Thursday, April 2, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
This is the most impressive dessert you will ever make. I promise. So, like when someone you really wanna impress comes over, you can make these. You wanna get really fancy-schmancy, type in somethin like 'little chocolate cake' in google translate in like french or italian. You could do german or latin, I guess, but it wouldn't be as cool.
Back to the cakes! Momma had them at a steakhouse, and recreated them for us and now it is one of our favorite desserts.
Now, right now, it looks very unimpressive. But you see, you take your spoon and cut into the top. And the top was the bottom, so it's a little crusty. So you break through the top/bottom and then your spoon melts through the rest of the cake. And you pull away your spoon and chocolate rushes out. Not oozes, trickles or gloops. Rushes . It fills up your whole plate with hot chocolate sauce. So then you have a lake of chocolate and melty ice cream with islands of unmelty ice cream and cake. :) The chocolate is thicker and richer than chocolate syrup but thinner than hot fudge. It's so hot that it slowly melts the ice cream so it mixes with the hot chocolate sauce to spoon up with the cake. The cake, since it cooked with the hot chocolate in it is very moist and spongy. There's a little contrast with the crust, so it's a little crunchy and then fudgy and lovely. It soaks up the chocolate sauce and you can spoon up more so each bite just flows with warm chocolate. The cakes stay warm the whole time you eat them and the cold creamy ice cream smoothes out some of the richness perfectly. I had a picture of the rivery of chocolate, but it ran away and I don't feel like chasin' it, so use your imagination.
*drumroll*
Courtesy of Momma........
Molten Lava Hot Chocolate Cakes
1/2 cup melted butter, uunsalted
4 oz bittersweet chocolate or semi sweet
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
4 cup sugar
2 tbsps flour
1 tsp vanilla
oven~450 degrees
Spray 4 one cup ramekins and dust with cocoa.
Melt the butter and chocolate. Add vanilla and let cool. Beat the eggs and sugar until a little frothy. Add chocolate to egg mix. Quickly add flour, do not overmix.
Pour into ramekins.
Cook for 10~11 minutes. This is where it gets tricky. You don't want to cook it too long or your chocolate will be gloopy, not rivery. You may have to bake them a few times to figure it out.
Once out of the oven, gently run a knife around the edge of the ramekin. Invert onto an individual serving plate and just let fall. Garnish as desired (powdered sugar, fresh fruit, chocolate curls, have fun!). Add a few scoops of vanilla ice cream and feel proud You have just made a simple, tasty, elegant cake.
If anyone actually makesb these, leave me a comment to tell me whacha think!
Fork out!
Back to the cakes! Momma had them at a steakhouse, and recreated them for us and now it is one of our favorite desserts.
Now, right now, it looks very unimpressive. But you see, you take your spoon and cut into the top. And the top was the bottom, so it's a little crusty. So you break through the top/bottom and then your spoon melts through the rest of the cake. And you pull away your spoon and chocolate rushes out. Not oozes, trickles or gloops. Rushes . It fills up your whole plate with hot chocolate sauce. So then you have a lake of chocolate and melty ice cream with islands of unmelty ice cream and cake. :) The chocolate is thicker and richer than chocolate syrup but thinner than hot fudge. It's so hot that it slowly melts the ice cream so it mixes with the hot chocolate sauce to spoon up with the cake. The cake, since it cooked with the hot chocolate in it is very moist and spongy. There's a little contrast with the crust, so it's a little crunchy and then fudgy and lovely. It soaks up the chocolate sauce and you can spoon up more so each bite just flows with warm chocolate. The cakes stay warm the whole time you eat them and the cold creamy ice cream smoothes out some of the richness perfectly. I had a picture of the rivery of chocolate, but it ran away and I don't feel like chasin' it, so use your imagination.
*drumroll*
Courtesy of Momma........
Molten Lava Hot Chocolate Cakes
1/2 cup melted butter, uunsalted
4 oz bittersweet chocolate or semi sweet
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
4 cup sugar
2 tbsps flour
1 tsp vanilla
oven~450 degrees
Spray 4 one cup ramekins and dust with cocoa.
Melt the butter and chocolate. Add vanilla and let cool. Beat the eggs and sugar until a little frothy. Add chocolate to egg mix. Quickly add flour, do not overmix.
Pour into ramekins.
Cook for 10~11 minutes. This is where it gets tricky. You don't want to cook it too long or your chocolate will be gloopy, not rivery. You may have to bake them a few times to figure it out.
Once out of the oven, gently run a knife around the edge of the ramekin. Invert onto an individual serving plate and just let fall. Garnish as desired (powdered sugar, fresh fruit, chocolate curls, have fun!). Add a few scoops of vanilla ice cream and feel proud You have just made a simple, tasty, elegant cake.
If anyone actually makesb these, leave me a comment to tell me whacha think!
Fork out!
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Grab a Fork
Okie dokie y'all, this is Life by Fork. All my Chicago by Forks are on here and whenever I go anywhere cool, I'll post a review. :)
I'll also post recipes, fun lists, just anything foody. I get awfully bored sometimes, so I may post on here often. But it will only be about food! I'll still use pleo for normal junk. But this will be for meals, restraunts (which I still can't spell), and so on.They won't always have pictures (after all, I don't carry a camera everywhere!), but they should be pretty descriptive.
I have it set up where anyone can comment, so if you wanna say somethin', go ahead. Just please identify yourself in some shape, fashion or form so I don't have tons of comments from people I have no clue who they are. Enjoy
Fork out!
Ha! I got the comments to work!!!
I'll also post recipes, fun lists, just anything foody. I get awfully bored sometimes, so I may post on here often. But it will only be about food! I'll still use pleo for normal junk. But this will be for meals, restraunts (which I still can't spell), and so on.They won't always have pictures (after all, I don't carry a camera everywhere!), but they should be pretty descriptive.
I have it set up where anyone can comment, so if you wanna say somethin', go ahead. Just please identify yourself in some shape, fashion or form so I don't have tons of comments from people I have no clue who they are. Enjoy
Fork out!
Ha! I got the comments to work!!!
Chicago by Fork Volume 9
Place: Yolk
Food: Breakfast
Yolk was literally next door to our hotel, so when we saw it walkin home one day, I thought it'd be worth a try. It was voted best breakfast in Chicago and the cold walk would be super short!
It was a very modern place, the opposite of Howie's.
While Howie's made me feel like a Chicagoan who rode the bus everyday to work and had been eating breakfast there for years, I felt very chic and sleek at Yolk. I could see myself as a writer in a highrise with a lake front view eating breakfast there. The music was loud and the view beautiful. It was a very hip and trendy place. I loved the ambiance.
