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Becca’s Birthday at Bite ME BBQ

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Ching under Events, Food and Drink.

We hung out with the rest of the gang at Bite ME BBQ last weekend to celebrate Becca’s birthday. I won’t tell you which one this is, but I will say that this birthday milestone is less than two years away for Brian. I have about five more years before mine. Of the four of us, Jay is the youngest though. He has a while.

Several people came out. My sister even joined us.

I decided to use a tip I saw on Pinterest and put the receiver’s picture on their present. This is Becca posing with our gift for her.

And now for some food photos…

Brian tricked me into trying these. They are NOT chicken nuggets! They are mountain oysters and they were gross. My sister seemed to like them, though.

I also had a bite of Cory and April’s hotlinks. That I didn’t mind.

The ribs at Bite ME are enormous. They’re enormously delicious, too. Brian and I usually just get a rib each with our three-meat combo, but Ronnie decided to order the half slab. Check out these huge, meaty ribs!

The three-meat combo is an excellent value at just $12.99 and is generally enough to feed both me and Brian. You get your choice of meats, but there’s an up charge for ribs. This time we got ribs, pulled poker, and chopped brisket. I’m not sure if it’s the first time I’d ever tried their chopped brisket, but I thought it was really sweet this last time. I think I’m going to stick with sliced brisket going forward, which is really, really good at Bite ME.

Here’s a look at what the rest of the folks in our group ordered…

Are you hungry yet? No? Here’s some more food pictures then…

This was the most delicious peach cobbler I’d ever had. Even more delicious than the life-altering peach cobbler of Jayleen Catering. I’m amazed that I’ve found two fantastic peach cobblers this year and yet I don’t even like cobbler. I think I just had really mediocre cobbler before. Now that I’ve had a taste of the good stuff, I’d take cobbler over chocolate cake any day.

I hope you enjoyed reading this post and looking at the food photos as much as we enjoyed eating them. We had a great time at Bite ME — amazing food, great company, and good music. Yup. They have live music on the weekends. I had no idea because we’ve only ever gone during lunch time.

If you’ve never been to Bite ME, you should really check it out. It’s my new favorite place to eat BBQ in Wichita. I’ve not been disappointed with anything I’ve tried there. Well, except for the mountain oysters which were disgusting. Who eats that stuff? Oh, yeah. Jenni. I guess the mountain oysters there are probably good as far as mountain oysters go. If you like that sort of thing.

Apart from the mountain oysters, I love eating everything they serve. And, I love, love, love the peach cobbler the most. It is the best dessert you can get in this town for under $4. Hands down!

If you don’t like BBQ, at least go for the cobbler. That by itself will make the trip worthwhile. I promise you. You will not be disappointed.

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Brian is a Candy Monster

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Ching under Food and Drink.

He hasn’t eaten all the candy yet actually. We still have plenty left. He can have all of this candy, though. The kind I am craving, we don’t have around here. Someone from Nashville needs to send me some Colts Bolts!

Speaking of… My wonderful hubby got me a large jar of Nutella while he was at Sam’s Club today. Isn’t he just the best?

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Taste & See

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Ching under Food and Drink.

I finally got around to using the Taste & See gift card that Tiffe, Sunni, and Carmen got for me a couple of months ago. Thank you guys for the thoughtful gift!

This is the queso fondue at Taste & See. It’s a delicious starter and possibly one of my most favorite items on the menu.

This is the oceanic mac & cheese. It’s not quite as cheesy as the one that Darcy had several weeks ago. It was still very good, though.

Brian got the real Cubano. He said it wasn’t as meaty as the last time he had the sandwich, but it is still his favorite thing to get there.

There was a private party at the restaurant on Friday night so Chef Jason was busy making food for the party guests. This was their main course, which is kind of like a beef Wellington.

Here’s Chef Jason in action, plating the dessert, which looked super delicious.

Despite the hectic evening, Chef Jason found the time to stop for a photo op with Brian. He’s such a ham! Hopefully we’ll be watching him on the Food Network in the very near future. His personality is perfect for TV.

Besides Chef’s table on Thursday nights, here are some upcoming events.

The theme of the next Ultimate Dining Experience is Frozen Tundra. That’s on January 8, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Then Lessons in Mixology is the following Tuesday, January 15, same time.

On January 22, Chef Jason is holding a special “Valentine Romance” cooking class. Anyway, these events fill up pretty quickly, so if you’re interested, be sure to call 316-771-7393 right away to reserve your spot. Tell them I sent you!

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The House Cleaning Workout

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Ching under Home Ownership.

I skipped Zumba today to help Brian clean our house. It took several hours, but we got it done. Brian thought he got more of a workout cleaning house than he normally does going to the gym. I had to disagree. Amie’s ab workouts are pretty intense.

I normally feel like a bum when I skip the gym. Not so today. I truly feel like we achieved a lot. In case you were wondering, I did more than just take photos of Brian working. I did all of the vacuuming and much of the dusting. It was pretty much a team effort all the way.

After all was said and done, Brian was like, “Today made me realize how big our house is.” I told him that I knew that already. What I realized today is that we are fully capable of cleaning our own house, we’re just too lazy to do it.

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Christmas Came Early for Brian

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Ching under Toys.

Nothing says “steal me” like a Black & Decker box on your front porch. Good thing we had time to run home and bring the box in the house.

Brian has been wanting one of these for several months now. Our friend Feifel even tried to get us to buy an edger and blower set that they were selling at Lowe’s. We decided to hold out until next year, though. I’m really glad that we held out because we saw this one on Amazon over the weekend of Black Friday, and the price was even better. We ended up getting a bush trimmer in addition to the edger and leaf blower.