30 RESTAURANTS COMPLETE!!!

This past weekend I got to mark another item on my 30 before 30 list! Trying 30 new restaurants. Here is the list! Yea!
 
1. Fuego Jackson, MS
2. Smash Burger  Houston, TX
3. Mississippi Legend Grill  Brandon, MS
4. Five Guys Ridgeland, MS
5. Humdingers Memphis, TN
6. Bombay House Memphis, TN
7. Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken Memphis, TN
8. La Pizzetta  New York City, NY
9. Lou's Cafe' New York City, NY
10. Norma's   New York City, NY
11. Angela's Deli New York City, NY
12. The Bulldog  Ridgeland, MS
13. La Cazuela  Jackson, MS
14. Franco's  Ridgeland, MS
15. Incredible Pizza  Memphis, TN
16. Sushi Hanna Houston, TX
17. Hibachi Grill Sushi Buffet  Vicksburg, MS
18. Perry's Steakhouse   Houston, TX
19. Bonny Blair's Irish Pub   Brandon, MS
20. Russo's New York Pizzeria   Houston, TX
21. Babalu   Jackson, MS
22. Panda Express  Houston, TX
23. Thai House   Houston, TX
24. Burgers & Blues   Ridgeland, MS
25. Ikea Restaurant   Houston, TX
26.  Einstein Brothers Houston, TX
27. Thai Spice Buffet  Houston, TX
28. Salty's   Seattle, WA
29. Sky City Restaurant   Seattle, WA
30. Tatanka Take-Out   Seattle, WA

New Restaurant

Before I had to leave Seattle we all grabbed a quick bite to eat. We went to Tatanka Take-Out where they served Buffalo Burgers! These burgers were so delicious. The meat was not as heavy as beef hamburgers and have more flavor too! It was a nice end to a wonderful time in Seattle!

 Tatanka Take-Out

 Burger!

Space Needle and a New Restaurant!

This morning we had brunch reservations at the revolving Space Needle restaurant, Sky City. Joe, Alyssa, John, and I took the Monorail. It was a very short ride, and at one of the turns you felt like it was going to tip over! But we made it to the Space Needle.

Monorail

Me and John

Joe and Alyssa

Space Needle

Space Needle

View from the Elevator on the way up!

Restaurant!

The Sky City Restaurant was so neat. It slowly rotated while you ate. The food was pretty good as well. For their brunch, you paid on price and got to choose from three categories, starters, main course, and dessert. I chose the Cold Smoked Steelhead Tart, Dungeness Crab Mac and Cheese, and the Huckleberry Cheesecake. Everything was so delicious! The restaurant was such much fun! It was a great way to experience the Space Needle!

View from our seat when we sat down

I thought the sugar cubes were fun

Huckleberry Cheesecake!

View from the Observatory Deck

View from the Observatory Deck

This is an art/music building, It's supposed to look like a smashed guitar.

Can you see it??

View from the Observatory Deck

View from the Observatory Deck

Me and John

Mr. Paul and Terry

Group shot

View from the Observatory Deck

View from the Observatory Deck

View from the Observatory Deck

New Restaurant!

This morning we woke up early to go to one of Joe and Alyssa's favorite places to get brunch, Salty's! From the condo we walked to the pier to take a water taxi to the restaurant. This was probably the best brunch buffet I've ever been to. There was so much to choose from. I mostly stuck to eating the crab legs and claws. They were the biggest I've ever seen and so good! They also had a large assortment of breakfast foods, and many other lunch type foods as well, the mac and cheese was divine! They also had some great little desserts, and a chocolate and caramel foundation. It was very delicious and we had a great time visiting!

 

View from the Water Taxi

Salty's! Alyssa and I both got balloons!

 

In front of Salty's

 

John and I, both blinking. :D

Dinner and a Broadway Musical!

This afternoon, John and I headed downtown to see Rock of Ages! We saw it in New York and loved it. I would consider it the best play we've seen in New York. A while back we found out that the show was now on tour, and it is almost the entire case that was on Broadway!

