Breakfast!

All right, time for another restaurant! Biscuits will not disappoint! This was our second trip there and we both tried something different from our first trip. I must say this is some great food! Its a fun down home southern set up for their dining room and you order at the counter. The biscuit sandwiches they make are extremely well portioned so your not left wanting more but not leaving feeling like someone should be rolling you out the door. I have loved both the dishes I've received, but since we are focusing on this time around I had the Yard Bird. The Yard Bird was fried chicken on a biscuit with gravy and the option of egg and cheddar cheese ( I opted to add cheddar to my sandwich). The fried chicken was fantastic, the biscuit was great (light and fluffy), and the gravy (while not my favorite part) was pretty tasty! Amanda ordered the Wilber which was a pulled pork sandwich with a South Carolina flair! She loved it, so much in fact she didn't save anything for me to try a sample of!

Dinner in the Valley

A little late but here it is....

So dinner went much better than lunch, so far so good and we haven't even found out where I went to! After a nice day at work in the sun I wanted to take Amanda (my fiance) out to a nice dinner.I was wanting to go somewhere new and I couldn't deny Fume Bistro after overhearing it being recommended to guests by two separate coworkers. Upon walking in we were greeted by the hostess and the first thing she asks is if we had a reservation. My response to that was no, something I thought about on the way but after checking open table and seeing there was an availability for five minutes later I didn't bother with it, and it wasn't a problem she scooped up some menus and took us right to a table making us feel welcome instantly! Once seated we took a look at the wine list and I ordered a bottle of Honig Sauvignon Blanc (which was fantastic! I'm definitely going to have to make an appointment to go to their winery). The server brought out the bottle presented it to me and pour a small taste so I could tell him it was alright to serve after I said it was great he poured Amanda the first glass, now it may sound silly that I'm pointing this out but it is the first time I've actually seen the proper etiquette being used.
     After taking a look at the menu Amanda ordered the cajun spiced shrimp fettuccini and the server, sadly I do not remember his name, promptly warned her that the dish was spicy just in case she wanted to order something else. Now spicy is a word that seems to get thrown around far to often for things that should be labeled mild at most, at least around here it is, so she went for it! The spicy fettuccini was actually spicy Amanda drank more water than I've seen her drink in the five years we've been dating and it still had great flavors and the shrimp in the dish were very well cooked. I ordered the grilled fume pork chop which came a long with some tasty white cheddar scallop potatoes and brussel sprouts. Brussel sprouts?! BLECK! Well at least that is how I feel about them so I asked for the sauteed spinach instead and our server told me that would not be a problem, which I'm extremely happy about because the spinach was fantastic. All I can say is I've seen pork chops plenty of times and this one impressed me, there was a whole grain mustard sauce that went along with it that paired extremely well with the whole dish not just the pork. The food was fantastic and impressed both of us! To finish off the night we ended with desserts, we tried a couple different ones because they all looked so good. The first one was a NY style lemon cheese cake which was good and the second was their 'New Fashioned Hot Fudge Sunday', the server suggested we sub out the vanilla ice cream for pistachio, which was amazing!

All in all Fume Bistro was a place well worth checking out!

Lunch in the Valley

Went to Alex today. TERRIBLE experience. End. Of. Story. Right off the bat we should have walked out, immediately after walking we were greeted by the host. The gentlemen took one look at us and "kindly" asked if we would like to take a look at the menu before we were seated, this wasn't some "oh, you haven't been here before take a look at this" kinda thing. It was pure judgment, we were getting the vibe that he felt that we didn't have the money for it. I didn't realize that it was a bit more upscale, I had a beanie on, so partly my fault for not looking the part. After being seated it took forever to get anything! The place was short staffed and I actually felt sorry for the server, he was the only guy taking tables and his busser was too busy talking with a guy at the bar to help him get our table bread or even some water. We got our drinks and ordered lunch. When the meal arrived I was less then impressed by the portions and even less impressed with the food. Sad to say but Alex, your subpar staffing, small portions, and high prices make your restaurant one that I will not return to. There are far to many good restaurants in the Valley to waste money at one that fell short.