, ala Duff's. If you want hot, you need to order XX Hot, or XXX Hot. You can't just order medium like you do at Duff's and assume they will be hot at all. (They have a XXX Hot challenge. Eat 12 boneless wings in 30 minutes or less. I haven't done it, but it doesn't seem like it would be all that hard.)
I usually get Hot Garlic wings. They aren't super hot, but aren't mild, and have a good flavor to them. They also serve tator tots, if you want them. I really like them. They cook them crispy, and have the right amount of salt on them. In the past, Tom, Drew, and I, or some combination of the three of us, would wander up there and get wings, but it's all the way up there (15 miles or something silly like that), so I don't go that often.
I try to stay within 2 miles of the house, unless food is involved. This week, they opened a "Wing Shack" here in town. It's 4 miles away from the house, but it's much closer than the AF store. It's very much closer than Buffalo. (2000 miles.) It's only 2 miles from my office. I have already been there twice.
Tara discovered another reason to go there Saturday night. She ordered their $2 side salad, and loved it. It had plenty of fresh veggies on it, and had a good, crisp flavor. She liked it much more than side salads she gets in other places around here, that you might pay up to $4-5 for.
They aren't cheap wings, they have a lunch special - 8 wings, tator tots or fries, and a drink, for $9. They have a all day 20 wing deal with tator tots or fries, and two drinks, for $20. They have a 40 wing deal, with lots of tator tots or fries, and two drinks, for $37. That's the one Drew, Tom, and I usually get. Last night, I ate 17 wings and a bunch of tots. I also had 5 wings for lunch on Sunday, and 5 wings for dinner.
I personally would like to see this place stick around. It's nice to have a place to go to get a decent chicken wing, and that's a rarity out here. Everyone in the Springville/Provo/Orem area should check it out.
Provo, Utah
There's been a place up in American Fork for a few years that makes pretty good wings. They cook them to the crispy side, ala Duff's. If you want hot, you need to order XX Hot, or XXX Hot. You can't just order medium like you do at Duff's and assume they will be hot at all. (They have a XXX Hot challenge. Eat 12 boneless wings in 30 minutes or less. I haven't done it, but it doesn't seem like it would be all that hard.)
I usually get Hot Garlic wings. They aren't super hot, but aren't mild, and have a good flavor to them. They also serve tator tots, if you want them. I really like them. They cook them crispy, and have the right amount of salt on them. In the past, Tom, Drew, and I, or some combination of the three of us, would wander up there and get wings, but it's all the way up there (15 miles or something silly like that), so I don't go that often.
I try to stay within 2 miles of the house, unless food is involved. This week, they opened a "Wing Shack" here in town. It's 4 miles away from the house, but it's much closer than the AF store. It's very much closer than Buffalo. (2000 miles.) It's only 2 miles from my office. I have already been there twice.
Tara discovered another reason to go there Saturday night. She ordered their $2 side salad, and loved it. It had plenty of fresh veggies on it, and had a good, crisp flavor. She liked it much more than side salads she gets in other places around here, that you might pay up to $4-5 for.
They aren't cheap wings, they have a lunch special - 8 wings, tator tots or fries, and a drink, for $9. They have a all day 20 wing deal with tator tots or fries, and two drinks, for $20. They have a 40 wing deal, with lots of tator tots or fries, and two drinks, for $37. That's the one Drew, Tom, and I usually get. Last night, I ate 17 wings and a bunch of tots. I also had 5 wings for lunch on Sunday, and 5 wings for dinner.
I personally would like to see this place stick around. It's nice to have a place to go to get a decent chicken wing, and that's a rarity out here. Everyone in the Springville/Provo/Orem area should check it out.
Saturday, August 06, 2011
Restaurant Review
Chen's Noodle House
Orem, Utah
It has been a while since we went to a restaurant that we hadn't been to for a while. There is a little Chinese place behind the mall in Orem that hides behind a tire store. When we drive past it, I think we should stop there someday, until the other day, we never had.
We went, I didn't know what 'noodle house' really meant, but it turned out the place is a Chinese restaurant, much like many others around here, except this one has big windows and lets in plenty of light. (I am not sure why most Chinese restaurants around here are in places with no windows, except for the fact that the rent in those places must be low.)
Anyway, the food was pretty good. Our waitress tried fairly hard to be helpful, even though I was being a tiny bit difficult when ordering. (I got the Kung Pao Chicken, but was tempted to get their Seafood Soup, maybe next time...) The food was pretty good, not too sweet, not too greasy, and mine had lots of fresh vegetables in it. I didn't taste tons of preservatives that you sometimes taste. I thought it was pretty good.
All in all, the food was pretty good, and not too expensive. It's a place to stop at again someday.
Orem, Utah
It has been a while since we went to a restaurant that we hadn't been to for a while. There is a little Chinese place behind the mall in Orem that hides behind a tire store. When we drive past it, I think we should stop there someday, until the other day, we never had.
We went, I didn't know what 'noodle house' really meant, but it turned out the place is a Chinese restaurant, much like many others around here, except this one has big windows and lets in plenty of light. (I am not sure why most Chinese restaurants around here are in places with no windows, except for the fact that the rent in those places must be low.)
Anyway, the food was pretty good. Our waitress tried fairly hard to be helpful, even though I was being a tiny bit difficult when ordering. (I got the Kung Pao Chicken, but was tempted to get their Seafood Soup, maybe next time...) The food was pretty good, not too sweet, not too greasy, and mine had lots of fresh vegetables in it. I didn't taste tons of preservatives that you sometimes taste. I thought it was pretty good.
All in all, the food was pretty good, and not too expensive. It's a place to stop at again someday.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Restaurant Review
Mama Ninfa's Mexican Restaurant
Atlanta, Georgia
This evening I waked over to the Hard Rock Cafe, but when I got there, they were closed for a private party. And I wasn't the private party they were closed for. Half way back the block was a little Mexican restaurant with a couple of little old ladies trying to give people menus. I went back to the Mexican restaurant.
It was really good. The staff was friendly, the service was very fast, and the food was good. I had their beef fajitas.
Long story short - The food was good, it didn't cost too much, and I'm full. If you are in downtown Atlanta, looking for Mexican food, I suggest Mama Ninfa's. Much better than Jalapeno Charlie's...
Atlanta, Georgia
This evening I waked over to the Hard Rock Cafe, but when I got there, they were closed for a private party. And I wasn't the private party they were closed for. Half way back the block was a little Mexican restaurant with a couple of little old ladies trying to give people menus. I went back to the Mexican restaurant.
