We've been in Daingerfield for a couple of days, so we had eaten in almost every restaurant. So we were down to pizza. Milano's pizza is the best pizza in town. The other pizza place has closed. So the competition is not that tough.
So the wifey and me did the vintage dance to Milano's.
After reviewing the menu, we ordered the Milano's special. In reading the menu, this pizza looked a lot like the Deluxe Pizza at Pizza Getti. Trust me it wasn't. The pizza had beef, sausage, pepperoni, Canadian bacon, onion, bell peppers, etc. On the Deluxe, they put as much beef as they put on a hamburger pizza, as much sausage as they put on a sausage pizza, etc. The Deluxe comes out loaded several layers deep with toppings. It makes me hungry just to think about it. At Milano's the Supreme had a couple of pepperoni's, a few sausage, etc. Most of the pizza was cheese. Now the cheese was tasty. But I paid extra to get toppings and I think I am missing most of the toppings here.
So overall, we were disappointed here. The pizza taste pretty good, but it did not come close to our expectation.
So givn' Milano's a 5.5. Still the best pizza in Daingerfield.
Mitcho
©2014
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Vaughan's Catfish - Pittsburg, TX
Now Mitcho has a long history with Vaughan's catfish. Until a few years ago, this was my favorite catfish restaurant. There use to be 3 locations, Tyler, Linden and Pittsburgh. Both the Tyler and Linden locations have closed to various family reasons, not lack of business. The Pittsburgh location is chugging along. The Pittsburgh location is across the road to the entrance to Bob Sandlin State Park. Follow the road through a number of winding turns down to the restaurant. You will think you are wandering back into an old country neighborhood and is going to lead to no good. You are in East Texas! However, if you go long enough you will get to Vaughan's.
Vaughan's is all you can eat for catfish. You can order a specific meal when ordering shrimp, frog legs, etc.
These people are smart. When you walk in, they load the table with green tomato relish, pinto beans, coleslaw, and a basket of hush puppies. If you don't watch yourself, you will eat way too much of this cheap food (as I call it) and not eat much fish. So we have to practice some restraint here. Mitcho doesn't believe in using restraint when it comes to good food. So I am struggling here.
Mitcho is not all that fond of coleslaw, so I pass on it. The pinto beans here are some of the best. I have been known to order a refill of beans instead of fish in the past and I really like the fish. I usually mix the green tomatoes with the pinto beans and slap my mammy, that is some good eats. We have always liked the hushpuppies here and you get a whole basket of them.
The catfish is normal catfish not spicy. The catfish is battered up nicely, is fried perfectly and has a very good taste. This catfish has no oily taste to it at all. This is some good catfish. They also bring French fries, but you didn't come here to eat fries. So I pass on them. They are pretty good fries, but I am paying for catfish. Until I discovered Doe Belly's in Forney a few years ago, this was my number 1 catfish place. Now it is number 2.
Vaughan's is a little expensive. But if you drive 30 miles each way, like I did to eat catfish, a few dollars is not that important.
Mitcho is givn Vaughan's a roaring 7.5.
Mitcho
©2014
Vaughan's is all you can eat for catfish. You can order a specific meal when ordering shrimp, frog legs, etc.
These people are smart. When you walk in, they load the table with green tomato relish, pinto beans, coleslaw, and a basket of hush puppies. If you don't watch yourself, you will eat way too much of this cheap food (as I call it) and not eat much fish. So we have to practice some restraint here. Mitcho doesn't believe in using restraint when it comes to good food. So I am struggling here.
Mitcho is not all that fond of coleslaw, so I pass on it. The pinto beans here are some of the best. I have been known to order a refill of beans instead of fish in the past and I really like the fish. I usually mix the green tomatoes with the pinto beans and slap my mammy, that is some good eats. We have always liked the hushpuppies here and you get a whole basket of them.
The catfish is normal catfish not spicy. The catfish is battered up nicely, is fried perfectly and has a very good taste. This catfish has no oily taste to it at all. This is some good catfish. They also bring French fries, but you didn't come here to eat fries. So I pass on them. They are pretty good fries, but I am paying for catfish. Until I discovered Doe Belly's in Forney a few years ago, this was my number 1 catfish place. Now it is number 2.
Vaughan's is a little expensive. But if you drive 30 miles each way, like I did to eat catfish, a few dollars is not that important.
Mitcho is givn Vaughan's a roaring 7.5.
Mitcho
©2014
Outlaws BBQ - Daingerfield
The day after Christmas, it was time to get out of town and relax for a few days. So the wifey and me wandered east to Daingerfield where we rented a cabin for a couple of nights. We got to Daingerfield at lunch time, so you know, we just had to grab some grub. So we did the clogging dance down to Outlaws BBQ. When we arrived, there weren't many people here and the staff was very friendly. The wifey ordered up a two meat plate (sliced beef and sausage) that we were going to share. The plate came with two sides, so she chose pinto beans and potato salad. The staff told us we could get a third side if we wanted, but we knew two would fill us up. Note: Once Mitcho drove up, the place filled up. We call this the Mitcho Effect.
