I had a couple of flights to make it back to Texas and when I got here I was really ready for some good Texas style BBQ. Cousins BBQ was voted into the top 50 by Texas Monthly and yes it's at the DFW airport but don't let that fool you! They have other locations too! The meat STANDS on it's own. No BBQ sauce needed. Brisket and sausage plate with beans, potato salad and a TEXAS sweet tea. It doesn't get any better than this. Check it out: www.cousinsbbq.com Read their story. Very interesting. It sure hit the spot! Go there. Eat there. Thoroughly enjoy your BBQ there. I promise you will. Good food and prices. Atmosphere is what you would expect to find in a BBQ joint even at the terminal B location I ate in.
This was my last meal on the road for a while. See you soon!
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Friday Bakersfield California
I had breakfast at Farmer Boy's again on Friday. WOW it was good. See their menu here: http://farmerboys.com/pdf_docs/papermenu_rev020408a.pdf
For lunch on Friday a couple of friends from the office took me to Tony's Pizza. 6 bucks for a huge slice of tasty pizza, a salad, and a drink. Not bad at all!
Friday night topped off a great week in California and it was the last taste of Bakersfield I had before I left. http://www.mamatoscas.com/ WOW Mama Tosca's was great. We started out with an appetizer sampler consisting of calamari, Italian sausage, deep fried shrimp with an Alfredo sauce and some Bruschetta alla Romana. Then it was on to a Caesar Salad. Everything wonderful so far and then my meal came out. BELLISIMA!!! Beautiful. I ordered Veal Parmigiana along with fresh seasonal veggies (brocolli, peppers, carrots, zucchini and some others). It also came with some fresh pasta tossed with some herbs and olive oil. After that I had my favorite dessert Creme Broulee. This dessert had a lovely raspberry topping. Totally tasty and a great ending to my meal that night.
Lots of great experiences in California and this one topped everything. Great food. Thanks to my work family for a great time.
For lunch on Friday a couple of friends from the office took me to Tony's Pizza. 6 bucks for a huge slice of tasty pizza, a salad, and a drink. Not bad at all!
Friday night topped off a great week in California and it was the last taste of Bakersfield I had before I left. http://www.mamatoscas.com/ WOW Mama Tosca's was great. We started out with an appetizer sampler consisting of calamari, Italian sausage, deep fried shrimp with an Alfredo sauce and some Bruschetta alla Romana. Then it was on to a Caesar Salad. Everything wonderful so far and then my meal came out. BELLISIMA!!! Beautiful. I ordered Veal Parmigiana along with fresh seasonal veggies (brocolli, peppers, carrots, zucchini and some others). It also came with some fresh pasta tossed with some herbs and olive oil. After that I had my favorite dessert Creme Broulee. This dessert had a lovely raspberry topping. Totally tasty and a great ending to my meal that night.
Lots of great experiences in California and this one topped everything. Great food. Thanks to my work family for a great time.
Lunch And Dinner in Bakersfield, California
Time flew by and on Thursday I had lunch at Mexicali restaurant close to the office. I ordered the number 2 meal. It was enchilada, tamal, and taco with rice and beans. See here: mexicalifood Everything was very tasty. This was the closest to what Mexican food that I'm familiar with tastes and looks like. I do have extensive experience with eating....just look at me! LOL. The Tamal was larger than what I'm used to and had shredded meat in it and was covered in an enchilada type sauce. The enchilada was standard fare and had onions in it just like I like it. Rice was almost like home made...that's a huge plus in my book. Beans were the same. Atmosphere was great as you can see from the pictures. The only thing I thought was that the price was very high for what's basically grains and sauces with a little meat. Corn, rice, beans, more corn, more corn, pork, and beef, and sauce. The same plate in Texas would have been about half the same price. Other than that I can't say how much I really enjoyed this. It was very good.
My dinner meal was spent with April, Jessie, Trudy, Sam, Don and Sam's cousin. Shogun Palace is a Tappenyaki and Sushi restaurant. I'm not really one for Sushi but I did try a lot of it. We had Dragon Rolls, Spider Rolls, and a California Roll. I also had Teriyaki Beef with bean sprouts and rice. All eaten by the way with chopsticks. Yes I can do it! LOL. I did also have some of the Sashimi, and a couple of other things I had no idea about. I enjoyed the majority of what I had. I don't have any pictures of this but everything was beautiful. I didn't really look at the prices (my bosses paid, Thanks to both Don and Sam.) Atmosphere is standard for this type of restaurant. As I passed by the Tappenyaki area I was impressed by the tricks they did. You don't see a lot of that at Ichiban here or Bonsai Garden for that matter.
