Say What I Think

This weekend my husband and I went on our date night to Milano in Bloomington the one by Cubfoods on 84th St I want to say Its on Lyndale avenue. We wanted to try something new and that was something new for us. It an Italian restaurant, it a place where you don’t need the best weight loss supplement if you order wisely. They had a good menu, and where able to deal with my allergies, which is good. Lets see it a nice place, fairly expensive but they do have some things in the middle of the road for price if you order right.
Hubby and I had a BBQ chicken pizza and some bread stuff with olive and tomatoes.. Can’t think of the name. The BBQ chicken pizza was a lot more spicer then I expected because they put some hot peppers on it which wasn’t expected but overall the pizza was good. I didn’t like the hot peppers but they were easily peeled off, next time I will just have to ask not to have them.
The food was good and the waitstaff was great too.

Tonight hubby, dad and I all went to Fuddruckers for dinner dad wanted hamburger for dinner, and well I didn’t have anything to make that with at home. I didn’t really want to stop at the store, and we had a good night at the casino tonight so I didn’t see any harm in allowing dad to have his hamburger.
We decided to go to Fuddruckers off of 494 in Edina, or Richfield, I believe it Edina. At first I was a little worried how the service would be because I twisted my ankle in the handicap parking space because there was a bunch of rocks. Good thing dad was not on my side of the car, because he would have been hurt. I would have then been very unhappy. I went to the bartender and she didn’t seem to understand what I was telling her or the location of where. My husband went to the manager with the information. This problem was cleaned by the time we got back to our car which impressed me.
I ordered a bison burger for dad and I, and ordered it medium. It came to me wonderfully made, it was pleasantly juicy and cooked nicely. Now it took longer then what the manager had told us it would take, but I was anyways expecting it to take longer, because I let him know i have a pork allergy. He told his cook and caught the cook handling my burger right after handling pork. Instead of sending it out to me, he cleaned the grill, or something and made the burger his self which was considerate of him. I am glad he did this because sometimes my allergy to pork can get very bad, so it nice to know he was careful. It tasted wonderful too, a big changed from Friday night. In case any one was wondering if I ever right anything nice. I had onion rings and they where good too, I peel the breading off of about half of what I eat. I am very happy with the food there tonight. Dad said he loved it.
Hubby had a rib stake burger and said it was very good. He ordered it well done and it still came back to him pleasantly moist the way it should and he enjoyed that with his fries. They looked good but I am not a potato kind of girl. He said his good was very good and ate most of it. The portion on the onion and fries where generous and the burgers were yummy. They were served to us hot, and that was good.
I will have to say hubby and I will come again to Fudderuckers and have burgers probably not during dinner rush to make it easier on the cooks. The manager did a great job listening to any complaints or concerns to us. When he pasted us he apologize for the long wait and explained to us what had happened. I wasn’t worried why it took longer I just assumed it was because of my allergy and making sure not to cross contaminate me. We talked about some of our favorite shows that were cooking related so maybe he will watch them and enjoy them too. Might open his eyes to the horrors of restaurant industry.
Considering they sent someone out to clean up the handicap space to make it easy safe for customers this is a plus. I will admit I was surprised that it was cleaned up. The food was served hot and it tasted wonderful. It was well seasoned. The only thing on food we bypassed was the shredded lettuce because it looked a little wet. Other was there was no concern with the food prep there, and even that we were not concerned with. It was all very yummy maybe hubby and I will go there on a date night again. I would recommend this place to anyone looking for a nice little burger joint. Now the prices are not to bad on a family of three we just spent over $30. This is a little less then we do at other places.

Tonight hubby and I went to New China Buffet in Eagan MN. Well I will have to say I am very disappointed and I hope I do not end up with food poisoning. Last time we went it was not this bad, and I was almost shocked at how ran down the place was, and honestly I am not sure I would want to see what the kitchen looks like. I will probably have a unpleasant none natural colon cleanser done to me with out really wanting it, but I can already tell I might have troubles with the stomach. If I do then I think I will know right where it came from. Well lets get to the decor, many of the booths had tiers in the sit, and some of the chairs where in the same place. The decor hasn’t changed in many years, the wall paper looks like it was about to come down. The ceiling had water stains on the roof. At one point my husband told me something like, they need Ramsey to come here, and he have a fit. My husband tries to imitate him, which is sometimes funny. Tonight it wasn’t so funny it was more worry some then funny.
Well we got our food extremely fast, and it wasn’t exactly very warm. I order the Chicken almond ding, hubby had the chicken curry. Lets see it came very quickly as I said before his food wasn’t even warm but he didn’t send it back. I took a bite into my chicken, and it was well simply not right, it was like geewy rubbery. It didn’t taste fully cooked neither, so I took my fork and spoon and cut it open and the chicken was pink. ow wait a minute it pink chicken meat looking almost raw is not safe. I sent it back. It looked more well cooked when they brought it back, but still tasted wrong. It still had a overly chewy texture, and didn’t taste right. I bite into another piece and found it was still to pink. I decided I would take it home and throw it in the frying pan and cook it myself. By the time I got home I decided not to cook it because I started thinking about the types of food poisoning once it spreads it contaminates everything, and I do not want to be sick and miss work because of it. Now I am hoping I will be fine but if the Toilet because my best friend tonight for the night we’ll know.
Hubby said they had a lot of garlic in his curry. Okay I have had curry and garlic is a flavor but its never over powers the curry. Hubby wasn’t impressed with is dinner and he said we will probably not come back.
Part of the reason we do not want to come back is because of what was said to us. When she brought back the food we where told the cook just wanted to get it out very fast so the meat wouldn’t dry out. Wait a minute, I was tempted to ask her if they where cooking, freezing and then recooking. This would explain the cold inappropriately cooked chicken meat and the beef not being exactly right. I am not sure if we will visit there again. I was not happy and honestly think if they are having troubles maybe they need someone like Ramsey to come and help them and frankly teach them how to cook correctly. I simply disappointed and I think next time we will just wait till we get home for our Chinese food.

