Showing posts with label foodie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label foodie. Show all posts

Food Series #5 - Miller's Ale House

Since all I have been doing over the winter break is work I barely get to hang out with friends, family or my boyfriend. Every day I get out of work at 11:50 pm and the only place that is open during the time is Miller's Ale House. I told my boyfriend to meet up with me and just chill for a bit. 
Thank goodness Miller's opened till 1 am. The place is a sports bar/restaurant that has a billion tv's placed in every corner of the area, it's hard not to know what people are yelling at when their favorite team is losing. 
We order the zingers plate that came with strips of chicken, drizzled in cheese and 
Crispy pieces of bacon. The plate was big enough to feed 5 people. Thankfully I was starving because if I wasn't, we wouldn't have been able to eat it all. I chose the lemon pepper flavor with the side of ranch.

World Famous Zingers Plate
For dessert, we got a huge slice of ice cream cake. Capt'n Jack's Buried Treasure (strange name for a dessert) is an ice cream cake with oreo cookie crust,  chocolate fudge, caramel, and toffee.
Capt'n Jack's Buried Treasure

The chicken sort of tasted like Buffalo Wild Wings but wasn't as good. The fries were good only because of the bacon. The best thing here was the dessert. The oreo really complimented the ice cream and the whipped cream balanced out the sweetness of the cake. When we were done with our meal we got so sucked into the football game that was being played (we don't even watch sports) that we were yelling at the tv. It was pretty amusing seeing other people get really mad at something they can't help :) 

Enjoy the rest of your week!!!

-d.Rodriguez






Free sample code for our fellow followers???

Who Wants to get a FREE SAMPLE GRAZE BOX FRIEND CODE?? WAIT, EVERYONE GETS ONE.

Hey everyone, its been a while since I have last posted but school is over and I am free! Speaking of free, FOUR lucky winners will get one of my free sample codes for the GRAZE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE! How awesome is that!! The way to win is just too simple! Just be a follower of of blog and comment down below of what your favorite snack is, it can be anything from simple peanuts to delicious ice-cream! 

So if you are chosen as a lucky winner, this code will unlock your 1st and 5th boxes free. The first box is completely free and you would have to put in you card info and address, but if you only want to get the first box free you would have to wait until your snacks are delivered THEN cancel you card information and cancel the next box delivery date, which will stop everything.Trust me, they will not charge a dime unless you decide to keep your card information and continue to the subscription. Its really your choice my special people. So after the first box, you would have to pay $11.99 per box, every month or week and then your 5th box would be free because of my friend code.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!

I just found out today that my code could be used unlimited times! How amazing, everyone can get their first Graze box free!
Let me not beat around the bush, here is the code guys! 

Ghelin2wb

Enjoy and I hope everyone had a happy New Year!

Graze Snack Box, Worth a Try??

GRAZE SNACK BOX
Worth a Try??

