Hacienda De Flores

We have driven past this place a few times on our travels around town and it kinda caught our eye as a spot to try sometime.  When you see it from outside it seems a little home-made... like a family run buisness.  Maybe it is, I am not sure, but since we are soon to head south we decided to prepare by eating some Mexican food tonight, and Hacienda De Flores, 5 10 S. Freya, was our destination.

They have a great menu and the restaurant is nice inside.  The best part was the fantastic service.  The waiters and waitresses here were very attentive to our dining experience.  (The food was good too.)

Speaking of food, this restaurant seems to have it's own signature flavor in the enchilada sauce.  It had  a uniqueness... not sure what it was, maybe tomatillo?  Whatever it was, or is, Geo liked it.

We ordered chicken fajitas and a combination plate with a chile relleno, enchilada and chimichanga. 

As typical of a Mexican food restaurant, the meal came with chips and salsa, but here they serve two kinds of salsa and beans and pico de gallo too!  After diiiner, in typical hacienda hospitaltiy, they brought us some sopapillas.... deep friend tortillas with whipped cream, strawberry sauce and chocolate drizzled all over.  YUM!

Thai Cuisine... (or Linnie's II)

This fantastic little Thai place was recommended to us by some friends... you know who you are....  : )  While discussing the merits of Thai food... and eating in general, our friends said this is one place that should not be missed.  They were right.

Located in a strip mall at 2526 E 29th, it is a little hard to find, but well worth looking for.

The food here is spicy if you order it that way.  They do have food sutable to every palet, but if you order it spicy, they do not mess around.  We ordered our Tom Ka Gai at a "three" and that was enough for me... (next time I will go for a two!)  I have eaten at thai places and ordered a "five" and it was not spicy at all....  This was very true to the typical Thai food spicey scale.  Our friend warned us that it would be very hot!  He was right on this account also.

This restaurant has been here for 16 years and the name is Thai Cuisine, but it is also called "Linnie's II," at least on the internet....and on the mennu too, but  when I asked our server, she told e the name was Thai Cuisine.  Apparently, it is a sort of sister restaurant to Linnie's downtown, (another great place to eat Thai food)  which is named Linnie's Thai Cuisine. One feature of this place on 29th is that they are a feature restaurant of Thai Select.. This means that the restaurant has been tried and tested by Thai  food experts, even won awards for it's authenticity to Thai tradition and flavors.  In other words, when you eat here you get the real deal.

We ordered Thai Tea, Spring rolls, Tom Ka Gai soup and Thai Fried Rice.  We also had Ice cream with black rice.  Everything was wonderful.

Three Sisters

Geo was driving along Spragues one day and saw an old MacDonald's restaurant, converted into a Pho spot.  The sign that got his attention was Beef Noodle Soup.  He was a little suprised to find there were many different varieties. 

Eating at an old MacDonalds is interesting... bright and cheery....familiar (even if the food is rather exotic!) Best of all the Pho is really good. 

The name of this place is Three Sisters, named after the three sisters who started this restaurant business in the beginning of the year.

We ordered the Spring Rols, Beef Noodle Pho and Chicken Noodle Pho.  (From what I understand about the Vietnamese language, Pho is pronounced, "FA""
Here are our yummy Spring Rolls:














 And our Pho!  This is the Beef Noodle:

This is the Chicken:






When pho is serve, it usually comes with the condiments you see on the small plate.  Thai basil, mung bean sprouts, jalepeno slices, and a wedge of lime.  You put these into your soup.






My soup was very happy!

This place has some special lunch deals, so if you work in the area it might be a great place for lunch!  Veitnamese food is delicious!

I hear they have great Jasmine Milk-Tea!  I love Jasmine Milk Tea.. so maybe next time I will give that a try.  I love Jasmine Tea!