It was really good. The staff was friendly, the service was very fast, and the food was good. I had their beef fajitas.
Long story short - The food was good, it didn't cost too much, and I'm full. If you are in downtown Atlanta, looking for Mexican food, I suggest Mama Ninfa's. Much better than Jalapeno Charlie's...
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Restaurant Review
Jalapeno Charlie's
Atlanta Georgia
Tonight we decided to catch a restaurant close by the hotel, so we could get in before things got too busy around here tonight. We picked a Mexican place called "Jalapeno Charlie's". Actually, they said they were 'Latin Mexican Fusion', whatever that means.
I got the blackened fish tacos. They were ok, I would put them several notches above the fish tacos at Los Hermanos back home, but I might put them with on par or a notch below the crispy fish taco at Del Taco... I'm not sure what I expected. It was like they took a piece of fish, fried it in oil/butter, blackened it, and slapped it in a flour tortilla. Maybe I expect cabbage in my fish tacos, or something. I wasn't super impressed, but I didn't spend ten dollars on it, in downtown Atlanta, so I guess that's ok. Better than spending twice as much, and being disappointed all around...
After we left, I figured out the fusion part of the restaurant. That's when the food fuses to your sternum for a while afterwards. There was also something with sugar in it, I could feel it afterwards, and likely will wake up in the morning pretty sore, which is not a great start to a week on the road.
I would like to get some fried chicken while I am here. Jim wants to go to a German restaurant. Anyone else have other suggestions?
Atlanta Georgia
Tonight we decided to catch a restaurant close by the hotel, so we could get in before things got too busy around here tonight. We picked a Mexican place called "Jalapeno Charlie's". Actually, they said they were 'Latin Mexican Fusion', whatever that means.
I got the blackened fish tacos. They were ok, I would put them several notches above the fish tacos at Los Hermanos back home, but I might put them with on par or a notch below the crispy fish taco at Del Taco... I'm not sure what I expected. It was like they took a piece of fish, fried it in oil/butter, blackened it, and slapped it in a flour tortilla. Maybe I expect cabbage in my fish tacos, or something. I wasn't super impressed, but I didn't spend ten dollars on it, in downtown Atlanta, so I guess that's ok. Better than spending twice as much, and being disappointed all around...
After we left, I figured out the fusion part of the restaurant. That's when the food fuses to your sternum for a while afterwards. There was also something with sugar in it, I could feel it afterwards, and likely will wake up in the morning pretty sore, which is not a great start to a week on the road.
I would like to get some fried chicken while I am here. Jim wants to go to a German restaurant. Anyone else have other suggestions?
Friday, March 25, 2011
Dinner and a Show
Tonight we went to dinner and a play with our friends, Matt and Talia. For dinner, we went to this new little hole in the wall Mexican restaurant in town called Laura's Kitchen. We had their carne asada plate. It was pretty good. They also serve tamales for $1.25 each, but only on the weekends. I asked if they included Friday evenings in the weekend, but sadly, they did not.
The play we went to was called "Persuasion". It was adapted from the Jane Austen story of the same name, and written by a high school friend of Tara's.
I read this on Twitter a week or so ago, I though of Tara:
The play was about time travel, love once rejected, sailing and adventure, pretty people with mirrors, and had just a little bit of "Naval language".
That makes Jane Austen sound more exciting than it seems to be to me, having never read any of the books and only peripheral experience with the countless versions of the stories that Tara has on DVDs. As far as I can tell, they all have a lot of walking, some dancing, talking, brooding, and more talking. I don't know. But I love my wife, and I go with her to the plays.
Anyway, this one was well acted. We were up at the top of the theater, which is a change for us, we normally sit down on the front row, we switched our normal tickets to a different night. I sat right next to the production booth, which had a kid running it that seemed to be paying very little attention to the play itself. For a while, I couldn't really tell what he was doing, but I figured out towards the end of the play that he was running the microphones. He had a computer screen with the inputs that needed to be on in each scene, when it was time to make a change, a blue string of lights came on at his station.
The set was also pretty interesting. They had a large semi circle in the middle, which turned back and forth. They would rotate one scene, and stage the next off stage, when it was time, a little curtain went up, and the rotated the scene in.
One last thing. About two thirds of the way through, one of the characters falls and gets hurt. She jumped and crumpled to the ground. Matt busted up laughing, and made half of the rest of the audience laugh with him. I think it was supposed to be a serious scene, but it wasn't tonight...
The play we went to was called "Persuasion". It was adapted from the Jane Austen story of the same name, and written by a high school friend of Tara's.
I read this on Twitter a week or so ago, I though of Tara:
Heroin is a drug;
heroine is a female hero.
Jane Austen fans are prone to heroine overdoses.
heroine is a female hero.
Jane Austen fans are prone to heroine overdoses.
The play was about time travel, love once rejected, sailing and adventure, pretty people with mirrors, and had just a little bit of "Naval language".
That makes Jane Austen sound more exciting than it seems to be to me, having never read any of the books and only peripheral experience with the countless versions of the stories that Tara has on DVDs. As far as I can tell, they all have a lot of walking, some dancing, talking, brooding, and more talking. I don't know. But I love my wife, and I go with her to the plays.
Anyway, this one was well acted. We were up at the top of the theater, which is a change for us, we normally sit down on the front row, we switched our normal tickets to a different night. I sat right next to the production booth, which had a kid running it that seemed to be paying very little attention to the play itself. For a while, I couldn't really tell what he was doing, but I figured out towards the end of the play that he was running the microphones. He had a computer screen with the inputs that needed to be on in each scene, when it was time to make a change, a blue string of lights came on at his station.
The set was also pretty interesting. They had a large semi circle in the middle, which turned back and forth. They would rotate one scene, and stage the next off stage, when it was time, a little curtain went up, and the rotated the scene in.
One last thing. About two thirds of the way through, one of the characters falls and gets hurt. She jumped and crumpled to the ground. Matt busted up laughing, and made half of the rest of the audience laugh with him. I think it was supposed to be a serious scene, but it wasn't tonight...
Monday, January 10, 2011
Restaurant reviews
We've (or just I, in one case) have been to a few new (to me) restaurants in the past few weeks that are worth mentioning, so here they are:
The Happy Sumo (Provo)
I went here last week with a vendor for work. They want us to do a reference call to help them sell their product. I'm pretty sure that was the reason for the lunch. (They dropped the reference call possibility on us on the way back, and talked about setting up another lunch for the reference call. I'm ok with getting two lunches out of sharing my opinions. The opinions are normally free anyway.)
