Blue Moon Cafe - Baltimore Maryland

 



Worth every minute to get off of Highway I -95 to get a bite. I absolutely dread getting off of an exit on the highway during a long road trip unless I have to gas up or hit the restroom. However for the Blue Moon Cafe I would drive 20 miles off course with no gps signal to find them again.

www.bluemoonbaltimore.com

A cafe can have the best food any where around but can only be as good as the staff is.  The staff is incredible and all of the servers have personality........ not a cookie cutter wait crew.

I really don't want to waste words on how the food is....but not even the photos can describe the awesomeness of "Sweet Baby Jesus"

Capt'n Crunch French Toast

Cinnamon Roll - oooey gooey cinnamadness!

This sums it up!! 

Lorenzo & Sons Pizza

Maaaaaan this pizza is so good and the slice is huge. Cash only if you go. 3rd & South Street,  Philadelphia, Pa. U.S.A.

Chocolates by Mueller - Chocolate Covered Onion follow up!

From my previous post at Chocolates by Mueller. I mentioned that I would come back and try this. Here it is......eating the chocolate covered onion! Well this is one of handling an onion without tears!
Chocolates by Mueller - http://www.chocolatebymueller.com/about-chocolates-mueller.htm

Menkoi Ramen House

This little spot in the Vista section of Columbia S.C. is what Ramen......Authentic Ramen is all about. Forget about those .25 packs of ramen noodles that you would add hot water to prepare or to add some hot sauce or whatever else you thought would go good with it. Admit it......we have all tried to jazz them up some how to make a meal out of it.

I ended up at Menkoi Ramen House by chance since I wanted something different for lunch one day. Again it was a restaurant that I have heard of but have not had the pleasure of yet and as I walked down Gervais street it was right across the street.....and it was calling me! I

then became a professional jay walker to lunch time traffic.

After giving the outside menu the once over.

I decided to go in and ordered the Spicy Ramen. First I would like to acknowledge how great the customer service is from everyone. It was not that trained type of customer service I mean they really appreciate and value you as a customer. So I take a seat and honestly not knowing what to expect several minutes later this bowl of broth and ramen goodness is bestowed unto me.

Have your chopstick skills ready.

This is so awesome and makes me want to have a mass burning of those cheap imitation ramen noodles like a book burning. I can't wait to go back again to have the other flavors. 

When you want to get away from sandwiches, fries, chicken joints etc. Give authentic ramen a try. Especially if you are in Columbia S.C. make Menkoi Ramen House appear on your to do list.

Turkey wings wrapped in apple wood smoked bacon

I wanted to roast some turkey wings that would even make my roasted turkey 10 times better. And what makes everything 10 times better?  BACON......duh! Why have I not seen or heard of this yet? It is such a genius idea. Maybe that's why I came up with it.

Now this is another very simple recipe by yours truly.

Get this stuff:

8 turkey wings (with the drummette cut off)

salt & pepper to taste - ( or make a dry rub like I did)***

16 thick slices of bacon - (apple wood smoked if you like but that's just a marketing gimmick to make consumers pay $7.00 for a pound of bacon as if pigs are going extinct! Oh well they got my money!)

16 toothpicks

Here is what you need to do. Preheat oven to 250.
Season the anti flying devices - the turkey wings.
Wrap each piece of turkey with a slice of bacon
And use a toothpick to secure the bacon to the turkey
By pushing it thru the meaty part of the bacon then
Thru the wing and the other side of the bacon.
Line them up on a baking pan and place in the oven.

Bake them uncovered for 4 hours.......yes 4 hours that
Is not a typo. Go do laundry, go shopping, to the movies,
watch the game or whatever you want but there is no
need to keep going back to check on them or to let the
heat out of the oven by opening the oven door to take
peak.

After that 4 hours is over....time to eat.

Enjoy,
Foodaholic

*** you can use a packet of dry ranch dressing for a good rub to sprinkle over the wings

 

 

What in the world? Bacon does it again!

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Henry's Grill & Bar

I have spent a lot of time in Columbia, South Carolina and never heard of Henry's Grill and Bar. However I have driven by it numerous times. One day I received a text message from a friend that asked, "If I was going to take The Hungry Bennett challenge?"  So I reply,"What is that and where is it?" After that I did my research and found out that challenge can be done during Sunday Brunch from 11-2. The Hungry Bennett is awesome.

                                   The Hungry Bennett.

Cheesy hashbrown casserole covered with chicken fried steak, two apple wood smoked bacon slices, two spicy n sweet sausage patties, two eggs over easy, and American cheese, then topped with homemade sausage gravy.

If that is too much for you Henry's Grill and Bar has a full brunch menu from chicken & waffles to shrimp quiche.

Also a hearty dinner menu that has a challenge on it also. Don't miss out like I have so many times check out

                                   Henry's Grill and Bar
the Dinner challenge with the Big T burger platter on the dinner menu is next.
Update......I have taken the Big T challenge

 The sandwich below is the Breakfast Burger.