Catfish~!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First of all, I like me some fried catfish!! Until Doe Belly's my all time favorite was Cajin Catfish in Rockwall, but they closed about 10 years ago. I wandered in the desert for about 8 years. I have been to Millers Grove, Fish Camp, Pine Mills, the haunted house in Waxahachie, Feed Sack in Windom, Vaughan's (now in Mt Pleasant, use to also be in Tyler) and Ole Whiskers in Garland. I have lots of fried catfish experience. Most of these places are 75 to 100 miles from East Dallas County. So a short trip to Forney is NOTHING.
Doe Belly's catfish is perfect. It is fried to perfection, has a light spicy crust and great catfish. Warning if you order two pieces you probably are going to get 3. Order 3 and you will sometimes get 4.
I give Doe Belly's catfish a 10. There won't be many 10's on this blog.
Fried Okra very tasty 7.
French Fries have the spicy seasonings like the catfish. They rate a 7 also.
Pinto Beans need to be more spicy, they get a 5.
Hush Puppies are very tasty, give em a 7.
Don't get too caught up on sides, order all of the catfish you can possibly eat and forget the sides.
They also have shrimp and chicken, but I can't get past the catfish.
Watch out for the sweet tea. It is really sweet. I usually do 1/2 sweet and 1/2 unsweet.
These are some really nice folk that are concerned with you enjoying your meal. Speaking of enjoying, you can count of some great blues music to listen to while you eat.
The restaurant is in an old Sonic drive-in building. So the eating area is small, however, even in the middle of the lunch rush, we always seem to find a table. There is always a good crowd here.
Warning, if you tell your friends about this place, they will always be there when you go to eat. So choose your friends wisely.
It's a Mitcho Can't Miss. MCM!
Mitcho
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Jason's Deli - Town East
Across Town East from Town East Mall. So Location gets a 6 or so.
Jason's has a very wide variety of items on the menu. Light stuff for the wifey and sure enough red neck food for me. This restaurant has been remodeled in the last 6 months or so. However, the ambiance is barely normal. So I give it 4 on atmosphere.
The wifey ordered her usual Fire roasted tortilla soup. Okay now, I didn't see any fire???? For that matter I am not sure what it had in the way of tortilla's but we will just take their word on this one. I have never tasted it but it looks pretty good. The wifey gets it virtually every time we go there so it can't be all bad. I give it 6+.
My fav here is the Taco Salad with Texas Chili (it ain't Chili if it ain't from Texas!!!!). Basically this is chili, lettuce, cheese, sour cream , guacamole and dark brown chips. The chips have a somewhat unusual taste that I like quite a bit. I dare you to try to eat it without getting Chili on your shirt. I can't do it. I scoop the chili, lettuce, cheese, etc on the chips and it is very crunchy and tasty. I give it an 7.5328+.
Of course at the end of your meal, you get a free bowl or cone of ice cream. Your choice of vanilla, chocolate or twist. Of course I choose twist and then put plenty of chocolate fudge on top. What a way to end a meal. I give the ice cream a 6.5. (NOTE: If you want a 10 ice cream here is my list Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla, Dairy Queen Blizzards and Banana Split at Braums.)
Price gets a reasonable. With drinks we usually eat for $17 or $18 for two.
Overall, this is a 6 meal.
My backup meal here if I don't want Chili on my shirt is the Meat Ball sandwich. Very tasty.
Mitcho
©2014
Jason's has a very wide variety of items on the menu. Light stuff for the wifey and sure enough red neck food for me. This restaurant has been remodeled in the last 6 months or so. However, the ambiance is barely normal. So I give it 4 on atmosphere.
The wifey ordered her usual Fire roasted tortilla soup. Okay now, I didn't see any fire???? For that matter I am not sure what it had in the way of tortilla's but we will just take their word on this one. I have never tasted it but it looks pretty good. The wifey gets it virtually every time we go there so it can't be all bad. I give it 6+.
My fav here is the Taco Salad with Texas Chili (it ain't Chili if it ain't from Texas!!!!). Basically this is chili, lettuce, cheese, sour cream , guacamole and dark brown chips. The chips have a somewhat unusual taste that I like quite a bit. I dare you to try to eat it without getting Chili on your shirt. I can't do it. I scoop the chili, lettuce, cheese, etc on the chips and it is very crunchy and tasty. I give it an 7.5328+.
Of course at the end of your meal, you get a free bowl or cone of ice cream. Your choice of vanilla, chocolate or twist. Of course I choose twist and then put plenty of chocolate fudge on top. What a way to end a meal. I give the ice cream a 6.5. (NOTE: If you want a 10 ice cream here is my list Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla, Dairy Queen Blizzards and Banana Split at Braums.)
Price gets a reasonable. With drinks we usually eat for $17 or $18 for two.
Overall, this is a 6 meal.
My backup meal here if I don't want Chili on my shirt is the Meat Ball sandwich. Very tasty.
Mitcho
©2014
Monday, April 28, 2014
Chuy's Knox/Henderson
Saturday night, the whole family minus our basketball players went to Chuy's on Knox/Henderson. Been here many times.
First of all, parking is horrible here. We did get a good spot Saturday night, but there are only about 10 good spots, then any place else you park you are risking being towed. So parking is a NEGATIVE 10!!!!!! Car Pool is a must.
