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Take Out During the CoronaVirus Pandemic in Metro Phoenix AZ Week 11- Chula Seafood, Kabob Grill N Go, Twist Bistro & Gallery, Angelina’s Pho & Grill (Lemongrass Vietnamese Bistro)

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All restaurants are struggling to stay in business. Several restaurants have already permanently closed from lack oof business due to the pandemic. Many restaurants have opened their dining rooms with limited seating. Nothing is for certain but take out seems like a safer option with less risk.

Our first take out this week was from Chula Seafood in Phoenix.

I enjoyed the Chula Chopped Salad with added Salmon and my husband got the Tuna Melt with Spam Macaroni Salad and chips. My fur buddies were booth highly interested in the foods but my bigger fur buddy is well behaved and waits till she is served.

Next take out was from newly opened Kabob Grill n Go in Phoenix.

This is a postage sized kabob take out restaurant with around three small tables. Prices are low. Portions are big.

We tried on the left is a chicken tenders kabob. In the middle is the beef (steak) kabob and on the right is the whole Cornish chicken kabob. My dogs were waiting for theirs.

Next take out was from Twist Bistro & Gallery in North Scottsdale. We got the amazing take out special of one appetizer, two dinners and one dessert for $55.00.

We shared muffins with honey butter and then southern fried chicken breaded shawarma kabobs with minted cucumbers, marinated olive and jalapeƱo preserved lemon basil syrup. For my dinner was that AMAZING loch dart salmon with tomato salad, asparagus, black rice and basil pistou. My husband had the shrimp and sausage diablo. It came with spicy Italian sausage, shrimp, asparagus, olives, tomato confit and three cheese polenta. WOW! all this was really great and then we enjoyed mascarpone cheese cake with pistachio praline, salted caramel, whipped cream and strawberries. Gosh Twist Bistro and Gallery really knocked it out of the park again! I have some fur buddies that are also excited about the food here.

“Twist Bistro was a GREAT choice”
“I can’t wait for mine”

Last take out of the week was from Angelina’s Pho & Grill that is possibly changing their name to Lemongrass Vietnamese Bistro.

current menu

Angelina’s is officially one of the best places in metro Phoenix for pho. I’ve been here bunches of times and often do get one of their amazing pho bowls but felt like having something different today.

The dining room had customers when I arrived and I noticed the fresh new paint job.

We did take out and got the yellow chicken curry and the mixed three rice plate.

Both plates were delicious and also were very large portions but we had help with that.

“We are in this thing together”

That was week 11 of take out in metro Phoenix. This week we did take out from-

Chula Seafood – PHX

Kabob Grill N Go – PHX

Twist Bistro & Gallery – North Scottsdale

Angelina’s Pho & Grill (Lemongrass Vietnamese Bistro) – Glendale/UpperWestSide

Everything is subject to change and we hope it does for the better

The Forking Truth

Take Out During the CoronaVirus Pandemic Week 10 – Twisted Italian, Pane Bianco Van Buren, Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante

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These are the worst of times and all restaurants are struggling. Some have already closed permanently due to the lack oof business from the coronavirus pandemic. We are trying to support as many restaurants as we can. Not all but many restaurants have opened for indoor dining but we feel safer doing take out but will consider sitting on a patio because it is far less likely to catch the virus outside in the open air.

Our first take out this week came from Twisted Italian in north Peoria.

I went with the Friday Dinner Special and they gave me a WHOLE BUFFET PAN OF FOOD. I got pan fried walleye in citrus cream sauce. It came with vegetables and a whole dinners worth of angel hair pasta (this was only $17.50) My husband had the Italian Relleno. It was a poblano pepper stuffed with house made Italian sausage, provolone cheese, mozzarella cheese, peppers onions basil. It was in a creamy tomato sauce and came with three fried raviolis. As per usual our fur buddies didn’t mind a bit helping us eat all that food.

Next take out was from Pane Bianco Van Buren.

I got the line caught tuna salad and my husband got a sandwich called the Italian Combo. We also took home a side of olives. The tuna salad is very good and comes with a large piece of that famous crusty Bianco bread. My husband just loves his sandwich. My dogs anxiously wait for some meat and cheese.

Our last take out for the week was from Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante in Glendale/Arrowhead. They offer a new variety of Pizza called Pina Romana so I wanted to try it.