The sliced beef was pretty lean and very tasty. Now Mitcho is not a big fan of eating fatty meat, so lean is very good. The meat was smoked to a very good taste. This sliced beef is much better than Pecan Lodge!!!!!!!
The sausage is a peppered sausage which has a good amount of black pepper. Now Mitcho likes his sausage to be a little spicy and this was it. Good to go here.
The pinto beans were spiced better than most. I would come back just for the beans.
The potato salad was a little weird. It tasted ok. No real complaints, but not the best.
Overall, we were very pleased with our BBQ meal and will be going back to Outlaws when we are in these parts.
Givn Outlaws a 8.0.
Mitcho
©2014
The sliced beef was pretty lean and very tasty. Now Mitcho is not a big fan of eating fatty meat, so lean is very good. The meat was smoked to a very good taste. This sliced beef is much better than Pecan Lodge!!!!!!!
The sausage is a peppered sausage which has a good amount of black pepper. Now Mitcho likes his sausage to be a little spicy and this was it. Good to go here.
The pinto beans were spiced better than most. I would come back just for the beans.
The potato salad was a little weird. It tasted ok. No real complaints, but not the best.
Overall, we were very pleased with our BBQ meal and will be going back to Outlaws when we are in these parts.
Givn Outlaws a 8.0.
Mitcho
©2014
Sunday, December 21, 2014
In and Out Burger - Firewheel Mall
So the wifey had some potent bidness that had to be tended to at Firewheel Mall which involved a meal of popcorn for her. So I was all alone for dinner. Being at Firewheel Mall, I decided the most interesting blog possibility was N N OUT. So I did the swing by dance to N N Out. First of all it is my understanding that there is an unofficial menu that you have to be on the downlow to know how to order. The menu in the store is pretty basic. Mitcho just doesn't care much for off menu ordering. I am pretty much black and white in this area.
I ordered a cheeseburger, fries and a drink. The cheeseburger is smaller than a Whataburger Junior. Which is not a good thing. You could barely see the meat patty in this burger. I have never seen a patty that thin!! I do like the special sauce on the burger, which is probably a variation of Thousand Island. My burger came with a good size slice of onion, which Mitcho likes his onion. However, the onion is usually smaller than the patty. There were way to many bites on this burger that was bread and onion, with meat missing. The price of this order was about the same as a Whataburger combo, which the burger is twice this size and much better.
The fries are a very thin fry and very crispy. I really liked the fries. However, you don't go to a burger joint because they have good fries. You go there for burgers.
So if you are in the Firewheel area and it is meal time, go about 1/2 mile east down 78 to Whataburger. You will be much happier and better fed.
Givn N N Out Burger a 6.0. Where's the meat.
Mitcho
©2014
I ordered a cheeseburger, fries and a drink. The cheeseburger is smaller than a Whataburger Junior. Which is not a good thing. You could barely see the meat patty in this burger. I have never seen a patty that thin!! I do like the special sauce on the burger, which is probably a variation of Thousand Island. My burger came with a good size slice of onion, which Mitcho likes his onion. However, the onion is usually smaller than the patty. There were way to many bites on this burger that was bread and onion, with meat missing. The price of this order was about the same as a Whataburger combo, which the burger is twice this size and much better.
The fries are a very thin fry and very crispy. I really liked the fries. However, you don't go to a burger joint because they have good fries. You go there for burgers.
So if you are in the Firewheel area and it is meal time, go about 1/2 mile east down 78 to Whataburger. You will be much happier and better fed.
Givn N N Out Burger a 6.0. Where's the meat.
Mitcho
©2014
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Cheesecake Factory - Northpark
Early this week we had decided to go to the Cheesecake Factory but on the way out of the door, Darlin' called and it seems she was responsible for preparing the party supplies for all of the classrooms at CBoss's school. I really thought she was smarter than to volunteer for insane amounts of volunteer work. But, she isn't, so she was sinking and needed help, so there went Cheesecake Factory. So tonight was our makeup night. You know making up for not going Thursday night. So we did the hustle to Northpark. This is not a good decision to do on the weekend before Christmas. The traffic going and coming home was horrible. I was really worried that parking would be even worse and surprisingly we went right to a parking place. Rock on!
The place was crowded all of the way to the door, wall to wall. So I sent skinny wifey to fight the crowd to get on the list. I couldn't believe it, the wait was only 20 minutes. So finally we were seated.
