Chic-Fil-A has decided to make a spicy version to their amazingly addictive chicken sandwich. They were giving out free spicy sandwiches to anyone that went to their website and got a reservation for a free one. The promotion is running for this week since the new sandwich doesn’t get officially released until Monday June 7th. I picked up my reserved sandwich today. My official review is that it’s AWESOME! It’s just as good as their regular chicken sandwich but with a very spicy kick. So starting Monday I would say run out and get you one. You’ll thank me later.
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Spicy Chicken Sandwich Review
June 3rd, 2010Food Review: Jimano’s Pizzeria
March 8th, 2010Friday night I had the glorious pleasure of having a “quiet” night at home with the family. As usual, a “quiet” night didn’t turn out to be so quiet. The wonderfully amazing Future Mrs. decided that we should go to blockbuster and let the Little Man rent out a game or movie. That’s never a problem considering he had another good week at school. Well then that led to the Future Mrs. deciding that he should eat what you wants that night. Well the Little Man has developed an obsession with Subway. It was no surprise to either one of us that his choice was Subway. He makes some of the weirdest sandwich combinations ever. I’m not joking about that either. The Future Mrs. and I are not huge Subway fans, especially not since the Little Man wants to eat there every night. Once again, I’m not joking about that. She suddenly had a craving for pizza. Anyone that knows me should know that wasn’t going to be an issue with me. We were going to get Chicago Street Pizza, but we decided to try out a new place in our area. This is where Jimano’s pizzeria came into play. They have a few crust options, which is always a good thing. You can get thin crust, double dough, deep dish, or stuffed pizza. We decided to go with the double dough, figuring it would be a nice balance between thin crust and deep dish. They currently have coupons for buy a 16″ or 18″ and get an order of breadsticks for free. Hell I was going to order a 16″ anyway, so bring on the free breadsticks! Here’s the bottom line with the pizza, … it’s really really good. The crust is well made and compliments the pizza quite nicely. The sauce is rich, the cheese is thick, and the toppings are fresh. The pizza itself is different then almost anything else you can get around the DFW area. That in itself makes it a must try for anyone. I already want to go back and try every other crust to figure out which crust is the best. On top of that the free breadsticks were good as well. Just like the pizza the breadsticks are unique. They taste a lot like a sugar biscuit you would get at a chinese food place, but instead of sprinkled sugar on top you have sprinkled parmesean. All in all Jimano’s Pizzaria is a top notch pizza place with plenty of choices to choose from. By the way, the toppings are under the cheese in case you’re looking at the picture kind of weird. I give it 4 out of 5 Boomers.
Top 5 Pizza Places – DFW
March 2nd, 2010It was suggested to me that I post the Top 5 Pizza Places in Dallas. This list is specific to restaurants in the DFW area that are not national chain restaurants. By the way, I could use more suggestions for top 5 lists or food places to try.
5. Pizza by Marco – The crust is thin and crispy. The toppings are fresh and piled on. All in all a very solid pizza.
4. Sal’s – The pizza is classic New York style, but it’s the stromboli that bumps this restaurant into the top 5.
3. Andrea’s Pizza – They make a standard New York style pizza, but it wouldn’t make a top 5 lists. However, get the thick crust and somehow the pizza is three times better.
2. Grimaldi’s Pizzeria – If you haven’t tried this then you should take a trip to uptown and try a slice of heaven. Maybe it has to do with the coal brick oven they use.
1. Chicago Street Pizza – The BEST Chicago style pizza in town. If you’re not sure what Chicago style pizza is then let me describe it the best way I can. Thick thick crust topped with layers of cheese and toppings, then covered with pizza sauce. It’s amazing!
Cantina Laredo comes through again
January 24th, 2010Cantina Laredo has expanded their menu since Kyle pointed out them out as #2 on his Top 5 list of mexican restaurants in Dallas.
This is a shout out for their new Avocado and Artichoke Enchiladas: sauteed Arichokes and Avocado slices, wrapped in corn tortillas with tomatillo sauce on a bed of sauteed spinach, served with jicama-mango salad. Easily vaults into #1 on my list for best vegetarian mexican food entrees.
Yourway Burgers Review
January 20th, 2010Wow … Wow … Wow! My exact words after leaving Yourway Burgers. Burgers are kind of a tricky business to be in. If your burgers are really good than you will probably do well, but if your burgers are just average than you’ll sizzle and burn. Did you like the pun? There are a crap load of burger places out there and each one claims to have the best burger around. You really need to step out and do something different to really get my attention. So I present to you Yourway Burgers in Farmers Branch. On the surface they seem like your usual burger place. They offer burgers, chicken tenders, fries, onion rings, milk shakes, and even beer. The thing they do different is that they don’t nickel and dime you on everything. You start off by picking what kind of beef you want. Do you 1/3 pound, 1/2 pound, or maybe you want a turkey burger. Then you choose from about 5 different bun choices. Follow that up with the toppings. All toppings are free, including cheese, except for the premium toppings. The premium toppings consist of avocado, sautéed mushrooms, and etc. The premium toppings cost 50 cents each. Then there’s the infused toppings, which are free of charge. Infused toppings are toppings that are mixed in the meat before they cook it. I tried chopped mushrooms infused in my 1/3 pound burger. That was a decision that I was very happy with. The burgers were cooked medium well and not over done one bit. All in all the burgers were fantastic. The burgers alone would send me back to Yourway, but they also had fantastic curly fries, regular fries, sweet potato fries, and onion rings. The Future Mrs. enjoyed a wonderful strawberry milk shake as part of the meal, which I clearly also recommend. I tried this place out because my friend Josh decided he wanted to try it since it just opened. His decision totally makes up for the fact that he’s an Arizona Cardinal fan. I don’t know what that has to do with Yourway Burgers, but I felt like I should give him a shout out. So to sum up, I give the wonderful Yourway Burgers 4.5 Boomers out of 5.
