Jenni’s Birthday Dinner at OTB
Posted on December 1, 2012 by Ching under Events, Family, Food and Drink.
I got to meet some of my sister’s friends last weekend when we joined them at On the Border to celebrate her 23rd birthday. She’s really 32, but didn’t want to admit it that night so she transposed the numbers of her age in her favor. Sorry, Jen, but that trick won’t work next year. LOL.
UP NEXT: Obligatory food photos… because I don’t really take pictures of people. Ha! Darcy and I realized this the other day when we did a Google images search of my name “Ching Brubaker” and there was one picture of me and Brian and the rest were pictures of food. Can you guess which plate belonged to me? One, two, three, or four? Post your answer in the comments below.
I almost forgot the linky link. Oops! Can’t do that. Must maintain our Urbanspoon ranking. LOL.
I forgot to check in at our house on FourSquare yesterday and Brian stole my mayorship. Whaaa!
But I digress… The food at OTB is decent. It doesn’t rank in my list of favorite restaurants, but I don’t mind their food. Plus, I always get the same thing anyway. I won’t tell you what dish I get because you’re supposed to guess it. I think people mostly go to OTB for drinks and for socializing, not so much for their phenomenal food. But, Los Cocos my favorite place for social drinking. You can’t beat $1.99 margaritas everyday.
The one thing that OTB has on Los Cocos is location, location, location. OTB is conveniently located at Bradley Fair and there’s not a Los Cocos in the Northeast part of town. Plus, it was Jenni’s birthday so she got to pick the restaurant. I didn’t mind OTB, but I hope she picks a different place next year.
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Best Scooter’s Coffeehouse Ever
Posted on November 29, 2012 by Ching under Travel.
Brian and I both love Scooter’s Coffeehouse and we found a location in Overland Park that is a cut above the rest. The exterior didn’t seem like much, but it was quite cozy inside. It beats all of the Scooter’s Coffeehouse locations here in Wichita in terms of furnishings and decor.
Though there was only one bistro table a couple of chairs outside, the store had plenty of seating inside. And the interior partitions created some private areas.
It’s not feasible for us to drive three hours just to go to this particular Scooter’s; however, we do find ourselves in the Kansas City and Overland Park area quite a bit. Now that we’ve found this Scooter’s on Antioch Road, we’ll go out of our way to go to this particular location for our coffee fix when we’re in the neighborhood.
The service was great, the coffee was tasty (they made my iced Twix even better than the ones they make at the Scooter’s in Andover, which is our favorite one here in town), and the store interior was cozy. I have nothing bad to say about this Scooter’s. In fact, I wish there were one exactly like it here in Wichita. Until then, at least we have this one. As an added bonus, I found out that some friends of ours live nearby. They need to invite us over so we can have an excuse to hit the Scooter’s. LOL.
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Noodles & Company
Posted on November 28, 2012 by Ching under Food and Drink.
We did a lot of eating over the holiday weekend. As if the big Thanksgiving meal wasn’t enough. We ate at the Cheesecake Factory and then followed it up with some yummy noodles when we got back into town.
Did you know that Noodles & Company now servers pork? This is great news for a pork lover such as myself. Noodles has some really tender slow braised pork. We got to try it on a couple of dishes.
Brian got the Barbecue Pork Mac. We both really liked it. Except the bbq sauce was a little sweet. I think I would have like the dish better without it. Really good overall, though. The pork was very tender and had great flavor. Enough that you really don’t need the bbq sauce.
I ordered the Bangkok Curry with the braised pork. What can I say? It was a curry kind of weekend for me. LOL.
The dish reminds me a lot of the Pad Thai because both consist of rice noodles. It is my favorite dish at Noodles. I usually get it with chicken. The difference between the Pad Thai and the Bangkok Curry is that the latter probably has more veggies. That, and the Pad Thai uses sweet chile vs. the sweet coconut curry flavor of the Bangkok Curry. Anyway, it tasted really good with the tender, slow braised pork. Now Noodles serves pork, I’ll probably go there more frequently. I love, love, love pork!
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The Cheesecake Factory
Posted on November 28, 2012 by Ching under Food and Drink.
Brian was pooped by Friday night. The Cheesecake Factory got him excited enough to be upright, though. He didn’t realize that there’s one in the Overland Park/Leawood area. We don’t have one here in Wichita so that’s where we decided to go for dinner following our crazy Black Friday excursion.
Brian got the chicken parmesan sandwich. He wasn’t really impressed with it. He said it was just okay. I think maybe there was too much bread, but that’s what he gets for ordering a sandwich. LOL.
I got the bang bang chicken and shrimp, which is my favorite thing to get at Cheesecake Factory now ever since Darcy introduced me to it. It is so delicious.
We originally thought we were going to have the chocolate mousse cheesecake for dessert, but we were too full at the end.
You’d think we’d learn by now. At Cheesecake Factory, one should always eat dessert first.
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Midnight Meal at Bob Evans
Posted on November 27, 2012 by Ching under Food and Drink.
Brian and I ate at Bob Evans at around midnight on Black Friday. It was a nicer, more quiet alternative to the nearby IHOP, which seems to always be really packed during Moonlight Magic at Legends Outlets.
Brian got biscuits and gravy with a side of home fries.
I got the farmer’s choice with a blueberry crepe, two fried eggs, three strips of bacon, and home fries. The eggs were disappointing. I asked for “over medium” and they were runny. I guess I should have asked for them to be fried hard per usual.
Anyway, Bob Evans provided a nice quiet place for us to regroup during our annual Black Friday shopping expedition to Legends. Love, love, love Moonlight Magic! Although, I think this is our last one for a while. We’ve pretty much done the Black Friday thing at Legends for a few years now, and I think we’ve sufficiently gotten it out of our system. Next year, we’ll be sleeping in like normal people. LOL.
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