We tried a Margherita (cheese, sauce, fresh basil) and a Patata E Cipolla (mozzarella, provola, multi color potatoes and red onion.

It’s completely a different dough and crust from regular pizza. It doesn’t sit heavy in your stomach like regular pizza.

It’s thin and airy but shattering crisp and the bottom is covered with either corn meal or semolina. It has heavier toppings than a regular pizza would have. I saved some of the cheese from the margherita for my dogs.

I think a reduced balsamic drizzle goes really well with the potato pinsa Romano.

This week we did take out from –

Twisted Italian – North Peoria (#UpperWestSide)

Pane Bianco Van Buren – PHX

Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante – Glendale/Arrowhead (#UpperWestSide)

We also did our first Patio Dining during the pandemic at Confluence in Carefree. The Patio stayed mostly empty the majority of the time we were there and the food was truly amazing.

I’ll tell you about it tomorrow.

Everything is subject to change and we hope it does for the better.

The Forking Truth

Safer Curbside Pick Up Restaurants I’ve Been to in Metro Phoenix AZ

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Nothing is for certain and you can never be too careful. Dine in restaurant meals mean more contact with more people and germs flying threw the air conditioned air in restaurants. There are also other diners who are probably not wearing masks to hold in their droplets that might contain the coronavirus. We’ve done take out where we’d walk into a restaurant with a small amount of risk but curbside is safer. I note that I haven’t been everywhere but here are the restaurants that offered curbside pickup that I have been too..

Fabio On Fire (N Peoria)

At Fabio On Fire you order and pay on line. They communicate with you by text and a table is sanitized and your order will be placed on the table.

CHZBURGR in Glendale offers you to call in your order but it’s 100% touch free paying.

At Kawaii Sushi and Asian Cuisine you order and pay on line. You park at a special parking spot and call to let them know that you are there and they place your order on a table in front of your car.

The Grassroots Kitchen & Tap in Scottsdale also offers curbside pick up.

You order, pay on line pull into a curbside parking spot and someone runs out and drops off your order.

Vincent Market Bistro (Phoenix) offers curb side pick up.

We ordered and payed on line and gave them our pick up time. As soon as we drove in they asked who we were and placed our order in the back seat.

Chino Bandido in North Phoenix also offers curbside pickup. I don’t remember how we paid but I do remember a worker with a mask did run the food to our car.

The Larder and the Delta in Phoenix also did a curbside pick up. We paid over the phone and our order was placed on a pick up table outside of the restaurant.

Curbside pick up is also offered at Desert Island Eatery in North Phoenix. I don’t remember how we paid but I do recall that your order was placed on a table outside of the restaurant.

Tratto in Phoenix also offered curbside pick up.

We paid there and then we picked up at a table out side of the restaurant.

Binkley’s in Phoenix no longer offers curbside pick up and has returned to being a dine in fine restaurant again but they also were very careful and did contactless curbside pick up food a few weeks..

These restaurants we went to that had the safer curbside pick up were -.

Fabio On Fire – N Peoria

CHZBURGR – Glendale

Kawaii Sushi and Asian Cuisine – N Glendale

The Grassroots Kitchen & Tap – Scottsdale

Vincent Market Bistro – PHX

Chino Bandido – N PHX

The Larder & The Delta – DT PHX

Desert Island Eatery – N PHX

Binkley’s – PHX But as of this date (5-19-20) has discontinued curbside and has gone back to dine in service.

Everything is subject to change and we hope it does for the better.

The Forking Truth

Take Out In Metro Phoenix AZ During The CoronaVirus Pandemic – Week 9 – Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery, La Piazza Al Forno, CHZBURGR, Vincent Market Bistro, Greek Palace

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These are the worst of times and also the worst of times for restaurants. Many restaurants already permanently closed because of the pandemic. We are trying to support as many restaurants as possible. As of May 14th there is no evidence that you can catch coronavirus by food (subject to change). Earlier reports stated that even if someone had coronavirus and prepared your food that it was unlikely that you would catch coronavirus that way too. I do note that I don’t know if that is factual. This week some restaurants have opened and now offer indoor dining again. It’s a fact that many people are still catching coronavirus and many people are still dying from coronavirus. I think I’ll still be doing take out for a while. At the moment I feel safer doing take out than dining in.

