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2013-05-14 Moon Thai

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May 142013

In my quest to find a good Thai restaurant in the OKC area Moon Thai came on my radar from good reviews on Urbanspoon and Foursquare so I decided to try it out despite being burned by people’s reviews in the past.

I brought Tammy there and on our way we passed by another Thai restaurant that looked busy. When we drove up to Moon Thai we saw a completely empty parking lot and empty restaurant and so we were not sure at all about this place. I had to convince my friend to even get out of the car to at least try it. She was still not very sure of the place when we walked in since the smell of cooking food was not wafting in the dining area. I could tell she was not impressed, she wanted to go down the street, but I felt we needed to at least look at the menu.

Inside Moon Thai

We spent several minutes looking over the menu. I found a few things I wanted to try and Tammy went with her usual barometer of beef fried rice. She almost got the kimchee fried rice but decided she better stick with her usual first, maybe next time. I need to buy her a bottle of kimchee to let her try it out to see if she will like it. I ordered an order of veggie spring rolls, cucumber roll, and vegetable curry Thai hot.
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Amy’s Sweet and Sour Asian Noodle

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May 042013

For dinner tonight I decided to try Amy’s Sweet and Sour Asian Noodle dish. It was one of their “light and lean” items.

I cooked the dish to the instructions on the package, stirring after three minutes and there was nothing that got over cooked and the dish was heated throughout. There weren’t any burned edges on the serving dish. The dish had several veggies like broccoli, carrots, and bell peppers with rice noodles and tofu tossed in a slightly sweet, tangy, and soy sauce.

The noodles held their shape and didn’t break apart like I have seen in other rice noodle based dishes I have had in the past. There was enough veggies and tofu that I didn’t run out of then at the end of the dish.

I rarely get the sweet and sour kind of dishes, I normally try to get the more hot dishes made with coconut milk that provides a bit of the sweet that way. This dish didn’t seem overly sweet to me and had a nice balance of the sweetness to the soy sauce flavor. The only thing that was missing was actual chunks of pineapple that are normally found in sweet and sour dishes. I guess the addition of pineapple would have brought up the calorie count of the dish.
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2013-05-04 Mamaveca’s Mexican Restaurant

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May 042013

Today a fellow Waze editor was in town for something related to his job and he wanted to meet me and so we arranged a lunch and I took him to Mamavecas. This is a place I have been to before and knew the quality of the food and the waitstaff were good so he wouldn’t be disappointed in it. Since he is unaware of the blog and I didn’t ask him to participate in the review process and so I will not get into the details into his part of the lunch. I can only put in my impression of my return visit and just say that he thought that his burrito was good and that he thought the food here was delicious.

We were greeted by the owner and were sat in a booth. The busboy and waiter were both friendly and attentive throughout our stay here. The chips, salsa, and queso was brought out immediately and I ordered some of their green chili salsa as well. The appetizers were good as usual, I thought the green chili salsa was a bit milder than what I have usually experienced however.
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2013-04-30 Alberto’s Burritos Paradise

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Apr 302013

Alberto’s Burritos Paradise

The Jeep propped up on the steel pipe attracted our attention to this place when we were hungry and looking for a place to plop our keisters to eat. After finding the parking lot in the back we walked into a funky little burrito place that seemed to promise yummy Mexican food.

We were excited about the menu. There looked to be a lot of good food to offer, and had several items that were veggie. I ordered a veggie burrito with no cheese and a side of guacamole and Tammy ordered a shredded beef burrito and a soft taco carne asada. When we were served our food we were asked if we wanted any sauce, and we chose the green chili sauce. We should have ordered the other sauce I think. The green chili sauce was bland, watered down and oiley.

Veggie burrito at Alberto’s Burritos Paradise

My veggie burrito was filled with a mix of veggies like carrots, mushrooms, broccoli, poblano peppers, and was cooked on the flat top so they had a nice taste to them. There was nothing else in there though. No beans, no rice, no lettuce. I had to get up to ask for the guacamole which still took a few minutes later to arrive, it had cheese garnished on it, and so Tammy asked them to make another. The guacamole was served on lettuce, so I added the guac and lettuce to the burrito. The creaminess of the guacamole and the lettuce saved my burrito and that to me made it really good. It was missing some heat and robustness.
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2013-04-23 Mediterian Grill

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Apr 232013

Lunch today brought us back to the Mediterranean Grill. It was a place we briefly walked into a few months ago just to look at the menu and then I came back a couple of days later to get some hummus to go. It took us this long to go back to actually sit down and eat here. The owner recognized us from the few months ago and welcomed us back. We looked at the menus at the front counter and we placed our order.

Table number 1 at Mediterranean Grill

Tammy decided on a gyro and decided to get it open faced instead of wrapped and also got some saffron and dill rice as her sides.. I ordered a falafel pita with hummus instead of tzatziki sauce and I also ordered a hummus appetizer. Tammy also added on a cup of lentil soup after seeing someone else order it.

The way that they make their hummus is the way I like it. It is nice and creamy and they do not go light on the garlic either. You can taste the garlic and lemon juice in the hummus. I wish I could remember to come here more often and get the hummus to go to take to work if I could afford and remember it.
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2013-04-23 The Earth Cafe and Deli

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Apr 232013

A cold spell at the end of April made me homesick for St Pete, which in turn made me miss the yummy vegan breakfasts that I have had at a now closed place called Healthy Hut. Then I remembered that The Earth sells vegan breakfasts and I woke up extra early (for me) to drive to Norman before their breakfast selling time was over.