Anyway, there were five of us (three were the vendor), and one didn't eat any sushi, but it didn't stop them from ordering 6 sushi rolls. That was a lot of sushi. It was good, but it was a lot of sushi. I used the terms "post-sushi disorder" and "wasabi overload syndrome" on my twitter feed later in the day.
My favorite was the "frida roll" - inari (not really sure what that is), cilantro, red pepper, avocado, that sort of thing. It had a little spice to it, before you added wasabi.
If I ever go back, I think I would like to try what Karl had, a Katzu chicken plate. It looked pretty good.
Thai Village - Provo
This is a restaurant that just opened last week on University avenue in Provo, where Lon's Cooking Shack used to be. Tara's on a Thai kick, which is just fine, except coconut milk kind of upsets my stomach, so when we go to a Thai restaurant, I kind of have to be careful.
Anyway, why not try the brand new place? We almost didn't go in. The place looks incredibly dark from the outside. It turns out that the restaurant is not that dark on the inside, but they had some sort of light brown tinting put on their windows for some reason.
We tried their 'fresh roll', an appetizer wrapped in rice paper. I have say, it wasn't as good as the one at Thai Mango, also in Provo, that we tried months ago. This one seemed to be mostly lettuce on the inside. Maybe the sauce they bring with it is supposed to improve it, but I passed on the sauce, because I suspected it was a sweet sauce.
Tara just the red curry bowl. When it came out, it was enough rice and curry to feed Tara and several of our children. The children were not with us, so Tara took the rest home.
I got the beef waterfall, two star spicy. It was just the right amount of spicy, and was a pretty good dish. They had some sort of crunchy rice bits in with the beef, which gave it an interesting texture.
Overall, it seemed to be a pretty nice place. Hopefully they can stay in business, they basically gutted the place that was there to remodel for this one. I wonder about the new restaurants that spend so much money to get started, and wonder of the owners have unrealistic expectations about their ability to turn a profit quickly...
La Dolce Vida - Provo
Tucked away just off University in Provo is a little Italian restaurant that's been around for 25 years. We've had people over the years tell us to try it, but it's back behind things, and it's got kind of an 'out of sight, out of mind' thing going on. We almost went several years ago, but for some reason on that day, they were closed. The place looks like a store front restaurant from the street, we were a little surprised at how many tables it had in it when we got in there.
I ended up walking by the kitchen to use the restroom while we were there. In the back was a little old lady making the food. I think they were speaking to her in Italian, but I'm not that good. On the back counter were about a dozen loaves of bread, baked and resting before someone sliced them to serve.
I ordered the potato gnocchi. I had never had gnocchi before, but I've always liked the name. I'm sure it means something like 'dumpling' or something in Italian, but I don't know. All I know is that I liked the thing. My gnocchi came on a platter with both white and red sauces, the sauces were one the plate with a perfectly straight line separating the sauces. It was a pretty impressive thing to see. I have no idea how they got the sauces to stay straight like that.
Anyway, my meal was a good one, I may have to try making gnocchi one of these days. It doesn't sound all that hard, really. Maybe they use pastry bags or something to get the sauce to do that.
Additionally, I think I would prefer to go back to La Dolce Vida well before I go back to Gloria's Little Italy, which is on the same block, but facing the main street. The food is better at La Dolce Vida, the restaurant is not as stuffy, and it just seems to be a nice place. I don't know. The food seemed to be a bit better, overall, I thought.
The Happy Sumo (Provo)
I went here last week with a vendor for work. They want us to do a reference call to help them sell their product. I'm pretty sure that was the reason for the lunch. (They dropped the reference call possibility on us on the way back, and talked about setting up another lunch for the reference call. I'm ok with getting two lunches out of sharing my opinions. The opinions are normally free anyway.)
Anyway, there were five of us (three were the vendor), and one didn't eat any sushi, but it didn't stop them from ordering 6 sushi rolls. That was a lot of sushi. It was good, but it was a lot of sushi. I used the terms "post-sushi disorder" and "wasabi overload syndrome" on my twitter feed later in the day.
My favorite was the "frida roll" - inari (not really sure what that is), cilantro, red pepper, avocado, that sort of thing. It had a little spice to it, before you added wasabi.
If I ever go back, I think I would like to try what Karl had, a Katzu chicken plate. It looked pretty good.
Thai Village - Provo
This is a restaurant that just opened last week on University avenue in Provo, where Lon's Cooking Shack used to be. Tara's on a Thai kick, which is just fine, except coconut milk kind of upsets my stomach, so when we go to a Thai restaurant, I kind of have to be careful.
Anyway, why not try the brand new place? We almost didn't go in. The place looks incredibly dark from the outside. It turns out that the restaurant is not that dark on the inside, but they had some sort of light brown tinting put on their windows for some reason.
We tried their 'fresh roll', an appetizer wrapped in rice paper. I have say, it wasn't as good as the one at Thai Mango, also in Provo, that we tried months ago. This one seemed to be mostly lettuce on the inside. Maybe the sauce they bring with it is supposed to improve it, but I passed on the sauce, because I suspected it was a sweet sauce.
Tara just the red curry bowl. When it came out, it was enough rice and curry to feed Tara and several of our children. The children were not with us, so Tara took the rest home.
I got the beef waterfall, two star spicy. It was just the right amount of spicy, and was a pretty good dish. They had some sort of crunchy rice bits in with the beef, which gave it an interesting texture.
Overall, it seemed to be a pretty nice place. Hopefully they can stay in business, they basically gutted the place that was there to remodel for this one. I wonder about the new restaurants that spend so much money to get started, and wonder of the owners have unrealistic expectations about their ability to turn a profit quickly...
La Dolce Vida - Provo
Tucked away just off University in Provo is a little Italian restaurant that's been around for 25 years. We've had people over the years tell us to try it, but it's back behind things, and it's got kind of an 'out of sight, out of mind' thing going on. We almost went several years ago, but for some reason on that day, they were closed. The place looks like a store front restaurant from the street, we were a little surprised at how many tables it had in it when we got in there.
I ended up walking by the kitchen to use the restroom while we were there. In the back was a little old lady making the food. I think they were speaking to her in Italian, but I'm not that good. On the back counter were about a dozen loaves of bread, baked and resting before someone sliced them to serve.
