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Buffalo Brew Coffee Company
Posted on March 22, 2024 by Ching under Food and Drink.
Buffalo Brew Coffee Company is a coffee shop from Valley Center that recently opened its second location at the National in downtown Wichita.
In addition to the yummy drinks, they also offer yummy breakfast burritos and sandwiches. My friend Chris Townley got a sausage, egg, and cheese English muffin while I tried a bagel sandwich with sausage and bacon last week.
I highly recommend checking out Buffalo Brew if you haven’t already. There’s still time this month to try the March specialty drinks. And, if you find something you really, really like, you can even get it in the giant 32 oz. size!
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Local Flavor is So Delightful
Posted on March 18, 2024 by Ching under Food and Drink.
Ever since I’ve discovered Local Flavor and their “local delight” pie I have been completely obsessed. In fact, I dragged Brian and Chris (my friend from work) there again for lunch recently just so I could satisfy my pie craving. Here are some pics from that visit and previous visits (because the place is now on our regular dining rotation).
The smoked chicken bacon wrap normally has greens and tomatoes. Brian doesn’t like tomatoes and so there’s none in this pic. After having this version, he decided he didn’t like the greens either. So now he gets it without greens and tomatoes and it’s absolutely perfect. This wrap has the best smoky flavor. It’s our new favorite thing to get there.
Brian also loves their rib tips. They are good but a bit too spicy for my taste buds.
Parmesan potatoes – not that special but good. And they’re the perfect additional side to complement your meal specially if you’ve decided to just split a chicken bacon wrap like we sometimes do.
Chris had the fish at lunch the other day. He got two huge fillets, battered and fried. Not gonna lie. It looked pretty good. I would have had fries instead of the fried okra, though.
The smoked salmon dip is also something that I have really enjoyed there. You can’t see the dip under the pretzel in this pic. They give you quite a bit of it along with the pretzel, Ritz crackers, veggies, and chips.
I had so much dip left over one time that I took the rest home and made a sandwich out of it the next day. It was great that way too.
And then here’s the best part – the local delight pie. It’s got the best fruity flavors.
The place doesn’t really look like much when you first pull up but, as soon as you get out of the car, you’re immediately greeted with that smoky barbecue aroma. That place smells so freakin’ delicious. Besides barbecue, they also serve tacos and burgers. Much like everywhere else, Tuesday is “Taco Tuesday” and Wednesday is burger day ($2 off any burger). You can see the rest of the daily specials in the pic of the menu below.
Happy hour is 2 to 5 PM Tuesday through Saturday and there’s a bonus late night happy hour from 9 PM to midnight Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. I’ve yet to come out to enjoy their happy hour but I’m very tempted to because the food and drink specials are pretty darn good.
Here are some of their specialty drinks.
I’ve also yet to come out to Sunday brunch but those $15 mimosa buckets are calling my name. Anyone wanna go this Sunday?
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Pennant Coffee – New Location
Posted on March 7, 2024 by Ching under Food and Drink.
Leslie Coffee in Delano closed and Pennant Coffee, which was originally located at Revolutsia, took over their location.
Chris Townley, Josh Harris, and I recently went to check them out at their new location. Sad that Leslie Coffee closed but we absolutely love Pennant. Specially since they don’t upcharge the non-dairy milk options.
The breakfast sandwiches are also fantastic there. This is the classic sando. It is hefty with a kick! Anyway, I highly recommend checking out Pennant if you ever have a chance. Rumor has it, Reverie’s Kyle is over there now.
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Post Dental Work Brunch
Posted on March 5, 2024 by Ching under Food and Drink.
Little kids get suckers or lollipops after a visit with the doctor or dentist, Brian gets a trip to his favorite breakfast place. Which works for me too because I also love HomeGrown. We usually go to the Bradley Fair location.
Brian’s coffee was dual purpose that day: (a) he can’t function without coffee, and (b) he enjoyed the warm cup on his numb face. As for me, I took advantage of my day off to have a mid-morning mimosa.
The mango tango mimosa was refreshingly delicious. Food pics below:
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My Solo Weekend Without Brian
Posted on February 23, 2024 by Ching under Food and Drink, Life.
Brian went out of town last weekend so I got to experience an entire weekend alone. I’m usually the one going out of town so this reversal of roles was quite a change of pace. The first day was super easy because it was a work day. Brian left first thing in the morning so it was just me and Saki the entire day, but it wasn’t really different than any other Friday when Brian goes to work and I’m working from home. Except this time he didn’t come home.
Brian picked up his dad from Oklahoma and the two of them drove to Mississippi to pick up some of his late Aunt Sandy’s personal items. It’s quite a drive so he didn’t come home until Sunday. In the meantime, I had the whole weekend to myself. What to do? What to do?
I didn’t have a commitment until my 4 PM team league at West YMCA so I had a nice leisurely Saturday. I kinda spent most of the morning in bed, reading my Silo book and napping. I actually finished book one (Wool) last weekend. And then I grabbed some lunch and picked up a donation for Picklemania MMXXIV from Top Golf. Came back home and read some more before heading to the Y for league.
My schedule on Sunday was much more structured. I started out at Chicken N Pickle, filling in for Kendra during Team Freddy’s practice because she had to go out of town. And then I was off to the Sandbox to deliver some iPickle Nation awards and also stream the games. Then it was a quick bite to eat before heading to the Genesis in Goddard to hit Missy’s Zumba class.
And then it was time to feed myself and Saki. I made one of our Hello Fresh dinners. It was so relaxing, I felt like that Alena Skaya lady on Insta who always shares the “love myself” reels. When Brian came home, he ate the rest of the Hello Fresh dinner I made and I did some more reading before bed. It was a super relaxing weekend.
Meanwhile Brian sent pictures of their dinners while he was out of town.
They had Mexican on Friday night, which Brian said wasn’t particularly great.
I’m not sure where this was but they also ate it.
They also ate at this place called Ribcage Steakhouse, which Brian really enjoyed.
And that’s pretty much the weekend.
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