La Calle Doce Lakewood

Happy Valentines Day to ya.

First of all, I am just too good and romantic to Chipper (aka Wifey). About 6 days ago, she came into the office and informed me what I was getting her for Valentines, including brand names, details, etc. Three days before Valentines I trot out to the store and get those exact items. I am not a dummy. If you will note I also didn't wait till the last minute. I am not going to be one of those guys in line at the grocery store at 8:00 PM on Valentines night holding a can of Pork & Beans in the checkout line because all of the flowers and candy were gone at noon and the chili and hot links were gone by 5:00. 

On Valentines morning Chipper gave me a very cute Valentines card and a gift card to HER favorite restaurant. She just luves me more than I deserve.

As you know, Chipper and me go to the First Fried Chicken Eatin Mostly Non-Denominational and Somewhat Baptist Church. Our Community Group (aka Sunday School Class, we just have had enough class, it's time to communitize) decided we were going to a Valentines dinner together. This is a communist plot by all the wives in the group to get their hubbies to take them to dinner on Valentines. So the women folk all plotted together and selected La Calle Doce for our romantic meal. Apparently La Calle Doce stands for Mexican dinners made with seafood items you never heard of. Of course for me, when you get past mud cat, creek crawdads and crappie, I don't have much experience with the finer seafood selections. So you know I was excited to go there. Here is how unusual this place is, the waitress brought out an entree and was going to hand it to the highly respectable gentleman next to Chipper (not me, I was on the other side) and told him it was _________ (don't remember what she said) and he said it wasn't his that his was something that started with a "P". Yea, he couldn't say what it was, he just knew it started with a "P". I was impressed. 

So finally after doing serious detective work Chipper found fajitas that were the old staples, Yardbird and Beef. All of our grandparents raised Yardbirds and cows, so we prefer those servings. So Chipper ordered the fajitas for us to eat. I did get to select to get flour tortillas. I am telling you, she is just too good to me. 

The chicken and beef were both very good. Great taste. Plenty of onion and bell peppers. The pinto beans and rice were just ordinary. As I have noted I was sitting next to Chipper, so I only got a few chips but they were average and the salsa was decent. The waitress did a great job considering she had 20 old adults to take care of. Over the evening we had some great company, told some great stories (some of them were true) and listened occasionally. 

All of the unusual seafood eaters in our group raved about their meals, so this must be a good place. As for Mitcho enchiladas, fajitas, burritos, tacos, and plenty of bowls of chips.

Givem a 8.421897

Mitcho

©2018

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Please attend church with me next Sunday. Where ever you are, go to the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwas2xFpEStMd06-59ggY7g

 

Corner Bakery Irving

The wifey and I had some very important bidness to tend to in Las Colinas last night. We went to an old person's convention (aka rock concert by a 60's early 70's band). Since once again we had to cross Dallas in rush hour traffic, we decided to do some more Turtle Crawl early and eat dinner near the venue. Our bidness was at the new Toyota Music Pavillion at the Irving Music Factory. They show that there are 25 restaurants in the the Music Factory, but only 4 are open now. The four are priced way above redneck wages or they serve sissy food. Either way I had to find a dinner option in the area. After careful review we locked on to The Corner Bakery. I have clients that eat at one of these regular so I was compelled to check it out.

The Corner Bakery is an upscale Panera Bread but with man food. If you are eating in a Panera you are eating sissy food. I am just saying. The Corner Bakery has the sissy food, but it also has some options that could qualify as man food. The place is finished out like a high class joint. Not your usual redneck hangout. However, I didn't come here to look at the walls or the furniture. Give me some grub.

After careful review of the menu, I locked onto the Linguine and Meatballs, also served with Garlic bread. You have to select either cafe or entree size. Why can't they just say small and really small? I asked the order taker the difference in size. He showed me a bowl about a foot in diameter and 3 inches deep as the cafe size, and a bowl about 6 inches deep as the entree size. So I am picturing one foot diameter 3 inches deep of linguine and meatball, my diet was saying you better not go for entree size. Of course I ordered Texas tea. We don't drink water in Texas, we drink iced tea. When they delivered the food of my choosing, I was greatly disappointed. Yes the bowl was the size I was shown, but it was filled to less than half the bowl. I have coffee cups that would hold more food. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. So next time I will ask for a bucket of linguine. The food was ok, but no real good tastes jumping out at me. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't great. The garlic toast had very little zing. I suspect some sissy's have infiltrated this joint and taken all of the zinging tastes out of their food.

