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April’s Birthday at Napoli
Posted on November 14, 2025 by Ching under Events, Food and Drink.
We had such a wonderful time celebrating April’s birthday at Napoli. This was actually a couple of months ago but I’m super behind on posting here.
We enjoyed some fabulous food and drinks in addition to the wonderful company. It’s always great to see these guys because I don’t feel like we get to spend enough time together. Everyone is just so busy.
Food pics…
And the drinks… I only got a couple of pics, though.
Our friends are huge fans of Napoli. We love Napoli too but I think our go to for Italian right now is FioRito. The food is fantastic and it’s more centrally located. What about you all? Which Italian restaurant is your favorite?
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Crispy & Co HaneBe
Posted on October 20, 2025 by Ching under Food and Drink.
Brian and I found a new fried chicken place we love on the West side of town. And, no, it isn’t Raising Cane’s — although we do love us some Raising Cane’s as well.
This place is called Crispy & Co HaneBe and it went in the old Planet Sub space on Central and Maize. One of the best things about this place is you can get chicken, tacos, rice, and boba — all under one roof. We’ve been a few times now and we’ve enjoyed our food every time.
Food pics…
Here’s their current weekly special schedule (NOTE: Current as of October 2025. Depending on when you’re reading this, it might change so please don’t be mad at me.)
- Manic Monday – All drinks are 50% OFF from 2 PM to 5 PM.
- Taco Tuesday – Buy 1 order of chicken tacos and get the 2nd order at 50% OFF.
- Wild Bowl Wednesday – $2 OFF all rice bowls.
- Thirsty Thursday – All fruit teas and lemonades are 50% OFF.
- Fry-Day – Any side of fries (includes sweet potato fries), tater tots, and onion rings are 50% OFF.
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Road Trip to Allen
Posted on October 13, 2025 by Ching under Food and Drink, Travel.
Since I wrote about Chama already, I won’t write about it again. However, I will use this post to write about all the other things we did that weekend. As you know, we were down in the DFW area celebrating our 23rd wedding anniversary in August but we found ourselves back there again last month for the Chicken N Pickle ambassador event in Allen, Texas.
For most of our road trips, we try to stay at Hyatt Place because (a) they are pet friendly and only charge a $75 pet cleaning fee, and (b) I can use my Chase Rewards points. On this visit, we stayed at the Hyatt Place in Allen, TX. I had to take picture of the door because their address number is 333, which is a throwback to our Texas hold’em days.
Saki is such a good girl. We love taking her on road trips whenever we can.
We met our friend Laurie Adams for happy hour at the Lazy Dog down the street from our hotel on Friday night. This was actually a wonderful surprise because I originally thought we would have to drive to Grapevine. Come to find out, there are several Lazy Dog locations throughout Texas and there was one about five minutes from our hotel.
Here are some pictures of our food.
You can’t go for happy hour and not have any drinks, obviously. So here are some drink pics. The cocktail sampler was not part of the happy hour specials but I still had to try it.
The next day, I played in the Chicken N Pickle ambassador team event at the Allen, TX CNP alongside Laure, Bee Bandasack, and Tom Pham.
We had dozens of ambassadors from at least seven Chicken N Pickle locations converge for some friendly competition. It was a great time!
Here’s a little highlight video I made of the event:
It was such a fabulous weekend. I can’t wait to do it all again.
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Brian’s First Sriracha Burnt Ends Since Cancer Treatments
Posted on October 6, 2025 by Ching under Food and Drink.
It’s been almost a year since he’s had his favorite starter at one of our most favorite lunch spots, Local Flavor. If you’ve never had the sriracha burnt ends there, we highly recommend it. Well, mostly Brian. I think it’s excellent but just too spicy for my taste. I can only handle a bite or two before it’s too much.
Here are some pictures of other food we ate on that visit.
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Brian’s First Time at Kyuramen
Posted on October 3, 2025 by Ching under Food and Drink.
I just tried to search the blog for Kyuramen and didn’t find anything. My friend Chris Townley and I had been there at least a couple of times. I can’t believe I never wrote about it. So weird. Anyway, I wanted to document this last visit because it was Brian’s first time there.
Brian has been on a ramen kick lately and often going to Yokohama Ramen Izakaya, sometimes even without me. Chris and I decided to drag him to Kyuramen because he’d never been there and we wanted to expand his ramen horizons.
The interior decor of Kyuramen is quite unique with the honeycomb booths and the curtained booths. The vibe is just really neat. I also like the details like how they have their seasonings in these cute little containers at your table.
Here are some pictures of the food we enjoyed on this visit…
The interesting thing about the ramen bowls at Kyuramen is they have this little game. If you get to the bottom of the bowl, you might see a sign for a free drink, appetizer, or ramen. It’s always fun to try to eat all your ramen and drink all the soup; although, I honestly have never been able to finish mine. I usually just have to ask for a to go container and that’s the only time I’ve ever seen the bottom. But out of all these times, we never seen a winner. Our server that day said she never has seen a winning bowl either. So much for that game, I guess. LOL.
Another fun thing at Kyuramen is the craft station. If you have a bit of time, you can create a work of art and hang it. Chris and I have made ours. Brian didn’t want to make one on this visit but I’m hoping that he’ll make one next time we go because he’s really great at drawing. If you go, you definitely have to leave your mark just as many others have.
Anyway, despite the fun, unique ambiance, Brian still prefers Yokohama Ramen Izakaya ramen flavors to Kyuramen. I kind of do too. What about you? Have you tried both of these places? If so, which do you like better?
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