We ate breakfast here three mornings. Each morning I ordered fresh squeezed strawberry orange juice. I coulda drank a jug of that stuff! You could tell it was really fresh cause it was thick and pulpy, but not bitter. And it wasn't strawberry puree, it was actual berries blended in the juice. It was sweet and tart with chunks of strawberries in it. The color varied each day, but it was a shade of corally pink.
The first day I ordered a Tuscan frittata.
It was scrambled eggs, red potatoes home fried, grilled chicken, sun dried tomatoes and fresh basil, cooked together, baked and then crumbled goat cheese was crumbled on top. Oh my word. This was my favorite breakkfast from Chicago. I took one bite and it was like, "Ohhhhhhh".
It was very fresh and not heavy. The potatoes had a little crisp to them and were essential in the dish. The goat cheese melted right over everything and was so rich and creamy, mild, but with more of a flavor than cream cheese. The tomatoes and chicken and basil complimented each other perfectly and the eggs were cooked just right. I'm picky about scrambled eggs, and these weren't jiggly, slimy, crunchy, crumbl, dry, or soggy.(it also came with three monster size pancakes, which were good, but I liked the frittata much better)
The next day I order the cajun shroom scrambler.
It was scrambled eggs with red peppers, zuchinni, green onions and cilantro topped with a giant grilled portabello mushroom. It also came with fresh fruit and rye toast(which was toasted quite lovely, still soft in the middle like I like).
It was very good. The mushroom was so juicy and flavorful. It was grilled well so it was still moist, which made it hard to cut but good to eat. The veggies were crunchy, and the zuchinni surprisingly good. It was a perfect compliment to the heartiness of the mushroom. It was great, but not like the frittata.
The last day I ordered the "Hey Ricky!" omelette.
It was an omelette with jalepenos, avocado, chorizo (spicy sausage), onion and melted cheddar and jack cheese on top. There was sour cream and salsa on the side. It also came with red potatoes and an english muffin.
The omelette was huge! All the stuff was actually cooked in the egg, not just an egg wrapped around stuff, which is how I like it. It was very thick, and the egg wasn't papery. The avocado was a surprising element, which I loved. It added a layer of texture and freshness that was needed. It was very smooth and velvety to combat the crunchiness of the pepper and onions. The sausage was nice and big, just a little spicy. The cheese was so melty and gooy, but I woulda liked some in the omelette.
The potatoes were sooo good, slightly oniony. They were crispy and thickand very home-y.
They had so many unique breakfast items, I think I could still be eatin there! They had pecan roll french toast (yeah, a sticky bun cut in half and battered like french toast), strawberry chocolate pancakes, a bacon quesadilla, bananna foster crepes, oreo pancakes!! I came home with so many ideas! They have their menu online, and I still look at for ideas.
Rating scale:
yummy
awesome
yummyfuliscious
awesomefuliscious
awesomefulyummiliscious
Rating: awesomefulyummiliscious
(yeah, I really loved this place)
Food: Breakfast
Yolk was literally next door to our hotel, so when we saw it walkin home one day, I thought it'd be worth a try. It was voted best breakfast in Chicago and the cold walk would be super short!
It was a very modern place, the opposite of Howie's.
While Howie's made me feel like a Chicagoan who rode the bus everyday to work and had been eating breakfast there for years, I felt very chic and sleek at Yolk. I could see myself as a writer in a highrise with a lake front view eating breakfast there. The music was loud and the view beautiful. It was a very hip and trendy place. I loved the ambiance.
We ate breakfast here three mornings. Each morning I ordered fresh squeezed strawberry orange juice. I coulda drank a jug of that stuff! You could tell it was really fresh cause it was thick and pulpy, but not bitter. And it wasn't strawberry puree, it was actual berries blended in the juice. It was sweet and tart with chunks of strawberries in it. The color varied each day, but it was a shade of corally pink.
The first day I ordered a Tuscan frittata.
It was scrambled eggs, red potatoes home fried, grilled chicken, sun dried tomatoes and fresh basil, cooked together, baked and then crumbled goat cheese was crumbled on top. Oh my word. This was my favorite breakkfast from Chicago. I took one bite and it was like, "Ohhhhhhh".
It was very fresh and not heavy. The potatoes had a little crisp to them and were essential in the dish. The goat cheese melted right over everything and was so rich and creamy, mild, but with more of a flavor than cream cheese. The tomatoes and chicken and basil complimented each other perfectly and the eggs were cooked just right. I'm picky about scrambled eggs, and these weren't jiggly, slimy, crunchy, crumbl, dry, or soggy.(it also came with three monster size pancakes, which were good, but I liked the frittata much better)
The next day I order the cajun shroom scrambler.
It was scrambled eggs with red peppers, zuchinni, green onions and cilantro topped with a giant grilled portabello mushroom. It also came with fresh fruit and rye toast(which was toasted quite lovely, still soft in the middle like I like).
It was very good. The mushroom was so juicy and flavorful. It was grilled well so it was still moist, which made it hard to cut but good to eat. The veggies were crunchy, and the zuchinni surprisingly good. It was a perfect compliment to the heartiness of the mushroom. It was great, but not like the frittata.
The last day I ordered the "Hey Ricky!" omelette.
It was an omelette with jalepenos, avocado, chorizo (spicy sausage), onion and melted cheddar and jack cheese on top. There was sour cream and salsa on the side. It also came with red potatoes and an english muffin.
The omelette was huge! All the stuff was actually cooked in the egg, not just an egg wrapped around stuff, which is how I like it. It was very thick, and the egg wasn't papery. The avocado was a surprising element, which I loved. It added a layer of texture and freshness that was needed. It was very smooth and velvety to combat the crunchiness of the pepper and onions. The sausage was nice and big, just a little spicy. The cheese was so melty and gooy, but I woulda liked some in the omelette.
The potatoes were sooo good, slightly oniony. They were crispy and thickand very home-y.
They had so many unique breakfast items, I think I could still be eatin there! They had pecan roll french toast (yeah, a sticky bun cut in half and battered like french toast), strawberry chocolate pancakes, a bacon quesadilla, bananna foster crepes, oreo pancakes!! I came home with so many ideas! They have their menu online, and I still look at for ideas.
Rating scale:
yummy
awesome
yummyfuliscious
awesomefuliscious
awesomefulyummiliscious
Rating: awesomefulyummiliscious
(yeah, I really loved this place)
Chicago by Fork Volume 8
Place: Howie's Diner
Food: Breakfast
Howie's was an old school big city diner. It felt very city-ish and non-touristy to sit there.