Chips and Salsa - The chips are average to most Tex-Mex restaurants, so it gets a 5. The regular salsa is not to my taste, so it gets a 2 and that is generous. (The salsa is basically diced tomatos with not much else.) However, the saving grace here is the Jalapeno Ranch salsa. Muy bueno. This salsa gets an 8.
My lovely bride and myself shared Chicken fajitas. Scrumptous. The tortillas this night were a little too much like flour so it gets a 4 (normally they are a 7 at least). Chicken was well flavored and cooked to the perfect texture. Give it an 8. The condiments, cheese, sour cream, pico del gallo, etc were good also it is a 5, it would have to really be spectacular to score better, come on cheese is cheese!!! This meal came with rice and beans, unfortunately after eating the fajitas there was no room for rice and beans, so they get a pass this time.
The service was outstanding. Normally it is good, but this young lady really did a great job. Give her a 10 for service!!
Price is comparable to most other Tex-Mex restaurants is the East Dallas county area. NOTE: You have to at least once go to the original Chuy's on Barton Springs Rd in Austin. It is a true experience.
The final score is a 7.
Special Note: Our daughter, Darlin', orders Stuffed Sopapilla's. They are not on the menu. You get to specify what is included in the Sopapilla. Beef, chicken, cheese, beans, rice, sour cream, etc. She scores them an 8. You might want to try it.
Mitcho
©2014
First of all, parking is horrible here. We did get a good spot Saturday night, but there are only about 10 good spots, then any place else you park you are risking being towed. So parking is a NEGATIVE 10!!!!!! Car Pool is a must.
Chips and Salsa - The chips are average to most Tex-Mex restaurants, so it gets a 5. The regular salsa is not to my taste, so it gets a 2 and that is generous. (The salsa is basically diced tomatos with not much else.) However, the saving grace here is the Jalapeno Ranch salsa. Muy bueno. This salsa gets an 8.
My lovely bride and myself shared Chicken fajitas. Scrumptous. The tortillas this night were a little too much like flour so it gets a 4 (normally they are a 7 at least). Chicken was well flavored and cooked to the perfect texture. Give it an 8. The condiments, cheese, sour cream, pico del gallo, etc were good also it is a 5, it would have to really be spectacular to score better, come on cheese is cheese!!! This meal came with rice and beans, unfortunately after eating the fajitas there was no room for rice and beans, so they get a pass this time.
The service was outstanding. Normally it is good, but this young lady really did a great job. Give her a 10 for service!!
Price is comparable to most other Tex-Mex restaurants is the East Dallas county area. NOTE: You have to at least once go to the original Chuy's on Barton Springs Rd in Austin. It is a true experience.
The final score is a 7.
Special Note: Our daughter, Darlin', orders Stuffed Sopapilla's. They are not on the menu. You get to specify what is included in the Sopapilla. Beef, chicken, cheese, beans, rice, sour cream, etc. She scores them an 8. You might want to try it.
Mitcho
©2014
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Fat Boys Fine Food
Fat Boys Fine Food
Location - a little east of Dallas County - Interstate 30 and Hwy 7 in Caddo Valley, Arkansas.
Ambiance - You would have to like the Arkansas Razorbacks to like their decorations. I'll give it a 5, it at least was interesting.
Food Type - Says all kinds of food, but it is a Pork Barbeque Joint.
We had the Fried Pork Cutlet. We ordered the full order instead of a half order. Big mistake. There were two fried pork tenderloin cutlets, both larger than the plate, which was an extra large plate. Then the beans and onion rings came on a separate plate. So basically 3 plates full of food, for one person. Quantity of Food, I rate it a 10. How you can argue with that!!!
The Fried Pork Cutlet was decent and huge. I give it a 6. Remember this is a barbeque joint and we didn't order barbeque?????
Pinto beans, limited flavor. Score it a 4.
Onion rings were a little over done, but I enjoyed the breading. Wash it out to 6.
Service was good. Give it a 6.
NOTE: They also have fried pies that we went back the next two nights for and they were an 8. Very tasty.
Mitcho
©2014
Location - a little east of Dallas County - Interstate 30 and Hwy 7 in Caddo Valley, Arkansas.
Ambiance - You would have to like the Arkansas Razorbacks to like their decorations. I'll give it a 5, it at least was interesting.
Food Type - Says all kinds of food, but it is a Pork Barbeque Joint.
We had the Fried Pork Cutlet. We ordered the full order instead of a half order. Big mistake. There were two fried pork tenderloin cutlets, both larger than the plate, which was an extra large plate. Then the beans and onion rings came on a separate plate. So basically 3 plates full of food, for one person. Quantity of Food, I rate it a 10. How you can argue with that!!!
The Fried Pork Cutlet was decent and huge. I give it a 6. Remember this is a barbeque joint and we didn't order barbeque?????
Pinto beans, limited flavor. Score it a 4.
Onion rings were a little over done, but I enjoyed the breading. Wash it out to 6.
Service was good. Give it a 6.
NOTE: They also have fried pies that we went back the next two nights for and they were an 8. Very tasty.
Mitcho
©2014
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Mitcho intends to review all of the restaurants that I eat in as I go through life. I hope to make it very informational and interesting to say the least. Use for entertainment purposes only!!!
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