Joseph "Rookie Rike Ah Man" B.'s Profile

Southern Belle - the red velvet cake was a bit dry and not rich and flavorful as I hoped.

Mimis Pumpkin - a tasty pumpkin cake, but wasn't too moist. Most of the texture of the cake came from the pecan chunks inside.

Trip to Graceland - the cake was interesting, but the bacon-icing was really the eye opener. At first I couldn't taste the bacon due to the sweetness of the icing, but after a few more chews the bacon flavor really sticks out.

Bugsy - a carrot cupcake that was just a carrot cake in it's miniature form. Although simple as it was I think this was the best.

I forgot the name of it, but another cupcake that I had was one with a champagne flavored icing. The icing was actually finger licking good. It wasn't too sweet and I actually wanted to eat all of the icing. If you want edible stripper glitter on your face then get this cupcake!

Overall the cakes could have been more moist. I was hoping that this place would have been able to really compete with the other cupcake bakeries in town. I was sorely mistaken. I hope the next time I come by the cakes might be of better quality.

If you're wondering, yes, I ate five cupcakes. Don't hate.

I'm not a fan of the holiday fruit cake, but my parents and relatives love the stuff for some odd reason. I drove down here after working in Ennis and bought enough cakes for my relatives to eat till they're content. At $34.50 a pop for medium sized cakes they better love these fruit bricks.

Besides the fruit cakes, I tried out some of their cookies. The chocolate chip cookie was like a Chips Ahoy in texture, but the chocolate morsels seemed a little... bitter? The peanut butter cookie was really soft and really peanut buttery. What I loved the most were the pralines. I was eating these bitches like chips on my way back to Dallas. I think I have some crumbs left in my car if you want some.

I think because of the fast approaching holiday season they had plenty of help at the counters, so service was really fast and efficient. For those of you that don't know where this is, it's right across the street from the HEB grocery store.

Inventor of Awkward Jenga! If you haven't played it yet, buy Katie a beer and get to it immediately! Awkward fun ensues.

It says she's good with kids, Katie is good with kids if she's on the clock. Otherwise, get your kids to ear muff it because some of the shit she says will even blow your mind. "Blow your mind" as in the funny hysterical type. Don't get dirty....well, maybe a little dirty happens.

Katie C = Fun times

Food isn't that great. Well, at least my brisket tacos were not. I was pretty much grossed out after the first taco, but hesitantly just ate the second. The brisket was pretty much in thick solid chunks with oil dripping out instead of flavorful meat juices. The fried onions in the tacos weren't even that great and were pretty much saturated with the oil that they were fried. The tiny bit of bbq sauce that they give you on the side is pretty good, but not enough to make up for the poor meat quality.

The chips, salsa, and queso were pretty good, good enough for my brother to start shooting the extra ramekins of salsa.

The server was really polite and got us a plethora of salsa.

Our group only care here because we acquired their OTB bucks, or whatever they call'em. We were also disappointed that their new menu didn't include some of the more popular items from before. :-( Sigh... should have just gone across the street to Chuy's.

I've moved back to the area and the roommates and I came here for some grub since all of our kitchen stuff is still in boxes.

Asian Mint had a couple of drink specials on this Thursday night and we went with the Chocolatinis. Yes, we drank chick drinks. Don't knock it until you try it, fools! These Chocolatini chick drinks were superb! My roommate thought there was too much alky in it however, I thought it needed more. Or the drink was made just right if I couldn't taste the alky. Anyways, the chocolatey-ness of the drink was awesome!

To start off food wise we went with the Mint Platter that came with some chicken satay, chicken summer rolls, and veggie egg rolls.  I liked the lightly grilled chicken satay the best since it was on a stick! Chicken on a stick? Come on, it's got to be good! The platter also came with 3 sauces, but I only tried the peanut sauce. The peanut sauce could have used a bit more freshly chopped nuts because more nuts are always good.

As for my main dish, I had ordered the Pad See Lew. This dish was very abundant in flat noodles that were swimming in a wealth of flavor from the beef sauces gushing out from the flavorful beef. I had shared this dish with my roommates and all thought that just the noodles in the beef sauce alone was delish! Just because we're guys doesn't mean we don't eat our veggies. The Pad See Lew also came with bok choy and broccoli. I was a good boy and ate all my veggies!

