Restaurant reviews

Dinner tonight was Cajun Shrimp Stir Fry, David's favorite.  It's basically shrimp, garlic, onions, olive oil, Tony Cachere's Cajun seasoning, and a little beer.  We served it with rice.  It was good, but I wish he'd used something like Corona or Dos Equis instead of the ale he used.  It was a little sweeter than I'm used to.  I still ate every morsel off my plate!

We took a friend out to dinner last night to Guero's, a very popular Mexican restaurant on trendy South Congress (SoC0).  I had the flautas. They were a disappointment. I love the atmosphere at Guero's but I have never been satisfied with their food. Last night's flautas were not deep fried all the way. Some sections were hard and others were soggy. The flautas wer also too thick. Real flautas are made with plain roasted or boiled chicken tightly wrapped in corn tortillas so they look like flutes. Hence, the name. Last night's flautas looked more like clarinets. The drinks were kind of watery, too. I need to order something safer next time like the nachos. Who screws up nachos?  It's not possible.

This morning I went to breakfast with two friends. We go out for breakfast every Friday.  It's nice to see them.  We usually go to Waterloo Ice House and order the migas.  They are SO good!  Today, we decided to try Satellite Cafe.  Satellite Cafe gets an A+ for presentation.  One of my friends ordered some sort of eggs benedict and they look so delicious sitting on their little English muffins.  It came with roasted red potatoes and fruit.  It looked divine.  My other friend ordered some kind of omelette that also looked very good.  They both said the food tasted terrific.  I ordered the basic breakfast - two eggs, potatoes, bacon, and two mini pancakes.  It was good, but I ordered the eggs over-easy and they were overcooked.  The yolk had been allowed to set too much and they were not as runny as I like them.  I didn't want to order them sunny side up because I'm afraid of salmonella, but I might ask for them that way next time.  The bacon was too thick and it tasted like it was microwaved.  To top things off, some of the potatoes were not cooked all the way.  The pancakes were good, but too small, in my opinion.  The price is kind of expensive for breakfast food.   We'll have to go back to Waterlook next time!

I am also trying to cut back on eating out.  I'm doing great not eating out with the family, but I am still spending too much money eating out with the girls.  I need to figure out a Plan B.  

Ok, falling asleep....TTYL.