A friend mentioned that there was a deal at Applebee’s for all you can eat boneless chicken wings. So, we had to try it. Online, it mentioned that the price was 13.99, but when we went to the Times Square location, it turned out to be 19.99. There were only 6 available flavors and the first order each of us got had to be 10 pieces of a single sauce. The subsequent orders could be 5 pieces for a single sauce. We ordered all the sauces, Buffalo, Honey BBQ, Garlic Parm, Sweet Asian Chile, Extra Hot Buffalo, and Honey Pepper.

In terms of value, if it was 13.99, I think it might have been worth. 19.99 is obviously less worth. The chicken was mostly dry. The 2 different Buffalo sauces were hard to distinguish from each other – both of them were quite salty. The Garlic Parm and the Honey Pepper sauces tasted a bit weird for wing flavors. The Honey Pepper reminded me of Panda express. The Sweet Asian Chile was ok.

I would not recommend anyone to order this from Applebee’s. I feel like they have better items on the menu and if you really want wings, you can go to a place that specializes in wings.

After a relatively long Saturday, I wanted to eat dinner outside. I asked a friend what they were feeling and they were in a seafood mood. After some Yelp searches, we settled on Mussel Bar & Grille.

The restaurant was relatively large, a bunch of seats in the middle of the restaurant and in the perimeter near the windows. As the name mentions, there is a bar and the beer selection is quite extensive. On the drinks menu, there were at least 4 pages of beers. The dinner menu was not too large. Lots of seafood options and these were a bit pricey.

We tried a variety of seafood and I thought that the oysters and the mussels were the better dishes. The shrimp were medium sized and the most expensive out of the dishes we ate. If I were to go to this restaurant again, I would order the mussels, get as full as possible on the mussels and bread, and get the oysters. I might try other dishes on the menu as well. The sauce for the mussels was flavored with some cheese and some sausage. The calamari had 2 different sauces and was topped with olives, which was interesting. I liked it, but they simply were not as good as the mussels. I generally like oysters so that’s why I’d order them again. I’m not someone who can tell if the oysters are good or not, but these didn’t really have any dirt while eating and tasted similar to ones I’ve had before. There was a purple colored sauce I hadn’t had with oysters before. It was a bit sour, perhaps a vinegar taste.

Some out of town coworkers visited the area for a week and we wanted to try some restaurants in the area. One of the restaurants we tried was bindaas since we wanted some Indian food. I don’t know much about Indian cuisine, but it seemed like there was a good variety of food and they were doing some slight twists on known dishes.

Not pictured, but I ordered the Firecracker fries and the Pork Vindaloo Pao. The fries were hot and the seasoning looked like Old Bay, but it was a different mix of spices. Pretty decent of an appetizer. The Pork Vindaloo Pao tasted different than I wanted. The pictured pao was much tastier than mine. The pork in mine was a bit tougher than I would’ve liked and the the sauce wasn’t as flavorful. Also, I think some of the salad seeped into the bread because my bread was a bit sour.

The avocado golgappa was the best thing that I ate at the restaurant. We ate the piece in one bite and there was an explosion of flavor and textures. Really tasty and fresh.

I’ve had Lady M cakes before, at least once or twice in New York. This was the first time trying it in Virginia. Tasted pretty good and similar to what I remember. Lots of different options for crepe layered cakes. I got the matcha one because I think that it is one of their more classic flavors and I read a review that mentioned that the matcha cake and jasmine tea combo was good.

I don’t eat matcha very often so I’m not sure whether it was good quality or not. But the color was nice and the filling was not too sweet. The fork was able to cut through the cake really easily, but only from the pointed side. The strawberry one was tasty too. Fresh. There were a couple occasions that I coughed because of the amount of matcha on the top of the cake. The boutique was really clean and it was a good atmosphere. Fitting for the upscale section of the mall.

I watched 2 seasons of the Hospital Playlist kdrama and there were a bunch of scenes where people ate egg toast. So, I had to try it out when I saw that it was closeby.

This was the second time I ate a Korean corn dog and I thought this time was not as tasty. The previous time had really good seasoning and this one I put the seasoning on. I also should’ve chosen an option with mozzarella cheese because that would’ve added more flavor. I did not expect the teriyaki toast to have beef in it. Like I thought it was going to just be teriyaki sauce with egg and other ingredients. The beef was tasty and the bread was oily and buttery. The eggs on the top were not enough, I think if it was half egg half beef, I would’ve liked it better. The toast also seemed to have cheese in the bread or something that gave a more savory bite at the end. The cardboard that holds the toast should’ve also had perforations so then you can rip it apart and eat the remaining parts of the toast in a more convenient manner.

I went to Maine with my family for the July 4th weekend and was able to try out a bunch of restaurants. I’d been to Maine before, but it was a while ago, so my memory of it was faint.

Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound

This lobster pound is my dad’s favorite and it did not disappoint. The lobster was big and the price was more affordable than other restaurants. They cooked the lobster in sea water, so it was more flavorful than using regular water. I started eating the legs first, then the claws, then the head, and then the tail. By the time I got to the tail, the meat was a bit tough and cold, so perhaps I needed to change the order of operations.

Stewman’s Lobster Pound

The next restaurant we tried was in Bar Harbor. We initially came for drinks but stayed for the food. The prices were definitely higher than the other lobster pound and the shrimp and mussels were not very large. The crab roll was tastier than I expected though and the fries that we got were solid.

Jordan Pond Restaurant

We had a small meal after hiking in Arcadia National Park. This restaurant is famous for their popovers. The popover is really airy. Pretty tasty for a piece of bread. My mom compared it to a croissant, but I think that this may have less butter and is made a bit different. The smoked salmon was good and I liked eating it with all the toppings.

La Bella Vita

The calamari was tasty, but the breading kept falling apart when we dipped it into the marinara sauce. The crab and lobster dip was really good. Lots of seafood. I was really disappointed with the number of ravioli I received. Like I’m trying to get full and I get four pieces. Damn. But the sauce was good, a bit spicy and fresh. The ravioli had some cheese inside. The sausage was more filling than expected. I hoped that it would’ve been more ravioli and less sausage, but turned out to be the opposite.

Luke’s Lobster

There was a good number of oysters and I wanted more afterwards. I didn’t have any of the rolls, but my family said that the mala roll tasted pretty good, not very spicy though. The lobster BLT was ok. The lobster taste was subtle and the bacon taste overpowered it. I don’t think that the lobster was seasoned very much.