We packed up the dogs and did take out from Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery in North Phoenix.

My husband got a shaking Beef Banh Mi Baguette Sandwich.

I got a noodle bowl with chicken that comes with an egg roll. It’s way more food than I can eat but I had some help with that. (BTW – both dogs helped)

Next take out was from La Piazza Al Forno in Old Town Glendale.

We shared an antipasto plate called Tavola mista and we had a Bianca Pizza with added Calabrian Chilies and a Savatore Pizza. My GOSH! These pizzas were FORKING AMAZING! I almost didn’t want to share but I did.

Next we packed up the dogs and went to CHZBURGR in North Glendale.

They had a really great curbside completely contact free ordering and paying system.

Soon I was enjoying a BIG JUICY DELICIOUS fried chicken thigh sandwich with added Calabrian peppers.

My husband already got his teeth into his triple cheese burger. He said it was a great as this kind of burger can be.

I guess we will be going to CHZBURGR more often.

Next take out came from Vincent Market Bistro.

I ordered the Arctic char with basil pesto and ratatouille but they accidentally gave me salmon with rice and asparagus. We also got fresh local peaches, a lemon pomelo tart, some complimentary desserts and my husband got the pork loin. (my husband did call to let them know that they gave me the wrong dinner and they did the right thing and took it off the bill) My dogs were there to try Vincents Market Bistro.

Last take out of the week was from Greek Palace in Peoria.

Both entrees were served with fresh side salads and warm pita bread. On the left is the firefighter place that is gyro meat with vegetables, spicy peppers and rice. I ordered the salmon. Today it came with lots of rice and peppers and onions. It was a very large portion of fish so I will be making two meals out of it but I did have my usual help with that too.

“Don’t worry, we are in this thing together”

That was take out during the coronavirus pandemic week 9. The restaurants we went to were-

Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery – N Phoenix

La Piazza Al. Forno – Old Town Glendale

CHZBURGR – Glendale

Vincent Market Bistro – Phoenix

Greek Palace – N Peoria

Everything is subject to change and we hope it does for the better.

The Forking Truth

Grocery Shopping During The CoronaVirus Pandemic – Week 8 – Costco Delivery Phoenix AZ (you can’t always get what you want…..or what you need or what you order)

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This week I thought I’d shop at Costco again since the delivery was so great last time. I didn’t need toilet paper or paper towels since the nice delivery person I had last time asked me if I wanted to add them n to my order. That didn’t happen this time but II don’t need those things yet. It’s still the same on line and you can’t order those paper products for delivery. I was surprised that I couldn’t order fresh whole carrots but most things that I wanted to buy I was able to order…………but I wasn’t able to get šŸ™

I liked that I could virtually see my order going into the cart.

I also liked that I could add lots of wine.

I liked that my order was to be delivered in around 2 hours.

This time when I got my order I noticed that I didn’t get my major things that I needed for my lunches next week (romaine lettuce and spinach). We were also missing my husband’s meat and cheese roll up snacks that he likes. It’s no biggy but instead of oranges I got tangerines. I also got a few things that I didn’t order like apples, bananas and mangos….Oh my!

We texted the delivery driver to see if she would fix things and never heard back that whole day.

We waited an hour and didn’t hear back so I filled out the questioner from Costco and I got this before their response.

Then I got this.

I asked for a refund.

That’s how my Grocery Shopping from Costco delivery went week 8 of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Forking Truth

Take Out During The CoronaVirus Pandemic in Metro Phoenix AZ – Week 7 – Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery, The Larder & The Delta, Phila Deli, Twist Bistro and Gallery, Kawaii Sushi and Asian Cuisine

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We are trying to support small business restaurants as much as possible. These are the worst of times and all restaurants are hemorrhaging money. A few weeks ago our local channel 3 news reported that it is unlikely that you will catch the coronavirus from food even if the person preparing your food has the coronavirus. (Don’t know if that report is factual) This week sister station channel 5 said it different and reported that there is no evidence that you will catch coronavirus from food. I look at this way……..It’s best to avoid as many people as possible. All restaurants are nearly empty these days. It seems safer to do take out food than it is to shop for groceries from the supermarket.

First take out this week was from our long time favorite take out restaurant Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery in Phoenix. It’s a Vietnamese Restaurant that is free of Pho and specializes in serving Banh Mi Baguette Sandwiches and most of your other Vietnamese Favorites.