My dinner meal was spent with April, Jessie, Trudy, Sam, Don and Sam's cousin. Shogun Palace is a Tappenyaki and Sushi restaurant. I'm not really one for Sushi but I did try a lot of it. We had Dragon Rolls, Spider Rolls, and a California Roll. I also had Teriyaki Beef with bean sprouts and rice. All eaten by the way with chopsticks. Yes I can do it! LOL. I did also have some of the Sashimi, and a couple of other things I had no idea about. I enjoyed the majority of what I had. I don't have any pictures of this but everything was beautiful. I didn't really look at the prices (my bosses paid, Thanks to both Don and Sam.) Atmosphere is standard for this type of restaurant. As I passed by the Tappenyaki area I was impressed by the tricks they did. You don't see a lot of that at Ichiban here or Bonsai Garden for that matter.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Bakersfield the last 48 hours
Time is going by quickly here in Bakersfield and I've really enjoyed it althought I'm missing my family terribly.
I took about a 15 minute walk up California Avenue from the hotel and had Mexican food at El Torito on Tuesday night. It's not Tex-Mex or what I'm used to but it was good in it's own way. I had the Combo Magnifico which consisted of a couple of different types of Enchiladas, a Carnitas Burrito, a shredded meat taco, and beans and rice. Everything was very tasty and did look like the pictures on the website. See that here http://www.el-torito.com/ . Prices here do reflect the amount of food you get which is quite substantial. I do have to say that I would come here again but I would try something else like fajitas. They weren't in the budget this time.
Yesterday, my boss, Sam was nice enough to take me to the Petroleum Club. It's a member's only club here and sit's atop a towering building here in Bakersfield. See here: http://www.thepetroleumclub.com/ I had the Oil Boys Favorite sandwich combo. It was a roast beef sandwich, french fries, lettuce, tomatoes, pickle spear, and au jus sauce. It was excellent to say the least. Hot roast beef dipped in the au jus. WOW. I'd eat here again but only if Sam takes me! LOL.
Last night I finally got to go eat at Famous Dave's. This restaurant has a lot of the cool stuff that commercial chains have. Atmosphere is great, prices are high compared to what I'm used to. I had the 2 meat Combo and there are plenty of choices there. I happened to have the brisket and sausage. Don't I always try those 2 things out? LOL. They were tasty but the old tried and true idea of meat standing on it's own doesn't seem to be the way they go about things here. Sauce was needed but the meat was extremely tender and the lack of a smoke ring caused me to think it a little less authentic than the claims they made. TEXAS BBQ is truly safe. There are 5 or six BBQ sauces on the table and the concept of this restaurant bringing regional faves together is great. Take a look at the website and see all the great pics and menu items. My meal was finished off with corn on the cob, pork and beans, potato salad and a pecan pie with vanilla bean ice cream and whipped topping. Over 23 dollars for it. I think I could have gotten exactly everything I had at Bubba's for around 15 and the smoke ring wouldn't have been lacking. I would eat here again. I do recommend it but be ready to fork over the cash. See www.famousdaves.com When I get home I'll tell you more about it!
See you soon.
I took about a 15 minute walk up California Avenue from the hotel and had Mexican food at El Torito on Tuesday night. It's not Tex-Mex or what I'm used to but it was good in it's own way. I had the Combo Magnifico which consisted of a couple of different types of Enchiladas, a Carnitas Burrito, a shredded meat taco, and beans and rice. Everything was very tasty and did look like the pictures on the website. See that here http://www.el-torito.com/ . Prices here do reflect the amount of food you get which is quite substantial. I do have to say that I would come here again but I would try something else like fajitas. They weren't in the budget this time.
Yesterday, my boss, Sam was nice enough to take me to the Petroleum Club. It's a member's only club here and sit's atop a towering building here in Bakersfield. See here: http://www.thepetroleumclub.com/ I had the Oil Boys Favorite sandwich combo. It was a roast beef sandwich, french fries, lettuce, tomatoes, pickle spear, and au jus sauce. It was excellent to say the least. Hot roast beef dipped in the au jus. WOW. I'd eat here again but only if Sam takes me! LOL.