When we go to Cheesecake Factory, we split an entre and get our own cheesecake. So it was decided before we left that wifey would be ordering the entre for us. So she ordered Crusted Chicken Romano. This is a chicken breast that is coated with Romano-Parmesan cheese crust. The pasta is covered in a light tomato sauce. I believe the tomato sauce probably had more cheese than tomatoes. Overall, this is a pretty good meal. The food came on a plate the size of a cafeteria tray. When we split it, both of our plates had a bunch of food on them.
Now we came to the real deal. Wifey ordered the Reese's Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake Cheesecake and I ordered the Dulce De Leche Caramel Cheesecake. The Reese's Cheesecake had layers of chocolate cake, Reese's peanut butter, chocolate, vanilla frosting, with chocolate chips coating the outside, covered in whipped cream. I didn't hear a work from her for about 10 minutes. She plowed through it on a mission. Of course she only ate 2/3's of it. She is taking the remainder home for later, but there was no mention of sharing the leftovers later.
I really like the Dulce De Leche Caramel, it is a caramel cheesecake, covered in whipped cream, on a very tasty vanilla crust. I want the whole cheesecake. Man this was good.
Overall, you can't go wrong with a trip to the Cheesecake factory. It is almost always crowded and very busy, but the food is always to die for. It is a little expensive, you either spend it on you or your kids will waste it when you are gone. So go ahead and splurge.
Givn The C Factory a rousing 8.888
Mitcho
©2014
The place was crowded all of the way to the door, wall to wall. So I sent skinny wifey to fight the crowd to get on the list. I couldn't believe it, the wait was only 20 minutes. So finally we were seated.
When we go to Cheesecake Factory, we split an entre and get our own cheesecake. So it was decided before we left that wifey would be ordering the entre for us. So she ordered Crusted Chicken Romano. This is a chicken breast that is coated with Romano-Parmesan cheese crust. The pasta is covered in a light tomato sauce. I believe the tomato sauce probably had more cheese than tomatoes. Overall, this is a pretty good meal. The food came on a plate the size of a cafeteria tray. When we split it, both of our plates had a bunch of food on them.
Now we came to the real deal. Wifey ordered the Reese's Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake Cheesecake and I ordered the Dulce De Leche Caramel Cheesecake. The Reese's Cheesecake had layers of chocolate cake, Reese's peanut butter, chocolate, vanilla frosting, with chocolate chips coating the outside, covered in whipped cream. I didn't hear a work from her for about 10 minutes. She plowed through it on a mission. Of course she only ate 2/3's of it. She is taking the remainder home for later, but there was no mention of sharing the leftovers later.
I really like the Dulce De Leche Caramel, it is a caramel cheesecake, covered in whipped cream, on a very tasty vanilla crust. I want the whole cheesecake. Man this was good.
Overall, you can't go wrong with a trip to the Cheesecake factory. It is almost always crowded and very busy, but the food is always to die for. It is a little expensive, you either spend it on you or your kids will waste it when you are gone. So go ahead and splurge.
Givn The C Factory a rousing 8.888
Mitcho
©2014
Friday, December 19, 2014
Pecan Lodge - Main St Downtown
Me and the wifey had some bidness to tend to in downtown this evening so we decided we would eat dinner downtown someplace. The wifey decided she wanted to eat some American food, which I thought meant a Luby's, Boston Market, etc. She finally says she wants to try Pecan Lodge again. Now in my books, Pecan Lodge is Texas BBQ, which is not associated with American food. Of course it is totally American, but you get the drift. Pecan Lodge is rated #2 BBQ place in Texas by Texas Monthly. So you would think this is some pretty good Que. If you review my blog you will note that I reviewed this joint once before back in June, but obviously my review then was greatly effected by Texas Monthly's rating. I do have some BBQ credentials hanging over my belt. I have gouged myself to misery at Snow's BBQ in Lexington a perennial top 10 in Texas. I have supped with buds at Louie Muellar's in Taylor, a Top 10. I have slithered into Cooper's in Junction with some running buddies. Now these guys listed before hand got some serious Que.
So the wifey and me order a two meat plate of sliced BBQ and sausage. Mitcho is a big fan of the BBQ sausage. We had the choice of 1 side, so for blog purposes we chose the pinto beans.
The sliced BBQ was very fatty. I mean way tooooo fatty. This just didn't do much for me or the wifey. The sausage was very fatty inside and fell apart when cutting. It just didn't have a consistency that looked any good. I am sure they are proud of their BBQ sauce, it is some variation of vinegar and something to sweeten it a little. It was OK, but pass the Rudy's BBQ sauce please. (I wonder what they would say if the next time I go here, I smuggled a 1/2 gallion bottle of Rudy's finest with me???)
The pinto beans was just your bare bones basic beans. Now beans can make or break a place if they are fixed right. Here, it would break em, there just isn't much point (flavor/taste) in em.