Today (off of the $5.00 menu) I had the chicken cabbage salad and the chicken potstickers (off the $4.00 menu).

The salad seems light and is delicious. The potstickers are very tasty and seem like a treat!

My husband had the pork rice plate today.

The rice plates are always really great! For some people they might be more than one meal.

We had plenty to share…..

Next take out was from The Larder and The Delta in down town Phoenix.

We got the pop up hot chicken special that was eight pieces of hot fried chicken, pasta salad, two slices of white bread and four cans of beer. The chicken is delicious and full of flavors. It’s not very hot but it is delicious. I don’t drink beer but I’ll use it for cooking or marinating.

My dogs can’t get their eyes off the chicken.

Next we packed up the dogs and did take out from Phila Deli in Glendale. It’s a small cheese steak and hoagie joint.

They recently added salads to the menu so I got one.

WOW! That’s a really great salad for only $7.50 (plus 75cents for avocado)

My husband always gets a full size cheese steak from Phila Deli.

We tried a brand NEW restaurant that just opened May 1st in North Scottsdale called Twist Bistro and Gallery. It’s a little restaurant but they offer a very unique detailed Mediterranean menu. They offered an INCREDIBLE Take out special for two ($55.) That was truly AMAZING!

They started us off with these insanely delicious light as a cloud biscuits that were studded with feta cheese and were laced with dill and they came with a spiced warm honey butter.

Our appetizer was a wild mushroom crepe stuffed with mushrooms, black truffle ricotta and it came with sweet pea pesto and an heirloom tomato arugula salad.

My dinner was the Bistro Salmon. It was Loch Duart Salmon (same salmon that Thomas Keller uses in his restaurants) black rice, basil pistou, asparagus and heirloom tomato salad.

My husband had the Shrimp and Sausage Diablo. It was made of spicy Italian sausage, gulf shrimp, basil, asparagus, olives, tomato confit and three cheese polenta.

He said it was so good that he would have to order it next time!

For dessert were their beignets with cream anglaise and berry sauce.

Twist Bistro and Galley was really super awesome!

Last Take out of the week was from Kawaii Sushi & Asian Cuisine. They were on the news when they closed for the pandemic. They showed the owner cooking up all his food and giving it away to first responders. I thought that was a great deed so I wanted to try them again.

They practice safe distancing and you order and purchase on line. Then all communication is by text. Your order gets placed on a table in front of your parking spot.

Today we ordered off the Asian Menu and I tried the Shui-Zhu Flounder and my husband tried the shrimp she mai (dumplings) and the Kung Pao Beef.

The proteins are tender as can be. The fish is in a mild ginger soy broth. The kung Pao Beef is very delicate with flavor and is extra mild.

That was week 7 of Take Out in Metro Phoenix during the coronavirus pandemic.

“Don’t worry we are all in this thing together”

This week we did take out from-

Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery (North Phoenix)

The Larder and The Delta (Downtown Phoenix)

Phila-Deli (Glendale/Arrowhead)

Twist Bistro and Gallery (North Scottsdale)

Kawaii Sushi & Asian Cuisine (North Glendale)

If you want your local or favorite restaurants to stay in business you need to do business with them.

Every THING is subject to change and we hope it does for the better.

The Forking Truth

Take Out During The CoronaVirus in Metro Phoenix AZ – Week 6 Taco Fusion, Chino Bandido, Rocket Burger, Tratto, Grassroots Kitchen and Tap

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We are supporting restaurants as much as we can. These are the worst of times and all restaurants are hemorrhaging money. While nothing is for certain these days chances are that take out food is safer than food you purchased at a grocery store. Remember that you are suppose to avoid contact with as many people as possible and keep at least a six foot distance. I don’t know if the news is factual but on channel 3 news they reported that you are very unlikely to catch coronavirus from food anyway. They reported that even if the person preparing your food has coronavirus that you are unlikely to catch the virus that way. I hope that is true…….

Our first take out this week was from Taco Fusion in Glendale. I’ve been there a couple of times before this second take out. The Tacos really are the best that I’ve come across in this part of town.

