a little date at bistro to go...

Sometimes you just need a little lunch date to remind each other that dating is fun and even though you have been in a relationship for a long time, gosh darn it, it is important, too! I have picked up Bistro To Go's famous strawberry salad to go, but I had yet to eat inside until this holiday season. I can't tell you how many times I thought about going before we actually sat down and ate in their dining room, but it wasn't soon enough.

We all know the feeling of going somewhere- ordering something- and thinking "well, I could have made this at home." How disappointing is that?!  Bistro To Go is not, I repeat - NOT - this kind of restaurant; it is the opposite side of the coin. Their flavors from the seemingly simple strawberry salad topped with addictive dressing, the tomato basil soup, to the creamy stuffed chicken with capers are so complex and mouth wateringly delicious that even after I finished the last bite on my plate I wondered what everything else on the menu tasted like! This will be a repeat restaurant for me for sure.

Have you tried Bistro To Go? What do you recommend?

Really, it's all about the food...Martinez Mexican

I wish that I didn't love food so much. I really do! I wish that a celery stick was all it took to make my mouth water.... but just saying celery makes me think of peanut butter. Let's just say I am not destined to be a size zero. I wouldn't label myself a foodie either, I just know what tastes good, ok!? A new restaurant in town means a new restaurants to share with you!

Does anyone remember Madison Square Garden? Martinez Mexican Restaurant recently took over that little corner of the Madison Park shopping center and since it is a hop, skip, and a jump away from the house, Tison and I thought we would give it a shot.

What are the things you look for in a Mexican restaurant? Are the chips and hot sauce good? What about the house dressing? Do they have pineapple pop? Ok, maybe you don't ask that last one- but the answers are yes, yes, and yes!!! Note: Martinez house dressing is a little runny....but has a good flavor. I love dipping chips in hot sauce and house dressing together. mmmmm....

These enchiladas had an amazing creamy green sauce on top that I have been craving since we left. This (on top of many other reasons) is how you know I am no foodie: I literally googled 'mexican green sauce for enchiladas' and my results indicate it could be called salsa verde, but I'm not really sure. Just trust me on this one, order the enchiladas with creamy green sauce. If they don't know what you're talking about, pull up this blogpost :) Note to self: Must remember the name of food ordered.

I hope everyone has a splendid weekend!

I am soooooo glad it is Friday! It took way too long to get here.

xo,

How do i love thee...

...Imperial Cathay?

Let me count the ways:

 1. The service is always impeccable

2. While I wait for food, the fish tanks are there to entertain me!

2. Your crab rangoon is like no other

3. When I order Mu Shu Gai Pan,
the waiter puts it in pretty little pancakes for me

4. I love your comfy booths

5. If I order to-go, it is ready "10 minute."  :)