Asian Buffet

Saturday was spent playing on the computer and doing laundry. As such, I didn't realize how late it had gotten. Why's this important? Cause I ate one meal that day. Went to the Asian buffet. Started off with some sushi, I think it was a crunchy shrimp roll, which I forgot to take a picture of. I also had a cup of egg drop soup and some of the mongolian grill:

They only had a broccoli bin (yuck), mushrooms (double yuck) and some shredded carrots/onions/and green things, which made it in. They joined the noodles, some shrimp, chicken, beef and an egg. It was pretty good, nothing great.

Finished the evening off with a hot fudge shake from Sonic (the Dip was stupidly packed).

Burger and Tots and Leftovers

For lunch today, I had some left over pork tenderloin and a few rolls (made little sammiches out of them). Still tasted outstanding:

For dinner, I had intended on finishing off, or attempting to, the left over pizza from yesterday. BUT, on the way home, I got hit with a burger craving, so I stopped in at "The Dip". Tonight's order was a bacon burger and tater tots, with a small hot fudge shake for dessert. Once at home, I added an IBC Root Beer to top it off:

That mountain of tater tots was obscene, and you all should know how I feel about potatoes by now. I barely made a dent in it, but I did manage to finish that monster of a burger off. I will be in a meat coma in about an hour, I think.

The Dip

John Mellencamp once sang about Jack and Diane. What am I bringing up a classic American singer/songwriter in a food blog for? In that particular song, he told us about that young couple hanging out, outside the Tasty Freeze. For those of you not familiar with what a Tasty Freeze is, imagine Sonic, but not as a franchise, just a little "Mom and Pop" type shop. That's not to say it couldn't be as big and flashy as the Sonics usually are, just that it's usually not a chain. They offer all kinds of hamburgers, fries, hot / corn dogs and a wealth of frozen drinks and desserts.

Hernando has such a shop. And calling it a shop is really a disservice. It's become an institution. It is named Velvet Cream, but it is known as The Dip (warning, facebook page link).

This place is Sonic on crack. In a good way.

As proof, here is a typical dinner from there, a large burger, onion rings and a hot fudge shake. I'm pretty sure it's a vanilla shake, with a few pumps of hot fudge. It's not as heavy as a regular chocolate shake is, and has that extra sweetness of the hot fudge with the mellowness of vanilla. I dig it.