I have to say I hope the makers of Dr. Pepper and Mt. Dew do not stop making the heritage it made with real sugar. Honestly it tastes a lot better. Plus it probably more healthier then the other stuff. I have always been a fan of dr. pepper and probably always will be. Now I am not such a fan that I have to swim in it or put it in the spa, could you imagine what it would do to a spa covers. Pop would really make a sticky mess on it.
It best when it cold and sometimes I like to put those little cherries in and then some of the juice, it adds a little bit of flavor.

Dad wanted to go out for dinner yesterday, so we took him to Apple Bees in Edina. We got there and was seated right away, and we decided what we wanted. The waitress asked if we needed more time, well dad don’t hear well and he tries to BS his way through conversations because he don’t want to admit he couldn’t hear. Well she walked away and said she give us a few minutes. I asked dad, did you need more time choosing what you wanted, hubby said I didn’t and dad goes no this is what I want, and I said well I know what I wanted but now she gone. Okay no big deal I will just look out the exterior shutters and wait for her to come back to take our order. Dad kept looking at the menu, so I am sure that made them take longer. I wish she would have made sure she wasn’t needed but I probably would have done the same things. I normally ask dad if I am not sure he heard me what did I just say to you. This way I know he understood me. Now I know had the waitstaff done that I would have not been happy so I am not mad about it.
Well she came for our order, and I order chicken fingers, onion rings and Mt. Dew. No Dr. Pepper so I had to go the next best thing. Hubby had the Chicken Fiesta and dad had the Rueben Sandwich. My chicken fingers where good, and the onion rings were good to, but I peeled off all the breeding. Hubby didn’t complain about his dinner neither did dad they both seemed happy. All the food was served hot and tasted good, so that made a nice little night out.

Maybe I should look at Wholesale Insurance term life insurance quote, with all the pop I drink. I have bad habits. Tonight at the store my hubby and I found some Root Beer, and we decide it would be great to try the root beer.
It is pretty good, and doesn’t leave a after taste. It tastes close to AW Rootbeer it good enough to drink it and get it again. It comes in what seems to be a glass bottle, and it has a old woman picture on it. The design isn’t exactly something that would stand out very easily, what made it stand out is that it was on sale. So hey it’s worth trying for 99c, I know talk about impulse shopping. Sometimes I do great at not impulse buying but sometimes I do not do good at it.
The rootbeer was very good and I like it, so I will probably look for the brand again. I wonder if they make cream soda.

At first hubby and I felt having a Sam Club membership would be more money then if we just bought our food from a regular store. When dad moved in he ate threw certain things like it was going out of style and we where spending on cereal along over 50 bucks a month, Yeah I know shocking. On Syrup which I can’t only blame dad on we ate throw a bottle every 2 weeks to every month. Forget about Olives and other things. Well we decided to give Sam Club a try, we needed to do something.
We buy one big box of cereal for dad once or maybe twice a month depends on who helping him eat it. We get a package of olives and it last a while, and other things. So some thing I decide I would get there because I would rather spend a money right away and not buy for 3 months then buy every other week to month and something once a week. We have ended up saving money, and getting other things from Sam Club like our Blue ray DVD player after the first on was defective and the place we got it did not have it.
One thing I would like to see if they have is a digital frame, that could be a cool gift for someone.
Lets see overall I am happy with my membership. There are some downsides to Sam club. For the most I can find help when I need it but it is challenging. Usually their staff are not as knowledgeable as you’d like them to be in electronics but they do try.. For the most we have been treated pretty great. They will not do price matching not even with Wal-Mart which you’d think they could or their prices would be the same, because if I am not mistaken don’t Wal-Mart own Sams or the other way around.

I found a snack I like, they are small and easily used for watching calories. I think my dad would like these who passed away from Mesothelioma. I love the cheese in them, and the little crackers. I have normally one of those in the afternoon. Man I am dead tired today, hopefully tonight will not be a long night.
Well back to my snacks they come in little packages with about 5 crackers I always have enough cheese to have extra so I eat that too. I think these are one of my favorite snacks.

Last night on our way to the casino with dad we decided to stop at burger king. My husband is dieting and counting calories I am watching calories but not dieting the way he is. I only eat burger king once in a while, so I don’t need the most effective diet pill but I do need to be careful what I order. I have to admit I wasn’t very happy last night with customer service there, or attitudes. Seemed the workers were all acting like they really didn’t want to be there.
I ordered chicken fingers and it was not good, it lift a bad taste in my mouth and I needed to eat some strong candy to get read of the taste. The Dr. Pepper when it was picked was spilling water everywhere, so I couldn’t have that. I had the cheese tots to and just didn’t taste that good to me. I am not sure what happened last night but as far as Burger King was it wasn’t that great

Last night hubby and I went to Olive Garden for dinner, it was to replace our date night. We have found it is challenging to eat there because of hubby mushroom allergies and my pork allergies. Olive garden is a nice restaurant, and we like the atmosphere but finding something to eat is always a challenge just like finding the
best prenatal vitamins. I ordered the chicken Marsala hubby had the chicken pramagaina with Alfredo sauce. It seemed to taste good for hubby and mine tasted very good even as lift overs.