It wasn't a 'dirty' place but had a 'grit' to it that made you feel very local and cool. We ate here twice for breakfast. Momma loved it. She says they had some of the best coffee and the very best pancakes.
The first morning I had french toast, hashbrowns and bacon. \
Yeah you're seein right. That's eight triangles of french toast. Err.... well there were eight when he sat it down. I must've already ate some. :) It wasn't sourdough bread, which is my all time favorite french toast bread, but it was Texas toast, so it was pretty good. The edges were crispy but the inside was soft and buttery. The batter was spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg making it quite yummy.
The bacon was really thick and crispy and the hashbrowns were very flavorful, but a little dry.
The next time I ordered a chicken breakfast burrito. I didn't take a picture of it, because really, a tortilla stuffed with stuff looks the same where ever you go. And also, I was really hungry.
It was huge! You coulda fit at least two of McDonald's McSkillet burritos in that baby And it was chock full of stuff. I had to stretch to get my mouth around it. It came with a little thing of sour cream and salsa and a side order of hashbrowns (which were perfect with a little ketchup). The scrambled eggs were fresh, you could tell, not gelatin-y. There were big, noticeable chunks of onions and peppers which were crunchy, not mushy and tasteless. The chicken was shredded and grilled, not diced and boiled so it had it's own flavor. It was very juicy and slightly smoky. The cheese was really melty, although I coulda used more. I like cheese. It was really juicy! Juice ran down my wrist as I ate it. It stayed together well, cause it was grilled on each side, giving it a nice crisp, The sour cream and salsa complimented it perfectly, making this probably the best breakfast burrito I've eaten.
The atmosphere here was good, the food cooked perfectly, but it wasn't unique choices. I like kinda 'odd' food choices.
Rating scale:
yummy
awesome
yummyfuliscious
awesomefuliscious
awesomefulyummiliscious
Rating: awesomefuliscious
Food: Breakfast
Howie's was an old school big city diner. It felt very city-ish and non-touristy to sit there.
It wasn't a 'dirty' place but had a 'grit' to it that made you feel very local and cool. We ate here twice for breakfast. Momma loved it. She says they had some of the best coffee and the very best pancakes.
The first morning I had french toast, hashbrowns and bacon. \
Yeah you're seein right. That's eight triangles of french toast. Err.... well there were eight when he sat it down. I must've already ate some. :) It wasn't sourdough bread, which is my all time favorite french toast bread, but it was Texas toast, so it was pretty good. The edges were crispy but the inside was soft and buttery. The batter was spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg making it quite yummy.
The bacon was really thick and crispy and the hashbrowns were very flavorful, but a little dry.
The next time I ordered a chicken breakfast burrito. I didn't take a picture of it, because really, a tortilla stuffed with stuff looks the same where ever you go. And also, I was really hungry.
It was huge! You coulda fit at least two of McDonald's McSkillet burritos in that baby And it was chock full of stuff. I had to stretch to get my mouth around it. It came with a little thing of sour cream and salsa and a side order of hashbrowns (which were perfect with a little ketchup). The scrambled eggs were fresh, you could tell, not gelatin-y. There were big, noticeable chunks of onions and peppers which were crunchy, not mushy and tasteless. The chicken was shredded and grilled, not diced and boiled so it had it's own flavor. It was very juicy and slightly smoky. The cheese was really melty, although I coulda used more. I like cheese. It was really juicy! Juice ran down my wrist as I ate it. It stayed together well, cause it was grilled on each side, giving it a nice crisp, The sour cream and salsa complimented it perfectly, making this probably the best breakfast burrito I've eaten.
The atmosphere here was good, the food cooked perfectly, but it wasn't unique choices. I like kinda 'odd' food choices.
Rating scale:
yummy
awesome
yummyfuliscious
awesomefuliscious
awesomefulyummiliscious
Rating: awesomefuliscious
Chicago by Fork Volume 7
Place: Bubba Gump's
Food: Shrimp-n-seafood
Walking in, you could tell this really wasn't a 'local' place. It was loud, crowded and just had the roadhouse kinda feel, you know? It's all based around some movie I had never seen, so I thought the decor was a little whacko. But it was the kinda place you enjoy being in.
The waiter said they were famous for lemonade so I ordered strawberry lemonade and cajun shrimp (off the appetizer list. I just wanted the shrimpsies, no pasta junk today please!).
The strawberry lemonade was quite good, with chunks of straw-de-bears in it. It was sweet but tart enough to contrast the shrimp excellently.
There were tons of shrimp in that lil skillet! The shrimp was plump and juicy. It popped when you bit into it and wasn't 'squeaky'. I don't know if you can tell from the picture, but in the bottom of the skillet is a pond of melted butter with huge chunks of garlic and cajun spices. So the shrimp soak in that and then you scoop up a little more on each bite and it was sooo good. I squeezed the lemon wedge over the shrimp and the acidity really balanced out the richness of the shrimp. The spices were 'dynamite' as Guy would say. It was just a little hot, but mostly flavorful and buttery.
The two pieces of bread you see are garlic toast. So this toast already had butter and garlic on it, and then it sat in the skillet with the cajun butter! So I bit down and it was like someone undid the Hoover dam of butter! Cajuny butter flooded my mouth and continued to do so each time I bit. Surprisingly, the toast wasn't soggy, but was crispy. It wasn't extraordinarily crunchy, just toasty. It was soft enough to really soak up the butter.
Rating scale:
yummy
awesome
yummyfuliscious
awesomefuliscious
awesomefulyummiliscious
Rating: awesomefulyummiliscious
Food: Shrimp-n-seafood
Walking in, you could tell this really wasn't a 'local' place. It was loud, crowded and just had the roadhouse kinda feel, you know? It's all based around some movie I had never seen, so I thought the decor was a little whacko. But it was the kinda place you enjoy being in.
The waiter said they were famous for lemonade so I ordered strawberry lemonade and cajun shrimp (off the appetizer list. I just wanted the shrimpsies, no pasta junk today please!).
The strawberry lemonade was quite good, with chunks of straw-de-bears in it. It was sweet but tart enough to contrast the shrimp excellently.
There were tons of shrimp in that lil skillet! The shrimp was plump and juicy. It popped when you bit into it and wasn't 'squeaky'. I don't know if you can tell from the picture, but in the bottom of the skillet is a pond of melted butter with huge chunks of garlic and cajun spices. So the shrimp soak in that and then you scoop up a little more on each bite and it was sooo good. I squeezed the lemon wedge over the shrimp and the acidity really balanced out the richness of the shrimp. The spices were 'dynamite' as Guy would say. It was just a little hot, but mostly flavorful and buttery.