I ordered the potato gnocchi. I had never had gnocchi before, but I've always liked the name. I'm sure it means something like 'dumpling' or something in Italian, but I don't know. All I know is that I liked the thing. My gnocchi came on a platter with both white and red sauces, the sauces were one the plate with a perfectly straight line separating the sauces. It was a pretty impressive thing to see. I have no idea how they got the sauces to stay straight like that.
Anyway, my meal was a good one, I may have to try making gnocchi one of these days. It doesn't sound all that hard, really. Maybe they use pastry bags or something to get the sauce to do that.
Additionally, I think I would prefer to go back to La Dolce Vida well before I go back to Gloria's Little Italy, which is on the same block, but facing the main street. The food is better at La Dolce Vida, the restaurant is not as stuffy, and it just seems to be a nice place. I don't know. The food seemed to be a bit better, overall, I thought.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Restaurant Review
Winger's
I've been on a ten year one man boycott of Winger's. I was intolerant of their sweet and spicy sauce. Over the years, Tara has had me head out there to get her something, I've always deferred.
On Thursday, Tara wanted to go to Winger's for her birthday. When we got there, and the waitress came, I told her about my ten year boycott, and asked about the Buffalo sauce that they have on their menu now. I have no idea when this change occurred, but I asked for a sample. It's normal, perfectly acceptable chicken wing sauce.
I ordered the "Hot Buffalo" wings. These things came out as the hottest wings I've had in years. Tasty, big, crispy. Everything you want in a wing. The one problem was that the wings that came out were so hot. I don't know if "hot Buffalo" is normally that hot, or if they decided to each the dude that mouthed off about their wings a lesson. They also have an "atomic Buffalo", I wonder if that's what I ended up with. Tara tried a small taste, and it lit her mouth up.
Anyhow, the blockade is over. Winger's is perfectly acceptable to me now. And they have all-you-can-eat wings on Tuesdays and Wednesdays right now. I am tempted to get Drew and Tom, and test their limits of the all-you-can-eat philosophy. I just won't mouth off to them ahead of time...
I've been on a ten year one man boycott of Winger's. I was intolerant of their sweet and spicy sauce. Over the years, Tara has had me head out there to get her something, I've always deferred.
On Thursday, Tara wanted to go to Winger's for her birthday. When we got there, and the waitress came, I told her about my ten year boycott, and asked about the Buffalo sauce that they have on their menu now. I have no idea when this change occurred, but I asked for a sample. It's normal, perfectly acceptable chicken wing sauce.
I ordered the "Hot Buffalo" wings. These things came out as the hottest wings I've had in years. Tasty, big, crispy. Everything you want in a wing. The one problem was that the wings that came out were so hot. I don't know if "hot Buffalo" is normally that hot, or if they decided to each the dude that mouthed off about their wings a lesson. They also have an "atomic Buffalo", I wonder if that's what I ended up with. Tara tried a small taste, and it lit her mouth up.
Anyhow, the blockade is over. Winger's is perfectly acceptable to me now. And they have all-you-can-eat wings on Tuesdays and Wednesdays right now. I am tempted to get Drew and Tom, and test their limits of the all-you-can-eat philosophy. I just won't mouth off to them ahead of time...
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Restaurant Reviews
Gloria's Little Italy
Provo
Last week (or the week before, I've lost track now) we decided to try out Gloria's Little Italy. It was Thursday, the big sign out front extolled the virtues of their Thursday night pasta feast.
The 'pasta feast' was two different pasta dishes you could try out as much as you wanted. One had a mushroom white sauce, the other was a red sauce with what I think was a creamy polenta layer under the sauce. I really liked the red sauce with the polenta. (The mushroom white sauce was good as well, but the polenta made me want to try to make it myself...)
When we got there, the girl at the front desk took us to an area of the restaurant that was empty, but incredibly hot. There was no air moving there, and the place was in front of some West facing windows. Stiffling. We asked to be moved, they moved us to an areas with ceiling fans, which was at least 10 degrees cooler. We could still see the other table, that desk girl tried to seat two other couples at that same, those couples also in turn asked to be moved before the girl gave up on that section of the restaurant...
Anyway, the pasta was pretty good. We've got a gift certificate for lunch there somewhere in the house, but I think it's been lost to time.
Los Hermanos
Provo
Right across the street from Gloria's Little Italy, facing East, is Los Hermanos. I haven't eaten there in something like ten years. We went there tonight. We were a little bit before dinner time, so we were able to get a seat right by their big windows in their very comfortable chairs.
Tara and I both ordered their Halibut Taco dinner. Why did we order that you ask? For the Halibut.
I'm not sure what I was really expecting out of the tacos, but what I got was not really it. It was like they baked some fish, tossed it into a taco shell, added cheese and lettuce, and sent it out. No seasonings, no extra flavors, no nothing. I'm not sure that's really what they do every time with that dish, bu it didn't work for me. It lacked flavor. The fish was tender and juicy, but I kind of expect a fish taco to have something more. The platter had gaucamole, sour cream, rice, and beans, I tried adding some of this to bites of the taco, but it was still kind just plain. (and disappointing)
I guess eating there once in a decade is all you really need, anyhow.
Provo
Last week (or the week before, I've lost track now) we decided to try out Gloria's Little Italy. It was Thursday, the big sign out front extolled the virtues of their Thursday night pasta feast.
The 'pasta feast' was two different pasta dishes you could try out as much as you wanted. One had a mushroom white sauce, the other was a red sauce with what I think was a creamy polenta layer under the sauce. I really liked the red sauce with the polenta. (The mushroom white sauce was good as well, but the polenta made me want to try to make it myself...)
When we got there, the girl at the front desk took us to an area of the restaurant that was empty, but incredibly hot. There was no air moving there, and the place was in front of some West facing windows. Stiffling. We asked to be moved, they moved us to an areas with ceiling fans, which was at least 10 degrees cooler. We could still see the other table, that desk girl tried to seat two other couples at that same, those couples also in turn asked to be moved before the girl gave up on that section of the restaurant...
Anyway, the pasta was pretty good. We've got a gift certificate for lunch there somewhere in the house, but I think it's been lost to time.
Los Hermanos
Provo
Right across the street from Gloria's Little Italy, facing East, is Los Hermanos. I haven't eaten there in something like ten years. We went there tonight. We were a little bit before dinner time, so we were able to get a seat right by their big windows in their very comfortable chairs.
Tara and I both ordered their Halibut Taco dinner. Why did we order that you ask? For the Halibut.
