May 27, 2015

CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA -




Well This is a First, Frozen Indian Food produced by - OK I am a bit of a conossiuer so let us find out.

Chicken Tikka Masala with Basmati Rice - They pretty much got it right, I will be back, Rice perhaps a tad dry but what do you expect out of Frozen Food, Sauce is Delectable and Chicken is "choice cuts".

OH THIS IS GOOD.

It is almost a small "weight watchers" portion but frozen Food always comes this way. The Sauce is almost Spicy which Rules.

I do not Taste any Yogurt but if you blindfolded me and handed me this I would say "Tikka Masala"

Really Good. 8/10.


May 18, 2015

CLYDE FRAZIER 5/17/15 NEW YORK CITY


Truly a Burger of the highest order but amongst the best without surpassing them. Jackson Hole and Five Guys is just as good. Couple of bucks overpriced ($16) and as this 
Restaurant is on 10th avenue in Manhattan I was mildly shocked but this is also not to be shunned or surprised at.

Certainly a hand made Burger made from scratch as you can feel the crumbliness and texture of the Meat and prepared perfectly Medium Well as I ordered it. The Bacon was also done to perfection, not underdone nor overdone, just right, Crispy and Scrumptious. White Cheddar was used but that is the higher end on the Cheddar scale.


Pre-Dinner or more like as soon as we sat down the Bread Bowl was presented. Not enough Butter for us Cholesterol hounds but the Bread was warm to the touch and the Taste buds. 


A Very Cold Glass of Magic Hat number 9 complimented the pre-Dinner festivities.


Trendy Interior, not my kind of place but the wait staff and Food was exemplary.


Clyde Frazier Exterior.



Partial Menu Selection.



The purpose and reason for Celebrating was my great friend Charlie completing his first ever Violin recital. I am very proud of my Musician friend.

Thank You to Elana and Jamie for the meal.

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May 8, 2015

SPAGHETTI IN A CAN ll


Spicy Beef Ravioli - Now This I am Excited about. AND its not Spicy at all, let me wait for the kick at the end which sometimes happens,... OK there is just enough that I would think something was wrong if it was regular Beef Ravioli, this definitely works taking into consideration the taste buds of America and what they consider HOT. You can always make it hotter yourself with some Hot Sauce or Red Pepper Flakes, odd thing is I never considered doing that myself with Canned Pasta.











LETS GO BANANAS - BISQUICK PANCAKES


Maybe not to my liking, I followed all the rules and did not really need them but I blame the Bisquick which is indeed a Great product but they did not come out like Pancakes normally do, No fault of them or I, it just was NOT Pancakes.

These may appear slightly overdone but I was waiting for your typical brown Pancake.

This was not happening.


YES WE HAVE NO BANANAS.

In my case I had Extra Bananas.

When in Rome Do like the Romans Do so I decided with some advice from Sarah to make Banana Walnut Pancakes.

Those Walnuts aint cheap, I could have gotten more "Blowski" for that price.


Whip It Good.


First Pancake looked promising but they all tasted the same.


Le' Entourage.


May 1, 2015

L & B SPUMONI GARDENS 5/1/15 Brooklyn, New York


THREE SQUARE MEALS A DAY.

The Sicilian Slice from L & B Spumoni Gardens is certainly my favorite "Square" and perhaps my cohorts as well whom I accompanied this evening, being Roberta (Billy Joel song), Sarah Crazy Child (Tyrannosaurus Rex song) and your narrator Spike (Tom Petty song) and what is not be agreed upon, Just Perfect.

A bit non-conformist and leading the pack placing the Cheese directly on the Dough and the Sauce on top making it quite a "backwards" Slice,... or is it ?



L & B's House Salad (Romaine Lettuce, Red Cabbage, Olives, Tomato, Radish, Red Onion) was shared amongst us and is available for weddings, bar mitzvahs and bat mitzvahs alike. At the end only some poor Radishes were left, none of us has ever purchased a Radish in real life nor possibly in the dream world as well but we all agreed and no offense but Radishes taste like Dirt, well they are grown IN the dirt so perhaps they retain this from their infancy.


The Rice Ball Appetizer - I did order Parmigiana so I think they got it wrong as charging $1.50 extra for a light dusting of Grated Cheese seems without warrant, HOWEVER these proved themselves quite formidable as they were the Rice Ball proper or at least the kind with Meat and Peas inside, I can still taste it now. 

Oh Wait, I have one as a leftover and I shall taste it again.

YUMMYYUMMYYUMMYYUMMYYUMMYYUMYUMYUMBURP.


And here you see that "The Proof Is In The Rice Ball"

(Sicilian Slice in the background not included) 

Incidentally as Roberta did not order a Sicilian Slice at the beginning of the evening they threw one in for free. This is extremely nice, good customer service, good business and perfect Pizza symmetry.

And perhaps an inherent fear and reverence for Raphanus, the Radish King of Venus.


Penne a la Vodka with Grilled Chicken, need I say more ?. OK I will

Penne a la Vodka with Grilled Chicken.

The Pasta was done perfectly just under Al Dente in a savory yet mild Vodka Sauce and there were little Mushrooms singing to us from the plate. Sarah Crazy Child swore it was a Macklemore song but Roberta refuted that it was in fact Taylor Swift and I suggested Klaus Nomi so we agreed to disagree and dug in. 

Actually I was late to the game as I was still contemplating a Rice Ball that was singing in a contralto voice "Who Wants To Live Forever" from my plate.

Did someone put something in our water ?


Sarah Crazy Child does not care for the Olive and while me and Roberta protested she plopped them onto her plate and then onto mine. "doop, doop, doop" they went and were quickly speared and devoured.

The Olive Garden has nothing on Spumoni Gardens.

Great Food, Great Evening.