The two pieces of bread you see are garlic toast. So this toast already had butter and garlic on it, and then it sat in the skillet with the cajun butter! So I bit down and it was like someone undid the Hoover dam of butter! Cajuny butter flooded my mouth and continued to do so each time I bit. Surprisingly, the toast wasn't soggy, but was crispy. It wasn't extraordinarily crunchy, just toasty. It was soft enough to really soak up the butter.
Rating scale:
yummy
awesome
yummyfuliscious
awesomefuliscious
awesomefulyummiliscious
Rating: awesomefulyummiliscious
Chicago by Fork Volume 6
Place: Trattoria Caterina
Food: Italian
This place had a very cool atmosphere, Italian music, Italian waiters who actually talk to you. It was one of those places where you feel at home.
The first thing you get is bread. I like places that give you bread. The bread itself did not have any flavor like cheese or herbs. That all came from the Italian butter (olive oil, cheese and pepper). The bread had a really good crust and the inside was oh-so soft. It sopped up my butter perfectly, the crust making a little ledge for extra cheese.
The salad was a little plain. I like cheese, onions, peppers, crutons, you name it, it's probably in my salad. This just had a tomato, peppercini and lettuce. I don't care for peppercinis, so I just had a tomato. The salad was very fresh and crunchy, the tomato juicy. The Italian vinagrette was sour and tart, coating the lettuce well. It was full of flavor and very fresh.
Now, I don't really like pasta. I only eat penne and mac-n-cheese (and not always that). But I thought ziti was like penne.
It wasn't.
Penne has ridges. Ziti doesn't. I have found that I like penne because of the ridges. I didn't even know! So, I am afraid that the next part of my review will be a little lacking.
I ordered chicken parmigiana on ziti.
It was huge! The chicken was very thin, very crispy and pretty juicy. It was a little chewy, but nothing unbearable. There was lots of sauce which I really enjoyed. It was very very fresh and thick, flavoring everything but not soggifying the chicken. I love sauces, and this one was lovely. There was lots of melty cheese on the chicken, and parmesean in the chicken breading. There was enough sauce that I could disguise a few noodles enough to eat them. In fact, a few bites with lots of cheese, sauce, chicken and little pasta shreds were delightful.
I had spumoni for dessert which was quite good, creamy and sweet.
Momma and Daddy split homemade tiramisu which I got a bite enough. It was exquisite. I'm not quite sure what's all in it except marscapone cheese, ladyfingers, espresso, and chocolate. It was smooth and creamy. The coffee did not overwhelm the rest of it. It was very well balanced.
Rating scale:
yummy
awesome
yummyfuliscious
awesomefuliscious
awesomefulyummiliscious
Rating: yummyfuliscious
Food: Italian
This place had a very cool atmosphere, Italian music, Italian waiters who actually talk to you. It was one of those places where you feel at home.
The first thing you get is bread. I like places that give you bread. The bread itself did not have any flavor like cheese or herbs. That all came from the Italian butter (olive oil, cheese and pepper). The bread had a really good crust and the inside was oh-so soft. It sopped up my butter perfectly, the crust making a little ledge for extra cheese.
The salad was a little plain. I like cheese, onions, peppers, crutons, you name it, it's probably in my salad. This just had a tomato, peppercini and lettuce. I don't care for peppercinis, so I just had a tomato. The salad was very fresh and crunchy, the tomato juicy. The Italian vinagrette was sour and tart, coating the lettuce well. It was full of flavor and very fresh.
Now, I don't really like pasta. I only eat penne and mac-n-cheese (and not always that). But I thought ziti was like penne.
It wasn't.
Penne has ridges. Ziti doesn't. I have found that I like penne because of the ridges. I didn't even know! So, I am afraid that the next part of my review will be a little lacking.
I ordered chicken parmigiana on ziti.
It was huge! The chicken was very thin, very crispy and pretty juicy. It was a little chewy, but nothing unbearable. There was lots of sauce which I really enjoyed. It was very very fresh and thick, flavoring everything but not soggifying the chicken. I love sauces, and this one was lovely. There was lots of melty cheese on the chicken, and parmesean in the chicken breading. There was enough sauce that I could disguise a few noodles enough to eat them. In fact, a few bites with lots of cheese, sauce, chicken and little pasta shreds were delightful.
I had spumoni for dessert which was quite good, creamy and sweet.
Momma and Daddy split homemade tiramisu which I got a bite enough. It was exquisite. I'm not quite sure what's all in it except marscapone cheese, ladyfingers, espresso, and chocolate. It was smooth and creamy. The coffee did not overwhelm the rest of it. It was very well balanced.
Rating scale:
yummy
awesome
yummyfuliscious
awesomefuliscious
awesomefulyummiliscious
Rating: yummyfuliscious
Chicago by Fork Volume 5
Place: Ghiradelli Chocolate Bar and Soda Fountain
Food: Old Fashioned Ice Cream Sundaes
Now, I don't know about you girls, but chocolate and I are friends. Good friends. So this was the ending to a perfect 'girl' day.
We woke up late and went to breakfast at a diner, then took off down the Magnificent Mile. Then we went inside Water Tower Place, which is a seven floor mall. Then we went to the American Girl Place, shopped and had a lovely afternoon tea. Then we went to Borders!
So now it's dark, we have shopping bags, the Magnificent Mile's all lit up and beautiful and we walk into this cute little store and the first thing the lady asks is "Would you like to try our new chocolate square?"
Yeah. I think I'm floating at this point.
After you look at the chocolate, you go up to a cute little bar and order ice cream. It didn't take me long to figure out what I wanted. Hot fudge brownie sundae. It was expensive, so I offered to split it with Daddy.
So you go sit down with a little number thing and a guy brings you your sundae. There was something too cool about sitting there looking at the window at night in an old fashioned Soda Fountain with shopping bags all around me. I felt very cosmo-y.
Dun-dun-DUN!!!!
Now, I don't know about you, but when I think perfect brownie sundae, it looks a lot like that.
They homemake their hot fudge and oh my word was it good. Thick and chocolatey and warm. And it stayed warm and it didn't get that weird little skin over it.
The way it was made, you could start at the whipped cream, you sail through the first layer of ice cream, take off a brownie bite, drown in hot fudge, and end with more ice cream, all with one motion of your spoon.
The whipped cream was soft, the ice cream smooth, the POOL of hot fudge excellent and the brownie crumbled and soaked up the ice cream milk just like it was supposed to.