Last night I finally got to go eat at Famous Dave's. This restaurant has a lot of the cool stuff that commercial chains have. Atmosphere is great, prices are high compared to what I'm used to. I had the 2 meat Combo and there are plenty of choices there. I happened to have the brisket and sausage. Don't I always try those 2 things out? LOL. They were tasty but the old tried and true idea of meat standing on it's own doesn't seem to be the way they go about things here. Sauce was needed but the meat was extremely tender and the lack of a smoke ring caused me to think it a little less authentic than the claims they made. TEXAS BBQ is truly safe. There are 5 or six BBQ sauces on the table and the concept of this restaurant bringing regional faves together is great. Take a look at the website and see all the great pics and menu items. My meal was finished off with corn on the cob, pork and beans, potato salad and a pecan pie with vanilla bean ice cream and whipped topping. Over 23 dollars for it. I think I could have gotten exactly everything I had at Bubba's for around 15 and the smoke ring wouldn't have been lacking. I would eat here again. I do recommend it but be ready to fork over the cash. See www.famousdaves.com When I get home I'll tell you more about it!
See you soon.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Breakfast at the Office 2-2-09 M and M catering truck.
The catering truck came out to the building. M and M catering has a truck full of goodies and I had a chorizo and egg burrito. I thought the price was high when I saw it up on the side of the vehicle but then I got the burrito. There was enough meat in this one for 3 Diego's burritos. It was very good and VERY filling. Price wasn't as bad as I thought considering what I got for it. No open ends on the burrito. The salsa was different than I'm used to and a bit more vinegary. It did add the needed heat though. I enjoyed it. Have a great day!
Dinnertime....In and Out Burger Bakersfield
One of the managers took me to pick up a burger from the famous In and Out Burger. The service was quick and the price was reasonable. The burgers were good and the fries were awesome. I had the double double which translates to a double meat, double cheese burger. Greasy good! The fries are hand cut on premises. That's really unheard of in today's fast food world. They were excellent. The other cool thing about In and Out is that under the bottom of their cups there are scripture verses. I found John 3:16 under my cup. I liked that. I had that meal for less than 7 bucks. It's a bargain. When you come here be sure to stop in and enjoy In and Out.
Taj Mahal Bakersfield California
If there is anything I can say about my boss Sam it's that he has a knack for expanding your mind and goes the extra mile to expose you to cultural things that for me have otherwise gone unnoticed. With that being said, Taj Mahal was an experience for me that was interesting. I had never had Indian cuisine. The restaurant is in a strip mall and the proprietors are dressed with traditional turbans. They had a buffet and a TV that had on the latest music videos from India. The buffet had quite a few different food items on it and everything was really colorful. There was Chicken Curry, lentils, garbanzo beans, Mamosa (don't know if I'm spelling that right) it was like a Chinese wonton with potatoes and peas in it. My favorite thing there was the Tandoori Chicken. This chicken was grilled and had a bright orange hue. I'm a huge fan of almost anything that's grilled, BBQ'd or smoked so this went over very well for me. The other thing that I enjoyed was the flat bread. I think it was called Naan. It's like a long tortilla but a little thicker. Very tasty. I almost wanted to ask for some butter! LOL. Basmati rice (Bright yellow) with fragrant herbs was also a hit. I can say it was very different and I found some things I liked and some I didn't but at least now I know what I enjoy. I was pretty full so I didn't get to try the cauliflower potatoes together. All I can say is that you'll do yourself a favor by giving other foods a try. I may have to try to get a recipe for that Tandoori Chicken. I think most of you would love it! I didn't get to see how much it cost. My boss took care of it. I'm enjoying my time here. The scenery is great but it's just somehow missing my family's faces that would make it so much better. Just a few more days! See you soon.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Bakersfield California.....The Bistro
Last night when I arrived I was very hungry. My flight from San Angelo was pretty long but I enjoyed it. I arrived at my hotel Four Points by Sheraton and the restaurant here is The Bistro. The Bistro was very dark with candlelight and I thought to myself "I wish my wife was here!" The menu was more of a fine dining than casual eaterie. Prices are medium high. About the food, in one word: Excellent. I had the Prime Rib with Au Jus. Cooked just like I like it at medium. To say this was a hunk of meat is an understatement. Almost 2 inches thick and about 8 X 4 across I almost could't eat it all. This was not a dessert night for sure. The salad the preceded the main course had some mixed greens with Gorgonzola cheese, pecans, and a light vinaigrette dressing with croutons and parmesan. Fresh veggies complimented my Prime Rib. Fresh Asparagus steamed and bright green was laid on some mashed potatoes with a waffle potato garnish in the middle. Presentation was awesome to say the least. This meal started my time here very well and I'm looking forward to more. The Bistro comes highly recommended! See you all soon! It's off for my new opportunity!
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