Haus Murphy’s Glendale Arizona

March 5, 2015

This is one of my favorites in Arizona and my favorite German place anywhere.  I had my usual Paprika Schnitzel.  Which is a pork schnitzel with an onion and bacon infused Paprika Sauce on top.  This also came with German Fried Potatoes and Wirsing (a creamy cabbage side) and a cup of Chef's Soup, the soup this day was beef cabbage.

 

5739 W Glendale Ave

Glendale, AZ 85301

 

 



Peoria Stadium - Peoria Arizona

March 8, 2015

This Stadium always has a ton of choices for food and after checking all the places to see what they had I decided on the Sonoran dog. This was a hot dog with jalapeno ranch, bacon, pico de gallo and an avocado. This was a decent hot dog not the greatest, but all right for a ballpark and the toppings weren’t bad either.

 

 

We also decided to get some garlic fries which were decent and had a ton of herbs and garlic but were just not as good as last year’s version which was a little different.

Roberto's Authentic Mexican Food - Anthem Arizona

March 5, 2015

I’ve always been kind of on the fence about tamales I’ve had a few decent ones and some that were awful. We had been to Roberto’s previously and saw them on Diners Drive-ins and Dives making tamales and figured this would be a good place to try them since they’re homemade. They are however only available on Thursdays so when we were in Phoenix on Thursday we had to make a stop. Also it sounds like there tamales are very popular so since we drove so far and wanted to make sure we got some we called ahead to reserve some and the guy said they had two kinds red chili beef and green chile corn tamales and they were both mild in spice. So all three of us decided to get one of each. Once we arrived we told them we reserved some tamales and that we want to eat there.  They asked us if we wanted to add rice and beans to them for their special.  Dad did this, but neither mom nor I did. We also ordered some chips and salsa as well as three drinks. The tamales also came with a couple little cups of salsa. In just a few minutes they brought all our food out and Roger the owner of the place we met a couple years earlier saw us and made sure to stop by and say hello as well as get my address to send me a shirt.

 

 

And when the tamales arrived I started in to the beef and thought oh my God this was delicious then I took a bite of the green corn chili and thought it might even better than the beef, but good thing I got one of each because I never could figure out which one was better. The beef was shredded beef with red chili inside the Masa and the green chile corn had green chile and corn with some cheese. Usually my problem with tamales has been them being dry and these definitely were not in were very moist and both the fillings were excellent and even though we had salsa these did not need anything on they were so delicious just by themselves. I also liked the chips and salsa the salsa tasted very good but was a little runny so it made a little difficult to dip the chips in not get stuff dripped all over the place.

Now I know tamales can be really good, but I think they just have to be fresh and made the right way and Roberto’s definitely does that.

Anthem Crossroads, 39510 W Daisy Mountain Dr #170, Anthem, AZ 85086

 

Leff T’s steakhouse - Dewey Arizona

March 6, 2015

We took a drive from Phoenix up to Prescott and after taking a hike we stopped at Leff t’s steakhouse in Dewey Arizona. When we arrived just after 5pm on a Friday night the parking lot was full except for a spot or two. So we went inside the place and were told it would be about a 25 minute wait, so we figured we would wait. As we waited the front area got little crowded. Then in probably about 25 minutes we were seated. After we had our drink orders taken we had time to look over the menu and we were ready to order pretty quickly. We all three ordered a 10 ounce ribeye ($21.99). this came with a choice of potato and a soup or salad I had mashed potatoes and gravy and a salad, mom had the mashed potatoes and gravy along with clam chowder which the soup of the day. Dad got his with fries and a salad.

 

 

So after a bit our waitress brought out our salads and soup along with bread on a cutting board with butter and apple butter. The bread was a small loaf of I think pumpernickel.  The salad had Jícama, cilantro and tomatoes which made it kind of different than most salads I’ve ever had. Mom really enjoyed her clam chowder.  I kind of wished I would have got the clam chowder as well after she said how good it was. In a few when our waitress came back past she noticed our bread  was gone and she asked if we wanted some more bread it was so good I figured why not. So right away she brought out another piece of bread.  Shortly after we were done with our salad and bread out came the steaks.

 Dad and I both ordered our steaks medium and it came out perfect and mom had hers well done.  This steak was perfectly cooked and was very tender and had great flavor. This was so delicious I even finished the whole thing. The mashed potatoes and gravy were quite good. As we left there were still quite a few people waiting to get their excellent steak. This place was excellent and whenever we’re back close, I’ll be sure to stop in again for a delicious steak at really not too bad of a price.  

 

 

Leff T's Steak House & Grill

150 AZ-69, Dewey, AZ 86327

 

 

 

Fired pie Phoenix Arizona

March 4, 2015

Fired pie is set up like a subway or a chipotle type place. You go through the line and pick what you want on your pizza. The pizzas are all 10 inch pizzas and cost $7.95 each with unlimited toppings. I ordered mine with the regular tomato sauce, mozzarella, pepperoni, mushrooms, black olives and since I happened to see them I got tomatoes on top too. Dad decided to try one of their specialty pizzas, the steak and blue with steak onions peppers mushrooms and an olive oil sauce along with Gorgonzola. Mom ordered a pepperoni and mushroom I believe. After we got through the line we also ordered three drinks and paid and gave them our name. After we waited just a bit our three pizzas were ready.  

 

  Dad really enjoyed his and it was the best nontraditional pizza he’s had.

I thought mine was a pretty good pizza, it was a thin crust and the edges of it were kind of cracker like but the rest wasn’t so crunchy.


Fired pie had very good pizzas at a good price and it being very customizable made it a very good place as well.

 

 

 

Fired Pie

Deer Valley Towne Center

3049 Agua Fria Fwy

Phoenix, AZ 85027

 

 

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Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

 

A while back I had an idea, What if I put bacon in chocolate chip cookies.  So I searched online for some ideas and ended up just adding bacon and bacon fat to the Nestle toll house cookie recipe that was on the bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips and left out the nuts.

 Ingredients

2 1/4 cups  all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon  baking soda

1 teaspoon  salt

½  cup (1 stick) butter, softened

½ cup solid bacon fat

3/4 cup  granulated sugar

3/4 cup  packed brown sugar

1 teaspoon  vanilla extract

2  large eggs

2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels

8 strips bacon, cooked and chopped

 

Instructions

 

PREHEAT oven to 375° F.

COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and bacon. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.

BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.