When we was here back in the summer soon after Texas Monthly anointed them god of BBQ, the line for early Saturday lunch was about 1/2 block long. Tonight, we walked right up to the cashier and ordered. There was some people in the place, but not that many. I am thinking Mitcho might not be the only one around these parts that are not impressed.
So in North Texas, Mitcho's best BBQ place is Hutchins in McKinney!!!! Don't miss the peach cobbler here. Also, I would rate Rudy's, Springcreek, Dickey's, and just about any other BBQ place ahead of Pecan Lodge. Just not a fan here.
Givn em a 6.1 (The wifey said not a point over 5, but how can you rate the #2 BBQ place in Texas a 5???, but I sure can giv em a 6.)
Mitcho
©2014
So the wifey and me order a two meat plate of sliced BBQ and sausage. Mitcho is a big fan of the BBQ sausage. We had the choice of 1 side, so for blog purposes we chose the pinto beans.
The sliced BBQ was very fatty. I mean way tooooo fatty. This just didn't do much for me or the wifey. The sausage was very fatty inside and fell apart when cutting. It just didn't have a consistency that looked any good. I am sure they are proud of their BBQ sauce, it is some variation of vinegar and something to sweeten it a little. It was OK, but pass the Rudy's BBQ sauce please. (I wonder what they would say if the next time I go here, I smuggled a 1/2 gallion bottle of Rudy's finest with me???)
The pinto beans was just your bare bones basic beans. Now beans can make or break a place if they are fixed right. Here, it would break em, there just isn't much point (flavor/taste) in em.
When we was here back in the summer soon after Texas Monthly anointed them god of BBQ, the line for early Saturday lunch was about 1/2 block long. Tonight, we walked right up to the cashier and ordered. There was some people in the place, but not that many. I am thinking Mitcho might not be the only one around these parts that are not impressed.
So in North Texas, Mitcho's best BBQ place is Hutchins in McKinney!!!! Don't miss the peach cobbler here. Also, I would rate Rudy's, Springcreek, Dickey's, and just about any other BBQ place ahead of Pecan Lodge. Just not a fan here.
Givn em a 6.1 (The wifey said not a point over 5, but how can you rate the #2 BBQ place in Texas a 5???, but I sure can giv em a 6.)
Mitcho
©2014
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Furr's Cafeteria - Garland Centerville and 635
Tonight Big Guy and Lil Darlin have the flu. Darlin and Sax Man were supposed to go to a Christmas dinner at their church. However, Sax Man had to stay home to be with the sickos. So Wifey stepped in and took Sax Man's place at the dinner. All of this left me by myself for dinner. Now that is dangerous, especially to my waistline. So my first thought is where do I really want to eat that Wifey is not going to be willing to go with me. The top candidates on this list are all-you-can-eat buffets. I have been to Golden Corral and I find it's food almost tasteless. I actually have a Golden Corral within a block of my home, but I would drive 10 miles to not eat there. Luby's is not all-you-can-eat, but it is cafeteria food. Luby's food has been inconsistent over the last year. Sometimes it is pretty decent and other times it is terrible. So this leaves Furrs!!! I have been here many times and it is always pretty good food. So I did the grizzly bear dance to Furrs.
I started my meal off with a salad. They have a pretty good salad bar. The lettuce has a mixture of different items in it and it is pretty fresh. I added celery, broccoli spears, onion, radishes, cheese and Thousand Island dressing. This was a pretty good salad.
Normally, my main dish is a grilled ground beef patty, which are pretty good here. But I always look at all of the choices before I strike. Tonight they had beef enchiladas that look pretty interesting. I also got Spanish rice and pinto beans. The beef enchiladas were pretty tasty, a little different from other restaurants, but pretty good. The enchiladas remind me of the ones I make at home. The rice was rice. The pinto beans always are a pretty good pinto bean. They are about as good as any I have eaten in North Texas. Yeah for the beans.
Finally it is down to reason it is dangerous to be at a buffet. Dessert time. Now Mitcho likes cobbler probably more than onion. So first of all, forget the small dessert plate, I go for a meal size plate. Tonight I loaded my plate with peach cobbler and cherry cobbler. Both cobblers had are very crunchy and tasty crust, very tasty juice and the peaches and cherries were good also. The only problem here is it would look real bad if I kept going back for more. Also, in my inspection of the offerings tonight I had noticed that there was banana pudding. So after the cobblers I just had to try a bowl of pudding. The banana pudding was almost void of taste and was pretty disappointing. This was the only downside of the this meal.
So if you are haungry (that's man size hungry), then you can't go too wrong at Furrs.
Givn Furrs a 7.38
Mitcho
©2014
I started my meal off with a salad. They have a pretty good salad bar. The lettuce has a mixture of different items in it and it is pretty fresh. I added celery, broccoli spears, onion, radishes, cheese and Thousand Island dressing. This was a pretty good salad.