Pastor and Shrimp tacos
barbacooa taco
Mild habanero chicken, grilled chicken, fish and Tijuana asada

The handmade tortillas are different and also delicious. The flour tortillas are very thin but tasty and the corn tortillas are a little smaller but have a nice corn flavor to them. I still think all the tacos are excellent but the mild habanero chicken taco on corn tortilla is my favorite. It is extra delicious with any salsa on it but my favorite salsa the first time was the pineapple salsa. First take out they didn’t have pineapple salsa but this time the pineapple wasn’t mixed up or something and it was just juice but all the other salsas were flavorful and amazing.

We shared some with our furry companions.

Next take out was from Chino Bandido in North Phoenix. They are a casual Chinese/Mexican Restaurant mixed with a little Caribbean. You get a BIG PAN of food with a fresh baked snickerdoodle cookie there for around $10.00 a pan or less depending on what you get.

Pan on the left is a chile relleno quesadilla with red jade chicken, black beans and steamed white rice. Pan on the right is a pollo diablo quesadilla, carnitas, refried beans and steamed rice. In-between the pans are the fresh baked snickerdoodle cookies. For most people each pan is two or more meals each. Our furry friends love to taste the foods.

We also did take out from Rocket Burger in North Phoenix. This is a casual sandwich shop with a wall of 100’s of sodas. When they first opened the sodas were mostly root beers but after a few years they now offer all kinds of flavors.

On the left is a double Santa Fe Burger that is made with a giant fried green chili, veggies, cheese, bacon and it normally comes with (DELICIOUS) Rocket Sauce (but my husband won’t eat creamy sauces so it was ordered without). On the right is the Pescado de Cohete (Mexican Fish Sandwich). It’s a cornmeal crusted mild white fish topped with DELICIOUS, slightly spicy Mexi-Slaw and pico de Gallo. These sandwiches only cost less than $9. each.

Next take out was from Tratto the fine Italian restaurant from the James Beard Award Winning chef and the famous Mastro of pizzas Chris Bianco.

We got the family meal take out special that included a salad, hand made pasta, creamy chick peas, a loaf of Bianco bread and chicken sauce. Everything was prepared to perfection. Everything was amazing.

Last take out of the week was Grassroots Kitchen and Tap in Scottsdale. The food is always delicious from Grassroots Kitchen and Tap.

I got the house smoked salmon and orzo salad. My husband got the bbq brisket with cheese grits and beans. A MUST GET is the key lime pie because 40 yes FOURTY key limes get squeezed into every pie making it THE BEST Key Lime Pie in Metro Phoenix and maybe beyond.

“That’s all Folks!”

We tried to support as many restaurants as we could this week. This week we did take out from-

Taco Fusion in Glendale

Chino Bandido in North Phoenix

Rocket Burger in North Phoenix

Tratto in Phoenix

Grassroots Kitchen and Tap in Scottsdale

Everything is subject to change and we hope it does for the better.

The Forking Truth

Take Out During The CoronaVirus Pandemic Week 5 Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery, Confluence, Pita Kitchen, Binkley’s, Cucina Tagliani

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During the pandemic we are giving our support to as many restaurants as we can. These are the worst of times and all restaurants are hemorrhaging money. We’ve also noticed that some restaurants have already closed permanently.

First place that we did take out from was our long time favorite for take out….Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery in Phoenix. It’s a Pho-Free eatery but does offer most of your other Vietnamese favorites. We packed up the dogs to come for the ride and they started licking their mouths in sync when we got there.

I got the delicious curry chicken.

My husband got a shaking beef banh mi.

We always enjoy Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery.

Next take out was from Confluence Restaurant in Carefree. We also been to Confluence many times. The food is always astonishingly FANTASTIC!

OMG YUM! The food really is Forking Extraordinary!

I had the halibut tacos. WOW they are melt in your mouth amazing! Almost nobody prepares fish this great!

My husband had the pork belly Rueben on chocolate rye.

This was another YUM-DINGER! We both with with the side salads as our sides, shared some delicious Brussels sprouts and enjoyed macerated strawberries! This really was quite a treat!

Since we are dining at home we had to share the goodies.

We also did take out this week from Pita Kitchen in Glendale. It’s a little casual Greek Restaurant.

I got my usual chicken kabob Greek salad but I tried their jalapeƱo cilantro hummus for the first time.