Overall this was ok, but for a person that likes some zing, not so much. Givem a 7.0778975465

The Toyota Music Pavillion was really nice. I have been to the Verizon in Grand Prairie many times and it can't compare. However, why do they not put enough restrooms in these places? I am looking forward to going back to The Pavillion.

Mitcho
©2018

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Please attend church with me next Sunday. Where ever you are, go to the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwas2xFpEStMd06-59ggY7g

Hoffbrau Steaks - Haltom City & Tolbert's - Grapevine

It's Friday night and it is time to take the wifey out on the town. Especially when I am about to go into hiding for 3 months. You know the Revenuers come this time of year every year.

A while back a friend of mine in the Garland area gave me a gift card to Hoffbrau Steaks knowing that I live in Skeeterville. The nearest Hoffbrau to Skeeterville is in Haltom City which is across the world from here.In our infinite wisdom we decided to do the Turtle Crawl across Dallas, Arlington, Irving, to North Fort Worth, we even got there on the same night. Next time I am going to take a short cut and go East on Garland Road to Hwy 78. Hwy 78 North to Farmersville and catch Hwy 380 West. Boogie on 380 to Hwy 121 in Lewisville then into North Fort Worth. Certainly a less stressful drive. Warning whatever lane you are in on a Fort Worth freeway, it is about to be Exit Only.

Outside of Joe T Garcia's I don't know much about the culinary options in Fort Worth. However, it seemed like all of Fort Worth was holed up here in Haltom City. We were told the wait was only 25 minutes. That must be the max a customer will take without leaving. Trust me, we waited a lot longer than 25 minutes. Finally we get seated.

After a careful review of the menu, this isn't a redneck friendly joint. No fried bologna, grilled cheese, peanut butter and jelly (or banana's). Looks like I am in trouble here. The last few meals I have eaten with CBoss  which means Pizza and only Pizza. So my calarie count was off the charts the last couple of days. In my desire to protect my muscle hardened body, I went for the Texican Salad. I have to like the name because I commonly refer to myself as a Texican. With all the mexican food I eat by now I have to be part Mexican. This was a good salad it had all the usual suspects including guacamole. The salad was served with Spicy Ranch dressing and this was almost as tasty as Jalapeno Ranch at Chuy's (and that's good). Throw in a couple of rolls and this was a pretty decent meal. The wifey had a Steak, bake potato and salad. Here review says the salad was a little better than Outback's because of the Spicy Ranch, but the steak and baked potato was about the same.

This was a fairly good meal, givem a 823546878.

After dinner we had decided to do the Skip Jive to Tolberts in Grapevine.  Tolberts is on Main St in Grapevine. I had not been in this part of our great state in a good while. This area is pretty nice with a number of grub joints. Tolberts is a restaurant and watering hole with a live band every night. Tonight the 8 Track Band was playing. You know that with a name like 8 Track Band they play oldies. They really did a bang up job playing oldies. Lot of fun here. Our waitress came to take out order and I ordered Two Diet Cokes, a Chocolate Mouse Cake for the wifey and me a Peach Cobbler. You should have seen the stinky face the waitress gave me when she realized I wasn't going to be continually ordering pricey drinks all night. What she didn't know, I am big tipper in these kind of situations. The Chocolate Mouse Cake couldn't have been too bad. Within a minute or two of the waitress bringing it, it was GONE. A good redneck likes peach cobbler. This was a goodun. The ice cream was not Blue Bell, but it was pretty good, and the peach cobbler was yummy. We will be going back here, just not via Haltom City.

