Popeyes

I ordered the 3 chicken strips combo, spicy with fries. The chicken at Popeyes is great. Especially the with spicy batter. The french fries, altough shoestring in cut, are augmented with a spicy batter as well. The one biscuit that comes as part of the combo is insufficient for the meal. I ordered another half dozen of the biscuits. (It doesn’t make financial sense to order 4 more biscuits when a half dozen is a better price than 4.)

I washed the meal down with a Dr. Pepper. Popeyes is one of the few places with Dr. Pepper on fountain.

I didn’t eat all the biscuits as a total of seven is too many. But they keep well enough in the refridgerator for another day or two. Microwave one biscuit for 25 to 35 seconds (depending on your microwave) and they’re good to go.

Popeyes never disappoints. As long as I’m willing to forsake my diet and eat what I want when I want, I will keep going back.

Sunset Grill

Upon a first visit to any all-day breakfast establishment, I must try either the french toast or pancakes. I ordered the pancakes and one of my dining partners had the french toast. I quickly traded one of my five pancakes for a slice of the french toast.

The french toast was very soft and eggy. Not much if any cinnamon or nutmeg.

The pancakes were fluffy on the inside but a bit too crunchy on the outside. They also had a flavour of something which I could not quite figure out. They tasted fine, but maybe a little too Bisquick/Aunt Jemima-esque.

My other dining partner had the greek omelette and homefries. It must have been a decent meal because the plate was nearly licked clean by the end of the meal. I did manage to try some of the homefries. They weren’t seasoned but were cooked just right. Brown on the outside and not cold on the inside.

The service was not very good. We had to ask twice for the whole wheat toast and they were out of decaf coffee. The waitress also had this look on her face. She did not want to be there that day and it showed in her effort, or lack there of.

Casey’s Bar & Grill

The lighting in the room was rather dim, especially for the lunch hour.

The restaurant was not busy, but service was slowed by an unusually large take-out order.

When the food did arrive, it was very good. I had the bacon cheeseburger with fries. The cheese on the burger was just the right amount. No excess cheese drippage off the side of the patty. I hate that. The meat was thick and cooked just right. Black on the outside, brown on the inside.

The french fries were of a medium cut, pre-seasoned with salt but were helped out by my sprinkling of pepper atop.

My dining partner had the moroccan chicken with rice. As told to me by my partner, it was very good.

Montana’s Cookhouse

We were seated at a high table in the bar section.

I ordered the chicken tenders with fries. My dining partner ordered the quesadilla appetizer. Both of our meals seemed to be of similar size. I guess the starter menu items are meals by themselves.

The chicken tenders were pretty thin and not made of the highest quality chicken. There was much meat filler in the chicken. The tenders were served atop a large leaf of what I can only assume was lettuce. The fries were of a decent portion. Pre-seasoned with salt, the fries were cut, with some skin remaining, to a medium size and fried to a proper crispy state.

To drink, I had a pint of Rickard’s Red, a beer that goes quite well with fried chicken and fries.

A new blog!

WIGSF, Columbia and I discussed an idea like this on the weekend.   It seems WIGSF and I keep going to restaurants and rating them.   So I thought we should start a blog all about our experiences at these places.    I am hoping to get the WonderTwins to contribute to this thing to, so stay tuned!