So after many years of driving by a small green building on Westheimer and Weslayan, Leaney and I finally decided to try Frank's Chop House, after repeatedly hearing how good their chicken fried steak was. I'm typically not the biggest fan of "gourmet" CFS, but I thought I might as well give this place a try (celebrating finally taking a job offer), especially since it was HALF PRICE WINE NIGHT (all wine bottles are half price on Sundays). We started out with a BBQ shrimp appetizer, which was good but WAY overpriced at $15 for 5 whole shrimp, served with the heads. For our main course, Leaney enjoyed the shrimp and grits while I went with the CFS. To my surprise, this thing was pretty legit. It was "full-sized" (many nicer places give you a smaller cut), and there wasn't an excessive amount of batter. The batter was seasoned well with a very distinct taste, and I thought it was a damn good CFS (still not as good as Mason Jar or Luby's). My only complaint is that they served it atop a bed of veggies. Who eats veggies w/ their CFS? More mashed potatoes please....
Leaney and I grabbed a Sam's club membership a few weeks ago off Livingsocial for $20. Along with the membership, we got a rotisserie chicken, Sam's club pizza and a bunch of other random shit (so it basically paid for itself!). I finally had a chance to cook one of the frozen salmon filets that I bought over there...and the results were JUST OK. I rubbed the salmon down in a garlic herb seasoning, and then marinated it in a BBQ glaze. After baking the sucker for 14 minutes at 400 deg, I served it up with some poblano corn rice that I picked up at HEB. The rice was garbage, but the Trader Joe's chicken tikka samosa was absolutely fantastic! Long story short, the meal you see here is what you get if you shop at HEB, Sam's and Trader Joe's. On a scale of 1-10, I would give it a 7. The salmon wasn't as fresh as I would have liked.
This frozen Trader Joe's pizza was just OK. Even after I added a bunch of fresh cheese and tomatoes on my side of the pizza, it was just OK. I THINK these bad boys are "organic", but I KNOW they are overpriced at nearly $4 a pop. Give me a party pizza any day!!! ... or 4...since party pizzas are only 99 cents. I do find it funny that they package the Italian food with the name "Trader Giotto's"....and the Chinese food with the name "Trader Ming's".
This smashburger topped with fried onions, cheddar cheese and BBQ sauce was one of the best burgers I've had in a while. I almost went for the new Baja burger (topped with pepperjack cheese, fresh jalapenos and avacados), but I couldn't pass on following my heart and craving. We also had a side of the sweet potato smash fries, which were pretty good...but not amazing. Great meal, especially considering 2 burgers and a side of fries only ran us about $7 after using a Groupon.
So after many years of driving by a small green building on Westheimer and Weslayan, Leaney and I finally decided to try Frank's Chop House, after repeatedly hearing how good their chicken fried steak was. I'm typically not the biggest fan of "gourmet" CFS, but I thought I might as well give this place a try (celebrating finally taking a job offer), especially since it was HALF PRICE WINE NIGHT (all wine bottles are half price on Sundays). We started out with a BBQ shrimp appetizer, which was good but WAY overpriced at $15 for 5 whole shrimp, served with the heads. For our main course, Leaney enjoyed the shrimp and grits while I went with the CFS. To my surprise, this thing was pretty legit. It was "full-sized" (many nicer places give you a smaller cut), and there wasn't an excessive amount of batter. The batter was seasoned well with a very distinct taste, and I thought it was a damn good CFS (still not as good as Mason Jar or Luby's). My only complaint is that they served it atop a bed of veggies. Who eats veggies w/ their CFS? More mashed potatoes please....
Leaney and I grabbed a Sam's club membership a few weeks ago off Livingsocial for $20. Along with the membership, we got a rotisserie chicken, Sam's club pizza and a bunch of other random shit (so it basically paid for itself!). I finally had a chance to cook one of the frozen salmon filets that I bought over there...and the results were JUST OK. I rubbed the salmon down in a garlic herb seasoning, and then marinated it in a BBQ glaze. After baking the sucker for 14 minutes at 400 deg, I served it up with some poblano corn rice that I picked up at HEB. The rice was garbage, but the Trader Joe's chicken tikka samosa was absolutely fantastic! Long story short, the meal you see here is what you get if you shop at HEB, Sam's and Trader Joe's. On a scale of 1-10, I would give it a 7. The salmon wasn't as fresh as I would have liked.
This frozen Trader Joe's pizza was just OK. Even after I added a bunch of fresh cheese and tomatoes on my side of the pizza, it was just OK. I THINK these bad boys are "organic", but I KNOW they are overpriced at nearly $4 a pop. Give me a party pizza any day!!! ... or 4...since party pizzas are only 99 cents. I do find it funny that they package the Italian food with the name "Trader Giotto's"....and the Chinese food with the name "Trader Ming's".
So after many years of driving by a small green building on Westheimer and Weslayan, Leaney and I finally decided to try Frank's Chop House, after repeatedly hearing how good their chicken fried steak was. I'm typically not the biggest fan of "gourmet" CFS, but I thought I might as well give this place a try (celebrating finally taking a job offer), especially since it was HALF PRICE WINE NIGHT (all wine bottles are half price on Sundays). We started out with a BBQ shrimp appetizer, which was good but WAY overpriced at $15 for 5 whole shrimp, served with the heads. For our main course, Leaney enjoyed the shrimp and grits while I went with the CFS. To my surprise, this thing was pretty legit. It was "full-sized" (many nicer places give you a smaller cut), and there wasn't an excessive amount of batter. The batter was seasoned well with a very distinct taste, and I thought it was a damn good CFS (still not as good as Mason Jar or Luby's). My only complaint is that they served it atop a bed of veggies. Who eats veggies w/ their CFS? More mashed potatoes please....
Leaney and I grabbed a Sam's club membership a few weeks ago off Livingsocial for $20. Along with the membership, we got a rotisserie chicken, Sam's club pizza and a bunch of other random shit (so it basically paid for itself!). I finally had a chance to cook one of the frozen salmon filets that I bought over there...and the results were JUST OK. I rubbed the salmon down in a garlic herb seasoning, and then marinated it in a BBQ glaze. After baking the sucker for 14 minutes at 400 deg, I served it up with some poblano corn rice that I picked up at HEB. The rice was garbage, but the Trader Joe's chicken tikka samosa was absolutely fantastic! Long story short, the meal you see here is what you get if you shop at HEB, Sam's and Trader Joe's. On a scale of 1-10, I would give it a 7. The salmon wasn't as fresh as I would have liked.
This frozen Trader Joe's pizza was just OK. Even after I added a bunch of fresh cheese and tomatoes on my side of the pizza, it was just OK. I THINK these bad boys are "organic", but I KNOW they are overpriced at nearly $4 a pop. Give me a party pizza any day!!! ... or 4...since party pizzas are only 99 cents. I do find it funny that they package the Italian food with the name "Trader Giotto's"....and the Chinese food with the name "Trader Ming's".
