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Early Supper at Moonshine
Posted on April 14, 2019 by Ching under Food and Drink, Travel.
Brian and I had dinner at Moonshine Grill in Austin. We went for an early supper and to take advantage of some happy hour deals. This place came highly recommended and did not disappoint.
Here are some pictures of the cute restaurant interior.
Lois (left) and Michelle (right) and Michelle’s husband Brad (not pictured) joined us for dinner. Cheers!
I can’t remember what they had but I’m pretty sure I took a picture of this section of the menu so I would remember. It didn’t work.
Moonshine has the best flavored popcorn to go with drinks.
Here’s a pic of the menu. Pics of food follow.
Brian and I got full from the apps we ordered so we decided to just split a sandwich which they were nice enough to cut in half for us.
Everything was so good and the prices were great during happy hour. I highly recommend Moonshine Grill if you’re ever in downtown Austin.
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ATX Cocina
Posted on April 5, 2019 by Ching under Food and Drink, Travel.
On Monday night we had dinner with our PWC partners at ATX Cocina, a hip, modern Mexican restaurant in downtown Austin.
They had a set menu for our group and we dined family style so we got to same a little bit of everything.
Check out some of these food pics!
When I stepped away to use the restroom, I made the mistake of leaving my phone. Jackie and ended up taking a bunch of random pics. This is my favorite one because it’s a great pic of Lois, Susan, and Kelley.
Food at ATX Cocina was good. The ATX margarita, their signature drink, is also not to be missed. Pic below.
So glad I got to try this place!
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El Alma
Posted on April 3, 2019 by Ching under Food and Drink, Travel.
I had the opportunity to travel to Austin for a work conference a couple of weeks ago and ended up having dinner at this cute Mexican restaurant with my coworkers on Sunday night. The restaurant is called El Alma and it was just a short walk from our hotel. Here’s a picture of the menu:
These next set of pics are of a few of the dishes we got to try.
The restaurant doesn’t look like much on the outside but it is super cute inside.
There’s a cool stone staircase in the corner that leads to the upstairs patio.
Anyway, I liked it so much that I decided to take Brian there the day before we left. He actually wanted to go to Terry Black’s BBQ, which is right next to El Alma, but the line there was out the door and through the parking lot. We decided to go to El Alma instead. I didn’t mind going again because I thought it was really good.
Here’s a picture of the stone stairs during the daytime.
People probably thought I was weird for taking so many pics of the stairs but I didn’t care. The stairs are cool!
We were there for a late lunch but they were still serving brunch so I got to enjoy some mimosas. These were the best ever because they’re made with delicious mango puree instead of orange juice.
It was a little bit gloomy that day but the weather was nice overall. It was a great day for dining al fresco on the restaurant rooftop.
Their rooftop patio offered a nice view of the downtown Austin skyline.
Don’t mind Brian’s face. He was just a little cranky for not being able to get into Terry Black’s and not getting his Texas BBQ fix.
We started off with some delicious queso.
I’m not sure Brian quite knew what he was ordering but he said it had lots of great flavor and absolutely enjoyed it.
This is by far the best tres leches cake I have ever had. It’s like a cross between a tiramisu and a tres leches which are two of my favorite desserts.
Brian enjoyed some local beer.
It was so great to have a nice leisurely lunch. Brian and I enjoyed our dining experience at El Alma tremendously. It actually worked out that we couldn’t go to Terry Black’s because I’m not that much of a BBQ fan anyhow. More on our Austin trip next post!
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PourHouse ICT
Posted on March 22, 2019 by Ching under Events, Food and Drink.
Brian and I finally got a chance to check out Walnut River Brewing’s new taproom in downtown Wichita. We were there last month for my Rotary club’s final Thursday social. It happens on the final Thursday of each month and we usually support local businesses in the Andover area. Lately we’ve been making our rounds to support all of the breweries that participated in last year’s Haus of Brews (our club’s annual fundraising event).
Here are a few pictures from that evening.
This is a selfie of me and Alison, our current club president.
Alison with her husband and one of her boys, Josh and his son, and Mark digging into a chicken wing.
The socials are a great opportunity for our club members and their families to get together while supporting local businesses.
As an added bonus, we also got to watch our local college basketball team, the Wichita State Shockers, play.
The PourHouse took over the old space that Mumbai Rail (also known as The Rail) used to occupy. I’d never been upstairs before then but it’s really neat. They have a cool stairwell in the middle connecting the two levels.
Not only do they serve great beer, they also have delicious cocktails.
Walnut River makes Warbeard, Brian’s favorite beer. As you can tell, he is very happy in this photo. Cheers!
Here’s picture with our friend Darrin Hackney, who manages PourHouse ICT for Walnut River Brewing.
Anyway, Brian and I liked the PourHouse so much that we decided to return the following week. Here are some pictures from our follow up visit.
I liked the Scotch Eggs but Brian didn’t like them as much. Granted, they aren’t as good as the deep-fried deviled eggs that they used to serve at BRGR in Kansas City, but I thought they were pretty good.
Brian really liked the pretzels with the Warbeard queso. It’s interesting because he likes the pretzels at Wichita Brewing Company better but he likes the queso at the PourHouse better. Out of everything we ate on our second visit to the PourHouse, this is what he enjoyed most.
I liked that they split our burger in half for us. Because we had a couple of starters, neither of us really wanted to eat that much. Splitting a burger was perfect.
You can’t go to the PourHouse and not drink some drinks! So, of course, I had a couple. This one is called Jen’s 87.
The blue one you saw pictured above that I tried on our first visit, when we were there with the Andover Rotary Club, is called Float Trip.
They do “table sharing” at the PourHouse and it didn’t take long before we made friends with our table mates. By the way, the green shirt I’m wearing in the photo is a special St. Patrick’s Day shirt they were selling for $5 which is a pretty good deal if you ask me. They only had mediums left so Brian and I both got the same size. We only got one for me at first because I didn’t think the medium size would fit Brian. It was disappointing because the shirts were such a good deal. Anyway, he thought could manage squeezing into a medium so he tried mine on then and there just to prove me wrong. Amazingly, the shirt fit so we got him one too.
Here’s Brian with the shirt on and a look of “I told you so” on his face. LOL.
We didn’t actually get to wear our fun Warbeard St. Patrick’s Day shirts on St. Patty’s Day together because I was flying to Austin on March 17. I made us wear them the day before when we went to see Captain Marvel, though. I think most people celebrated on Saturday anyway so it worked out.
Anyway, be sure to go check out the PourHouse! It’s a really neat place with great beer and great drinks!
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Café Maurice
Posted on March 22, 2019 by Ching under Food and Drink.
Café Maurice opened at Cambridge Market around the time that we were living at Quarters at Cambridge and yet somehow we never made our way there. We eventually moved away from the area to the Southeast side of town and so then it really became less likely that we would go there for dinner. But, as fate would have it, one night last month, we didn’t want to make dinner and decided we should go check it out. Here are a few pictures of dinner.
We decided the appetizer sampler was the way to go so we could check out all of the different starter options without having to order one of each thing separately.
For dinner I had tilapia and lots of rice. It came with two sides but, as I like rice a lot, I just got rice for both of my sides.
Brian had chicken shawarma and fries. At the end of your meal, they give you a little piece of tiramisu cake which is a nice bonus.
Café Maurice is actually pretty good both in terms of quality of food and value. I’m kind of glad we don’t live on that side of town anymore. Otherwise, we’d probably be there all the time. If you’re ever in the area, this place is worth checking out.
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