Cracker Barrel Eastern Shore

We have been wishing for a Cracker Barrel within 30-45 minutes drive.  Since the billboard announcement of the opening for Fall 2008, we have been patiently waiting for the day.  After a long time, they opened November 18, 2008.  We had dinner there last weekend and they were packed! Thankfully, we were seated right away.
Service [...]

November 29th, 2008 by The Phoenix 

Exotic Delicious Mango Smoothie

Exotic Delicious Mango Smoothie

I have been making smoothies in the past months for my 5 year daughter. It’s a short cut to get her to eat her fruit(vitamin C and fiber), yogurt(calcium and friendly bacteria) and drink her milk(calcium, Vitamin A & D) with one slurp. She doesn’t like the yogurt which comes with the [...]

August 10th, 2007 by The Phoenix 

Hunan Manor in Columbia, Maryland

Hunan Manor in Columbia, Maryland

I’ve been meaning to set-up a food blog but I decided to put it in this blog since maintaining different blogs is a full time deal. My husband and I are usually frugal with alot of things by average working American standards but when it comes to food we look for high [...]

July 30th, 2007 by The Phoenix 

Outback’s Clam Chowder

We went to Outback last Thursday for a delayed Valentine’s Day dinner because of the ice storm that visited us on the week of the 14th prevented us from going.
We go to Outback for their steaks and their coconut shrimp. They are the most consistent restaurant chain when it comes to quality. [...]

February 25th, 2007 by The Phoenix 

Chipotle - Good Fast Food!

I have been craving Mexican food and being 3 hours away from my favorite Mex restaurant, I had to think of althernatives(3 TexMex places are out of the list, tried them once and will not reconsider). I remembered my husband talking about a taco place that his co-worker was recommending before. [...]

February 16th, 2007 by The Phoenix