Rating scale:
yummy
awesome
yummyfuliscious
awesomefuliscious
awesomefulyummiliscious
Rating: awesomefulyummiliscious
Food: Old Fashioned Ice Cream Sundaes
Now, I don't know about you girls, but chocolate and I are friends. Good friends. So this was the ending to a perfect 'girl' day.
We woke up late and went to breakfast at a diner, then took off down the Magnificent Mile. Then we went inside Water Tower Place, which is a seven floor mall. Then we went to the American Girl Place, shopped and had a lovely afternoon tea. Then we went to Borders!
So now it's dark, we have shopping bags, the Magnificent Mile's all lit up and beautiful and we walk into this cute little store and the first thing the lady asks is "Would you like to try our new chocolate square?"
Yeah. I think I'm floating at this point.
After you look at the chocolate, you go up to a cute little bar and order ice cream. It didn't take me long to figure out what I wanted. Hot fudge brownie sundae. It was expensive, so I offered to split it with Daddy.
So you go sit down with a little number thing and a guy brings you your sundae. There was something too cool about sitting there looking at the window at night in an old fashioned Soda Fountain with shopping bags all around me. I felt very cosmo-y.
Dun-dun-DUN!!!!
Now, I don't know about you, but when I think perfect brownie sundae, it looks a lot like that.
They homemake their hot fudge and oh my word was it good. Thick and chocolatey and warm. And it stayed warm and it didn't get that weird little skin over it.
The way it was made, you could start at the whipped cream, you sail through the first layer of ice cream, take off a brownie bite, drown in hot fudge, and end with more ice cream, all with one motion of your spoon.
The whipped cream was soft, the ice cream smooth, the POOL of hot fudge excellent and the brownie crumbled and soaked up the ice cream milk just like it was supposed to.
Rating scale:
yummy
awesome
yummyfuliscious
awesomefuliscious
awesomefulyummiliscious
Rating: awesomefulyummiliscious
Chicago by Fork Volume 4
Place: Murphy's Red Hots
Food: Chicago dogs
I love hot dogs. I mean, I really love hot dogs. I wanted to marry one when I was 5 or 6. Seriously! I mean, I know they're 'low class' and my daddy raised me to appreiciate good quality food, but there is nothin like a good hot dog!
So I was really lookin forward to this. I had wanted my Chicago dog as soon as I heard we were comin. And Murphy's didn't disappoint.
Murphy's was, quite literally, a hot dog joint . There is no other word to describe it.
(ignore the hungry people)
You walk in, and the guy behind the bar yells hi over the tv playin sports in the corner. You sit down, then go to the bar to order. You order your size, and whether you want it chargrilled or steamed. Then you order your sides.
We got cheese fries.
Yay cheese fries! They were hot and fresh! Like burn your mouth fresh! They were super crispy and still had the skin on, makin them taste very non-fast foody. They were lightly seasoned and thick, but not overly potatoey, like steak fries. I liked the cheese on the side, so the fries didn't get soggy and you could dip them. The cheese was nacho cheese so it had a slight kick. It was very creamy and melty and stayed that way throughout the whole meal. It didn't get a skin over it.
I ordered a foot long Chardog with the works. Also known as having been dragged through the garden. You're sittin there, and all of a sudden the guy goes, "I gotta footlong out!" and so you go up and get your dog and tell him how to dress it.
Now, let me accquaint you with the all-mighty Chicago dog. You start off with a seamed poppyseed bun. Then it's an all beef hot dog, Vienna in Chicago. Next is the salad. Mustard (no dijon, just yellow), tomato wedges, a dill pickle spear, onions, neon green sweet relish, sport peppers (little bitty hot peppers), lettuce(which is not required, but I enjoyed it and it's all topped with celery salt.
So you get this hot dog that's absolutely buried in stuff. Daddy cut mine in half because it was so huge! So you just kinda grab it and squeeze a bit so most stuff stays on. And then you just bite any way you can. There's no way to do this neatly.
The first thing you notice is the bun. It's sooo soft, but not soggy. It holds all the stuff on but doesn't fall apart or rip too far when you bite it. Then you get to the salad, which is so fresh. The dill pickle is so superior to relish, crunchy and juicy. The tomatoes are fresh and juicy, soo much better than ketchup. I will only use ketchup as a substitute now. The onions and lettuce add a lovely crunch and crispness. The sport peppers were my favorite topping. They pop when you bite into them and skwirt a little hot juice in your mouth. It's not overwhelming, just a nice quick "Uhoh" and then it's passed. They are never sliced, always whole, so you can get that nice pop-skwirt. I normally don't like sweet relish, but that little edge of sweetness works with the spicy and sour of the other stuff. Then you get to the dog. Murphy's butterflies their dogs so the toppings stay on. So you can see the beautiful grill marks. The hot dog has wonderful beefy flavor, but the really special thing is the snap. It's all natural casing, so when you bite it, it bites back. It's got more of a snap then a brat because the meat bites back too. You have to pull a little to get itoff the bun.
Now of course, I just gave you a blow-by-blow of a bite. When you actually eat it, you don't really zone in on individual things. The yumminess of it comes from how the toppings compliment the dog. In one bite you get soft, crunchy, crisp, juicy, smoky, sweet, sour, spicy and a tad salty. The toppings actually stayed on fairly well and your last bite you can scoop up all the rest.
This was without a doubt the best hot dog I've ever eaten. I've had three hot dogs (just regular ol' hot dogs) since Murphy's, and I was very sad when I was done. Its just not the same. And eating on stools in a room covered in stuff while the guy behind the bar talks to you was one of my favorite atmospheres. Murphy's may be a hole in the wall, but it was my favorite.
Rating scale:
yummy
awesome
yummyfuliscious
awesomefuliscious
awesomefulyummiliscious
Rsting: awesomefulyummiliscious
Food: Chicago dogs
I love hot dogs. I mean, I really love hot dogs. I wanted to marry one when I was 5 or 6. Seriously! I mean, I know they're 'low class' and my daddy raised me to appreiciate good quality food, but there is nothin like a good hot dog!
So I was really lookin forward to this. I had wanted my Chicago dog as soon as I heard we were comin. And Murphy's didn't disappoint.
Murphy's was, quite literally, a hot dog joint . There is no other word to describe it.
(ignore the hungry people)
You walk in, and the guy behind the bar yells hi over the tv playin sports in the corner. You sit down, then go to the bar to order. You order your size, and whether you want it chargrilled or steamed. Then you order your sides.
We got cheese fries.