The chicken is developed with flavors and has a nice char. The fresh baked pita breads are very good too. The hummus is creamy and taste like cilantro…..I’m not getting the jalapeƱo but sometimes jalapeƱos can be very mild sometimes.

My husband got his usual Gyro Greek Salad.

We happened to have help eating the large portions.

We thought it was time to treat ourselves and we did the 5 course take out from Binkley’s in Phoenix. ($$$$$fine dining restaurant) ((but take out was many times less than dining in there))

First course was green garlic and potato soup.

Next was marinated cucumbers with crab, kumquats, yogurt, dill and red onion.

Third course was spinach and sorrel salad with spiced hazelnuts, feta, cranberries and sherry vinaigrette.

Our main courses were house made corned beef with red wine braised cabbage, apple balsamic mustard, Irish soda bread and honey butter.

Dessert was mulberries with mint and maple quark…WOW what a treat!

Oh and we had some help with this.

My dogs don’t know that they are lucky dogs that eat better than most people.

Last take out this week was from Cucina Tagliani in Glendale.

I got the strawberry and goat cheese salad that comes with grilled chicken.

They always have really great strawberries and their house made dressings are very good.

My husband had a Stromboli today.

The dogs enjoyed sharing our meals.

That was week 5 of Take Out During the CoronaVirus Pandemic. The restaurants we did take out with this week were-

Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery

Confluence

Pita Kitchen

Binkley’s

Cucina Tagliani

If you care about any restaurant you should at least do some take out from them.

Everything is subject to change and we hope it does for the better!

The Forking Truth

Grocery Shopping During The CoronaVirus Pandemic In Metro Phoenix AZ – Week 5

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The Pandemic is only increasing and grocery shopping is becoming more deadly. Among the more crowded places that people need to shop from are the grocery stores. It is necessary to avoid as many people as possible. We need to keep a distance of at least 6 feet between people. We need to shield our eyes, nose and mouth. Our hands need to be sanitized after touching anything. It’s also important not to touch our faces. As crowded as the supermarkets are here it is difficult to maintain a six foot distance at all times. Especially now when everyone is out of work and are on the hunt for paper products. I’ve decide to do my first grocery pick up to avoid people.

My first choice was Sprouts Grocery. I’m embarrassed to admit this but…I had trouble logging in. I got a message that my password didn’t match my email and didn’t see an option for a new password or an option of how to change password. I got very frustrated and tried Safeway.

At Safeway I didn’t have any trouble logging in. I didn’t find everything I wanted but found enough. Then when I was about to finalize things I got the message that my order wouldn’t; be ready for SIX DAYS. So I left Safeway.com and went to Walmart.Com

I was able to log in.

I ordered a bunch of produce and some other food. They didn’t have everything I wanted but I got most things I wanted.

One thing I wanted was yeast so I can bake some bread. I typed in yeast and seriously got feminine products. Then I brought the baking category up and all 17 pages were free of yeast but I found cake batter extract.

I have no FORKING idea of why anyone would buy cake batter extract. If you make a cake doesn’t it taste like cake? Why would anyone need cake batter extract?

Then I tried to get paper towels.

The only paper towels I could buy were some sort of Scott Professional Towels for glass so I bought one.

I’m real paranoid about toilet paper now. I got a bunch of rolls by accident before the pandemic (luckily I was forgetful and forgot I had bought a pack and bought another big pack) but I am frightened that I will never be able to buy toilet paper again. I got plenty for now but I know it won’t last forever. So I tried to buy a pack of toilet paper.

WTFORK!

I typed in toilet paper in the search and this is what I got.

Walmart search recommended Reynold’s Cookie Baking Sheets that are pre-cut.

That’s FORKED UP!

So I paid and I get to pick up my groceries with no added charge for pick up in two days. I forgot a few things that I wanted and even for me it was very easy to add them on.

Since I’m getting paranoid about toilet paper I called up Smart and Final (the store were I normally buy most of my paper products). The manager told me that if I want to buy paper towels and toilet paper from them that I have tp come on their delivery days and wait in line before they open at 6am. He said every delivery day they have a line of people out there that buy out all the paper products within an hour.

YIKES this sucks!

So my pick up order from Walmart is ready.

YIKES! I didn’t know I have to communicate with Walmart with some app I didn’t install.

My tech…(my husband)…worked that out for me.

Oh they made 7 substitutions.

