If anyone still checks this...

Well, I am gone from Provo and back at home in Vegas.  I have started a similar blog for Vegas Eats.  Check it out if you're interested:

Sin City Eats

Cheers!

Ruth's Diner Part II

For my first blog post I reviewed Ruth's Diner up Emigration canyon in SLC.  I focused on the fantastic dinner menu and experience at the diner and only briefly mentioned that they are famous for breakfast.  I am here to repent.  Their breakfast is so delicious that I might have to recommend eating there twice in one day, especially if you make the drive up from Provo.  Here are the highlights:

Your meal always starts with hot biscuits served with butter and sweet/tart raspberry jam.  The biscuits alone could make a meal.  But please, do yourself a favor and order.  May I suggest...

The pulled pork eggs Benedict.  Wow.  This is a dish unlike any I have tried, especially for breakfast.  You start with two pieces of green chile and cheese cornbread, top that with generous portions of pulled pork, follow that woth a perfectly poached egg, finished off with creamy, tangy hollandaise sauce.  The mixture of the smoky BBQ sauce and the rich hollandaise is incredible.  Seriously, if there weren't so many menu options I would get this every time.

Or you could go with the pecan cinnamon roll French toast.  Simply divine.  Two cinnamon rolls dipped in the custard and fried to perfection.  With every unravelling piece of the roll, this dish gets better and better.  They top it off with a lemon cream cheese mixture and hot maple syrup.  It doesn't get any better if you're looking for a sweet start to your day.

You have gotta try this place!  It is worth the drive, trust me.

HERE is the link to Ruth's website, complete with directions and complete menu.

Cheers! 

Pawit's Royale Thai Cuisine

It's been a while since my last post, but I am going to be honest ... 18 English credits just kick my butt sometimes.  However, this Saturday my wife and I spent the day in Salt Lake and I must report on our dining experience.  I'll have a couple of posts over the next couple days covering each of the delightful dishes we tried.

First, let's start with dinner.  One of my professors--a bit of a Thai connoisseur--said that if I wanted some good Thai I had to try Pawit's Royale Thai Cuisine in southern Salt Lake.  Saturday, I gave it a try.  As soon as I stepped through the door, I knew that I was in for some good grub when I walked nose-first into the wall of unique aroma that just screams "Thai!".  I can't describe it in words, but if you know Thai, you know what I'm talking about--it's that smell that fills each cozily lit Thai restaurant.

The food: delicious.  I went with the Gang Dang, a "medium red curry with coconut milk, zucchini, red and green bell peppers, bamboo shoots, green peas, and Thai basil." (Straight from the menu)  The one thing that I will say about this curry besides the fact that it is fantastic is that it is HOT.  Don't let the word "medium" fool you.  I like my food spicy and even for me this dish had me going back to my water after every other bite.  It was SO good, though.  Like I have said before about Thai food, it is so unique that--like the smell that fills the restaurant--you really can't adequately describe it.  Maybe the most important aspect of the food is the synergy of flavors and textures: it's sweet, spicy, creamy, and crunchy all at the same time.  You've just got to try it... but maybe a milder version if you can't take the heat.

My wife got the Pad Thai, as usual, and she went crazy about it, as usual.  But can you go wrong with Pad Thai? 

Maybe the best thing about this place: bang for the buck.  We each only ate half of our meals and both had a tasty leftover lunch to take with us.

You have to try this place.  Click HERE for Pawit's complete menu, location, and contact information.

Seriously, if you think that Asian cuisine has nothing to offer besides Orange Chicken from Panda, you have to try Thai, and Pawit's is one of the best places you can go to give it a shot.

Leave me a comment below with your Pawit's experiences (especially with menu recommendations for future visits) or let me know that special place where you go to get your Thai on.

Cheers!

Lone Star Taqueria

This past weekend, my wife and I were invited by a good friend--who has a great food blog of her own: Patti Cakes--to go to Lone Star Taqueria.  She said, "We want to take you to eat there so that you can write about it on your blog later."  Well, I would hate to disappoint, so here I am.


It is my goal to try each of the 7 joints from the Salt Lake City area which have been featured on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives before my time is through here in Utah.  Lone Star Taqueria was the 3rd which I have tried--along with Ruth's Diner and Moochie's Meatballs--leaving me with visits to Pat's Barbecue, The Blue Plate Diner, The Red Iguana, and the Burger Bar (in Roy, UT) before I can leave Utah fat and happy when I graduate.