Yay cheese fries! They were hot and fresh! Like burn your mouth fresh! They were super crispy and still had the skin on, makin them taste very non-fast foody. They were lightly seasoned and thick, but not overly potatoey, like steak fries. I liked the cheese on the side, so the fries didn't get soggy and you could dip them. The cheese was nacho cheese so it had a slight kick. It was very creamy and melty and stayed that way throughout the whole meal. It didn't get a skin over it.
I ordered a foot long Chardog with the works. Also known as having been dragged through the garden. You're sittin there, and all of a sudden the guy goes, "I gotta footlong out!" and so you go up and get your dog and tell him how to dress it.
Now, let me accquaint you with the all-mighty Chicago dog. You start off with a seamed poppyseed bun. Then it's an all beef hot dog, Vienna in Chicago. Next is the salad. Mustard (no dijon, just yellow), tomato wedges, a dill pickle spear, onions, neon green sweet relish, sport peppers (little bitty hot peppers), lettuce(which is not required, but I enjoyed it and it's all topped with celery salt.
So you get this hot dog that's absolutely buried in stuff. Daddy cut mine in half because it was so huge! So you just kinda grab it and squeeze a bit so most stuff stays on. And then you just bite any way you can. There's no way to do this neatly.
The first thing you notice is the bun. It's sooo soft, but not soggy. It holds all the stuff on but doesn't fall apart or rip too far when you bite it. Then you get to the salad, which is so fresh. The dill pickle is so superior to relish, crunchy and juicy. The tomatoes are fresh and juicy, soo much better than ketchup. I will only use ketchup as a substitute now. The onions and lettuce add a lovely crunch and crispness. The sport peppers were my favorite topping. They pop when you bite into them and skwirt a little hot juice in your mouth. It's not overwhelming, just a nice quick "Uhoh" and then it's passed. They are never sliced, always whole, so you can get that nice pop-skwirt. I normally don't like sweet relish, but that little edge of sweetness works with the spicy and sour of the other stuff. Then you get to the dog. Murphy's butterflies their dogs so the toppings stay on. So you can see the beautiful grill marks. The hot dog has wonderful beefy flavor, but the really special thing is the snap. It's all natural casing, so when you bite it, it bites back. It's got more of a snap then a brat because the meat bites back too. You have to pull a little to get itoff the bun.
Now of course, I just gave you a blow-by-blow of a bite. When you actually eat it, you don't really zone in on individual things. The yumminess of it comes from how the toppings compliment the dog. In one bite you get soft, crunchy, crisp, juicy, smoky, sweet, sour, spicy and a tad salty. The toppings actually stayed on fairly well and your last bite you can scoop up all the rest.
This was without a doubt the best hot dog I've ever eaten. I've had three hot dogs (just regular ol' hot dogs) since Murphy's, and I was very sad when I was done. Its just not the same. And eating on stools in a room covered in stuff while the guy behind the bar talks to you was one of my favorite atmospheres. Murphy's may be a hole in the wall, but it was my favorite.
Rating scale:
yummy
awesome
yummyfuliscious
awesomefuliscious
awesomefulyummiliscious
Rsting: awesomefulyummiliscious
Chicago by Fork Volume 3
Place: Yang Chinese
Foods: Burgers.......duh chinese!
Yang's was a place designed for takeout and was very small. Still, we had seats and room enough.
We started off with crab ragoons.
They are eggroll wrappers, stuffed with cream cheese and crab meat. It's not rolled, it's pinched into kinda a dumpling and deep fried. It was so crispy and had tons of cream cheese. I couldn't really taste the crab, but hey! deep fried cream cheese is good to me!
All the food is served family style, so we got four dishes and split them.
Our 1st dish was seafood fried rice with scallops, shrimp, and Krab( imitation crab). I, personally, looove fried rice. I could eat fried rice with any meat or just veggies! So I was looking forward to this. I prefer my rice a little less fried. I like it kinda moist and sticky, whereas this was hardish and a little dry. The Krab was buttery and flaky. It was very juicy and I enjoyed the flavor. The shrimp was a little overcooked for me too. It was huge shrimpses but they were a little rubbery, I thought. The scallops, however, were perfect. Moist and tender, buttery and full of flavor. There really is no other word for perfect scallops than succulent . There were also bean sprouts, onions, and scrambled eggs in the rice to make a pretty good dish.
Next was Kung Po Beef. It was slightly spicy beef with red and green peppers, onions, peanuts, all covered in a thick sauce. The veggies were very fresh and crunchy, popping when you bit them. The beef was tender and flavorful. The sauce was just slightly spicy, just a nice "Oh" and was very flavorful, very Asian.
Momma's choice was Cashew Chicken, chicken, mushrooms, carrots, snow pea pods and onions (oh and obviously cashews). Again, the chicken was tender and juicy, the veggies crunchy. It had a thick sauce that very thick and added a nice layer of texture to the dish. But it was very mild, didn't have much added flavor at all. And while Momma thoroughly enjoyed it, that's just not my kinda dish.
(and no, I did not eat the snow peas)
Then we had barbeque lo mein which was big slices of barbeque pork, bok choy?, snow pea pods, and bean sprouts all over lo mein noodles. The barbeque pork wasn't like barbeque for a sandwich, it was just smokey meat. It was very tender and quite flavorful. The cut of the meat was great (my daddy's a meat freak, so I think I'm qualified to say it was pretty good meat). I normally don't care for noodles, but I enjoyed these. It's not like I'd order lo mein instead of fried rice, but it was pretty good. They were slimy, but moist and pretty flavorful. The few v veggies complimented the flavor of the pork well.
Then I got an eggroll with pork and shrimp.
Oh....my......eggroll.
That..........was.........good.
It was very big, absolutely stuffed with veggies and meat., It was deep deep fried, so it held it's shape when you bit and crunched. You just had to bite down, not rip like you have to with some. The filling was hot and flavorful, big chunks of stuff! The sweet-n-sour sauce was cold and very thin, so it drizzled into the eggroll and infused it with flavorful.
All-in-all, Yang Chinese was great Chinese food, surely worth a stop.
Rating Scale:
yummy
awesome
yummyfuliscious
awesomefuliscious
awesomefulyummiliscious
Rating: awesomefuliscious
Foods: Burgers.......duh chinese!
Yang's was a place designed for takeout and was very small. Still, we had seats and room enough.
We started off with crab ragoons.
They are eggroll wrappers, stuffed with cream cheese and crab meat. It's not rolled, it's pinched into kinda a dumpling and deep fried. It was so crispy and had tons of cream cheese. I couldn't really taste the crab, but hey! deep fried cream cheese is good to me!