Normally, my main dish is a grilled ground beef patty, which are pretty good here. But I always look at all of the choices before I strike. Tonight they had beef enchiladas that look pretty interesting. I also got Spanish rice and pinto beans. The beef enchiladas were pretty tasty, a little different from other restaurants, but pretty good. The enchiladas remind me of the ones I make at home. The rice was rice. The pinto beans always are a pretty good pinto bean. They are about as good as any I have eaten in North Texas. Yeah for the beans.
Finally it is down to reason it is dangerous to be at a buffet. Dessert time. Now Mitcho likes cobbler probably more than onion. So first of all, forget the small dessert plate, I go for a meal size plate. Tonight I loaded my plate with peach cobbler and cherry cobbler. Both cobblers had are very crunchy and tasty crust, very tasty juice and the peaches and cherries were good also. The only problem here is it would look real bad if I kept going back for more. Also, in my inspection of the offerings tonight I had noticed that there was banana pudding. So after the cobblers I just had to try a bowl of pudding. The banana pudding was almost void of taste and was pretty disappointing. This was the only downside of the this meal.
So if you are haungry (that's man size hungry), then you can't go too wrong at Furrs.
Givn Furrs a 7.38
Mitcho
©2014
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Denny's - Mesquite Hwy 80 & Belt Line
It is Saturday morning and for once we don't have to be anywhere before 11:00. This just doesn't happen. So me and the wifey slept in. We had to be at church from 11:00 to 4:30 to work giving gifts for children of less fortunate families. So we were not going to have a chance to eat lunch. Now you know Mitcho does not miss meals. So we decided to have a late breakfast. We first went to IHOP, but the wait was about 3 days so we did the break dance to Denny's. Their parking lot was full, but we got a table right away. Now Mitcho does not eat eggs, so breakfast choices are pretty limited. Denny's has a $2 menu that I fish around on. So I ordered a stack of pancakes and I also ordered Red Velvet Pancake Puppies.
The pancakes are pretty good for restaurant pancakes. Now Mitcho is an accomplished pancake cook, so I am pretty critical of pancakes. Of course mine are the best!!!!!!!! Denny's and most other restaurants put way too much oil in their batter and you can taste the oily taste. I have a formula that uses no oil and it makes them taste way mucho better. Go campin wit me sometime and you will see. Anyway, Denny's are pretty good considering they are loaded with oil. I actually prefer IHOP because you can get either bananas or strawberries and cream on your pancakes. Denny's didn't have these options.
The Red Velvet Pancake Puppies are small balls of red velvet cake deep fried and you have a cup of icing to dip them into. The outside of these are pretty full of oil and the red velvet cake taste is lost in the fried oily taste. But the icing taste is definitely not lost. The icing saved the day here.
So for Mitcho, a little too much oil in the food, but I did get full and made it to 5:00 without eating. So overall not too bad.
Givin Denny's a roaring 6.25.
Mitcho
©2014
The pancakes are pretty good for restaurant pancakes. Now Mitcho is an accomplished pancake cook, so I am pretty critical of pancakes. Of course mine are the best!!!!!!!! Denny's and most other restaurants put way too much oil in their batter and you can taste the oily taste. I have a formula that uses no oil and it makes them taste way mucho better. Go campin wit me sometime and you will see. Anyway, Denny's are pretty good considering they are loaded with oil. I actually prefer IHOP because you can get either bananas or strawberries and cream on your pancakes. Denny's didn't have these options.
The Red Velvet Pancake Puppies are small balls of red velvet cake deep fried and you have a cup of icing to dip them into. The outside of these are pretty full of oil and the red velvet cake taste is lost in the fried oily taste. But the icing taste is definitely not lost. The icing saved the day here.
So for Mitcho, a little too much oil in the food, but I did get full and made it to 5:00 without eating. So overall not too bad.
Givin Denny's a roaring 6.25.
Mitcho
©2014
Friday, December 12, 2014
Twisted Root - Commerce Downtown
Dinner time once again. It seems to come around about the same time every day. So it's time to get our grub on. So the wifey decides it is hamburger night and threw out some suggestions of the haunts we have been known to frequent. She suggested Snuffers, Joe Willey's, Twisted Root, and "Stop there, go no further" there is no competition. Twisted Root it is. So when did a line dance called Traffic Jam all the way to downtown. When we got down there, for some reason the city had blocked off the parking meters we normally park at, so we had to circle a few times to find a meter available. We finally busted the door open and made our grand entrance. I couldn't believe it, almost no one was there. I have never seen it like this on a Friday night before. There were more employees in the place than customers, so the employees were at the ordering line helping people decide what they should order. I didn't need any help, I was on a mission. Now wifey had suggested that we only order fried pickles with our burger instead of ordering onion strings also. BUT THEY HAVE THE BEST ONION STRINGS IN NORTH TEXAS!!!!! So I overrode her wisdom and ordered onion strings, fried pickles and a Ranch Hand Burger. Of course later she said "I told you so".
