Posts Tagged ‘chow’
Lamb for Break-Fast
Chow, BabyPeople can debate the merits and minuses of major world religions all they want, but to Chow, Baby, at least one aspect is a no-brainer. In the heavily Catholic city that Chow, Baby grew up in, “fasting” meant that you’d ...
If Tacos Could Talk
Chow, BabyChow, Baby didn’t really — maybe a little bit, but not really — expect its Taco Bell Cantino Tacos ($1.49 each) lime segments to talk out loud, like on the commercials. Sure enough, once again Chow, Baby had to do all the...
Ruining the Curve
Chow, BabyWhew, Chow, Baby has finally cleared one of its Places to Eat sublists: the Dallas-wannabe West 7th development, where half a dozen restaurants have opened in the last half-dozen months within a two-block span. Every time you t...
Grumpole at the Bailey
Chow, BabyAccording to the USDA, the food price index for “food away from home” (that is, dining at restaurants) increased 6.4 percent in 2008 and 0.5 percent in 2009; it’s projected to increase by about 2 percent for 2010 and anot...
Crazy for Taco Loco
Chow, BabyYou know, Chow, Baby goes to all this trouble creating mania-inspired color-coded lists and sub-lists, and yet not once has anyone written in to ask, “Say, Chow, Baby, where’s a good, cheap place to eat near LaGrave Field?...
Trompe de Shrimp
Chow, BabyChow, Baby’s not clear exactly how, but surely butterflied shrimp are part of the global marketing conspiracy, the one that brought us Certified Angus Beef™ and “dried plums,” formerly prunes. And the new, all-sexed-up ...
(Another) New Leaf
Chow, BabyThe newest neat-o, cheap ethnic restaurant near UTA — well, it’s been a week now since Chow, Baby was in the area, so this could already be outdated — is Thai Basil Leaf (805 W. Park Row Dr., Arlington), in what Chow, Bab...
North Beach Diet
Chow, BabyChow, Baby was uncharacteristically indecisive at Lone Star Bar-B-Que (6320 N. Beach St., in the Fossil Creek suburbs of Haltom City). For broad-sampling purposes, Chow, Baby’s usual barbecue order is a three-meat plate (nice...
On Your Toes for Chicken Feet
Chow, BabyOnce chicken feet have become part of a building’s history, they seem to be there forever. Arc-En-Ciel and Empress Palace have gone, but the “Dim Sum” banner is up again at the high-turnover anchor of this Little Asia str...
Any Way You Slice It
Chow, BabyOne of Chow, Baby’s valiant attempts to impose order on the food universe is its gyros classification system. It’s pretty straightforward: Class A is slabs of lamb and/or beef that have been marinated in a secret family rec...