Givem an 8.9924846

Mitcho
©2018

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Please attend church with me next Sunday. Where ever you are, go to the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwas2xFpEStMd06-59ggY7g

Cheesecake Factory-Northwest to Babbs BBQ

Yep, I might be crazy. Just saying. Beat ya to it. I may also be larger around the middle than I should be. But life can be fun. So it's Saturday night and it was time to tear the town up. The wifey and her best friend (who is a Joy to be around) advised me that I was taking them out on the town. Being the smart man I am, "Yes Ma'am" is my answer.

They decided for me that I wanted to go to The Cheesecake Factory for dinner and Cheesecake!!! So I had to put on my middle class almost decent costume. The Cheesecake Factory is a yuppie, millennials, think I am rich kind of hangout/restaurant. I am sure they would not be excited about a hick from the suburbs dragging in and giving it a bad reputation. So thus the costume.

We had to wait about 45 minutes for a table. I spent the 45 minutes next to the cheesecake display drooling over which one I would choose tonight.

Finally we get seated and it is time to order. My ladies indicated that they would be splitting an entree and I was on my own to get what I wanted.  This just doesn't happen everyday. Most of the time, the wifey checks out the menu and informs me what I am splitting with her. So we are off to a good start.

I went for the Factory Nachos. I sure hope those nachos was made in the kitchen and not some factory in Weatherford. These are some pretty yummy nachos. The chips have a different crunchiness and they have a different taste. Both a good. The nachos as stacked with guacamole, sour cream, chicken, cheese, sauce, and other unidentified ingredients. These are some goood nachos. But nachos is not why I am here.

It came dessert time. I had stared at the 30th anniversary cheesecake for 45 minutes. So I had no choice but to give it a whirl. Talking about rich. This thang is chocolate stacked on top of chocolate with a chocolate topping. I may share an entree, but I am NOT sharing Cheesecake. I ate the whole thing. Talking about the sweats. About 3/4's of the way through I was beginning the sweet sweats. It was so great that I was miserable.

This was a very good meal. Givem a 8.9246546.

Now the next step is what makes Mitcho Legendary. We left the Cheesecake Factory and went to Babb's Brothers BBQ. Can you imagine eating a full meal at the Cheesecake Factory and then going straight to a BBQ joint.  This is almost as good as going from an all you can eat catfish joint to Dairy Queen for a large Blizzard. Actually we didn't eat BBQ tonight, just faking you out. But we did get a Coke A Cola drink and listen to the Blues for a couple of hours. This is my kind of place. If you work it right, you can up grab a mike and take the show over. Last time was an Asian dude who did La Bamba with the band just by going up and grabbing the mike. And he was amazingly good. Tonight a lady decided she needed to sing Happy Birthday to a member of her party. So she goes up grabs the mike and sings Happy Birthday. I am going to have to start practicing. I need to take over the show sometime in the near future. By the way, their BBQ is good.

Next time.

MItcho
©2018

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Please attend church with me next Sunday. Where ever you are, go to the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwas2xFpEStMd06-59ggY7g

Reggae Wings & Tings a Jamaican Restaurant - Mesquite on Town East just south of Motly

The wifey and me are always willing to sacrifice our bodies for your entertainment. We are always looking for the new place to eat at in the area. Recently a new restaurant opened in the old Pizza Inn building on Town East. The wifey today said it was time to take our chances and do the Wings & Tings. So there was nothing I could do but do the Beguine on over to Reggae Wings & Tings.

The place is painted by the official colors of Jamaica and it is decorated Jamaican. There is a big American Flag on the back wall. So we are good. The music is loud and is Jamaican. Bring it on, I like heavy Carribbean music.

So we looked the menu over and there is nothing on this thing that grandma ever cooked. Some of the items, I just don't understand what they are. The place offers a lot of Jerk and Curry. Mitcho likes spicy so I may have found a good spot for me.

We could understand what Jerk Chicken probably was so we went for it. We also ordered okra and french fries. It is pretty hard to go wrong with Yardbird (Chicken for you city slickers). Wow this chicken was Gooooooood! It was a little spicy, hold on a minute while I get some more antacid..........................................., I am back, it's better now. This really had a good spicy flavor. (Note: There was bones mixed in. Other than wings, I don't remember the last time I was served bones. But they were spicy too.)

