Junk Food Blog: Dairy Queen Launches New Girl Scout Blizzard

July 2, 2008 · Filed Under OC Food News · Comment

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I haven’t tried it yet, but this is probably going to be my new favorite Blizzard from Dairy Queen!

Tags: Dessert, Fast Food

House of Madame Jo Jo - Long Beach

May 23, 2008 · Filed Under OC Food Reviews · Comment

: Madame Jo Jo's Pistachio Chicken

: Madame Jo Jo's Beef Stroganoff

We went out to dinner on Wednesday night (May 21, 2008) with our friends. It was their choice this time so my friend S decided to take us to one of their current favorites in Long Beach. Now I know this is Eat in Orange County, and typically that’s the only place we eat at, but Long Beach isn’t that far away, and I honestly feel that the House of Madame Jo Jo’s deserves to be mentioned.

Madame Jo Jo’s is a small restaurant with a total of about 12 tables of various seating arrangements. We entered and the waitress asked if we were their reservation for the night and indeed we were. There were no other patrons there when we arrived at 7:30 PM. I had heard it’s normally pretty busy. Being the only customers gave us the opportunity to be the focus of the waitress and chef. I really liked the ambiance with just the right amount of lighting and paintings and drawings of scantily clad women of the night on the walls. It’s a romantic atmosphere that works for couples and friends wanting to enjoy a nice night out.

For starters we were served warm herb rolls along with a pesto sauce; nothing special but good nonetheless especially due to them still being warm. Our friends got side salads, while I ordered a cup of the Spicy Cajun Chicken Chowder. The Chowder was delicious, it had a spicy flavor that made me wish I had ordered a bowl, my only knock on the chowder was that it tasted a little salty, but my taste buds really enjoyed the Cajun flavors. After our soup and salad was finished the appetizer that S ordered was delivered; Coconut Shrimp. As explained in the menu it is 4 “Lightly breaded, sauted, served with a pineapple sauce”. The shrimp was sweet, with almost a captain crunch sort of taste to it; not that the sweetness was a bad thing. Mrs. DanGarion ordered the Rosemary Chicken with potatoes, while I choose the Pistachio Crusted Chicken along with sides of mashed cauliflower and roasted asparagus. Our friends go the Pistachio Crusted Chicken and Beef Stroganoff. My chicken was great, the flavors went perfect together. The chicken is prepared along with a sun dried tomato sauce that went very well with mixed up with my mashed cauliflower. My wife’s rosemary chicken was also tasty, although I only had one bite. I would highly recommend both chicken dishes as they were some of the best meals I’ve tried lately. I would defiantly order the pistachio chicken again, but at the same time almost all of their entrees sound good when you are looking at the menu. Along with our meal we had 2 bottles of Turnbull Viognier which went perfect with our meals. And to finish off our delectable dinner the 4 of us shared a slice of Chocolate Perfection, which is their take on dense fudge-like chocolate cake. My friend and I had a couple bites but the ladies finished it off since it was their dessert we were just helping.

The service was excellent, but I didn’t expect anything less considering there were no other guests. Our waitress was very nice and checked on us numerous times while we were enjoying our meal. I completely and wholeheartedly recommend the House of Madame Jo Jo’s for couples and groups as a great destination with great food. Considering the quality of food the price is good as well. Entrees range from $11-29. Our dinner for 4, with 2 salads, 1 cup of soup, 1 appetizer and 1 dessert totaled to roughly $100 not including the wine, which for fine dining isn’t that bad. I have had much more expensive meals that left me disappointed.

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House of Madame Jo Jo
2941 E Broadway
Long Beach, CA 90803
(562) 439-3672

Tags: 5 Star, American, Dessert, Long Beach

Baskin - Robbins Soft Serve

May 14, 2008 · Filed Under OC Food News · Comment

Yesterday I read on Fast Food Maven that Baskin-Robbins was going to start serving soft serve ice cream and that some Orange County locations were already swirling up cones. Unfortunately for us the Baskin-Robbins located on Tustin Ave. in Orange was not yet selling their swirled goodness. The machine was there but it wasn’t hooked up and running. So we will have to wait to try out their new dessert.

Tags: Dessert, Orange

Susiecakes - Newport Beach

May 6, 2008 · Filed Under OC Food News · Comment

This is less of a review and more of just a call out to Susiecakes in Newport Beach. Yesterday I read an article about the explosion of cupcakeries in Orange County on Food Frenzy over at the OC Register. Unfortunately Dolcissimo, the mentioned establishment is closed on Mondays, we had to go elsewhere to get my sweet tooth fix. My wife had to get something at Ulta, so I suggested we head over to the Westcliff Shopping center since Susiecakes was located just across the street. I ordered a Red Velvet cupcake that was absolutely delicious. So I just wanted to mention them here since I thoroughly enjoyed my dessert last night.

SusieCakes
2043 Westcliff Dr.,
Newport Beach, CA, 92659
(949) 646-6881

Tags: Dessert, Newport Beach, Sweets