BTW, I need burger place suggestions. I want to do a top 5 list but there’s a few places I want to eat at first and I don’t want to leave any place out of the mix. So tell me what your favorite burger place is and I’ll make sure I try it before I do my list.
The Taco Bell diet: GENIUS!
January 20th, 2010In case you haven’t seen Taco Bell’s latest ads, you should do so, right now. Click here (or just turn on ESPN).
In short, Taco Bell’s latest ad campaign promotes their food as a way to lose weight! This is so amazing! I’d say even better than ads from Mickey D’s (“What We’re Made of“) or Coca-Cola (“Healthy Living“). Go team!
Or better yet, go to Taco Bueno, which (I think) Kyle says tastes better than Taco Bell anyway. Maybe he can compare the two in a future post [hint hint].
Food Review of Dodie’s Cajun Diner
January 18th, 2010In case you were not aware, the past couple of days is considered the weekend. Typically over the weekend I like to take it easy and enjoy my time away from work. This usually doesn’t happen since I have a fiancée (The Future Mrs. Fantasy Champ) and a future step-son (Little-Man). They tend to keep me very busy, and this weekend was no different. The Little-Man was over at his bio dad’s this weekend so it was just me and the Future Mrs. We decided to spend our weekend enjoying some new food places and catching up on some movies. This was mainly do to the fact that she hurt her calf while working out last week. It hurt for her to walk so we spent a lot of time vegging on the couch. You won’t hear me complain.
Anyway, on Friday night we decided to try Dodie’s Cajun Diner, which is a new Cajun food place in Frisco. I love love love Cajun food. There are very few things better than a meal that includes Crawfish, red beans & rice, and jambalaya. I was very excited to try this new place especially considering the Future Mrs. agreed to try it with me and she hates seafood. We started off with the fried pickles which is the Future Mrs. favorite food. They were extremely good but extremely expensive. Let me just say that everything at Dodie’s was overpriced. The pickles were battered and fried to perfection. This made us very excited about the rest of the meal. The Future Mrs. got the Pasta Monica which is pasta in a Parmesan cream sauce. She loved it and I thought it was pretty good. I ordered the fried plate with the chicken tenders and the crawfish tails. The chicken tenders were dry, flavorless, and kinda skimpy. The crawfish tails were nice, but honestly they weren’t anything special. The fries and hushpuppies that came with the meal were good on a whole, but they didn’t give a whole lot especially for the price. All in all the pasta and fried pickles were really good, the chicken tenders were horrible, and the rest was ok. I want to try the ettoufee next time and maybe my review will change, but for right now I give Dodie’s Cajun Diner 3 out of 5 boomers.
Top 5 Mexican Restaurants
January 15th, 2010This one will probably start some controversy, but what the hell. Mexican food oh Mexican food how I love thee. Your chips, your salsa, and your spicy meals entice me. Would I like tortillas with that? Uh yes I would. Alright, enough rambling lets get to the list. If you don’t agree with the list then leave a comment and maybe I’ll read it. Wow, they came across pretty bitchy. Oh well.
#5: La Hacienda Ranch – Apparently their steaks are good.
#4: Mattitos – Solid food at a solid price. They have a great happy hour.
#3: Tin Star – I realize some people love Chipotle, but Tin Star has tons of more options. Plus, they do a taco of the day.
#2: Cantina Laredo – Get the Fajita Nachos for dinner and then the flaming apple pie for dessert.
#1: Mi Cocina – There’s really no debate in my mind. Get the Fajitas and add mushrooms, you won’t be disappointed.
New Domino’s Pizza Review
January 13th, 2010Well it’s official, … I’m a sucker for good advertising. I hate Domino’s Pizza with a passion! Always have and I thought I always would. Unfortunately, they decided to get a new Company President and to change their pizza. I originally felt like being stubborn and to not try the “new” pizza, but I eventually caved thanks to the brilliant advertising. I ordered the pizza Monday night, ate it Monday night, and then had it leftover for dinner last night. The pizza on a whole is much better than it ever was. The sauce actually has some flavor, the cheese tastes like cheese, and the crust no longer tastes like cardboard. The big improvements are clearly the sauce and the crust. Most pizza places make a mistake by only focusing on the toppings when they should be focusing on the pizza sauce. Domino’s finally got the message and improved their sauce by leaps and bounds. The crust’s biggest improvement is in adding a brush of garlic butter to the end of the crust. It’s kind of like eating a garlic breadstick. To sum up, it’s not the best pizza out there, but compared to the other chain pizza places I would say it’s above average. I give it 3 boomers out of 5.
