Irma's

My last Houston restaurant review for awhile...promise.

For my dad's birthday, my mom and I accompanied him to an Astros game. In my mind, baseball games = hotdogs. For some reason, after I went to college, my parents and my brother always went to this restaurant before the games.  Maybe because my mom actually started going to games and she didn't want hotdogs. Either way, somehow I had missed out on this place completely until July 23rd. Perfect tex-mex. There is no written menu; the waitress just lets you know what's up for the day. Also, their peach lemonade is 200% worth the calories.

Incredible lentil soup. I practically licked the bowl clean.

Sorry for the very blurry picture.

Steak and Chicken Fajitas...mmmmmmm

Anyways, I now have a new Astros game food tradition...Irma's. All other baseball games, I'll still stick to hotdogs.

Taste of Texas

When Aaron and I went to the Mousetrap, my parents gave us a giftcard they hadn't used for the Taste of Texas. My only memory of the Taste of Texas was in the 4th grade. In Texas, we have Texas history classes in the 4th grade and 7th grade. As part of the curriculum we went on a field trip to the Taste of Texas. They talk about some Texas history and some of the artifacts on the walls representative of it. As a foodie at the age of 9, the tour guide promised us buffalo tongue. Now that sounds kind of gross, but afterwards they gave us chicken fingers and coke, which i think may be even more gross. So I had bad memories, but I went anyway.

Then, when taking our order, our waiter told us we could pick out our cut of meat. So for about 10 minutes I had visions of a legit meat locker with cows hanging from the ceiling. I was wrong; it was like a deli counter. Oh well; it was still a good experience. We both got a tenderloin and it was tasty!

I will say one thing though...vegetables are not their specialty. Grilled vegetables=boiled with grill marks.

Empire Cafe

My FAVORITE place for dessert in Houston. hands down. My mom and I went here after a long day of shopping for my new and improved internship wardrobe. The food is always fabulous and the dessert is even better.

a tasty pizza...

grilled vegetables...nothing better...

and the fabulous hummingbird cake...

Ruggles Green

One of the reasons I love Houston so much is the food: not only my mom's home cooking but also the restaurants. I got to try Ruggles Green right after I flew into town two weeks ago. Ruggles is a well-known Houston brand of restaurants and Ruggles Green is their "green" attempt. They were the first "certified green" restaurant in Houston. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and I hope to return again one day!

The lighting wasn't great so the pictures aren't either...but the food was fabulous!

My dad ordered the Fresh Vegetable Minestrone Soup

and the Hyrdoponic Butter Lettuce Wedge

My mom and I shared the Chicken Curry Salad

and the Veggie Sourdough Panini (complete with goat cheese!) and Sweet Potato Fries!

For dessert we ordered Tres Leches (my dad's doing)

and the famous White Chocolate Bread Pudding!

Delicious!!!