Saturday, July 27, 2013

Birthday Picnic for my Boo


I love to cook, when I get the chance I take full advantage! So the theme for the picnic was Asian with a New American twist. 


I love looking up recipes, here I made fire cracker shrimp. I made my own twist, but to get the recipe you  can check the link below. 
 

Seared Scallop salad! This had to be my favorite because everything down to the dressing was home made. Yes homemade!!

This pie was to die for, unfortunately I can't have it any more because the awesome woman that makes these moves in a week!!! I will put my orders in for a few pies.  

A bottle of Riesling and a couple fresh fruit and we have a marriage of flavors!!!!  

Recipes can be found at

http://picturetherecipe.com/index.php/recipes/spicy-firecracker-shrimp/
http://www.tasty-trials.com/2011/10/food-memories.html


I hope you guys enjoy the recipes like I did! 

Monday, July 22, 2013

I know you guys know I love me some Thai food. However, I enjoy eating Thai with this birthday girl! For lunch maybe 2 times a week minimum, and we indulge our selves with anything Thai related, with a few Thai Ice teas to accompany our meals all the time. 

For her BDAY we went to Reserve on 3rd ave. My BF and I were there first and was already happy with the Wine happy hour they had till 8. The menu options were a bit different from normal Thai restaurants and we wanted to try them out!

Here we have Curry Puffs.... if you indulge in Thai food you would know that these are pillows of heaven. The cucumber sauce that accompanied it was light and decadent I wanted another order... 


The calamari was just how I like them. Lightly breaded and the two sauces on the side were the Bombbay (my bf's fave word) One was a spicy aoli and the other was the traditional sweet and spicy sauce. Both sauces were excellent!


Chive pancakes are made differently at all Thai places. Sometimes they are flat, square, thicker thinner... today we had the bun shaped ones and they were really good. A bit doughy for some, but perfect for me!!!


Something you don't see everyday is french fries and Thai in the same sentence. They accompanied these thick cute spuds with the same sauces as the calamari... and to think... I should have thought of that!!!! It was really really good!



Finally for the entree.... My BF never had chicken Panang so we both ordered the same dish. He really enjoyed it and so did I. I love the spicy creamy sauce and the tender chicken accompanied by the various vegetables in the plate. A honestly big win for me!


Along side with our happy hour wine.. we shared a bottle of this really sweet German wine. Highly favored among the table as well as the birthday girl. It was truly a really good night. 



With all that food plus 8 other dishes, we only spent under $30 each plus tax and tip. Now tell me that wasn't a great meal plus a cheap one at that!


I am already looking for a date in my calender where i can have this experience again!

Happy birthday to my friend again!




Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Pecan Pie!! 
The holy grail of deserts is right here!!!  Thank God my friend shared her desert with me!!!  I would definitely recommend this one here!! 

The appetizer platter!!!  Here are the to die for chicken fingers encrusted with corn flakes and other goodness. The fries have melted cheese, they come with bacon but I omitted them. The Calamari was super delicious without the sauce!!!  I will definitely get this whole thing for myself again!!! 




Wednesday happy hour special are always changing. Unfortunately thy make dishes that you want again and again!!! For $5 I got this homemade gnocchi with shrimp in a Cajun sauce. Omg it was good!!!  If I didn't have the appetizer sampler I would have ordered a few more!!! 



This drink right here is amazing! The hurricane is the main reason to visit Bourbon street!! At $5 a pop all day till 8 you have got to get your hands on one of these bad boys. 

I see myself frequenting this place often. But don't just take my word for it! You must go there and try it out yourself!

Happy eating!!! 



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Friday, July 12, 2013

Home of the famous cheap wings!

I wanted to try something new on their menu. Being that it is summer time..nothing wrong with some lobster and sweet potato fries. And look they give you two rolls full of stuff in it!!! And guess what!! it was under $15

I'd Def get this again! 


Now for the judgement on the wings. I love that they were full size wings. Not the baby just hatch chicken wings your used to with deals like this. The sauce to meat ratio was the bomb and being that I rarely dine out alone we ordered another round just for kicks.



Now this picture is both good and bad. You can see the light and darkness of my beer cocktail. You can also see my sister photo bombing my shot LOL. 

This beer cocktail was really good. I believe I had the black cherry with chocolate stout. It was amazing! so much so i savored every last bit... in the mean time I kept asking for samples of beers I never even heard of.  



I would def come back for some wings and other fun treats. I really liked the idea of a beer cocktail and being able to sample new beers!!!

Might come a few weekends for football season!


Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Now IF you know me by now, you know that I love to find new drinks and anything that follows drinks would be my # love which is food. 

Here we have the famous Hurricane! Dark rum, light rum, orange and pineapple juice with a splash of grenadine. Yes I made this at home after (don't judge me ha-ha) This is a great drink by all means, anyone who has different drink choices all love this mean bad ass drink here!

 

Mint Julep I suppose, could be considered the sister drink to a Manhattan ( my #1 favorite drink) but here, they make it just as strong as a Manhattan. I swear mixing drinks is my guilty pleasure but under and hour and those knocked down called for some food!

Now I was super happy we decided to go on a Wednesday. Why, because chef specials rock and anyone who thinks other wise is out of their mind. 
Here we have fish kabobs that were really tasty and different. split this dish amongst two people and hell yea we wanted something else to eat.   
The king of all king crab bruschetta has arrived, and boy was this a moneymaker. After this plate, I think my and my BF ordered another 4 or 5 orders just because it was extremely addictive and they were only $5. Yes you read right... and the lump of crab was not skimpy on each order.






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