Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Bing's Bodacious Burgers on Madison

What we ate
Pulled Pork Sandwich with fries -- Weird BBQ sauce but deliciously moist meat and great ciabatta style bun.
Bing's Cheeseburger with Bacon -- great cheeseburger not to greasy, fresh tasty ingredients, and Bing's secret sauce.
Basket of onion rings -- Exceptionally crispy and perfectly cooked onion rings with secret sauce which tasted tangy, and mayonaisey.
Iced Tea -- delicious and plenty of refils
Coke -- its coke.

The good
Great atmosphere. Would definitely go back. Want more of those amazing onion rings. Great for groups. We didn't get a chance to try any but the drinks looked wonderful and the bartender was nice. Refils were infinite and the service was impeccable.

The bad
Not enough onion rings. The kitchen closes kind of early on weekdays. Fries weren't hot enough.

2nd Time around
Bing's Burger with Bacon w/ fries
BBQ Burger w/ onion rings
Bing's Wings (half order)
Water

The Good
Burgers and Fries were hot. Onion Rings were Amazing!! again. Burgers were wonderful,
refils on water were timely, and service was impeccable. I got a burger with tomatoes on it and it had two large slices instead of one tiny slice. All in all, still really good. This time we got onion rings on the side and there were plenty of them Yay!. I also tried the buffalo wings -- They were wonderful. large, meaty, spicy, tasty, and half a serving was plently for a pre-burger appetizer split between 2 people.

The Bad
None!

Monday, March 29, 2010

Outback Steakhouse @ Westlake

What we ate
bloomin' onion -- tasted slightly burnt.
sirloin steak (medium well) with coconut shrimp and sweet potato fries -- Sirloin steak was fantastic perfectly cooked, soft, and flavorful. The shrimp tasked like it had a candy coating but after picking that off they were delicious. The sweet potato fries were fantastic as well.
sirloin steak (medium rare) with baby back ribs and regular fries -- the steak was blue. they served the ribs with a cute little apron. The ribs were tasty but didn't have very much meat on them. Fries weren't particularly noteworthy but were still good.

The Good: got seated immediately, servers were exceptionally attentive. Food was hot and good if a little bit sweet. I was really disappointed with the burnt flavor of the bloomin' onion. Would go again for the steak and sweet potato fries.

The Bad: -- the service was over the top I don't know how many time they "checked on us". No steak sauce on the table (yes, I know I could have asked one of my overly attentive waiters). If I go back they can keep the candied shrimp and burnt onion.

Chungees on 12th

What I ate
fried Wontons -- were delicious, crispy, and stuffed with some kind of unknown bbq flavored substance. There were six small Wontons.
Yum Yum Crispy Chicken -- exceptionally crisply breaded chicken slightly sweet with cinnamon notes. It reminds me of cinnamon toast crunch cereal.
Pork Chow Mein -- Tiny pieces of pork with giant noodles.
Kung Pao Chicken -- great sauce lots of peanuts, vegetables were great. plenty of chicken.
Iced tea -- a little weak
Coke -- it was coke.

The good
The food was good fresh and well made. Service was fast. drinks were refilled. It wasn't amazing but definitely good.

The Bad
the portions were a little small so it was relatively expensive for what we got.