All the food is served family style, so we got four dishes and split them.
Our 1st dish was seafood fried rice with scallops, shrimp, and Krab( imitation crab). I, personally, looove fried rice. I could eat fried rice with any meat or just veggies! So I was looking forward to this. I prefer my rice a little less fried. I like it kinda moist and sticky, whereas this was hardish and a little dry. The Krab was buttery and flaky. It was very juicy and I enjoyed the flavor. The shrimp was a little overcooked for me too. It was huge shrimpses but they were a little rubbery, I thought. The scallops, however, were perfect. Moist and tender, buttery and full of flavor. There really is no other word for perfect scallops than succulent . There were also bean sprouts, onions, and scrambled eggs in the rice to make a pretty good dish.
Next was Kung Po Beef. It was slightly spicy beef with red and green peppers, onions, peanuts, all covered in a thick sauce. The veggies were very fresh and crunchy, popping when you bit them. The beef was tender and flavorful. The sauce was just slightly spicy, just a nice "Oh" and was very flavorful, very Asian.
Momma's choice was Cashew Chicken, chicken, mushrooms, carrots, snow pea pods and onions (oh and obviously cashews). Again, the chicken was tender and juicy, the veggies crunchy. It had a thick sauce that very thick and added a nice layer of texture to the dish. But it was very mild, didn't have much added flavor at all. And while Momma thoroughly enjoyed it, that's just not my kinda dish.
(and no, I did not eat the snow peas)
Then we had barbeque lo mein which was big slices of barbeque pork, bok choy?, snow pea pods, and bean sprouts all over lo mein noodles. The barbeque pork wasn't like barbeque for a sandwich, it was just smokey meat. It was very tender and quite flavorful. The cut of the meat was great (my daddy's a meat freak, so I think I'm qualified to say it was pretty good meat). I normally don't care for noodles, but I enjoyed these. It's not like I'd order lo mein instead of fried rice, but it was pretty good. They were slimy, but moist and pretty flavorful. The few v veggies complimented the flavor of the pork well.
Then I got an eggroll with pork and shrimp.
Oh....my......eggroll.
That..........was.........good.
It was very big, absolutely stuffed with veggies and meat., It was deep deep fried, so it held it's shape when you bit and crunched. You just had to bite down, not rip like you have to with some. The filling was hot and flavorful, big chunks of stuff! The sweet-n-sour sauce was cold and very thin, so it drizzled into the eggroll and infused it with flavorful.
All-in-all, Yang Chinese was great Chinese food, surely worth a stop.
Rating Scale:
yummy
awesome
yummyfuliscious
awesomefuliscious
awesomefulyummiliscious
Rating: awesomefuliscious
Chicago by Fork Volume 2
Place: Chicago Curry House
Food: Indian
The Chicago Curry House had a very cool Indian feel to it. All the staff was Indian, there was light Indian music in the background and it was dimly lit with pleasant decor on the walls.
We ordered vegetable pakoras as an appetiizer. They are vegetables, finely chopped, deep fried in a chickpea batter. There is no icky hummus flavor and are very light. They aren't greasy and almost tastes like funnel cake batter with vegetables, which is surprisingly good. They are lightly spiced, so it was like 'mmm'.They were hot and crispy, not tough at all.
We ordered Lamb Vindaloo which is lamb and potatoes in a thick tomatoey sauce. The lamb was perfectly cooked and super tender. It's like beef but richer, and fuller almost. The potatoes were very soft and infused with flavor. It was a wee bit hot but with the rice had great flavor.
We also ordered Chicken Tikki Masala. It is chicken in a cheeto orange sauce. It's roasted in a clay oven and is wonderful. The sauce is rich and buttery. It's warm and cheesy and not spicy but full of flavor. If you don't know if you like Indian food, but go to an Indian place, eat this.
Our vegetables were Aloo Gobhi which is cauliflower and potatoes without a sauce, but cooked in a flavorful spices. The vegetables weren't mushy, but very soft and juicy. I normally hate cauliflower, but I loooved this.
The garlic naan bread was spot on. The texture is almost like pizza dough, chewy but not rubbery. It is layered, sorta, and the top layer is crispy. It's buttery and garlicy and ssoo good with a little tikki masala sauce.
The dessert was Galaub Jamun which are fried dough balls soaked in a buttery saffron sauce. They're warm and soft, each bite creating a river of butter sauce that's almost cinnamony. The balls don't taste bad soft, the texture tastes good soft.
We also had Masala tea. Indian tea is brewed in milk, so is super creamy and is slightly spiced. It's piping hot and very good. It was the perfect way to end the meal.
I've had another Indian place, but this was sooo good. Everything was perfect. Indian food is hard to describe, cause it's just so flavorful!
Rating Scale:
yummy
awesome
yummyfuliscious
awesomefuliscious
awesomefulyummiliscious
Rating: awesomefulyummiliscious
Food: Indian
The Chicago Curry House had a very cool Indian feel to it. All the staff was Indian, there was light Indian music in the background and it was dimly lit with pleasant decor on the walls.
We ordered vegetable pakoras as an appetiizer. They are vegetables, finely chopped, deep fried in a chickpea batter. There is no icky hummus flavor and are very light. They aren't greasy and almost tastes like funnel cake batter with vegetables, which is surprisingly good. They are lightly spiced, so it was like 'mmm'.They were hot and crispy, not tough at all.
We ordered Lamb Vindaloo which is lamb and potatoes in a thick tomatoey sauce. The lamb was perfectly cooked and super tender. It's like beef but richer, and fuller almost. The potatoes were very soft and infused with flavor. It was a wee bit hot but with the rice had great flavor.
We also ordered Chicken Tikki Masala. It is chicken in a cheeto orange sauce. It's roasted in a clay oven and is wonderful. The sauce is rich and buttery. It's warm and cheesy and not spicy but full of flavor. If you don't know if you like Indian food, but go to an Indian place, eat this.
Our vegetables were Aloo Gobhi which is cauliflower and potatoes without a sauce, but cooked in a flavorful spices. The vegetables weren't mushy, but very soft and juicy. I normally hate cauliflower, but I loooved this.
The garlic naan bread was spot on. The texture is almost like pizza dough, chewy but not rubbery. It is layered, sorta, and the top layer is crispy. It's buttery and garlicy and ssoo good with a little tikki masala sauce.
The dessert was Galaub Jamun which are fried dough balls soaked in a buttery saffron sauce. They're warm and soft, each bite creating a river of butter sauce that's almost cinnamony. The balls don't taste bad soft, the texture tastes good soft.
