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Tia Carmen Phoenix AZ for a 2nd Visit- Still Worth a Fork!

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Tia Carmen is a high quality contemporary South-West Style restaurant located in the Desert Ridge JW Marriott in North Phoenix Arizona. For an authentic taste of Arizona this restaurant uses Arizona purveyors and cooking is done with a wood fired grill. The restaurant is led by Michelin star chef, restauranteur, Bravo Top Chef, and cookbook author Angelo Sosa (pictured below on the patio).

Inside is modern and contemporary with large light fixtures.

Tonight we were seated in the back dining room that is less bright.

We LOVED the amazing FANTABULOUS tuna crudo we had last time (pictured at the top) and we are so glad that it was still on the menu tonight. We did notice that the other FANTABULOUS dish the wagyu kababs have been replaced with tri tip kababs.

wagyu kababs *(past menu)

Tonight we wanted to try new things so we shared a bunch of plates.

We started with the tomato salad.

It’s a tasty WOW! These tomatoes make angels sing and it’s all so delicious with the corn puree, burnt corn dust, basil, pickled onions, fancy greenery, and flowers.

Next was another WOW!

It’s expensive for a tostada ($20) but I guess it was delicious enough to be worth it. It’s a beef and bone marrow tostada with guacamole, pickled onions, and fancy micro greens.

We shared something really interesting, delicious and really different mushroom menudo.

Here’s a better look.

It’s so flavorful that you wouldn’t guess that it is vegetarian. Also the mushrooms are so different and interesting. I never heard of or tasted cordycep and cauliflower mushrooms before. They are not like mushrooms at all……It’s more like eating a fancy grain pasta….They are really great…I think that this is another WOW dish.

This next dish does taste really great but my only complaint is that I don’t agree that this is a dinner. I think that this is more of an appetizer or side dish but truly it is delicious. This is the ember roasted purple yams in queso sauce with a 30 week aged tepary bean (local bean) mole negro and burnt corn dust.

Again really delicious but I don’t agree that this is a dinner.

My husband did a great job helping me eat everything but he is a big eater and needs one more plate than I do. He tried the native grain fried rice with lingica sausage, bacon, serrano Chile, garlic, ginger, sunny up egg.

He ate it but I think that this might be his least favorite plate because he thought that it tasted like soy sauce.

I was pretty full but I was able to enjoy some blood orange sorbet.

The blood orange sorbet is another WOW!…It was very flavorful and really great!

Last time I enjoyed the striped bass very much. It’s very unique with Thai basil and mole verde and was prepared to perfection.

My husband had the Tia Carmen’s famous chicken dish called chicken guisado (a very good stewed chicken).

For dessert we tried the coriander torte.

It was very well made but the orange flavor was very subtle………… so the coriander could shine.

Tia Carmen Phoenix AZ is still

Worth a Fork!


Worth a Fork!

Tia Carmen at Desert Ridge JW Marriott Phoenix AZ

5350 E Marriott DR PHX AZ

480-293-3636

www.TiaCarmenDesertRidge.com

Everything is subject to change.

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Italian Chili Crisp Recipe based on www.CookingWithKerry.com Recipe

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In our local newspaper recently they had a recipe for Italian chili crisp with tomatoes. I thought the idea was really great because……..Chili crisp is an amazing condiment. It adds textures, flavors, crunch, and heat to different foods. It makes anything that is plain really special…..The recipe in the paper might be good but looked a little too basic. I thought I’d see how other people make an Italian version of chili crisp. I came across www.CookingWithKerry.com and I thought her recipe was closer to the way I would make an Italian Chili Crisp. I made some modifications and slight changes. But I have to give Kerry her credit that she deserves because this came out insanely delicious. I made it and my husband said what did you make that smells so good? Try the Italian Chili Crisp in sandwiches, pasta, vegetables, pizza or a chicken. According to Kerry this recipe makes around 32 servings.