We went to the 2 o'clock matinee so we could see it before I had to get back to Jackson. It was a fantastic show! Our seats were great and we had such a great time! If this comes to a city near you, it is one to see. Even the guys will like it. It has scantily dressed women, the best of the 80's rock and roll, and a love story for the ladies!

I recently heard the play is being made into a movie! Pretty exciting. I will make sure to post the trailer when it comes out.

After the play was over John took me out to eat to the great little Thai Buffet!  I've gotten where I really like Thai food and this buffet offered everything I could want, a little Pad Thai, chicken skewers with peanut sauce, and they even had a little sushi. My only disappointment was the ice cream, which I love. It was coconut ice cream... But they did have some fruits and other great little desserts! Yum Yum!

New Restaurant!

John had a session with his personal trainer this morning at LA Fitness, so I went with him as his guest and took a spin class. It was pretty crazy and unlike any other spin class I've taken in Mississippi. They had different bikes and taught a lot differently, but it was an excellent workout.

After we worked out, it was almost 11, so John took me to get some breakfast/brunch at Einstein's.

 

I had seen several Einstein's in airports, but had never stopped in. I got a delicious beagle, cinnamon and sugar with regular cream cheese. And a nice cup of coffee. This was one of the best beagles I've ever had. You could tell is was very fresh and there was not an overwhelming amount of cream cheese on it. Very delicious, made me wish there was one close!!

New Restaurant!!!

Today after work, I made my way to Houston to see John! And as the picture of the day shows above, we went to the Ikea Store tonight! We were on a mission to find something new for the living room in his new apartment. We didn't have any luck, be we did get this very cool ice makers treys. I got one that makes heart shaped ice and John got one that makes the water bottle ice. John also got a nice wine rack.

When you go into the Ikea store it basically forces you to roam around almost the entire store. You go in one door and come out a different door. At the end of the 2nd floor there is a restaurant. It is basically a very nice cafeteria. We were there a little late so they had run out of a few things, but they did have some delicious chicken tenders left. And they had the best juice, I don't remember what it's called, but I would definitely recommend it if you ever have the chance to go. To top off the meal, John and I shared the large piece of Chocolate Pie. It was crazy and delicious!

New Restaurant!

Tonight I finally got to go to Burgers & Blues. I've heard a lot about it but haven't been able to go until tonight! I got the Hwy 61 Bacon & Blue Burger. It was just what it says, a burger with crispy bacon, blue cheese, and a blue cheese sauce. This was one of the best burgers I've had in a long time. If you don't like blue cheese, this would not be the burger for you. Between the blue cheese crumples and the blue cheese sauce, it was A LOT of blue cheese. We sat outside, the weather was wonderful! There was also a great band playing. Can't wait to go back!

New Restaurant!

Tonight, before I headed back to Jackson, John and I met Moose and Ashley for dinner. We decided to try the Thai House, it was right across the street from John's apartment and he hadn't tried it either. I got the Pad Thai and John got the Chicken Curry. It was very very good, but entirely too much food! I didn't even make it through half the plate. Moose and Ashley shared the Pad Thai, and even they couldn't finish the whole plate! And John had leftovers as well. Needless to say, John had lunch and dinner for the next couple of days.

New Restaurant!

For lunch today, John and I grabbed a quick bite at Panda Express. I had heard about Panda Express before, but I had never been to one until today. It sort of looked like the Chinese eateries you see in the mall, but it was nicer and I loved had quick and fresh it was. It was also pretty tasty and delicious! A delightful lunch with my sweetie!

New Restaurant!

Tonight I finally got to try Babalu in Fondren. It's this cute little Taco and Tapas restaurant. It's been open for a few months and I was finally able to try it tonight!

Babalu!!!!

Calamari and this fantastic sauce!

Red Sangria!

So my thoughts about this restaurant is that it was very good. However, you don't get much for what you are paying. I knew what I was getting into before I went. It's basically little tacos and appetizers. And expensive drinks. I think this would have been better as a date, where you could get a couple of things to share, however not so great when you with a group where everyone is separate.

I would give it another try though, the atmosphere was fun and also the food was not ever filling, it was very delicious!