Graze is a subscription based company that delivers individually wrapped snacks right to your door. I got my free sample when I ordered books at Barnes and Nobles, which included a variety of free trial subscription pamphlets in the box, like a year free of magazines, try free products and free coupons for e-books. Who doesn't like free stuff? When looking at the GRAZE pamphlet, it was very amusing and unique which was eye catching because of the cute colors.   The registration took around 5-10  because the company is trying to figure out what type of snacks you prefer so they can send you what you LOVE.. The only thing I did not like was the credit card info input, but HEY they did not charge me a dime. Of course when you get the box of sample snacks, you can totally delete your card information and cancel the later snack boxes (which I did).   
In my mailbox, there was a cute wrapped box which made me very excited to  go up and open it. Inside the box were my 4 sample snacks and beneath were 4 more FREE SAMPLES, which were referrals to your friends and/or family. I am probably thinking to give one to my sister to sign up with, which will give us another free box, to try a different variety of snacks.   
 The first one that I opened was the PUNCHY PROTEIN NUTS. It came with a variety of nuts like cashews, pistachios, almonds and peanuts. This was a very typical snack and I was not really amazed. It was literally snacks that I could get in the store. However, it was free so you cant go wrong with that.
 The second snack that I was very truly excited to open was the BERRIES AND CREAM GELATO mix. This was very tasty and this small sample was not enough to fill my tummy. It had white chocolate buttons, dehydrated strawberry strips and dehydrated strawberry chunks and my most favorite were the little yogurt coated strawberry drops. It was like 5 minutes of heaven. YES, they only lasted 5 minutes. Maybe less.
 The third sample I opened was the THAI SWEET CHILI BITES. I was a little skeptical about this one because they were soy chips with a little Asian seasoning, which will be dipped in chili sauce.
I'm Asian so these were a little weird to me. Honestly, it was not a great combo and I probably wouldn't want to try these specific snacks again. Maybe a less sweet sauce would have been a better dip.
Last but not least, the SMART BLONDIE. Which for the name, I found very odd and kind of mean. ANYWAY... moving on to the snack, it was delicious. Maybe its just me or I just had a sweet tooth that day, but this was delicious. The sweetness was balanced and the coconut flakes baked inside was the topper. It was soft and moist and the crunch from the coconut flakes makes this one a go-to snack. I washed everything down with a small glass of milk and was very satisfied

Overall this was a great experience and I would LOVE to try Graze again.  It was free! I CANT COMPLAIN. Thanks Graze for the sweet awesome experience, hope to snack again with you soon, ill wait for my sister to fulfill my Graze craving.



Food Series #1

WELCOME TO ELMHURST, QUEENS, NYC: 

SUGAR CLUB

Sugar Club

Recently, a friend and I have stumbled upon a cute little store in Elmhurst, Queens called the Sugar Club. We looked up reviews for the store and saw that it had 3 1/2 stars out of 5. The pictures of the food looked delicious so we decided to have brunch there.

The set up of the store was a little confusing since it was a cafe/grocery store. One half of the store was set up with cute Ikea looking tables and stools and the other half had Thai snacks, desserts, and already-prepared take out food in the refrigeration section. There were two workers there who were very friendly and helped us with ordering food. 

The menu is located in front of the counter in the center of the store, is a small booklet with greatly detailed pictures of the food and drinks. We ordered a drink called the Wicked Mojito (and sadly there was no alcohol in the drink, but it was so pretty!), a small meal (that I had forgotten the name of), that had eggs and some meat, as well as the famous dessert Honey Town!

Wicked Mojito was a unique beverage. When the waitress served us our drink it was a pretty blue-purple hue, topped with mint  leaves. Once it was mixed it became a light pastel magenta color. It was a refreshing light citrus drink.

Wicked Mojito
Next, was the light meal (that I had forgotten the name of) which was a sunny side up egg, ground beef, pork and cilantro served on a cute miniature pan, with a side of crust-less toasted bread all on a wooden cutting board. The waiter had given us a little basket with some Asian spices, that we sprinkled onto the food. This had satisfied our hunger and is given a good thumbs up :)


Lastly, we had the difficulty of choosing a dessert out of all the delicious looking dishes called Honey Town. It consisted of cut up blocks of toast strategically placed like the Jenga Game (lol), topped with vanilla ice cream (originally it was green tea ice cream), red bean and a wafer drizzled in chocolate syrup with whip cream on the side. The fruit was thinly sliced and some were even decorated as flowers!

Honey Town
Honey Town
Overall, the food really was a 3 1/2 out of 5 stars. It was good, but you really are paying for the art. I was impressed from the amount of effort that was put into the food and the fact that it is all freshly made (the food was also reasonably priced)! I would totally come back and recommend this place to others! Next time I'm definitely getting their banana desserts and oddly flavored (Thai) Lay's chips!

Thai Lays Chips from Sugar Club (Yelp)

 -d.rodriguez