Assuming this was Monday, we were talking about it also.
I was meeting someone in the T&C area and suggested Guadalajara , “You know, across from Barnes & Noble”. When I was reminded that it was no longer Guadalajara, but Escalante, we agreed it was worth the drive to go to Guadalajara after all.
Quite the Co-Inky-Dink, no?
BTW, I had the Cream of Poblano Soup. It had lots of “stuff” in it, (chicken, corn, etc.) but could have been a bit creamier.
I had that poblano soup at the Guadalajara in The Woodlands back when we were doing the poblano soup themed month. I remember it being very good. I always forget Guad on I-10, next time I will divert all Escalante efforts there.
I had a Lopez craving while on the SW Frwy last week and ordered the tortilla soup. It was delicious. Tortillas, cheese and avocado served on the side. I dumped them all in.
I’ve never done just dim sum, would be interested especially with a veteran or two. Fung’s has it every day I think, but Saturdays and Sundays are a dim sum zoo, just tons of people and moving carts.
Well this has all the appearances of being a Lambowner lunch log, but nonetheless, I leave another lunch here since this restaurant has had lots of press and doesn’t need its own comment, I don’t believe.
Although I’ve been cooking a lot and brown bagging leftovers (the most delicious Hatch green chile chili recently), I was let out alone around lunch time and decided to try a place that has been on my list for a couple of years (a real physical list since my memory of places I am interested in can be awol on occasion).
So Fat Bao is located on Richmond at Kirby behind Little Papasitos and wedged between two other places that are on my list: Sushi King and Luna Pizza which opened to glowing reviews a while ago.
Fat Bao is order at the counter and take your glass and number to the drink fountain and table. Craft beers are sold in the container. The dining area is small, so it was risky going at noon, but still I beat the crowd of 98 percent men on this weekday.
I ordered the Crabby Daddy bao (5.50) which seemed to be the odds on favorite on Yelp, and the roasted duck bao (5.00) because I like duck bao. The crab had Asian slaw on it with a spicy mayo and the duck had bacon, cucumbers and hoisin.
Both were delicious, the crab was hot and crunchy, the duck was tender, moist and deeply flavored. I ordered the onion rings after seeing a picture online, they were really for 3 people it seemed but they were great with a tempura type batter on them and served with a “kimcheenaise” sauce.
It was all that I’ve heard and more. I’ll be back.
And the burgers aren’t nearly as greasy as they look in that photo. I’m sure they brushed it with butter or something for the photo, but the burgers are outstanding.
This was my third visit and I’ve had a regular Willy Cheeseburger, a Bacon Blue Cheese Burger and the Hee Haw with fried green tomato, pepper jelly and pimento cheese.
The fries are the skinny, crispy kind. Great with too much salt and just a little ketchup.
Confession: We split a burger so we could also split a full order of Onion Rings and a full order of Fries. We ate all of the Onion Rings but left a few Fries.
I was looking for some bangers for St. Pat’s Day and found a selection at the British Isles store in the Village and Spec’s Smith St. Deli. I opted for the latter when I saw this sandwich on the menu (okay, I also wanted to get some Irish Cream).
“Classic” - ??? - French baguette instead of Pan de Cubano (with lard), dijon instead of yellow mustard, and not pressed at all and they call it a classic??? Oh well. It was a very good sandwich, as sandwiches from Spec’s tend to be, and I’d order it again.
The menu said it would be pulled pork but obviously there’s a slice of roast pork in there.
I saw the recent Gastronaut post about Aga’s; I hadn’t been in several years and had never heard of the goat chops so it was time for a visit. When I used to go to Aga’s the service was very gruff, the food tended to be very oily but was good. Then there came about a change of ownership. Service got very solicitous and the food went downhill. There has been another ownership change. My very nice young waiter said about 5 years ago which would make it the day after I last went??? Maybe it wasn’t that long. Anyhoo -
This is the goat chop and rice combo plate - a solitary chop, vegetable rice, tomato curry (mild) and a tamarind/date sauce. There isn’t much meat on goat chops and my serving was pretty skimpy but very good - juicy and flavorful. Most of the pics online on Yelp show larger sized chops but many of those are professional shots uploaded by the owner so perhaps somewhat idealized representations.
I wasn’t sure what to do with the sauce - I wasn’t inclined to slather it on the chop so I just dipped some naan in it from time to time.
The naan here used to be rather thick and heavy and I frequently passed on it. This is a big improvement as far as I am concerned.
It used to be counter service but now table service is offered although the counter with registers is still there and I guess you could order to-go there.