The onion strings have the best tasting batter of all of the joints I have eaten onion rings in and they are fried to a nice crispness with a good tasting oñion. Can't beat it.
The fried pickles are pretty good (I like Razzoo's fried pickles the best), not the best, but pretty good.
The Ranch Hand is a 1/2 pound burger with good tasting patty, swiss cheese, a ranch dressing, bacon, bacon, lettuce and oñion. This is probably my favorite burger in North Texas. Grab you one and from now on you will be in front of me in line every time I slither downtown. You won't be disappointed.
Done been Twisted
Note: 1/2 of Twisted Root on Commerce is a watering hole. But the other half is acceptable to us Bible Toting Tea Toting No Tolerance Baptist type foragers.
Givn The Root a hearty 8.897.
Mitcho
©2014
The onion strings have the best tasting batter of all of the joints I have eaten onion rings in and they are fried to a nice crispness with a good tasting oñion. Can't beat it.
The fried pickles are pretty good (I like Razzoo's fried pickles the best), not the best, but pretty good.
The Ranch Hand is a 1/2 pound burger with good tasting patty, swiss cheese, a ranch dressing, bacon, bacon, lettuce and oñion. This is probably my favorite burger in North Texas. Grab you one and from now on you will be in front of me in line every time I slither downtown. You won't be disappointed.
Done been Twisted
Note: 1/2 of Twisted Root on Commerce is a watering hole. But the other half is acceptable to us Bible Toting Tea Toting No Tolerance Baptist type foragers.
Givn The Root a hearty 8.897.
Mitcho
©2014
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Chuy's - Plano
Late afternoon me and Chipper had to go to McKinney for some impotant bidness. In early evening we needed to go to a Christmas performance in which Big Guy and CBoss were performing (Lil' Darling has the flu and couldn't perform) . So we needed to do some dinner somewhere in between McKinney and Richardson. After some discussion it came down to Twisted Root in Richardson or Chuy's in Plano. We like both a lot. The Twisted Root in Richardson just doesn't have the ambiance that the one in Deep Ellum on Commerce. Also, soon we will be going downtown weekly for some bidness and will have many chances to eat at the Root. So Chuy's won out for tonight. This Chuy's is not exactly the same as the original on Barton Creek Rd in Austin, but it has a lot of the same look. They also have Jalapeno Ranch dipping sauce.
So going through Plano, we did a belly dance over to Chuy's. So we bellied on into Chuy's and let the eating begin. Of course we were immediately served chips and salsa. Now Chipper first thing ordered Jalapeno Ranch sauce. If you haven't had JR, then you need to drag your bellie to Chuy's and get some. It's scrumptious. The chips are very thin and real crispy. I like em. Put some JR on a chip and get out of my way. It's chomping time.
I ordered Tex-Mex Enchiladas. This is two cheese enchiladas with red sauce over them, rice and beans. The cheese enchiladas are better than most cheese enchiladas. They have a good tasting cheese and the right amount of oñion. You know Mitcho likes oñion The red sauce has a powerful spicy taste and have onion in it. So overall this is a spicy tasty meal. Get you some.
Givn Chuy's a 8.18.
Mitcho
©2014
So going through Plano, we did a belly dance over to Chuy's. So we bellied on into Chuy's and let the eating begin. Of course we were immediately served chips and salsa. Now Chipper first thing ordered Jalapeno Ranch sauce. If you haven't had JR, then you need to drag your bellie to Chuy's and get some. It's scrumptious. The chips are very thin and real crispy. I like em. Put some JR on a chip and get out of my way. It's chomping time.
I ordered Tex-Mex Enchiladas. This is two cheese enchiladas with red sauce over them, rice and beans. The cheese enchiladas are better than most cheese enchiladas. They have a good tasting cheese and the right amount of oñion. You know Mitcho likes oñion The red sauce has a powerful spicy taste and have onion in it. So overall this is a spicy tasty meal. Get you some.
Givn Chuy's a 8.18.
Mitcho
©2014
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Jimmy Johns - Richardson/Campbell Rd & 75
Today CBoss was one of the lead characters in a Christmas play at his church. So of course me and wifey had to go to Richardson for the Grand performance. Now CBoss has had a serious case of stage fright in the past, so with so many lines, we were very nervous. He came by it honestly, get more than 3 in the room and my knees start to knock like a combustion engine running on bad fuel. Anyway, CBoss ruled the house today and did a great job. So my head grew about 15 inches in less than an hour. We had decided earlier if he made it through, we were celebrating and letting him pick his place to eat. Now if you have followed my blog you will know that I have reviewed Jimmy Johns once before in July because CBoss was so enamored with it. So of course we told him he could go anywhere he wanted and we were right JJ's.
