Wienerschnitzel - Mesquite

So the wifey and I were kicking around where to eat lunch and she out of the blue suggests Wienerschnitzel on Oates. How can that be, I never realized there was one that close to home. Why haven't my redneck friends redirected by energy in that direction? I was flabbergasted.

So we did the Texas Tommy to Wienerschnitzel. It is just down the shopping center from Burger Thing, and I have eaten in the Burger Thing a number of times. It actually is pretty small inside. Only a small handful of tables.

Since this is my first visit in a number of years, I went for the #1, which is two chili dogs, fries and a drink. The dogs are just the basic size dog. The menu indicates that for $1.00 more you can get beef wieners. I will spend the dollar next time. The wiener was sketchy to say the least. The chili was watery with not much spice or taste. As the wifey said, this doesn't compare to the dog at home. Of course we load it with Wolf Brand chili and get beef Oscar Meyer wieners. Also lot's of mustard, pickle relish, onions, cheese, etc. I didn't see an offer of onions or relish which would have helped.
In my book it is a little pricey here. Two chili dogs, small fry and small drink for $6.29. It is going to be $8.29 to get a wiener that I would want to eat.

I am not giving up on the place, next time I am going for the beef dog and the time after that I am going after the polish sausage. At that point, I will make a lifelong decision about the Schnitzel.

Givem a 6.128

Mitcho
©2016

The House of Gyros - Mesquite

Dinner time happened again here tonight. Imagine that. So the wifey suggested we go to The House of Gyros. She has some buds that have given good reports. So we did the Kleistos to The House of Gyros. You know you just gotta do it once in a while.

If you are going East from Belt Line on Davis (past Mesquite High School) towards Pioneer, this place is in a non descript building on the right hand side. Go slow or you will miss it.

This is a very old building and they have made some attempt at livening it up. It is not very big. The owner and staff were very friendly. You know us rednecks need all the friends we can get, they might just have bail money.

There was a TV showing some Greek channel with people talking in Greek and all the printed words were in Greek. It was all Greek to me.

Our waiter was a little hard to understand. I believe he said they had sweet, unsweet and Peace Tea. We thought he said Peach Tea. This place does not have a fountain for soda drinks nor do they make tea. All of their drinks either come in a bottle or can. Now you know a redneck is going to drink a large amount of libations. So being limited to a can or bottle just won't cut it.

We ordered a Gyro and fries. The Gyro came in a Pita roll, with some veggies and a sauce. This wasn't bad, but not quite as tasty as Athenos. The fries looked doctored up some, but the just tasted like fries.

The owner gave us a free dessert which you know I like free. The dessert seemed like a donut, but a little harder. It had some powder sugar and a syrup. The syrup seemed watered down. This was ok, but nothing great.

Overall, this was a good meal, but not outstanding. Most likely we will go back when the wifey tells me I am going back.

Giv'em a 6.98.

Mitcho
©2016

TaMolly's - Paris Tx.

So it is 4th of July, so you know a good redneck is out in nature popping fireworks (in his hand) and eating way too much food. So my campin buds decided we were going to a cabin in Battiest, Ok. Yes, I know, you have never heard of it. And after this, you won't anymore. Pretty cute cabins on the banks of the Glover River. I won't say the fishing was good, but everyone in the camp that threw a fishing line, caught a fish. Even all of the girls. A good redneck has to like that. Of course one of our gang has a nasty habit of catching large alligator gar's. Yes, there is a pocket knife in the boat just in case. None of our captains are wanting to be in the boat with an alligator gar. Also, Darlin, a 5 year old girl showed off her skills of catching bugs all weekend long.

So the meals for the weekend were fajita's, tacos, burritos, breakfast burritos, and no 4th July would not be complete without chili dogs and hamburgers. So when we are travelling home on Monday and going through Paris, TX at the lunch hour, of course we stopped for Mexican food.

So I have had experiences with TaMolly's before. My mother thinks the one in Greenville is the best Mexican food place around. Of course, she doesn't get around much. As the conversation went at our table, it wasn't bad, but in Dallas/Fort Worth, it wouldn't make it a week. Now if there was a TaMolly's in Oklahoma, Colorado or Montana it would be great compared to the others.

On this journey, I ordered the enchilada plate with one cheese enchilada and one beef enchilada. Both covered with queso. It also came with rice and beans, duh.

The chips were your basic Mexican restaurant chips. The salsa was mostly tomatoes, not much spice or bite.

The cheese enchilada was a basic cheese en. It was OK, but nothing special. The beef enchilada was almost disappointing. The beef just did not have any spice in it at all, It was just plain ground beef. I want some spices in there. Let's get things going, OK. The rice and beans were basic rice and beans.
Overall, this meal is OK, but that is the best I can do.

Of course Double Digits in my party ordered a tamale plate since we were in TaMolly's. He only ate 1/4 of the plate and he can be a big eater sometimes. So the tamales didn't hold up to the restaurant's name.

Givem a 6.5.

Mitcho
©2016