As if I wasn't hungry enough, I also tried some of their Spicy Tuna. Their Spicy Tuna, was very weak. Weak as in not very spicy at all. I could give this to a baby and the baby would throw this in your face because it wasn't spicy at ALL! Anyways, just dip it in your mixture of soy sauce and wasabi and it's good as it can get.

I have a new respect for this place since it's one of the few non-fast food joints in the area and it's Asian Fusion! Oooooooooh.

The roommates and I wanted to check out a new place and this time I wished we should have gone to the "other place". (Our other place is Mei Mei or New New.) Don't get me wrong all of the food was fresh, but some of the dishes were super salty. The seafood here... well, I don't eat seafood at buffets unless it's specifically known to be a seafood buffet. I wanted to try the Mongolian grill deal that they have, but every time I went up to the grill line the cook seemed to have disappeared.

The soft-serve here was a disappointment. Both of the chocolate and vanilla were in that quasi barely frozen state where it was almost runny and you had to have a bowl instead of a cone and the color looked as if it was more watered down instead of a milky appearance. Toppings weren't available.

The service from our waitress was pretty decent.

I've been to Chicago a few times and I've never had a "Chicago Hot Dog" until now, here in Dallas. Therefore, I honestly don't know how these would compare to those served up North.

I had the Chicago Dog with all the seven toppings. Seven toppings sounds a bit much, but it really all comes together and just works.  I also had a Polish dog that was topped off with sauteed onions and I think I like both dogs.

I'm guessing the guy that served me was Eddie since he was the only person there and was really friendly and suggested which ones I should try since I was a Chicago Dog newb. Location seems a bit sketch, but the dogs are totally worth it. Give it a try!

My family has used S & C whenever we needed body work on our vehicles ever since I was a kid. When I was in grade school they worked on our family's 1992 Astro Van when a guy in a parking lot backed into the sliding door. About 9 years ago, they worked on my 2000 Ford Ranger and fixed it good as new.

Unfortunately, I had to hired them again when my brand new baby, not even 3 months off of the lot, came into the path of an absent minded illegal alien that didn't even have a Texas drivers license. Stupid-person-without-a-Texas-drivers-license-that -had-an-expired-Mexican-license-that-CAN'T-drive.* (* Edited because a RANDOM (Random as in no pic/no reviews) site user thought I was racist with a term. I had no intention of discriminating against a whole protected class of people based on one faulty driver.)

They took my car in and fixed it as if the accident had never happened. They didn't use any type of filler/putty like some cheapo places would have and replaced damaged parts with brand new ones. They used paint that matches perfectly and even cleaned my car inside and out! Actually, if you have special instructions on what you want done on the car they'll take it into consideration, if you know what you're talking about.

There were some issues with my former insurance company, but S & C was understanding and helped to accelerate their actions so I could get my car back as soon as possible.

They are accredited with the Dallas BBB and have their trade certifications.

If I had another mishap *knock on wood*, I totally bring it back here for them to fix good as new!

I've been pet-sitting for a guy that's been out of town this past week and walked his dog here. My only complaint about this park is that they need those poop bags for people who come unprepared. With this park being nestled in a neighborhood a lot of people walk their doggies here and not alot of people pick up the poo. Sure there's a bunch of duck and geese poop around, but we don't need more doggie poo to add to the mess. I'm not sure if Richardson has a doggie poo pick up ordinance, but they should if they don't.

I also came here a long while back with Frank, Fran, and others for a park outing and it really is a nice park to hold such functions. There's plenty of open play space and plenty of picnic tables throughout the park.

I'd probably come again just not an hour before they close. We had a group of about ten people show up for a late dinner and we happened to be the last to leave.

To start out I had a big glass of Shiner and they brought out some hot rolls with super soft whipped butter that was hard to keep on the butter knife to spread on the piece of bread. The bread was sort of thick, but it's warmness made it good.

I ordered a 9oz. sirloin cooked MEDIUM and according to their menu that meant it was hot in the center and pink throughout. When I got my steak it was not MEDIUM, but more well done. I was really disappointed that they got this wrong. However, I didn't want to bring it to their attention right when I got it because of coming so late and that I didn't want them to cook up another steak. Besides them overcooking it, it tasted good enough for me not to use any of their steak sauce. Overcooked.....sigh.

As for my sides I had a nice salad with some Catalina dressing, which I haven't had in forever, with some really buttery croutons. It was refreshing. Also, I had the roasted corn that was really like cream corn that was roasted.  

Our server, Joe, was really pleasant, courteous, and was even happy to split all of our checks. Seems like a cool dude.