Haus Murphy's– Glendale Arizona

March 17, 2017

We stopped at our Favorite German Place in Glendale, AZ which was on Diners Drive-ins and Dives quite a few years ago. Since we visited the first time we've been going once a year ever since. We got there fairly early for dinner probably five-ish and it was St. Patrick's Day so they had corned beef and cabbage as their special, but I was here for the German food. 

I ordered my favorite Schnitzel; the paprika schnitzel which is a pork schnitzel with a paprika, bacon and onion gravy.  This came with Wirsing which is some sort of creamed cabbage and fried potatoes this was excellent as it always is. The Wirsing and fried potatoes were both excellent and I thought went perfectly with the schnitzel. 

This also came with a cup of soup, every time we’ve been here there has been a different soup which have all been excellent and this time was no exception. This time it was some sort of creamy chicken soup and it was really good. We had another excellent meal at Haus Murphy's and I can't wait to return next year.

 https://www.hausmurphys.com/

Address: 5739 W Glendale Ave, Glendale, AZ 85301

Tortas Chano – Anthem Arizona

March 16, 2017

We made our yearly trip to Tortas Chano and even though it was a Thursday and they had tamales, I wanted to try something new this time.  

 

So, I got the enchilada plate and I decided to get one beef and one cheese enchilada. This was really good and I'm not sure which one I liked better, but I really liked having the combination of both the beef and the cheese. These weren’t anything crazy or really too different, just excellent enchiladas.  The rice and beans were pretty good to go along with this. Dad also had to enchilada plate which he really liked as well and mom had the chili Relleno this time. 

This was a little different than some chili Rellenos I’ve seen, mostly because it was covered in a red sauce. She thought it was really good. We had another solid lunch at Tortas Chano once again the food wasn’t  anything crazy or fancy,  but was just good solid authentic Mexican food. If you want to read about our previous trip you can do that here.

Address: 39510 N Daisy Mountain Drive, Anthem, AZ 85086

Taco guild – Phoenix Arizona

March 14, 2017

Taco guild is located in an old church and even had all the stained-glass windows still intact and was a rather interesting place to have a taco restaurant in. We stopped in for dinner on a Tuesday night and the place was absolutely packed and with people waiting outside. It was a really long long wait for everyone but extra-long for us because we needed a low table.  

 

After we waited for a very long time we were finally seated and chips and salsa and hot sauces that all were really bright in color were delivered to our table. There was a regular salsa that I thought was really good along with three hot sauces jalapeno, something else that was red maybe cayenne and a habanero hot sauce.  These all had a bit of a kick especially the habanero, it was quite hot. The chips were warm and salted well and were very tasty and I probably would've been happy just eating these chips and salsa, but I was at a taco place so I had to get some tacos.   

Their tacos come individually and if you order three of them, they came with a side dish so I ordered an El Pastor pork ($4.50), one Chipotle cherry steak ($4.95) and one Yucatán shrimp taco ($4.50).  For my side I got the Barracho red beans. The Al Pastor Pork was pretty good but I didn't notice there been too much pineapple in there. The Yucatán shrimp taco was good but not really my favorite one and the Chipotle cherry steak was definitely my favorite the steak was excellent, there was a bit of sweetness in there along with some heat from the chipotle aioli.  I also I didn't mind the Bleu cheese too much and the poblano strips on top was a great addition to it. Everything in this taco went together perfectly.  I didn't think the Barracho red beans, which were topped with Cotija cheese were all that exciting, but I was also getting rather full from eating my tacos and all the chips and salsa.  I thought my tacos were very good and the chips and salsa was excellent, and it was neat being in an old church and I'm sure glad I we stopped and visited. 

 http://tacoguild.com/

Address: 546 E Osborn Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85012