We also had Masala tea. Indian tea is brewed in milk, so is super creamy and is slightly spiced. It's piping hot and very good. It was the perfect way to end the meal.
I've had another Indian place, but this was sooo good. Everything was perfect. Indian food is hard to describe, cause it's just so flavorful!
Rating Scale:
yummy
awesome
yummyfuliscious
awesomefuliscious
awesomefulyummiliscious
Rating: awesomefulyummiliscious
Chicago by Fork
Place: Giordano's
Food: Pizza
Our first experience was very interesting. We were going to eat at a hot dog place. So we bundle up and head outside. It was cold. I mean C-O-L-D!! The wind was like stickin' your face in snow! So, first we couldn't find the bus stop. So we missed the first bus. We wait 15 minutes for the next bus and froze. The next bus...didn't stop. Drove right past. So we wait 15 more minutes and got on a bus. The bus was warm. We switch buses and are almost there! We get off the bus (all of us are starving) and walk down to the hot dog place.
It's closed.
So, we turn around and start walkin'. I remember something! I saw Giordano's from the bus. And it's just a block or so away! Giordano's is considered by many to be the best pizza in Chicago, so we weren't disappointed. We walk in and it's warm and not crowded AND they had the UofL game on.
First we ordered bruschetta.
Bruschetta is a little medallion of garlic butter toast with a tomato and red onion salad on top. I knew I was gonna like this place when I saw the ice cream sized scoop of salad on top! The bruschetta was amazing! The toast was sooo buttery and had just the right amount of garlic. You could taste it but it didn't overwhelm the salad. The edges were crispy and the middle was soft, but nit soggy. Ir wasn't crunchy, like it hurt to bite, but crispy, yet soft. The tomatoes were really really fresh and the red onion was flavorful but not too strong. It had some unidentified fresh herbs and I think it was tossed in a light vinagrette. It was sprinkled with a bit on parmesean. The salad did not soggify the bread and the flavors were wonderful.
Then the pizza.
Oh the pizza!
That is the cheese.
This is my slice of special (green peppers, onions, mushrooms and sausage)
Wow. Chicago deep dish pizza (also called 'stuffed' pizza) is upside down. Crust, cheese, toppings, sauce.
The first thing you notice is the freshness of the sauce. The herbs are minimal so the tomatoeyness comes through. The veggies were crunchy and BIG. No little wimpy pieces of onion and pepper here! They fill your fork! And the sausage was so good! It wasn't no cheap, tasteless rubbery sausage that's on most pizza. It was big chunks of good, spicy sausage. The mushrooms were flavorful and salty, not slimy or dry. The cheese! Oh the cheese! The use slice cheese, not shredded. It was smooth and a little smokey, Oh so ooey-gooey. It just strings from the pizza, oozing out. The crust was thick and withstood the heavy toppings well. It tasted so goood, with the flavor of thin crust but not the weird breaky-apartness. The last few bites is the 3.5 inch crust with a few toppings, cheese, and the sauce. Eaten sideways, it was like a stuffed breadstick, and soooo good. I would have to say, based on my pizza criteria, this was one of the best pizzas I've had. Crust, Sauce, toppings, cheese. And it wasn't greasy or heavy. It was surprisingly fresh.
Rating Scale:
yummy
awesome
yummyfuliscious
awesomefuliscious
awesomefulyummiliscious
Giordano's: awesomefulyummiicious
Food: Pizza
Our first experience was very interesting. We were going to eat at a hot dog place. So we bundle up and head outside. It was cold. I mean C-O-L-D!! The wind was like stickin' your face in snow! So, first we couldn't find the bus stop. So we missed the first bus. We wait 15 minutes for the next bus and froze. The next bus...didn't stop. Drove right past. So we wait 15 more minutes and got on a bus. The bus was warm. We switch buses and are almost there! We get off the bus (all of us are starving) and walk down to the hot dog place.
It's closed.
So, we turn around and start walkin'. I remember something! I saw Giordano's from the bus. And it's just a block or so away! Giordano's is considered by many to be the best pizza in Chicago, so we weren't disappointed. We walk in and it's warm and not crowded AND they had the UofL game on.
First we ordered bruschetta.
Bruschetta is a little medallion of garlic butter toast with a tomato and red onion salad on top. I knew I was gonna like this place when I saw the ice cream sized scoop of salad on top! The bruschetta was amazing! The toast was sooo buttery and had just the right amount of garlic. You could taste it but it didn't overwhelm the salad. The edges were crispy and the middle was soft, but nit soggy. Ir wasn't crunchy, like it hurt to bite, but crispy, yet soft. The tomatoes were really really fresh and the red onion was flavorful but not too strong. It had some unidentified fresh herbs and I think it was tossed in a light vinagrette. It was sprinkled with a bit on parmesean. The salad did not soggify the bread and the flavors were wonderful.
Then the pizza.
Oh the pizza!
That is the cheese.
This is my slice of special (green peppers, onions, mushrooms and sausage)
Wow. Chicago deep dish pizza (also called 'stuffed' pizza) is upside down. Crust, cheese, toppings, sauce.
The first thing you notice is the freshness of the sauce. The herbs are minimal so the tomatoeyness comes through. The veggies were crunchy and BIG. No little wimpy pieces of onion and pepper here! They fill your fork! And the sausage was so good! It wasn't no cheap, tasteless rubbery sausage that's on most pizza. It was big chunks of good, spicy sausage. The mushrooms were flavorful and salty, not slimy or dry. The cheese! Oh the cheese! The use slice cheese, not shredded. It was smooth and a little smokey, Oh so ooey-gooey. It just strings from the pizza, oozing out. The crust was thick and withstood the heavy toppings well. It tasted so goood, with the flavor of thin crust but not the weird breaky-apartness. The last few bites is the 3.5 inch crust with a few toppings, cheese, and the sauce. Eaten sideways, it was like a stuffed breadstick, and soooo good. I would have to say, based on my pizza criteria, this was one of the best pizzas I've had. Crust, Sauce, toppings, cheese. And it wasn't greasy or heavy. It was surprisingly fresh.
Rating Scale:
yummy
awesome
yummyfuliscious
awesomefuliscious
awesomefulyummiliscious
Giordano's: awesomefulyummiicious
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Hi!
Hey! Welcome to Life by Fork. I got the idea from doing Chicago by Fork, and thought it'd be fun to have a site dedicated to food. So this is it! When we eat somewhere really good, it'll be here. But I'll also post recipes, funny lists, food flops and just foody stuff. It may not be very often, but it'll be fun!
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