Mimi's Cafe - Gilroy, Ca

After I took my shopping trip to Costco yesterday... Amanda, Elena and I declared ourselves famished. I was driving, so I forced them to decide what we were going to eat. Mimi's Cafe was selected and I wasn't disappointed.

I did have two slices of carrot bread and a cup of Cream of Broccoli that are not pictured. I am a bad blogger that should be burned at the stake. But, what is pictured above was my main event. The Pistachio Crusted Mahi Mahi with Mashed Potatoes - can you say YUMMO!. The sauce was a butter caper sauce and it really did a kung pao to the meal! And that my friend, is a good thing! I was extremely stuffed because I ate the whole thing. Almost licked the plate clean even!

Mimi's is a great option if you have a group of people. The menu is huge and there will always be a good selection for even the pickiest eaters. Price wise it is on point as well. The decor is charming and our server was a speedy one. 1.5 thumbs up for being a good chain - those are few and far between!

Starting out rough...

On Fridays I like to get dressed up for work. I like to wear clothes that I have in the back of my closet because it makes the day a lot more fun...

I know I am not dressed to the hilt, but our office is semi casual. I always like to rock my suede boots and black leggings as much a possible, they are so comfortable. Anyhow, as I was heading out of the door this morning I went to grab my favorite Costco buy... Blount Lobster Bisque out of the fridge.

Well, I guess I was in a hurry, or else I am just a giant klutz... but I dropped the container of liquid gold (lobster bisque) on the floor. Splattering all over my favorite suede boots. Gosh darn it. Well guys, Happy Friday!

Starbucks - Give me some caffeine!

The Tazo Black Shaken Iced Tea Lemonade will get you moving! Yowee! Very refreshing!

Meet Molly Malone!

My Mom's new Irish Water Spaniel Puppy - Just 8 weeks old!

Pedro’s Restaurant & Cantina - Los Gatos, Ca

On Sunday afternoon I had to take my mom to the airport and we couldn't go to the Bay Area without visiting Pedro's Restaurant & Cantina. This restaurant has been a family favorite for almost as long as Tao Tao's located in Sunnyvale, not quite but a long time... What does that mean to you? Probably not much, as you most likely have no idea what I am talking about. The long and the short is, Pedro's is good. If it wasn't, we wouldn't keep coming back. Located at 316 North Santa Cruz Avenue in downtown Los Gatos you will find a great basket of chips and salsa and a killer Margaritas.

The inside of the restaurant is so cute, I love anything talavera! Abobe looking walls and tin roofs make this place look authentic and totally fun. The chips and salsa have always been good and today was no exception. Heavy on the cilantro and blended perfectly, no random chunks of anything.


Their menu is huge and everything sounded so good! They did have a Sunday Brunch Buffet that was running that caught my eye but, I did not need to go there. One entree would be plenty I am sure! I was torn between the Mole Enchiladas and the Carnitas Enchiladas. Ever since my wonderful meal in Paso with the Carnitas Tacos, I have been on a kick! So I went with the Carnitas Enchiladas and was not disappointed, the meat was lean and super flavorful! It had a tomato cream sauce on top that I was not too fond of though, I didn't hate it - it just reminded me of a thick version of tomato soup! The next entree was Robert's Trio of Enchiladas - Cheese, Chicken and Beef. Wowza! That is a lot of enchilada! Colored in the flag of Italy, or even Mexico! Ha ha.

All in all, the meal was a success! Perfect little location, excellent chips and salsa, beautiful setting and a lot of Mexican food goodness! The pricing is fair, your getting good ingredients here. No cutting corners, which is probably the main reason we have returned for so many years. Melissa Good Taste gives it 1.75 thumbs up, off a quarter because it is far from home and they put peas in their rice! Yikes! Lol. Leave your rice alone, it didn't do anything to you!! ;)

Chick beer.

Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat Beer is pretty good stuff.

Definitely caters to the female consumer.

Check it out!

Pichanha Churrascarria - Burbank, CA

So what comes to mind when you think of a Brazilian Steakhouse? Think meat lots of it! On spickets, delivered to your table until you can't stop! Pichanha Churrascarria, located in downtown Burbank, was my first all you could eat meat extravaganza!

We enter the place and the hostess, and owner, seats us. He explains the concept of the restaurant. You start off at the "buffet" of non meat items... and off I go to the buffet to fill up on salads and side dishes. The salad bar was pretty basic. They have the typical romaine mix, iceberg mix and side salads like pasta salad, tuna salad, cucumber and tomato salad and shockingly tabouleh which I actually ate. They also a hot food side with some Brazilian and American side dishes like black beans, mashed potatoes, rice, sauteed zucchini and other stuff including curry chicken soup.

I ordered the traditional Brazilian capirinha drink, it's made with cachaca which is basically sugarcane rum. It's good and it is quickly becoming one of my favorite "spirits"...heehee! A bit on the strong side so be careful!

The gauchos start coming around with the meat. You have to put up this wooden block to green if you want meat or not, red to stop the meat flow. The first meat to the table was the Pichannha Special Beef (I assume it was a filet mignon, they gave very small pieces) it was very tender, melted in my mouth - my favorite of the night! I also had lamb, spicy chicken, Parmesan chicken and sausage. They serve 15 types of meat but I was too full to try anything else...

Holy meat lover special! This is a low carb lovers dream! The cost for the dinner is $29.95, not including my drinks or tip. If your a big eater I think it is quite a deal! Would I return? Maybe... I felt like I had to eat and eat to make it seem worth it. I am more into small plates, and lots of them!