Lone Star Taqueria sticks out like a sore thumb in southern Salt Lake.  It looks like a mix of a Texas ranch and a beach house in California... and the SMELL!  I mean that in a good way.  They are using so much fresh fish that it smells like they ship in a daily dose of sea breeze straight from the California coast.  Speaking of the fish... the fish-of-the-day tacos are off the chain.  They are not your typical deep fried filets that so many of us are used to, but these grilled fish tacos are so good that I didn't miss the crispy crust that the batter-and-fry method produces--and I like just about anything deep fried.  The fresh fish is topped off simply with shredded cabbage, tomato, and cilantro and served with a bit of creamy dressing that brings it all together.  Amazing.

Along with the fish taco I ordered a taco with carne adovada: marinated, spicy pork.  This taco was great as well, with just enough spice to make your tongue tingle.  It was one of the dishes featured on DDD when Guy stopped by to check it out.  Check out the clip below to get a glimpse into how it's made.

The last thing that I loved about this place was the bucket of lime wedges near the soda fountain.  There is nothing better than an ice-cold Coke with a few squirts of lime juice to top it off.  It is a small touch, I know, but it just makes the meal that much better.  Once again, this place proves that you don't have to spend a arm and a pierna to get a good meal, especially here in Utah.  Want a $20 dollar date?  Go to Lone Star Taqueria, hit up the Red Box on the way home, and you'll still have money for the piggy bank at the end of the night.

To find out more about this place, click HERE to go to their website.  Been there yourself?  Tell me about your experience in the comments below.

Cheers!

Skweez-ing Today...

In an earlier post, I talked about receiving texts for daily restaurant deals.  If you didn't do it then, start now: text "food" to 53535 and follow the instructions they send you.

I just had to tell you all about today's text.  If you go to Ruth's Diner you will get 40% off of your entire bill. 
I think that these deals are one-day only, so if you get the chance, get there tonight for a delicious meal for a little less.

 Did I mention before that they have the best mac and cheese ever?!?!

Cheers.

I wanna hear from you

I am looking for suggestions.  I want to know the not-so-popular places you go here in Provo/Salt Lake that I can try for myself and share with the millions--nay, billions--of this blog's readers.


Tell me where you go and what you get there.  What is it about this place that makes it so irresistible?


Happy Eating!

Moochie's Meatballs

I'm gonna keep this short and sweet, you know why?  I am getting sad and hungry sitting here at my computer without a Moochie's sandwich in my mouth.  Seriously, it's depressing.


If you drive east on 800 south in Salt Lake City, it is very likely that you would pass 232 east without a second glance...  What a stupid thing to do.  Find a parking spot and step inside for a taste of some of the best sandwiches around.

I saw this joint on DDD (see video below) and I knew I had to try it next time I went to Salt Lake.  But what about Ruth's Diner?  Could I sacrifice a trip to my can't miss diner in order to try this new place?  Solution: Moochie's for dinner, Ruth's for breakfast next day.  Bangarang. 

I ordered the Philly cheesesteak sandwich with sauted mushrooms and bell peppers.  If you like it with a little kick (like I do) you've gotta take advantage of their extensive pepper bar filled with jalapenos, cherry peppers, pepperoncinis, etc.  Oh, and don't forget the sauce as seen in the picture below--it's a creamy jalapeno sauce with just enough spice to tingle the back of your tongue.

The highlight of the sandwiches is the bread.  Somehow they find a way to keep it from getting soggy, so you end up with delicious, crusty, chewy bread as the platform for the delicious meats and sauces Moochie's has to offer.

My wife loved the meatball sandwich; the provolone cheese was hot and gooey and the meatballs were fantastic.  There is nothing bad to say about this place.


My one regret I had as I left was that I didn't get some of their fries.  They have regular and (my personal favorite) sweet potato fries which sent their deep-fried aroma through the air that made me want to ask the table next to me if I could try just one of their little beauties.  Give them a try.


Here is the video clip that had me hooked--until I tried it for myself and I was truly converted.

Click HERE to chek out Moochie's website for maps, directions, and the full delicious menu.  Let me know how it goes.

Cheers!