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The Anchor at Shangri-la
Posted on October 6, 2023 by Ching under Food and Drink, Travel.
My women’s doubles partner for the Shangri-la tournament, Colby Fugit, took complete charge of picking out our uniforms for that tournament. She chose our dress and our shoes. We were matchy-matchy from head to toe so naturally we had to take a bunch of photos. Thank you to Kyle Rinck, Colby’s mixed doubles partner, for being our photographer for these photos.
Brian took this one after our podium pic. I don’t normally do the bite the medal thing, but Colby wanted to do it and I let her call the shots on our outfits I was just rolling with it. It was a nice, relaxed, fun day overall.
After we were done playing, Colby, Brian, and I had lunch at the Anchor, the onsite restaurant. We actually like the food there and Brian is a huge fan of their giant pretzels. Here are some pics of our lunch that day.
I actually really like that there’s a restaurant right there so you don’t have to leave the tournament to eat. And you can even eat lunch while watching your friends play because you can bring your food out to the court area or eat on the patio.
We ate at the Anchor again after mixed doubles on Sunday before hitting the road and starting our drive back to Wichita.
Brian really likes their flatbread pizza, as you can tell. He gets them every time.
I really like their fries.
Anyway, if you’re ever in the area, gotta eat there at least once. It’s specially convenient if you don’t want to have to hop in your car and go somewhere. Until next time, GNG.
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Doc’s Bar and Grill
Posted on October 2, 2023 by Ching under Food and Drink, Pickleball, Travel.
We ate at Doc’s last year when we were in Shangri-la for their inaugural pickleball tournament. It was our first stop again this year. The menu changes on a regular basis so the list of dishes is vastly different than when we were there last year. Here are some pictures of the food we had this time.
The food was fabulous as always and the company even better. Just like last year, we were with Kumar Krishnan, his wife Sujatha, their daughter Priyanka, and Cody Kent. It is Kumar’s tournament but, if you ask him, Cody is the brains behind the operation. He single-handedly runs the tournament desk at the event. Cody’s wife Dana had to work this weekend so she didn’t come out but we gained Fernando Martinez and Amanda Ades who joined us for dinner after the Friday night open play/mixer at the resort.
There weren’t as many players from Wichita this year so I am glad that Fernando and Amanda made the trip. The tournament venue is just breathtaking and I want to be able to share the experience with as many people as I possibly can.
I’ve decided to significantly reduce the number of tournaments that I am playing in next year (seriously, as of right now zero) but Shangri-la is probably one that I will still do just because it’s more of a vacation than a tournament. It’s just so beautiful out there. Until next time. GNG.
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Waffle House
Posted on September 25, 2023 by Ching under Food and Drink.
I’m not really sure about the appeal of Waffle House. I’d never been to one (and neither has Brian) so it seemed like something we should cross off our list.
There was one by our Airbnb so we decided to go check it out before heading home. Honestly, it’s not really anything spectacular so you’re not missing one. However, I’m not one to just take other people’s word. I like to decide things for myself so check it out we did.
I’m not sure if all Waffle Houses are set up the same way. The interior is small and like a diner where you can eat at the counter. Except the kitchen is open so you can watch as they make your food. I like that part because you can see exactly what they’re doing and they can’t mess with it. LOL.
I had a sausage, bacon, egg, and cheese bowl. Brian got biscuits and gravy – his usual everywhere. I’m not sure why I didn’t get a picture of it.
I also ordered a waffle for us, after all it is Waffle House, but it wasn’t really earth-shattering. It was better than the hotel waffles we’ve been having but I’ve had better. Anyway, at least now we can say we’ve been to one.
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Lazy Dog Restaurant and Bar
Posted on September 22, 2023 by Ching under Food and Drink, Travel.
Brian and I found this great pet-friendly restaurant in Grapevine, Texas with a fabulous patio. It made me kind of wish we had Saki with us. It’s called Lazy Dog Restaurant and Bar and, now that I have looked it up, I guess technically Glade Parks is in Euless, Texas but we were in the area for a pickleball thing at Chicken N Pickle – Grapevine so I just assumed we were in Grapevine. It literally just a few minutes away from the CNP.
Obviously, no pets inside the restaurant but their giant patio is almost as big as the inside that’s where they seat people with pets.
At the center of it all is this massive fireplace where groups can congregate.
It was a nice day so we sat out there and enjoyed other people’s dogs.
There was a sangria flight/sampler on the menu so I went for it. I believe these are (from left to right) the white peach, pomegranate red, and raspberry rose. They were all refreshingly delicious but I liked the white peach the best.
Here are a couple of pictures of our dinner. You can probably guess that the one with a lot going on is mine and the other, very plain-looking one is Brian’s. Food was pretty good. Service was friendly. We will likely go back next time we find ourselves in that part of Texas again.
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Local Flavor
Posted on September 18, 2023 by Ching under Food and Drink.
Chris Townley and I went to check out Local Flavor a few weeks ago. I’ve heard and read good things about it but had never been there before. It was the first visit to the restaurant for both of us.
We went on “Burger Wednesday” so naturally we both ordered burgers.
The burgers are HUGE!
I would have liked the fries to be more crisp but the burger was great. Overall I felt like it was a good value for the price paid. I will likely go back to try some of their other specials. I will bring Brian next time!
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