FLIP + CHING

The Great American Grill

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Ching under Food and Drink, Travel.

Pictures of hotel food. It was not bad, actually.

They made delicious salads. I really liked the avocados.

I really liked their salads and would have been content eating every meal at the hotel. Some of our companions wanted to venture out and eat though, so I got to try a couple of other places.

Overall I enjoyed my stay at the Hilton Garden Inn in Avondale. The staff were really friendly. And, although they didn’t have a free shuttle to and from the airport, they had free shuttle service available for anywhere within five miles of the hotel. You just let them know at the front desk where you want to go and they drop you off and pick you back up when you’re finished. They even took us to Tanger Outlets in Glendale on our last night.

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Ruby’s Diner

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Ching under Food and Drink, Travel.

Carmen and I had a two-hour layover in Houston on the way to Arizona so we decided to have lunch at the airport. Here are some pictures of our food.

Mozzarella Cheese Bites

Cherry Limeade

Chicken Sandwich

I didn’t get a picture of Carmen’s burger because she bit into it too soon. LOL. She was so hungry, she decided she wanted some mozzarella cheese bites to start. I got to try some. They were yummy. You can never go wrong with Ruby’s, though. I remember Brian and I got to try it during one of our airport layovers a couple of years ago.

As airport food goes, Ruby’s is actually pretty good. Since I had tried it before, I figured it would be a safe bet. No chocolate shake for me this time, though I was really tempted. I thought Carmen would get one, but she didn’t.

I would have liked to hit Ruby’s again on the way home, but my layover was shorter and I didn’t want to risk it. I just had a smoothie from Smoothie King instead. It was enough to tide me over until I made it home. Ruby’s is good, but I’d rather eat at home with Brian any day.

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Flip and Ching in Splurge! Mag

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Ching under Vanity.

Out of the plethora of events that we attended last year, not once did we get photographed by Splurge! Mag. Finally got our picture in the January 2013 issue. The photo is from when we attended the Brew Ha-Ha event at Flint Hills National back in November. It’s not a bad picture either.

Brian will be happy that we won’t have to attend so many events this year. LOL.

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Flip and Ching’s Annual Holiday Gathering

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Ching under Events, Family, Food and Drink.

Our annual gathering usually happens before Christmas, but we had to put it off until after the New Year because all of our friends were out of town for the holidays. The first ever annual gathering we had was at Cracker Barrel. The second one was at Pacific Coast Pizza. This is supposed to be our third one, but instead of taking place in 2012 it happened in 2013. And, instead of taking everyone out to eat, we decided to just serve breakfast at our house.

We served hash browns…

…cinnamon rolls…

…Nutella-filled crescents…

…a breakfast casserole dish using a recipe that Brian found on Pinterest…

…and mimosas.

I was actually amazed that mom got dad to come. He never leaves the house. I think it was the draw of the mimosas, though. LOL.

Brian and I really enjoyed making food for everyone. We had a lot of fun even though we had to get up at the crack of dawn to start baking because we only have one oven. One of these days I can get a fancy dual-oven range thing. Until then, we’ll just have to bake everything in batches.

Thanks to everyone who came out. Until our next annual gathering!

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Spreading the Word About the Flying Stove

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Ching under Food and Drink.

We met a few friends at the Natural Grocers on Rock Road where the Flying Stove was parked for lunch on Saturday. Jarrica, Mark, Cory, April, and Misty all tried it for the first time. I’m glad we could all get together and meet up for lunch, and enjoy great food on such a lovely day. We even ran into Gina Ann’s brother BJ.

I think everyone had the same idea because they sold out of the steak plate which is what I really wanted. It worked out okay because it gave me an opportunity to try their Thai red curry.

It was good, but I was disappointed that it had no meat. Apparently, it’s a vegetarian dish. Thus, the VEG written next to it. I can be a little dense sometimes. LOL. Anyway, I think it would be really good with some chicken in it.