Wanchai Ferry Frozen

Now besides an excellent box mix Wanchai Ferry has frozen meals for two. Here is the packaging for one that I tried yesterday.

Here is the finally product. It takes a few more steps than say a Bertolli but it is still pretty fast

The totally amazing thing was this lo mein especially the noodles was about ten times better than what I picked up at Lucky Wok. The shrimp came out excellent not overcooked and it had vegetables to boot. I would not hesitate to buy again especially if I had a coupon.

Fast Food Tuesday

I finished the review for the next issue of Lagniappe about 2 PM and was hungry. I had a coupon for Wendy's boneless chicken and wanted to try it. As the taco bell is near the Wendy's in my neighborhood I usually hit it also. At Taco Bell I got the Volcano box. You get a regular crunchy taco which was ok

You get a volcano taco which was a lot spicier that the first time they promoted this. By the way the tortilla may be red but it is not spicy

A volcano burrito which had a pretty hefty hit of spice also. You also get a drink and the cinnamon twists that I ate on the way back

Below is the Wendy's Boneless Chicken with the Asian Sauce. Very nice sauce spicy and sweet. It went very well with the fried breast pieces. I would by this again without a coupon. The other two flavor hold no interest for me

Finally some Carmel Apple Empanada from Taco. I never past them up. If you like caramel you should try these.

Lucky Wok

I did not get home Monday until 2:30 in the afternoon. So I dropped by my local takee outee for meal. Below is the sweet and sour sauce I hate. Too sweet for me. A nice egg roll with the standard ingredients. The rolled items below that is the best thing at this place. It is believe it or not shrimp toast. They spread the shrimp mixture on the bread and then roll it so the bread is expose to the frying oil

The combo plate of House Lo Mein and Sweet and Sour Chicken. The lo mein has shrimp, beef, pork, and chicken in it. The meat is fabulous and so tender. The pasta is linguine and I prefer spaghetti noodles instead. I end up only a portion of it. The batter on the chicken was thin and crispy with meat tender.

The egg drop soup was pretty standard and I liked it.

Sunday Breakfast

Some pancetta I had laying around fried up. The cure on it does not lend to browning but they were crispy good. Lost bread from some challah I bought at the farmer's market that turned out to be really good and my bowl of cafe au lait made with Community Medium Roast and Chicory. I do a slap breakfast usually on Sunday about 9 or so and do not have to eat until mid-afternoon.

Pitt Grill Iowa

So I was in Iowa checking a new venue to see what progress had been done on it and was hungry. I usually end up at Fausto's but it popped into my head that I had not been to Pitt Grill in a long while. I have never been to the Iowa one at all. So up the road I went. It is part of a gas station/casino complex. You enter though the retail middle and it is on the left. Fairly nice space. It just so happen I came in as almost every one going out. Had a very kind server who made trips to the Soup and Salad bar for me. Below is a nicely composed salad with blue cheese dressing. Quite nice
A cup of seafood gumbo which looked quite promising but turned out to have that mystery spice I loathe. One of these day I will have to give serious consideration as to what it is

Below is my entree. Half shrimp and half catfish with onion rings. Overall good but I made a serious tactical mistake. Ordering this on the day it was on the buffet. Nothing was hot out of the fryer but rather lukewarm from the buffet. The catfish still had some heat to it but the shrimp along with same coating as the catfish were room temperature. The onion rings ( a slim cut) were fine

The bread pudding gotten by my server for me was of the torn bread variety with lots of cinnamon and a caramel glaze. Not bad. I am a sucker for caramel

Hamburger Delight

A couple of weeks ago when I was doing the Link rice recipes I had leftover pork and beef so I made some patties along with dehydrated trinity and garlic, seasoning and crumbled blue cheese. I knew I would not get to them any time soon so I threw them in the freezer. Just recently I got them out and over a few days cooked them. The one below was seared in an iron skillet then steamed. I served it regular hamburger style on a Ciabatta roll.

Below is one grilled on my table top appliance slather in BBQ sauce.

Finally one cooked again in the cast iron skillet (I liked that result) topped with a pineapple mango chipotle salsa from the Pace upscale line. It was great)

I intend on doing Link's meatloaf again as I thought it was great. This time since I have ground beef, pork and goat in the freezer I will use them. Anything left over will be made into burgers like these

Vickie T's

OUT AND ABOUT
Vickie T’s Cafe Connection
1004 Broad St
Lake Charles, LA
337-433-8139
Monday - Saturday 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM $1 to $8
This old gas station has been converted to a donut shop/plate lunch place. At this time the plate lunches are only available three days a week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. They also stay open an hour later until 1 PM when serving the lunches. I popped by one morning to sample the donuts and some breakfast items they have. I opted for a mixed dozen of their choice for work. I received regular, chocolate glazed and cinnamon rolls. The ones I tasted were above average. A nice venue if you work in the area and like to treat the office. I also got a Jalapeno Cheese Sausage Kolach. They use biscuit dough and bake them. That puts them ahead of the fried ones but behind ones using regular dough in my opinion. The Bacon Egg Cheese Croissant was a disaster. They nuke and it was like rubber by the time I ate it. As a food buyer I recognized every part of this item as coming already made and just slapped together. Not a bad option for a small place like this except they want to nuke it instead of using a oven to heat it up
I passed through on a Monday for the plate lunch. It was Sausage and Red Gravy over rice with yams, green beans, roll and a chocolate eclair. It turned out to be a decent meal. Mid grade sausage and a slightly spicy tomato based sauce on a pile of edible rice. Both the yams and beans came from cans but they doctored them up so they tasted fine. The eclair was a nice surprise. I would suspect they are finding a use for unsold product, not a problem with me. In general this is a convenient establishment for me to whiz through. Helps that they don’t serve terrible food.

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