I'm not sure what I was really expecting out of the tacos, but what I got was not really it. It was like they baked some fish, tossed it into a taco shell, added cheese and lettuce, and sent it out. No seasonings, no extra flavors, no nothing. I'm not sure that's really what they do every time with that dish, bu it didn't work for me. It lacked flavor. The fish was tender and juicy, but I kind of expect a fish taco to have something more. The platter had gaucamole, sour cream, rice, and beans, I tried adding some of this to bites of the taco, but it was still kind just plain. (and disappointing)
I guess eating there once in a decade is all you really need, anyhow.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Restaurant Review
Fusion Asian Grill
Provo
Tara continued her quest this week for something spicy. We ended up going to Fusion Asian Grill, which is a Korean restaurant masquerading as a little hole in the wall generic restaurant.
Tara got the spicy grilled pork, which she seemed to enjoy. I had the Octopus BiBimBap. For some reason, the waiter started laughing at me when I ordered it, I'm not sure why.
Turns out it wasn't too bad. The octopus wasn't too chewy, the food was nice and flavorful. We also had their kimbop, which tasted really good, and I ate too much of.
Fusion Asian Grill - On State Street, just before the hill. Pretty good prices, pretty good food...
Provo
Tara continued her quest this week for something spicy. We ended up going to Fusion Asian Grill, which is a Korean restaurant masquerading as a little hole in the wall generic restaurant.
Tara got the spicy grilled pork, which she seemed to enjoy. I had the Octopus BiBimBap. For some reason, the waiter started laughing at me when I ordered it, I'm not sure why.
Turns out it wasn't too bad. The octopus wasn't too chewy, the food was nice and flavorful. We also had their kimbop, which tasted really good, and I ate too much of.
Fusion Asian Grill - On State Street, just before the hill. Pretty good prices, pretty good food...
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Restaurant Review
Maria Bonita
Orem Utah
We had a recommendation for this place given from someone we know, who thinks it's one of the best Mexican places around. The food was good, the service was kind of slow, but I think that was because we didn't speak Spanish. From what I could tell, those that spoke Spanish didn't have any problems getting their order in fast and getting their food...
Anyhow, Tara had their normal combo plate. (The plates were huge...) I got the Pancho Villa plate, but they should have called it the Sancho Panza plate, because you'd have to be crazy to eat the entire thing in one sitting. It had a platter with a secondary plate as well. I tried to eat it all, but it bested me, I had to save my burrito for later.
Anyway, the food was good, not too expensive, and you won't walk away hungry. Worth a stop if you find yourself up that direction.
Orem Utah
We had a recommendation for this place given from someone we know, who thinks it's one of the best Mexican places around. The food was good, the service was kind of slow, but I think that was because we didn't speak Spanish. From what I could tell, those that spoke Spanish didn't have any problems getting their order in fast and getting their food...
Anyhow, Tara had their normal combo plate. (The plates were huge...) I got the Pancho Villa plate, but they should have called it the Sancho Panza plate, because you'd have to be crazy to eat the entire thing in one sitting. It had a platter with a secondary plate as well. I tried to eat it all, but it bested me, I had to save my burrito for later.
Anyway, the food was good, not too expensive, and you won't walk away hungry. Worth a stop if you find yourself up that direction.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Restaurant Reviews & Harvard is big...
...but maybe it just seems that way because of all the buildings being so close together.
We walked around the campus of Harvard tonight. There are some pretty big, old buildings there. The main library looks massive. Turns out the Harvard library system is a collection of 90 different libraries altogether. The main library, even though it looks massive, is half the square footage of the BYU library. (A large chunk of the BYU library is underground.)
There are plenty of big buildings there, and it sounds like Harvard is going to expand soon, but it sure looks big. Their science building is massive. When I got back to the hotel, and found out their total enrollment is something like 20,000 students, I was pretty surprised. Harvard has a long history and lots of famous alumni. It presents itself as large, maybe larger than it really is. It was an interesting campus, looks like they have an old cathedral as a concert hall now. It was certainly a different layout and environment than BYU presents, BYU has tons more open space and is spread a lot more than Harvard.
It was definitely interesting to walk around.
We needed to walk around for a bit after going to Fire and Ice, just a block away from the main Harvard campus. The only way I can describe it is as an "all you can eat fusion Mongolian grill". They have a giant Mongolian grill, with three guys manning the cooking on it, and all kinds of food for you to choose from to cook up. I had a plate with catfish, shrimp, pepperocini, jalapeño peppers, eggplant, mushrooms, and yellow squash with a spicy sauce. Then I had a big hamburger with eggplant, potatoes, jalapeños, mushrooms, bell peppers, and I think a few other things on it. It was a big burger. Then I had something like spaghetti and meatballs, but kind of carried away. (I ate a little too much.) Lots of options, lots of possible combinations. It was certainly good food.
This afternoon for lunch, the conference was offering one step up from vending machine hoagies. We figured we could do better, and hopped on the subway to the North end to find some random restaurant to eat at. This has some inherent risks associated with it, going to some hole in the wall you have never heard of. In our case today, the risk paid off. We found ourselves at a little sandwich shop called Mangia Mangia. I think I could find it again if pressed to it.
Anyhow, I had an Italian sub, which was plenty tasty. The subs that Jess and John got also looked plenty tasty. The place was packed the entire time we where there, and it had a definite Italian-American feel to it. Kind of a fun lunch. At one point, some teenaged kid was being talked to by an older lady, the lady was asking about his family, that sort of thing. At the end, just before the kid left, he said "And remember - I'm not Anthony, Michael, Eddy, or John - I'm Kenny." I thought this was hilarious for some reason. Maybe a touch of 'little brother syndrome' or something.
The place only seats 36 people, it's run by a middle aged Italian man, and had a little old Italian man in the back working. Definitely had some charm. Definitely had good sandwiches. I thought about mine all afternoon..
We walked around the campus of Harvard tonight. There are some pretty big, old buildings there. The main library looks massive. Turns out the Harvard library system is a collection of 90 different libraries altogether. The main library, even though it looks massive, is half the square footage of the BYU library. (A large chunk of the BYU library is underground.)
There are plenty of big buildings there, and it sounds like Harvard is going to expand soon, but it sure looks big. Their science building is massive. When I got back to the hotel, and found out their total enrollment is something like 20,000 students, I was pretty surprised. Harvard has a long history and lots of famous alumni. It presents itself as large, maybe larger than it really is. It was an interesting campus, looks like they have an old cathedral as a concert hall now. It was certainly a different layout and environment than BYU presents, BYU has tons more open space and is spread a lot more than Harvard.
It was definitely interesting to walk around.
