Taste Test

Randall's fried chicken. Samosa caught my eye. got that too.

Samosa was pretty crappy.  What do you expect though from the grocery store.  It was like a 1.5 and I will never make that mistake again.  Tried it on the kids and none of them liked it either.



Sad veggie samosa

 

Randall's fried chicken however was really good.  Hubs favorite food is the fried chicken.  He's been steadily making his way down the list of recommended fried chicken in the  area.  Randall's--yes the supermarket-- is on that list.

 

Good crispy coating although for me it was a bit overdone.  Good spicy flavor that didn't overwhelm.  Very subtle.  Chicken meat was also great  Brined before frying which is the way I like it.  I thought this was great chicken.  Hubs, just ok.  we got 8 pieces for $6.99 which I also thought was pretty good.  However when you consider that none of the kids would touch it for whatever reason then it's not such a great deal.  No. 3 Son wound up pulling the container of chicken onto the kitchen floor and the dog went after it faster than I think I have ever seen him move.  At that point I think there were 2 pieces left.  He grabbed one and and ran around with a giant thigh hanging out of his maw until I shamed him into dropping it.  After that No. 2 Daughter ran around all night yelling at him to "release" whether he had anything to release or not.  Poor dog. :(

I'd get the Randall's again.  Way less greasy than Popeyes and I lie the spice level better.  Next time I will try it leftover.  I have a suspicion it is killer when it's a day old and cold.
3.5

Farmers Market Lunch

New for me despite 3 yrs of downtown farmers markets on Wednesday.

Opted for Nisha's vegetable samosa. Had to bring it back and do a combo microwave toaster oven warm up.

Curry and spice perfection. I have died and gone to heaven. The End.

5, and of course, it's recommended!


Update: Made the FM foray with Chungry and The Gal Next Door.  Chungry had the Nisha's lunch plate special which looked and smelled AWESOME!  He reports that is was in fact tasty:
http://chung-ry.blogspot.com/2013/05/nishas-qucik-n-ezee-indian-food-farmers.html

But pricey.  I think he paid $12 for it and I seem to recall that the Indian lunch buffet (all you can eat) in downtown DC was around that price.  But- if you're the only game in town I guess you can do what you want.

Girl Next Door got what looked like a really nice pulled pork and black bean tostada.  She ate 3 bites, said it was awful and couldn't eat any more.  Of course that got Chungry and I wondering if that was legit or not so we had to try it.  Per Chungry, "I am offended by this.  This is offensive to food."  And he is right.  I don't know what they pulled the pork with or what it was supposed to taste like, but whatever it was was an epic FAIL.  I think I've had spoiled food that tasted better than this did.  It wasn't that it tasted bad per se, it's that is DIDN'T TASTE LIKE ANYTHING AT ALL.  How is that even possible?  I mean like not even any salt or pepper.  Nada.  Chungry suggested that perhaps it was bland b/c it was organic?  Um ok so that doesn't make any sense but we couldn't come up with any other legit explanation.  It was just so weird. Imagine plain beans and plain pork, then imagine that it doesn't even taste like that.  It's PLAINER.  I am not kidding.  Go lick the floor.  Dirty floor has more flavor.  Are you feeling me here?  It was a disgrace to food everywhere.  I'm not even sure we can justify a redo to confirm.  Wasn't my meal, but tostada gets a zero and a "stay the hell away".