So Darlin', Saxman, CBoss, Big Guy, Lil Darlin', wifey and myself did the Hokey Pokey to Jimmy Johns. CBoss ate his full 8" ham and cheese and a full pickle in a very short period of time. The only thing he plows through any faster is pizza. The kid could eat pizza 3 times a day, everyday.
Anyway, I digress. So I ordered the Italian sub. Of the sub sandwich places, the Italian sub is always my first choice. So I have lots of experience with Italian Subs and about 20 lbs of fat on my waistline to show for it (I call it my resume!!!). This Italian sub has the assorted Italian meats and cheese. It has lettuce, tomatoes and an Italian sauce. I couldn't taste the Italian sauce at all. At everywhere else you can add onions (and you know Mitcho likes onion!!!!!), bell pepper, pickles, olives, jalapenos, etc. So with no Italian sauce taste and no spicy kind of veggies, this is a plain sandwich. Not real excited. However, since CBoss thinks it is the greatest place to eat, I will be back.
Givn' JJ's a 6.1
Try the Italian Sub at Zeke's Kitchen, the special on Wednesday's.
Mitcho
©2014
So Darlin', Saxman, CBoss, Big Guy, Lil Darlin', wifey and myself did the Hokey Pokey to Jimmy Johns. CBoss ate his full 8" ham and cheese and a full pickle in a very short period of time. The only thing he plows through any faster is pizza. The kid could eat pizza 3 times a day, everyday.
Anyway, I digress. So I ordered the Italian sub. Of the sub sandwich places, the Italian sub is always my first choice. So I have lots of experience with Italian Subs and about 20 lbs of fat on my waistline to show for it (I call it my resume!!!). This Italian sub has the assorted Italian meats and cheese. It has lettuce, tomatoes and an Italian sauce. I couldn't taste the Italian sauce at all. At everywhere else you can add onions (and you know Mitcho likes onion!!!!!), bell pepper, pickles, olives, jalapenos, etc. So with no Italian sauce taste and no spicy kind of veggies, this is a plain sandwich. Not real excited. However, since CBoss thinks it is the greatest place to eat, I will be back.
Givn' JJ's a 6.1
Try the Italian Sub at Zeke's Kitchen, the special on Wednesday's.
Mitcho
©2014
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Peppers - Gus Thomasson Mesquite
Peppers is a very small restaurant down the way from Kroger on Gus Thomasson. I have been here a few times before, but I figured I needed a new place to blog about. You know me, I am a blog addict. Anyway, I suggested to the wifey that we go here last night for dinner, but the wifey is having Mexican food for lunch today, so Mexican was out for last night. So after significant negotiations, we ended up at Chipotle, which of course has no connection to Mexican food.
Last night I had done a search on Mesquite restaurants on Urbanspoon.com, Tripadvisor.com and Yelp.com for potential Mesquite restaurants that I had missed. The wifey and me travel quite a bit to new places in the US and I rely heavily on these sites to help me determine where to eat. I find them to be pretty close to right a high percentage of the time. Peppers had an 89% approval rating on all 3 sites, which is a really good rating. So I decided to do lunch at Peppers today. So I did the clog dance to Peppers.
As I said it is pretty small. Today (and most of the other times I have been here) Peppers has been full of Mexicans (Hispanics) eating their lunch. I suspect the food here is more authentic to what they eat at home. I figure it is a very good sign that Mexicans are eating in your Mexican food restaurant. Just look around at Posado's, El Fenix, etc. and you won't find many Mexicans. I understand why they are here. Talking spicy!!!!!
So I slithered in and grabbed me a table. The waitress brought me chips and salsa along with my tea. I ordered the taco plate which comes with a beef taco and two barbacoa soft tacos, with rice and beans.
The chips were a pretty normal Mexican food chip, nothing special, but what you are expecting. The salsa is another story. We are talking spicy and hot. Boy, this is some good salsa right here.
So I dived into the crunchy beef taco. The beef was flavored up nicely with a very good taste. The surprise here is normally you get lettuce and cheese. Here you get lettuce, cheese, onions, cilantro, and no telling what other vegetable items. This was a good taco.
Now it was time to tackle the soft barbacoa tacos. They also had the mix of lettuce, cheese, onions, cilantro, etc on top of them. The barbacoa was spiced nicely and was ground up pretty good. These were some good tacos.
The rice and beans tasted a little better than normal and when I added in the droppings from the tacos, they were really good.
Peppers is less expensive than most Mexican restaurants and wow was it good. Givn em a hearty 8.891.
Mitcho
©2014
Last night I had done a search on Mesquite restaurants on Urbanspoon.com, Tripadvisor.com and Yelp.com for potential Mesquite restaurants that I had missed. The wifey and me travel quite a bit to new places in the US and I rely heavily on these sites to help me determine where to eat. I find them to be pretty close to right a high percentage of the time. Peppers had an 89% approval rating on all 3 sites, which is a really good rating. So I decided to do lunch at Peppers today. So I did the clog dance to Peppers.