We needed to walk around for a bit after going to Fire and Ice, just a block away from the main Harvard campus. The only way I can describe it is as an "all you can eat fusion Mongolian grill". They have a giant Mongolian grill, with three guys manning the cooking on it, and all kinds of food for you to choose from to cook up. I had a plate with catfish, shrimp, pepperocini, jalapeño peppers, eggplant, mushrooms, and yellow squash with a spicy sauce. Then I had a big hamburger with eggplant, potatoes, jalapeños, mushrooms, bell peppers, and I think a few other things on it. It was a big burger. Then I had something like spaghetti and meatballs, but kind of carried away. (I ate a little too much.) Lots of options, lots of possible combinations. It was certainly good food.
This afternoon for lunch, the conference was offering one step up from vending machine hoagies. We figured we could do better, and hopped on the subway to the North end to find some random restaurant to eat at. This has some inherent risks associated with it, going to some hole in the wall you have never heard of. In our case today, the risk paid off. We found ourselves at a little sandwich shop called Mangia Mangia. I think I could find it again if pressed to it.
Anyhow, I had an Italian sub, which was plenty tasty. The subs that Jess and John got also looked plenty tasty. The place was packed the entire time we where there, and it had a definite Italian-American feel to it. Kind of a fun lunch. At one point, some teenaged kid was being talked to by an older lady, the lady was asking about his family, that sort of thing. At the end, just before the kid left, he said "And remember - I'm not Anthony, Michael, Eddy, or John - I'm Kenny." I thought this was hilarious for some reason. Maybe a touch of 'little brother syndrome' or something.
The place only seats 36 people, it's run by a middle aged Italian man, and had a little old Italian man in the back working. Definitely had some charm. Definitely had good sandwiches. I thought about mine all afternoon..
Monday, June 21, 2010
Restaurant Review
Durgin-Park
Boston
We came here for the Boston baked beans, which were good. I had corned beef and cabbage, John had the Yankee pot roast, and Jess had the clam bake. My cabbage was not too soft, the meat was very tender, and the veggies were cooked just right.
The service was kind of slow, but the food was really good.
So far, I've been in Boston for less than 4 hours, and have already lost one subway pass...
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Thursday, June 17, 2010
Restaurant Review
Taco Riendo
Provo
This place opened a while back in the little place that used to be Wingers, then was an Indian food place for about 3 1/2 weeks. I think they moved from somewhere else in town, but I wouldn't know where, because I've never been to the place before.
I had a churrizo burrito, Tara had the Chimichanga special. My burrito was pretty good, and big. It came out very hot, and was full of food. Nothing else too it, I guess they figure a good burrito can sit by itself on a plate, unlike other places that hide it in lettuce or whatever.
Tara liked her Chimichanga, it was nice a crispy, not too greasy. The thing had some sort of guacamole on it that Tara really liked.
We are both full for under $12, so how can you complain?
Provo
This place opened a while back in the little place that used to be Wingers, then was an Indian food place for about 3 1/2 weeks. I think they moved from somewhere else in town, but I wouldn't know where, because I've never been to the place before.
I had a churrizo burrito, Tara had the Chimichanga special. My burrito was pretty good, and big. It came out very hot, and was full of food. Nothing else too it, I guess they figure a good burrito can sit by itself on a plate, unlike other places that hide it in lettuce or whatever.
Tara liked her Chimichanga, it was nice a crispy, not too greasy. The thing had some sort of guacamole on it that Tara really liked.
We are both full for under $12, so how can you complain?
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Restaurant Review
Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen
Houston, Texas
We got to Houston this evening, we thought it was going to be very warm here when we landed, but it was actually quite nice weather. Really nice weather. We are here visiting HP tomorrow, be back home tomorrow night, but the HP guys bought us dinner.
Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen seems to be a pretty nice restaurant. Some of the people there decided they wanted a crab stuffed steak, I couldn't decide between the Fried Seafood platter, or the Redfish Palacios. Our waiter indicated he would go with the Redfish, hands down, anytime.
My meal was very good. The sides were green beans, cooked but still crisp, and potato wedges. The fish came with sauteed shrimp, crawfish, and tomatoes. I really liked it. I had a Red Drum several years ago in New Orleans, it was a nice piece of fish, not too fishy tasting and tender. This fish here was the same way.
I also tried the andouille sausage & seafood gumbo. I thought it was good, the guy next to me from Idaho thought it was kind of spicy, I thought it could use a little more spice. It was still a good soup.
Houston, Texas
We got to Houston this evening, we thought it was going to be very warm here when we landed, but it was actually quite nice weather. Really nice weather. We are here visiting HP tomorrow, be back home tomorrow night, but the HP guys bought us dinner.
Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen seems to be a pretty nice restaurant. Some of the people there decided they wanted a crab stuffed steak, I couldn't decide between the Fried Seafood platter, or the Redfish Palacios. Our waiter indicated he would go with the Redfish, hands down, anytime.
My meal was very good. The sides were green beans, cooked but still crisp, and potato wedges. The fish came with sauteed shrimp, crawfish, and tomatoes. I really liked it. I had a Red Drum several years ago in New Orleans, it was a nice piece of fish, not too fishy tasting and tender. This fish here was the same way.
I also tried the andouille sausage & seafood gumbo. I thought it was good, the guy next to me from Idaho thought it was kind of spicy, I thought it could use a little more spice. It was still a good soup.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Restaurant Review
Wingnutz
Orem Utah
Drew got a bead today on a new wing place up in Orem, we went today for lunch to check it out. When we got there at quarter to noon, the place was empty. We thought this wasn't a good sign. They don't carry Diet Dr. Pepper. They bake their wings instead of frying. All interesting choices. I suppose it's the 'healthy' way to eat wings, but who's really in it for their health, anyway? All not great signs...
Anyway, they had about 18 different wing flavors you could choose from, I choose "hot". I figured baked wings could still be crispy if they dried them out enough and baked them at the right temperature, I've seen Alton Brown do it, but he's no expert on wings, either.
Anyway, the wings came, and they were ok. The texture was sort of like the texture of wings you get at the bottom of a box of wings, the ones you get to that have been steamed from all the ones on top of them for 45 minutes, and you've already eaten 20 of them, so you should have stopped already. Good wings, just not quite the right texture of the skin. (The really good wings are crispy on the outside, if you didn't know.) Added to that was the taste, they were plenty hot, but the flavor was different. Or at least a bit different than what I would expect from a traditional "hot" chicken wing. I think they used too much cayenne pepper, or paprika, or something along those lines, plenty hot, just too much seasoning. I still ate mine.