New Restaurant!

For lunch today, John and I happened upon a pizza by the slice restaurant called Russo's New York Pizzeria. This was the largest piece of pizza I have ever eaten, or attempted to eat. I decided to build my own slice. That way I could get my slice with lots of olives! It was delicious!

Pizza place!

Greek Salad

Build Your Own Slice.

Pepperoni, Extra Cheese, and Black Olives! Yum!

New Restaurant!

Tonight I tried a new restaurant near the Rez with Jeff and some of his buddies. This was probably the worst restaurant I've ever been too. This place was out of Guinness! How does an Irish Pub run out of Guinness!? Then when we ordered our food, the waiter had to come back to about half of us and told us that they were out. I ended up getting the wings, which were so fatty that you couldn't tell what was fat and what was the chicken! I will not be going back here!

New Restaurant!

Tonight John took me out to a super nice restaurant for my birthday! We went to Perry's Steakhouse. It was the best steak I've ever eaten. They started off by bring us fresh baked bread, which was delicious! I ended up getting the Surf and Turf. It was so delicious! We ended the night with a dessert, Mont Blanc a la Frisc. It was a fancy strawberry shortcake, with fresh strawberries and ice cream. They also flambeed I white chocolate sauce right at our table! I did manage to sneak a picture of my meal...

New Restaurant!

Tonight I had dinner with Can, Jen, and Parker at Hibachi Grill Sushi Buffet in Vicksburg. It was pretty good for a buffet. They had this neat little hibachi section where you put what you wanted from a buffet display (I went simple and got shrimp and rice) and they grilled it up for you. The sushi bar was a little sparse, I guess I am a little spoiled from eating the sushi buffet at Ichiban. It was still lots of fun, I just ate a little too much. :)

New Restaurant!

Tonight I got to try a new sushi place in Houston. And I have to say it was the best sushi I've ever had! They had over 100 different rolls to choose from, and everything was very fresh. Even the sauces tasted fresh made! This is a restaurant I hope to visit again soon!

New Restaurant!

Tonight was Louis's 30th Birthday celebration! It was at Incredible Pizza and it was incredibly fun! I think he was also incredibility surprised! (I'm trying to see how many times I can say incredible in this post.) Anyways, P's birthday party was last weekend and I think Louis thought he wasn't getting a party at all! But we showed him. We had so much fun!

We got to eat tons of pizza, nachos, and sweets.(They also had pasta, salad, baked potatoes, ect.) It was one of the biggest pizza buffet I'd ever seen. I also, had cookies and cinnamon rolls. It was the most sugar I'd had in a long time so i was pretty hyped up. Luckily we were able to work off some of that energy. We were able to play tons of games and I got to do 4 activities. I got to ride the go-carts, 9 holes of mini-golf, the bumper cars, and a simulated monster truck ride (were you actually hang upside down some of the time). It was a super fun night!!!

New Restaurant!

Tonight Can, Parker, Karen, and I went to eat at Franco's. It's on County Line Road, in the shopping center with Pier 1. Can has wanted to try it the next time she was in town, and she is in town this weekend, so we went! In High School can worked at Mario's, a Italian restaurant, Mario's later became Franco's and moved to Clinton, later it moved to Ridgeland.

It was very good. I ended up getting the Franco Pasta. It had shrimp, crab, and a cream sauce. It was a little rich, but delicious!! My only complaint was that I couldn't get a glass of wine with my pasta. They don't have their licence yet. But it was a great evening with great friends and I will definitely go again!

New Restaurant!

Today was a co-workers birthday and to celebrate we went to lunch at La Cazuela. It is very close to work and a regular place for some co-workers. It was very good! Some of the best Mexican I've ever had! It was just a shame there were no margarita's involved. :D I will definitely go back!!

New Restaurant!

Tonight I met Lacey, her husband, and his parents at The Bulldog for happy hour after work today. This was the end of my first week at my new job and I was really looking forward to a drink. I also ordered the chicken tenders, they were pretty good. It was a fun time!! It's a place a would go again!