4 things were out of stock.

Then I let them know that I am on my way.

We pull into a pick up spot.

I call the number and it’s the wrong and the message says to call another number. I panic because I can’t remember what number they said to call. My husband jumps in and calls the number and uses two phones and calls the number on message. We get an old Walmart message that the store is closing early on December something. Then he gets the menu of departments and picks #3 for pick up. The phone rings and rings and nobody answers. He calls again and speaks to the operator. The operator says it’s not her fault that nobody answers the phone. We are one of ten cars that are waiting for pick up. My husband get out and talks to someone. We get our groceries before everyone else who is waiting…(yeah one for us!)

We see people leaving Walmart with toilet paper but for some reason I couldn’t order toilet paper for pick up. My husband bravely goes in and gets a pack of toilet paper. (just so I feel better)

This was crazy.

A few days latter I ordered some stuff from Costco. The delivery is free if you buy a certain amount of groceries. I don’t know if the service that I received was typical but I ordered (toilet paper was out of stock) and paid. I had an option to pick different time frames of delivery for TODAY! The delivery person asks if I want to add on toilet paper to my order!!!!!!! So I said YES and in 25 minutes my order was delivered to me!!!!!! and I got paper towels too!

WOW! COSTCO WAS FORKING AWSOME!

Everything is subject to change. I sure hope it does change for the better.

The Forking Truth

Take Out During The CoronaVirus Pandemic in Metro Phoenix AZ – Phila-Deli, Desert Island Eatery, Mochilero Kitchen, Fabio On Fire, Popo’s Fiesta Del Sol

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We are trying to support as many local restaurants as we can during the pandemic.

Our first stop this week was a sandwich shop in north Glendale called Phila-Deli.

Today I got a very generously sized small (not small at all) chicken steak wrap.

Got lettuce, tomatoes, onions and hot pickled peppers. It’s tasty.

My husband enjoyed a full size cheese steak.

He got it with peppers, onions and hot peppers.

Next stop was Desert Island Eatery for DELICIOUS Caribbean Food.

I ordered and paid on the phone. They practice safe distancing and have a table set up in front of the restaurant for your order.

I got a combo plate of jerk and curry chicken with rice, peas and cabbage. My husband got a tri-plate of the same as mine plus bbq chicken. We tried a vegan macaroni and cheese and a chicken and a beef hand pie. All was Incredibly FORKING Delicious. The chicken is so flavorful and just falls off the bone. Portions are extra large so this is 2 meals or more. We had some help with all this delicious food.

Who opens up a brand new restaurant during a pandemic?

Mochilero Kitchen just opened a few days ago in Peoria in the area that is considered the upper west side so we wanted to try it.

They are practicing social distancing and have 6 feet marked with tape by the entrance.

We tried chips and salsa, a papa bravo taco, a chicken pibil bowl and a short rib bowl.

Everything was very fresh. The proteins were cooked nice. Some of what we tried was very delicate with flavors. My favorite was the papa bravo taco. It had the most flavors and was slightly spicy. This new restaurant sure have TONS of potential with lots of delicious sounding things to offer when they turn into a dine in restaurant. Their esquires with chiltepin sound great! So does their Chula Swordfish with ancho butter with Brussels sprouts. I can’t wait to try their shishitos with corn smut and esplette pepper when they fully open.

We also did take out from Fabio On Fire in Peoria. This place has the local distancing down better than anyone. You order and pay on line and they communicate with you by text. You order goes on a sanitized table outside.

We got tasty vegetarian butternut squash raviolis, gnocchi in bolognese sauce some fresh baked bread and the FORKING BEST STRAWBERRY Gelato in the whole wide world!

Last Take Out this week was from Popo’s Fiesta Del Sol in Glendale.

I got my usual chicken fajita salad and my husband got the carnitas.

Today they forgot the peppers and onions for my salad but they gave us chips and salsa (last time they forgot the chips and salsa) But the salad is tasty. My husband enjoys the carnitas.

We also took out four margaritas. They are very strong….so strong that they can do push ups.

As usual we had help with the food.

Our take out this week during the pandemic was from…..

Phila-Deli

Desert Island Eatery

Mochilero Kitchen

Fabio On Fire

Popo’s Fiesta Del Sol

Everything is subject to change and we hope it does for the better.

The Forking Truth