Xanadu

Lovely excursion today with Ducky Momo, Twist, and Chungry today for diner food.  Avalon Diner looks new on the outside but with an old soul like someone scooped out an old diner and took the interior to a strip mall. And chungry says that is pretty much the deal.   And there you go. 

Twist and I both opted for frito pie. The other two had some version of breakfast with hash browns.   The side of bacon was kind of pricey at $3.25 leading DM to spend a bit of time haggling with Chungry over sharing bacon.  

Chili was nice. Much better than canned. Although I eat that too on frito pie. Could have used more Fritos.   The bowl was too much for me sonTwist and Chungry ate my leftovers with hash browns. 

Had to make a phone call during lunch and was pleased to be able to use an old phone booth as refuge. Noticed several of the staff using said phone booth as resting spot as well. 

Biggest drawback for me is location. Avalon is on Westheimer. I hate driving Westheimer.  Half of it is under construction. It's just never pleasant to drive. 

Avalon Diner gets a 3.5 and recommended. I need to try more good. Oh. Wait! Almost forgot. Avalon makes killer homemade lemon and limeade. I had a limeade. Came in a big silver mixer like a shake. Very tasty. They also have excellent crushed ice.  This will sound stupid but it was like hand crushed. It was awesome. 

Something New . . .

Treebeard's chili with cheese. Brownie and do-it-yourself placemat. I learned the "rip the bag and eat off it" from my peeps in NYC and it has serves me well. 

Ok, first look at the grease/spice stain on the lid of the chili. Marvelous.  Cheese: are you kidding me with this?  Is this joke cheese? That is maybe enough for 2 bites. Not a whole container. 

Good bean to beef ratio. Good heat. In fact my nose is running and lips are burning. Nice spice. Maybe a little on the salty side. 

I went for a brownie today. As good as the butter cake is the brownie is as bad. I do not love your brownie Treebeard's. very dry. Not good chocolate flavor. Super disappointment. 

Crawfish boil is tomorrow!

 Ready to eat!