Long story short - WingNutz - don't go expecting an authentic wing, but it's good enough, especially around here. The wings are a little bit expensive, but they are plenty big to make up for the cost. The place was packed when we got done, they had a pretty good lunch rush today it looks like, and that was during quite a bit of snow that was falling. (But not sticking.)
Orem Utah
Drew got a bead today on a new wing place up in Orem, we went today for lunch to check it out. When we got there at quarter to noon, the place was empty. We thought this wasn't a good sign. They don't carry Diet Dr. Pepper. They bake their wings instead of frying. All interesting choices. I suppose it's the 'healthy' way to eat wings, but who's really in it for their health, anyway? All not great signs...
Anyway, they had about 18 different wing flavors you could choose from, I choose "hot". I figured baked wings could still be crispy if they dried them out enough and baked them at the right temperature, I've seen Alton Brown do it, but he's no expert on wings, either.
Anyway, the wings came, and they were ok. The texture was sort of like the texture of wings you get at the bottom of a box of wings, the ones you get to that have been steamed from all the ones on top of them for 45 minutes, and you've already eaten 20 of them, so you should have stopped already. Good wings, just not quite the right texture of the skin. (The really good wings are crispy on the outside, if you didn't know.) Added to that was the taste, they were plenty hot, but the flavor was different. Or at least a bit different than what I would expect from a traditional "hot" chicken wing. I think they used too much cayenne pepper, or paprika, or something along those lines, plenty hot, just too much seasoning. I still ate mine.
Long story short - WingNutz - don't go expecting an authentic wing, but it's good enough, especially around here. The wings are a little bit expensive, but they are plenty big to make up for the cost. The place was packed when we got done, they had a pretty good lunch rush today it looks like, and that was during quite a bit of snow that was falling. (But not sticking.)
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Restaurant Review
Ruby RiverProvo
It's been a long time since I've been to Ruby River, the restaurant has not really changed in years, except for a couple of things. First, there are less tables and more booths than they used to have. This is a nice change, I think. Booths are nice. The second change I might not have discovered, had I not had a gift certificate and been really hungry. They used to have a porterhouse steak on their dinner menu, but you could order it for lunch if you asked nicely. I was plenty hungry, and went in fully intending to order the porterhouse tonight, but they don't do a porterhouse anymore. Oh well. I got a 16 ounce New York strip, which was plenty tasty, and for once in my life, I took half home. It'll make a nice little lunch tomorrow.
We ordered a shrimp cocktail for Tara, and a Onion blossom, the onion was really hot and pretty greasy. Tara really liked the cocktail sauce that came with her shrimp. Both ordered soups with our meal as sides, the waitress eventually came out and asked us if we wanted the soups, Tara also had a salad that came. Well after the soup and salad was gone, the waitress came back and said she thought our entrees were almost ready. A little bit later, she came back and said the same thing. A little while later, she came back and said they had lost our ticket, found it, and were really working on our meal that time. She looked a little worried about it. I had already had four glasses of Dr. Pepper by then, didn't realize we had been there for an hour.
The manager brought our food back, waited to make sure it was ok, and was fairly attentive. I thought that was nice. My steak was very good, and the fries on the side were super hot. Tara had the pork chops, which she seemed to enjoy.
When the waitress brought the bill, the manager had comped the shrimp cocktail. Very nice of him. Add that to the gift certificate I used, and it was a very, very good meal for the price we paid.
All in all, the food is still as good as it ever has been, the restaurant is nicer than is used to be with more booths and less tables, and there's very little wait to get in on a Thursday night. Not a bad deal at all.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Dinner and a Show
Tonight Tara and I went out to a place called "Smash Burger", a new restaurant in town. Their thing seems to be smashing meat before they cook it.
I had a chicken sandwich, Tara had a chicken salad. Mine was a grilled chicken on a multigrain roll. It was pretty good, and the bread didn't really upset my stomach all that much. Nice fresh topping as well.
Tara's salad seemed pretty big, she seemed to like it. You order sides a la carte, I got the smash fries, which were french fries with olive oil, rosemary, garlic and what they call "other herbs". I thought they would have been perfect had they had just a little bit less oil on them. Tara got Haystack Onions, which were like little unbreaded onion rings. We both decided that we wouldn't try those again. They were just greasy fried onions, but not wet. Not sure how else to describe them.
They had on their menu something called veggie frites - "flash fried asparagud spears, carrot sticks, and green beans". Sounds pretty good.
After dinner, we went up to campus to see the play "Tartuffe". The cast seemed to have a pretty good time with it. I am sure I read the thing years ago, likely in High School, or something.
Anyhow, the one risk with sitting on the front row of the Pardoe series year after year, is that in the livelier plays, there is a tradition of selective enforced audience participation. A couple of plays ago, we went with another couple to the play. The husband (Kirk) was serenaded to on bended knee by one of the actors. Last time there were some actors in cool animal masks weaving their way through us.
Different story today. They had some sort of thing during the intermission where the actors kind of goofed off and danced around. Kirk, who went last week, told us to not miss the intermission. One of the maid laides came down and asked me to dance. Tara fully expected me to tell her no. I'm not sure what made me go up there, maybe it was the opportunity to make a total fool of myself on a stage.
Anyhow, she asked me if I knew how to waltz, which I guess was a no. She tried to tell me to use a three step dance, and we would just go around the piano on the stage. What I know she was thinking was "Why is it that the very irresistible and ruggedly handsome ones are the clumsy ones. I hope I'm not maimed here..."
Anyhow, go see "Tartuffe". It's a good play. Just don't sit on the front row.
I had a chicken sandwich, Tara had a chicken salad. Mine was a grilled chicken on a multigrain roll. It was pretty good, and the bread didn't really upset my stomach all that much. Nice fresh topping as well.
Tara's salad seemed pretty big, she seemed to like it. You order sides a la carte, I got the smash fries, which were french fries with olive oil, rosemary, garlic and what they call "other herbs". I thought they would have been perfect had they had just a little bit less oil on them. Tara got Haystack Onions, which were like little unbreaded onion rings. We both decided that we wouldn't try those again. They were just greasy fried onions, but not wet. Not sure how else to describe them.
They had on their menu something called veggie frites - "flash fried asparagud spears, carrot sticks, and green beans". Sounds pretty good.
After dinner, we went up to campus to see the play "Tartuffe". The cast seemed to have a pretty good time with it. I am sure I read the thing years ago, likely in High School, or something.