The breading on the Okra was thicker and a little spicy. Some pretty good okra rat here.

The fries were very thin and crispy. I like that.

Their drinks appear to be cans of Arizona Tea and I am not sure what else.

Overall, this was some good fixin's.   I will be going back soon. They are in a bad location, so if you guys don't get up off your couch and away from your refrigerator and head out to Town East Blvd, then they are not going to make it very long.

Givem an 8.45497879131327

Mitcho
©2017

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Please attend church with me next Sunday. Where ever you are, go to the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwas2xFpEStMd06-59ggY7g

Snuffers Rockwall - Bologna Burger

Tonight after doing some of the Lords work at the First Fried Chicken Eaten Mostly Non-Denominational somewhat Baptist Church, us and some church buds holed up at Snuffers in Rockwall. The wifey and me had done the Maypole dance and were there about 10 minutes before the slowpokes. While we were sipping on our Diet Coke (you know I have to protect my School Boy figure), I read an advertisement for the special burger of the month, The Bologna burger. You guessed it, I didn't even look at the menu. A redneck is not going to pass up a chance at fried bologna. Even the wifey knew she had a bologna burger in her near future without asking.

When it came time to order, I proudly ordered up the Bologna burger. All of us know that bologna has to be fried to be really good. Well this bologna was lightly fried. Mitcho wants it burnt. Lightly fried just doesn't cut it. The bologna's taste wasn't as sweet as burnt, but it still over powered the hamburger patty. Just couldn't taste the beef at all. The Jalapeno relish was more like sweet relish. I am still looking for the heat (I didn't even have to take some antacids when I got home). This burger comes with mayo, but you Mitcho is a man's man, which means a side order of mustard to float it in yellow. Of course the meal was accompanied by cheese fries. You just don't go to Snuffers without getting cheese fries. I don't care what kind of diet you are on.The cheese fries were floating in cheddar cheese and add some bacon bits and chives and you got some good lovin right there.

Next time I will go back to one of the old reliable's on the menu.

Throw in some good times with some good friends and you got yourself an evening better than hanging around the still swapping untruthful stories.

Givem a 7.92464546 (it's all about the cheese fries)

MItcho
©2017

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Please attend church with me next Sunday. Where ever you are, go to the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwas2xFpEStMd06-59ggY7g

Lakewood Cafe-Hwy 66 & Dalrock Rowlett

The wifey and me were holed up at the First Fried Chicken Eaten Mostly Non-Denominational Somewhat Baptist Church. As any good churchified person, as soon as Sunday go to meeting is over, it is time to rush to the restaurant and eat like there is no tomorrow. The wifey informed me that we were doing the gallop over to Lakewood Cafe. My East Dallas homey's would expect this cafe to be in the one and only Lakewood. If it really is at Hwy 66 and Dalrock, then the name should be Lakeview or Lakeside. Lakewood? Really?

We slid in and was seated immediately. After skating over the menu, I came to the conclusion that this is a breakfast, brunch and somewhat lunch joint. The pancake choices caught my attention immediately. They have blueberry, strawberry, banana, and a number of others. So when out waitress sauntered by, I ordered banana pancakes and bacon. I asked for my bacon to be burnt. A good redneck cooks his bacon with a blow torch, which the final result is always burnt. The waitress was the most accommodating regarding the burnt bacon. I think she really got it, but most don't.

The pancakes came with whipped cream on top with a number of banana slices. The pancakes themselves had banana slices throughout. The bacon, BURNT, just like I like it. This earned the waitress and extra dollar tip and an Atta Boy (I hope that didn't bother her, since she was not a boy!!!) 

Overall, they done breakfast up good here. The wifey had a BLT (without the T) and thought it was very good also.

This looks like it may wind up in the lunch after Sunday go to meeting rotation.

Givem an 8.312589*6453

MItcho
©2017

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Please attend church with me next Sunday. Where ever you are, go to the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwas2xFpEStMd06-59ggY7g