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I know... I know... all our followers have been waiting and still are waiting for us to update this blog. I promise that I have been taking pictures of all the fun, interesting encounters we have had with food and hopefully I will be able to post tons of pictures soon! Sorry for the wait!!!
EAT Up! Bon Appetit!
So we have been such slackers on keeping up with our blog. There has been a lot going on over the past couple weeks and over the next couple of days we are going to update you on all the fun, interesting stuff we have been up to!EAT up! Bon Appetit!
Ever since GiGi's Cupcakes opened up on Poplar a couple of months ago we have been meaning to stop by and try out their cupcakes. I pass by there every day on my way home from work and yesterday I finally stopped by to purchase some. Before leaving work I checked out there daily menu on their website to see what cupcakes they had available. They usually have about 10 cupcake flavors everyday; however, after looking over all the cupcakes they offer, it seems like a lot of the cupcakes are the same just different color icing with a different topping, i.e. the birthday surprise is white cake with pink buttercream icing and colored sprinkles while their wedding cake is white cake with white buttercream icing and white sprinkles. I really don't see a difference and at $3.00 a cupcake I decided it would be better to go with their more specialty flavored cupcakes. I also found a coupon online for buy 3 cupcakes get 1 free so with 4 cupcakes we would get a nice variety....below is what we ordered:Hunka Chunka Banana Love (top left)
banana cake with chocolate chips, banana buttercream icing topped with chocolate ganache
Champagne (bottom right)
White champagne cake with a champagne cream cheese frosting with edible pearls & white chocolatePeanut Butter Cup (bottom left)
Milk chocolate cake topped with peanut butter frosting & honey roasted peanuts all drizzled with chocolate
and one that wasn't on the menu for the day but they had one left..it was meant to be
Chocolate Strawberry (top right)
Devils food cake with chocolate chunks baked in topped with strawberry frosting and dipped in ganache.
The store really wasn't what I expected. It was really small and had one display case with all the cupcakes. Nothing really on the walls and just kinda plain. On their website it says they are open til 7pm; however, we have driven by numerous nights on our way to dinner way before 7pm and the store is as dark as night! So if you are hoping for cupcakes after dinner this isn't the place to g
o!They put our cupcakes in a cute little box that securely holds 4 cupcakes. The lady behind me only ordered one and they had a cute little single box for that as well. So we couldn't wait to try the cupcakes when we got home and of course we had to try all of them so I cut each in half and we shared them with a tall glass of milk, which I would recommend when eating these cupcakes. Overall, the cupcakes weren't bad. They are really sweet and do have a lot of icing. This is how we would rank them for taste and flavor. Our favorite being number 1!
1. Hunka Chunka Banana Love2. Chocolate Strawberry3. Peanut Butter Cup4. ChampagneWe probably won't go back to GiGi's for while but if you haven't tried them you should so the next time cupcakes come up in a conversation because you know someone will inevitably mention GiGi's, you can say "yea, I've been there, tried that!" But honestly I don't think they are worth $3.00 a cupcake and Ethan didn't like how they don't offer all there cupcakes everyday. To each his own! Eat Up! Bon Appetit!
This past Friday, Ethan and I met Todd, Shellie & Teagan at Pancho's after the first spring scrimmage for Tiger Football. This place has been around for years. It is one of those local places that you either love or hate but everyone loves their cheese dip, which is always a staple at any party! They used to have several locations in Memphis but now they are down to two in Memphis (one restaurant and one Pancho Taco, their fast food joint) and one restaurant in West Memphis. Ethan usually isn't a fan of Pancho's and always orders "American" style food when we go there but on Friday I guess he was being adventurous and he ordered some of their Mexican food and actually enjoyed it! Like I said in a previous post, I like variety so I usually vary the items I order but I always order a chicken tostada! They are just that good! We also enjoyed some delicious frozen margarita's! It was a great way to end a gorgerous day! Eat Up! Bon Appetit!
So we didn't make it to the store til Monday but we did attempt to plan out a menu for this week.SundayOld Venice Pizza Company (this place also has great lunch specials)Chicken Tuscany PizzaRasta PastaMondayTops BBQBBQ SandwichesBaked BeansCole SlawFries/ChipsTuesdayCaribbean Pork (look for a future post on this new recipe we tried)Roasted Sweet PotatoesSweet PeasRolls
WednesdayCoffee Braised Chuck Roast (look for a future post on this new recipe we tried)Butter and Garlic Mashed PotatoesGreen BeansRolls
ThursdayHoustons
So this week it looks like we won't be heading to the store which means we will be ordering take out or eating out every night for dinner so below are our potential dinner plans!MondayLucchessi's Chicken and Spinach LasagnaItalian Sausage LasagnaGreek SaladGarlic BreadTuesdayHuey's to have dinner with Ethan's dad and brotherWednesdayLas Tortugas Deli MexicanaThis is a must try place...their corn on the cob and pork & pineapple taco's are delicious!ThursdayChinese take-out
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This past Friday, Ethan and I met Todd, Shellie & Teagan at Pancho's after the first spring scrimmage for Tiger Football. This place has been around for years. It is one of those local places that you either love or hate but everyone loves their cheese dip, which is always a staple at any party! They used to have several locations in Memphis but now they are down to two in Memphis (one restaurant and one Pancho Taco, their fast food joint) and one restaurant in West Memphis. Ethan usually isn't a fan of Pancho's and always orders "American" style food when we go there but on Friday I guess he was being adventurous and he ordered some of their Mexican food and actually enjoyed it! Like I said in a previous post, I like variety so I usually vary the items I order but I always order a chicken tostada! They are just that good! We also enjoyed some delicious frozen margarita's! It was a great way to end a gorgerous day! Eat Up! Bon Appetit!