Teas at The Earth Cafe & Deli

I walked into The Earth, found a place to park and was greeted by a busy but friendly waitress and a menu. I ordered a cappuccino to warm up with and looked over the menu to decide what to eat while my coffee was being made.

Water at The Earth Cafe & Deli

The cappuccino was almost spilling out of the cup it came in. I was afraid that I was going to spill the first couple of sips, but I didn’t luckily. The coffee drink was nice and creamy and the coffee flavor was present through the vanilla soy milk.

Cappuccino at The Earth Cafe & Deli

I ended up getting a half order of pancakes (which was one pancake for $3) and the Scramble Mountain. (Biscuits and Gravy topped with soysage, tofu scramble, and a side of baby greens). Before I knew it my food was ready and looking at me wanting to be eaten. I immediately dug into the biscuits and gravy, something that I haven’t had in a long time but have been craving. The white sauce was creamy and had the hints of salt and pepper in it. I wish it had chunks of the soysage in the gravy itself so it could have gotten some of that smoky flavor that the real thing gets. The biscuit was a whole wheat biscuit and was dry but not inedible. You could tell it was a whole wheat item from the flavor and the dryness of it. There was enough gravy on top to counter this however. The tofu scramble was bright yellow from the turmeric and tasted good but I think it could have used more yeast flakes. I liked how there was a side of greens with the meal to help wash it all down. Overall the flavor was not bad, it was actually pretty good, the issues I had was nitpicks and nothing really ruined the experience for me.
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2013-04-16,17 Bj’s Restaurant

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Apr 172013

BJ’s is a chain restaurant with two (soon to be three) locations in OKC. We were invited for the dry runs at the new location the week before they are scheduled to open on March 22nd. We were able to make their lunch run on the 16th and the dinner run on the 17th. I have previously eaten at their Norman location and am familiar with their food and their theme. I have always been pleased with their food, service, and beer, there is only one major complaint I have, which I will get to later.

BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse

I figure that the best way to taste how the food is supposed to taste is during the dry runs when they have the trainers in the back making sure everything is cooked right when they train the staff hired for that location. They had limited menus to allow the cooks to practice cooking everything on the menu and not to overwhelm them cooking one dish. Lunch was Tammy, Kim, and I.

Tammy had the blackened salmon, Kim had the cajun pasta. and I had the mediterranean pizza. The size that they gave me was the mini 6 inch. It was way too small for me. To me it was a child’s pizza. I also ordered a brewnette (One of BJ’s beers) and Tammy a BJ’s brewed root beer.
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2013-04-16 Taj Cuisine of India

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Apr 162013

Taj is an Indian restaurant that was under my radar for awhile, when I found out about it I have been wanting to try it for a while and tonight was my night. I did some research about this place and from what I found out they serve food from a different part of India. This food here is more Northern Indian / Pakistani although they do sell some of the more familiar Southern Indian food as well.

Peacocks at Taj

Today I came with two friends. My eating partner Tammy and her sister Kim. Tammy and I have been to several Indian places around the area and she is used to the flavors. I did tell her that the food is different. Kim has never had Indian food before, so it was a new experience for her.

Green tea at Taj

We were greeted and seated quickly and our drink orders were taken. We then started looking at the buffet to see what they had to offer. I was pleased that Tammy’s favorite Brit-Indian dish was there; Chicken Tikka Masala. I also had a few choices as well. I saw some different items on the buffet like fried onion balls, and they also had samosas on their buffet. I filled my plate with several items like the eggplant, spring rolls, and rice.
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2013-04-14 Chow’s Chinese Restaurant‎

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Apr 142013

My friend and I went to see Bill Maher and after the show we were hungry. We ended up going here since all of Oklahoma seems to be closed on Sunday or closes early on Sunday. We arrived here at 9pm and they were open until 11, so we thought it would be perfect.

We walked in to an almost empty house. The staff were sitting down and talking, and there was one table in there who was almost done with their food. We were greeted by the waiter and sat us at a table. The waiter handed us our menus and then took away the plates and chopsticks. Somewhere in between then and after we ordered our food I noticed that we had new plates and our chopsticks were replaced by forks. Just because we do not look Chinese do not assume that we don’t want chopsticks. If we want a fork we will ask for one, or leave the chopsticks and give us a fork as an option. This tiny mistake I can forgive because other than that our experience here service wise was good. When I noticed that I reached over to the table that our chopsticks were placed and grabbed our sets of chopsticks.
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2013-04-10 TRÉS Taqueria y Cantina

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Apr 102013

Dad invited me out to eat tonight and I wanted to try something that we haven’t been to yet, I used Foursquare and saw TRÉS Taqueria y Cantina listed and saw it was a tapas restaurant. It had been years since I have had tapas and decided on this place.

I told dad about this place and he said lets go ahead and try it. On the way here I explained to him what tapas are and that it is a Latin restaurant and not Mexican. We found a parking spot and walked in to be immediately greeted by our server. I looked at the menu and the menu on the the table card and asked about the tapas. The waiter said that they no longer sell tapas and I was disappointed in that. I haven’t had tapas in years and my dad was curious about them, so that will have to be another day.

Chips and queso at TRÉS Taqueria y Cantina

The waiter brought out some chips and queso for us to eat on as we looked at our menu. Dad ordered a beer and I ordered a side of guacamole. The chips were lightly salted and a little on the thin side. I ended up having to use a knife to scoop the thick guacamole onto the chips. They broke anytime I tried to scoop the guacamole on the chip using the chip. Dad thought the queso was ok, but it was really thick. It was cooled down enough to be pasty by the time it hit the table and thickened even more as it cooled in the soup cup.
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