Restaurant: Tan Ba Le

11169 Beechnut St # L
Houston, TX 77072-4341

There's nothing like eating a good and fatty meal after a nice jog/walk at the park. We're breaking all the rules but life's too short to not indulge. Ya git me right?!? A friend of Queenie's had just mentioned that she ate at Tan Ba Le and had this delicious meal that consisted of cubes of marinated filet mignon on a sizzling skillet with two fried eggs. Doesn't that just make you HUNGRY! This is dish is called bo ne. It's not cheap. Maybe around ten bucks or so? You get french bread, this salad like side, a sauce cup with pate and vietnamese butter. And then it's kinda like make your own banh mi. The marination on the meat is really good. I didn't eat the meat but tasted the sauce. I couldn't stop eating the bread with the pate and butter. Haha. I order a banh mi for myself and it wasn't really that good. So I would recommend only coming here for the bo ne.

Persona Grata: Tyler

Meet Gau's and Queenie's baby girl, Tyler. She's super good and happy during the day and then turns into angry baby at night. Not sure what it is but luckily it was day time while we did the commute to and from dallas so she was being her sweet self. Putting her to sleep at night is another story. Omg I'm so tired. Long dinner with friends that lasted until midnight. And now I have to deal with rodeo traffic on the way home. No wait. I made happy hour plans. All is good again. Hmm. I think tyler looks more like papa.

Daily Shots: Ramune

I don't really like carbonated drinks but I will crave it from time to time. I especially don't really like Ramune, but who doesn't like the novelty of opening one? I love the marble action fizzing thing that happens. I can be quite easily fascinated and entertained sometimes.

Trippin': Austin - Lucky j's

One by one, I'm checking off the food trucks in Austin. On my last trip, we went to Lucky J's for brunch. It was actually part one of our brunch. Part two would be Juan In A Million. The fried chicken is super good. Nice and crunchy and really nicely seasoned so it has a lot of flavor. The waffle however was disappointing. I like my waffles to have a nice crunch to it. Crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. I like a lot of things in life like that. Haha. The waffle here when I was presented with it was soft and almost soggy. Not so good. Out of everyone that I was with, I was the only that liked butter with my waffle. Ugh. I hate being around healthy eaters and dieters. So even though it was me against four, I'm pretty sure they're the weird ones. Haha.