Anyhow, the one risk with sitting on the front row of the Pardoe series year after year, is that in the livelier plays, there is a tradition of selective enforced audience participation. A couple of plays ago, we went with another couple to the play. The husband (Kirk) was serenaded to on bended knee by one of the actors. Last time there were some actors in cool animal masks weaving their way through us.
Different story today. They had some sort of thing during the intermission where the actors kind of goofed off and danced around. Kirk, who went last week, told us to not miss the intermission. One of the maid laides came down and asked me to dance. Tara fully expected me to tell her no. I'm not sure what made me go up there, maybe it was the opportunity to make a total fool of myself on a stage.
Anyhow, she asked me if I knew how to waltz, which I guess was a no. She tried to tell me to use a three step dance, and we would just go around the piano on the stage. What I know she was thinking was "Why is it that the very irresistible and ruggedly handsome ones are the clumsy ones. I hope I'm not maimed here..."
Anyhow, go see "Tartuffe". It's a good play. Just don't sit on the front row.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Restaurant Review
Chili's
American Fork, UT
We were driving around looking for a place to eat last night. I wasn't feeling the greatest and didn't want to stop at a place that would upset my stomach. Chili's was a safe bet, I can always count on their chips and salsa in a pinch. (I once got a double order of chips & salsa at the St. Louis airport, for a flight to somewhere back East. The people sitting next to me watched me eat the entire bag. There were very impressed...)
Tara and I rarely get the deals that have dinner for two for a particular price, usually there is either not something on the list I can/should/care to eat, or we are in the mood for something else, but this time we got Chili's 3 course dinner for two for $20.
We got the onion string & jalapeno stack for the appetizer. I ordered chips and salsa as well. The onion/jalapeno dish was pretty good. I ate about 18 of the japaenos, which I expected to not be super hot, but weren't too bad. The breading was much less greasy than the stuff you get from a bloomin'/blossum onion.
I tried their new Mini Tacos for my entree, Tara had the Mesquite Chicken salad. I ended up with two smoky chicken tacos and two ground beef tacos. The chicken tacos were a little bit weird. Maybe there was just a little too much tang in the smokey flavor or something. I thought the ground beef ones were pretty good. I thought the tacos would be crispy shelled when I ordered them, but they ended up being warm corn tortillas, not crispy. Not a problem, really, and probably healthier. Tara really liked her salad, it had all kinds of stuff in it.
For dessert, I think Tara wanted the chocolate chip paradise pie, but it came with ice cream, and she was planning just just take it with her, so she got the strawberry cheesecake. I dropped her off at her sister's house afterwards, and didn't get a report on the dessert, I expect it was just fine...
All in all, the 3 course meal from Chilis seems to be a pretty good deal.
American Fork, UT
We were driving around looking for a place to eat last night. I wasn't feeling the greatest and didn't want to stop at a place that would upset my stomach. Chili's was a safe bet, I can always count on their chips and salsa in a pinch. (I once got a double order of chips & salsa at the St. Louis airport, for a flight to somewhere back East. The people sitting next to me watched me eat the entire bag. There were very impressed...)
Tara and I rarely get the deals that have dinner for two for a particular price, usually there is either not something on the list I can/should/care to eat, or we are in the mood for something else, but this time we got Chili's 3 course dinner for two for $20.
We got the onion string & jalapeno stack for the appetizer. I ordered chips and salsa as well. The onion/jalapeno dish was pretty good. I ate about 18 of the japaenos, which I expected to not be super hot, but weren't too bad. The breading was much less greasy than the stuff you get from a bloomin'/blossum onion.
I tried their new Mini Tacos for my entree, Tara had the Mesquite Chicken salad. I ended up with two smoky chicken tacos and two ground beef tacos. The chicken tacos were a little bit weird. Maybe there was just a little too much tang in the smokey flavor or something. I thought the ground beef ones were pretty good. I thought the tacos would be crispy shelled when I ordered them, but they ended up being warm corn tortillas, not crispy. Not a problem, really, and probably healthier. Tara really liked her salad, it had all kinds of stuff in it.
For dessert, I think Tara wanted the chocolate chip paradise pie, but it came with ice cream, and she was planning just just take it with her, so she got the strawberry cheesecake. I dropped her off at her sister's house afterwards, and didn't get a report on the dessert, I expect it was just fine...
All in all, the 3 course meal from Chilis seems to be a pretty good deal.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Restaurant Review
Slab Pizza
Just South of BYU Campus, Provo
This is a new restaurant in the bottom of an apartment complex. They do 20 inch crispy thin crust pizza. I won a free pizza there the other day, Tara and I went in tonight to try it out.
The pizza is huge. I haven't seen a 20 inch pizza in a long time. Maybe it's the fact that I don't eat that much pizza anymore. Maybe it's the fact that my kids love Little Caesar's... 20 inch. That's over 300 square inches of pizza...
Anyhow, it's a thin crust pizza, cooked just to the point that the crust is crisp and holds it's shape, not so far that it's burnt. Tara and I didn't finish the thing.
We had pepperoni, they had a handful of specialty pizzas as well. They also sell it by the 'slab', a quarter of a pizza (75 square inches - still 1/2 the size of a little caesars pizza) per slab, for less than 4 dollars.
The pizza was pretty tasty, the owner was talking about the nice quality product they use to one of the other customers. Hopefully they can maintain the profit margin, and don't drop the quality of the stuff.
Anyhow - Slab Pizza - worth checking out.
Just South of BYU Campus, Provo
This is a new restaurant in the bottom of an apartment complex. They do 20 inch crispy thin crust pizza. I won a free pizza there the other day, Tara and I went in tonight to try it out.
The pizza is huge. I haven't seen a 20 inch pizza in a long time. Maybe it's the fact that I don't eat that much pizza anymore. Maybe it's the fact that my kids love Little Caesar's... 20 inch. That's over 300 square inches of pizza...
Anyhow, it's a thin crust pizza, cooked just to the point that the crust is crisp and holds it's shape, not so far that it's burnt. Tara and I didn't finish the thing.
We had pepperoni, they had a handful of specialty pizzas as well. They also sell it by the 'slab', a quarter of a pizza (75 square inches - still 1/2 the size of a little caesars pizza) per slab, for less than 4 dollars.
The pizza was pretty tasty, the owner was talking about the nice quality product they use to one of the other customers. Hopefully they can maintain the profit margin, and don't drop the quality of the stuff.
Anyhow - Slab Pizza - worth checking out.
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