As I said it is pretty small. Today (and most of the other times I have been here) Peppers has been full of Mexicans (Hispanics) eating their lunch. I suspect the food here is more authentic to what they eat at home. I figure it is a very good sign that Mexicans are eating in your Mexican food restaurant. Just look around at Posado's, El Fenix, etc. and you won't find many Mexicans. I understand why they are here. Talking spicy!!!!!
So I slithered in and grabbed me a table. The waitress brought me chips and salsa along with my tea. I ordered the taco plate which comes with a beef taco and two barbacoa soft tacos, with rice and beans.
The chips were a pretty normal Mexican food chip, nothing special, but what you are expecting. The salsa is another story. We are talking spicy and hot. Boy, this is some good salsa right here.
So I dived into the crunchy beef taco. The beef was flavored up nicely with a very good taste. The surprise here is normally you get lettuce and cheese. Here you get lettuce, cheese, onions, cilantro, and no telling what other vegetable items. This was a good taco.
Now it was time to tackle the soft barbacoa tacos. They also had the mix of lettuce, cheese, onions, cilantro, etc on top of them. The barbacoa was spiced nicely and was ground up pretty good. These were some good tacos.
The rice and beans tasted a little better than normal and when I added in the droppings from the tacos, they were really good.
Peppers is less expensive than most Mexican restaurants and wow was it good. Givn em a hearty 8.891.
Mitcho
©2014
Monday, December 1, 2014
Dickey's BBQ - Gus Thomasson in Mesquite
Most Monday evenings we go to Darlin's to help CBoss with his math homework. CBoss is in the 3rd grade and they have stepped up the level of math for 3rd graders. Math is pretty tough on all 3rd graders right now. So the Wifey being a retired 3rd grade teacher is a pretty good tutor to help CBoss with his math. Monday night is math homework night. So we are off to the enchanted land of grands. So while wifey works with CBoss, I play with Lil Darlin' and Big Guy (3 year old twins).
Most of the time we grab the gang and go to CiCi's. When we go to CiCi's, all of the kids eat a lot, which is one of the only places you can count on them eating good. However, the wifey does not like going to CiCi's so there is battle almost every Monday night between CBoss (the pizza king) and the Wifey. Tonight the Wifey won and we decided to do the Cossack dance to Dickey's on our way to Darlin's.
We get the family pack, 1 lb of sliced brisket and 1 lb of sausage. We also get jalapeno beans, tricked out mashed taters and macaroni and cheese. Rolls and BBQ sauce also come with the meal. So we made our purchase then went out onto Hwy 30 to play freeway sit and wait. Finally we got to Darlin's and it was time to pig out.
The sliced brisket is a decent tasting brisket, but not spectacular (Checkout Rudy's and Hutchings BBQ in McKinney for really good brisket). The sausage is better than most BBQ joints sausage (but Hutchins has them beat here to, by the way I like Hutchins BBQ in McKinney). The sauce was a very good taste with some after burn. It's a definite plus. The jalapeno beans of course had a good spicey hot taste, which is always a plus for Mitcho. The mashed taters have all kinds of extras thrown in, so they are better than most. Macaroni and cheese is pretty much Macaroni and cheese, but we have two 3-year olds. The rolls are a plus also.
Overall, givn Dickey's a 7.74.
Mitcho
©2014
Most of the time we grab the gang and go to CiCi's. When we go to CiCi's, all of the kids eat a lot, which is one of the only places you can count on them eating good. However, the wifey does not like going to CiCi's so there is battle almost every Monday night between CBoss (the pizza king) and the Wifey. Tonight the Wifey won and we decided to do the Cossack dance to Dickey's on our way to Darlin's.
We get the family pack, 1 lb of sliced brisket and 1 lb of sausage. We also get jalapeno beans, tricked out mashed taters and macaroni and cheese. Rolls and BBQ sauce also come with the meal. So we made our purchase then went out onto Hwy 30 to play freeway sit and wait. Finally we got to Darlin's and it was time to pig out.
The sliced brisket is a decent tasting brisket, but not spectacular (Checkout Rudy's and Hutchings BBQ in McKinney for really good brisket). The sausage is better than most BBQ joints sausage (but Hutchins has them beat here to, by the way I like Hutchins BBQ in McKinney). The sauce was a very good taste with some after burn. It's a definite plus. The jalapeno beans of course had a good spicey hot taste, which is always a plus for Mitcho. The mashed taters have all kinds of extras thrown in, so they are better than most. Macaroni and cheese is pretty much Macaroni and cheese, but we have two 3-year olds. The rolls are a plus also.
Overall, givn Dickey's a 7.74.
Mitcho
©2014
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