Buffalo Wild Wings

Address:


92 N 1200 E
Lehi, UT 84043

Price Range:


Depends on how many wings you want


Website

My sister and her boyfriend insisted we go here and get wings. I'm not a very big wing person but I was willing to put that aside for some family time and a chance to stop being a baby and grow up a bit.


Menu:


They had a number of ways of ordering. The orders come in orders of 6, 12, 18, 24, and 50. We opted to split a 50 between the four of us which was more than enough for everyone. You can do whatever you want. With splitting 50 we were able to try a number of different sauces because as long as you order them in 6s they're fine with that. I think we decided to go overboard with the Honey BBQ, which was quite alright by us.


Medium: Comfortable heat, not too much that you burn your mouth but enough to give it a little flavor.


Honey BBQ: This was the favorite. Sweet and simple with a little bit o kick.


Spicy Garlic: Strong garlic flavor, a little burn to it but more flavorful than spicy.


Asian Zing: Here is when we get into the spicy bit. I liked this spice personally, because it was almost like it wasn't spicy until the last second. By that time you've enjoyed your chicken and then you get the kick.


Thai Curry: THIS was spicy through and through. The boys were the ones that wanted it the most. I think I only had one of these but my mouth was definitely numb by the time I finished even one.

I really liked all of the sauces. We kind of had to lean on our waiter a bit because we weren't sure what flavors would be best, he made sure we only got good ones, for which I was grateful. I didn't want to spoil the experience. He was very helpful and was even nice enough to joke with us a bit.

The place is HORRIBLY loud and EXTREMELY distracting. It was really hard to have a conversation with the group because of all the loud fans screaming at weird intervals. TVs lined the walls as well so no matter where you looked, you were looking at a TV. We felt like we had to yell at each other to be heard. If I were in a quieter atmosphere, I would have enjoyed myself, but I was super overwhelmed so I didn't feel very fulfilled. I believe they have an outside seating that I would be interested to try so that I didn't have to be around  bunch of screaming fans. All in all, wings were great, not a great place to have a quiet sit down meal with some friends.

Thai Spice

Address:


854 Fort Union Boulevard
Midvale, UT 84047

Price Range:


$5-$10 per Entree

Some friends of ours decided that they wanted to make a contribution to the blog so they introduced us to Thai Spice, their favorite Thai restaurant in the Draper/Midvale area. I'm very glad they shared.


Menu:


Thai Spice Rolls (Vegetarian): These were very reminiscent of spring rolls. They were light and fresh which is important for a appetizer to be. Too many appetizers become a meal that I truly enjoyed how fresh and light these little babies were. I especially enjoyed them with the spicy chili sauce they served it with, absolutely complimented it and was not too spicy that you couldn't taste the roll. YES I KNOW I FORGOT A PICTURE. But they were all gone by the time I figured out I needed a picture. Next time.


Massaman Curry: Massaman curry is one of the dishes we like to order at Thai restaurants because its so sweet and nutty. It's peanut curry was a little on the spicier side, so I would say if you can't handle a little more spice, go easy on the sauce. The chicken was done perfectly. It was not over cooked which is common when making dishes like this, it was perfectly tender.

Gai Yang: This was also a peanut centered dish but the chicken wasn't cooked with the sauce. It seemed to be cooked on a grill and then had the sauce laid over it. This chicken was a little on the drier side, but the sauce more than made up for it. This sauce also was a little spicier, but as you can imagine the peanut flavor tones it down considerably. The green onion also takes away a bit of the spice and complimented the peanut flavor well since it was cooked just until it was sweet.

Shrimp Pad Thai: As I have previously stated, one can always tell a quality Thai restaurant by their Pad Thai. This is why I usually get the Pad Thai when I go to a restaurant. This is a quality restaurant. The Pad Thai was superb. Nice soft noodles, crunchy peanut, and the shrimp was not cooked to death so it was still tender, not tough and shriveled. It's easy to overcook shrimp, these people know what they're doing. I would highly suggest this dish if you were to give this restaurant a try.

Mango Sticky Rice: If you've never had Mango Sticky Rice, you're missing out. It's fantastic and, again, another mark of a good Thai restaurant. It was delicious. The sweetness from both the mango and the rice was so wonderful it really completed the meal.

The service was sublime, they seemed to remember us and interact with us appropriately. In small hole-in-the-wall places its easy to be forgotten because there are so few people usually there. I would go back again and give some other entrees a try just to change things up a bit.

Backeri and Eis Cafe at the Zermatt

Address:


787 West Resort Drive
Midway, UT 84049

Price Range:


$5-15


Website

Craig and I went to this little pastry shop a while ago. Craig was the one who found it when he had to do some IT stuff up at the Zermatt Resort and he couldn't stop raving about it, so we grabbed a couple of friends and trekked up there.


Menu:


Soldier Hollow: By the time we got there, it was Lunch time so we had no choice but to order their sandwiches. The Soldier Hollow consists of pickles, turkey, Swiss cheese, a tomato slice, lettuce, Dijon mustard and mayonnaise squished between a baguette sliced lengthwise. I'm not normally one for putting pickles on Deli sandwiches but in this case it definitely worked, I think my only gripe would be that the baguette was a little tough which may mean that it was a little stale or a little cold when sliced and served instead of hot and fresh. This is purely speculation. The sandwich in general was delicious, although a little pricey for what you got.

Provo River: The Provo River, on the other hand, was done on Focaccia and includes Black Forest ham, Caramelized onion, Swiss cheese, fig marmalade, and whole grain mustard. The combination of the fig marmalade and whole grain mustard provided a surprising flavor. I say surprising because the spiciness of the mustard and the sweetness of the marmalade worked really well together to soften the spice and enhance the sweet. Don't get me wrong, there were times when you got more mustard than marmalade and you thought your mouth was on fire, but when tasted with equal amounts of the marmalade it was such a complimentary combination that the occasional spice was forgivable. Alongside that, the saltiness of the Focaccia added a delightful flavor as well. I am always going to be a fan of sweet and salty flavors mixing and this is no exception.

Quiche: This was the closest to a breakfast item we could find that the time and even then that was iffy. This  quiche was made with red peppers, ham, and Swiss cheese. For a breakfast item, it would be too heavy. It had too many "brunch" type ingredients in them to make it a real breakfast quiche. But for our lunch it was just perfect. Nice and light with the sweetness from the peppers being a dominant flavor. I truly enjoyed this as a lunch item.

Dessert: Once we saw those desserts we couldn't help ourselves. We decided to go with what is called Choux. It's basically a giant round eclair filled with raspberry cream and dipped in chocolate. It was delicious. Light and creamy and the chocolate was not a hardened chocolate like I was anticipating, it was most certainly ganache which is softer when set than tempered chocolate. I thoroughly enjoyed that surprise since I always expect pastries to be dipped in tempered chocolate because its cheaper for most places to do that than make ganache. The second little delight was their famous key lime tart. It was heavenly. Not to heavy on the lime, but enough so that you could tell you were tasting lime. Lime is such a powerful flavor that I really did enjoy this, especially with the cream cheese frosting on top, absolutely made the tart. The crust was made of shortbread which is one of my favorite crusts with pies or tarts that are more tangy than sweet.

In the end the food for the most part was pretty good. I would say my gripe would be that the service was incredibly slow. They had three workers back there, two of which were taking their time and looking surly like they resented that there were customers here and the other that moved so slow it took forever for orders to be filled. We were not the only ones there so I was really disappointed about the service because everyone else with us had to deal with how slow everyone was going and how surly they were. I would not make the trek up there again...but maybe if I were tempted by one of those pastries.