Ingredients for around 32 servings

1/2 cup dried Calabrian Chilies – stems removed and crush pods (I recommend gloves and a mask, onion goggles just in case so none gets in your eyes)

1/4 cup toasted pine nuts

3 Tablespoons capers – drained & dried off

3 anchovy filets – minced

1 Tablespoon dried thyme

1 Tablespoon dried oregano

1/2 Tablespoon white sugar

1 Tablespoon sea salt

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

1 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

1 cup shallots – sliced very thin on a mandolin

1 regular sized head of garlic – cloves sliced very thin (I used a truffle slicer)

Directions

In a large heatproof bowl mix together the chili flakes, pine nuts, capers, anchovies, thyme, oregano, sugar, salt, and pepper. Set to the side.

Add olive oil to a medium sized pot on medium high heat. When the oil is hot add the shallots. Remove the shallots with a slotted spoon when they turn light brown. Have a paper towel lined pan for the shallots. (around 6 minutes)

After the shallots are removed you need to turn the heat down to medium. Wait two or three minutes and add the garlic. If you sliced thin the garlic gets done pretty fast….Like 2-21/2 minutes. Take the garlic out with a slotted spoon and drain the garlic on a paper towel lined pan.

Add the hot oil to the bowl with the crushed chili. Let this sit out until it cools.

When it’s cool you can mix them up together and put in a container. Refrigerate and enjoy!

Italian Chili Crisp

I used it on a heirloom tomato and butterbean salad.

Tomato and bean salad with Italian Chili Crisp

A Special THANKS to www.CookingWithKerry for her Forking Amazing Recipe so I could come up with what I got here.

The Forking Truth

Where The FORK is the Peanut Butter in New Russell Stover Joy Bites? Joy Bites? More like OY bites.

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I came across these NEW Russell Stover sugar free peanut butter chocolate bars at my local Safeway grocery store. I didn’t even read the package but I thought the chocolate bar looked very appetizing in the picture. LOOK at all that peanut butter in the picture below. It looks so scrumptious!

I normally would never buy this brand of chocolate because I used to not like it but I thought this must be a new recipe because it looks so delicious on the package. Then when I got it home we cracked it open and ate two of the sections of the chocolate bar.

It really isn’t bad for sugar free chocolate. It melts in the mouth and can pass as sweetened with sugar…..but……….

…..Where The FORK is the Peanut Butter?

Joy Bites?

More like remove the “J” and you get OY bites. In addition to NO SUGAR added there is NO PEANUT BUTTER ADDED.

I contacted Russell Stover on Facebook and Instagram on this matter and got nothing from them…..Just like the same amount of no peanut butter that I didn’t get from them.

Where the FORK is the peanut butter in Joy Bites?

Remove the “J” from Joy Bites and you are left with oy bites.

And that’s The FORKING Truth.

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Salsa Macha Different but based on chef Nud Dudhia’s Salsa Macha Recipe

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I am always looking for beet recipes. I read this combination of beets, orange, mint, cheese and salsa macha on a menu somewhere and wrote it down so I could prepare it. Everything here is easy but I had to learn how to make salsa macha. I studied several recipes and they all were somewhat similar but also were different. Salsa Macha is basically a rich Chile oil from Veracruz Mexico. It’s basically made up of chilies, garlic, nuts, and seeds that are fried in oil and then chopped or blended. I picked chef Nud Dudhia’s recipe because I love some of his other salsa recipes. I added four ingredients to his recipe. These ingredients make it pop just a little more and also happen to add a little more shelf life to his recipe. Portion size is difficult to judge. I don’t know if you need a very small amount for a small taco or more to cover a vegetable. I think salsa macha would be delicious on almost any vegetable. This recipe makes around a cup so I’m guesstimating around 6-8 servings.

Ingredients for around 7 servings

1 habanero pepper – (you need to wear glove) – stem removed. quarter it

1 dried pasilla or guajillo chile pepper

1 dried chipote pepper (I used a tablespoon of chipotle flakes)

1/2 star anise

2 garlic cloves

1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds

1 cup extra virgin olive oil

2 oz peanuts

1 Tablespoon jalapeno brine (only use homemade or just add plain vinegar)

2 Tablespoons toasted sesame seeds

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

1 teaspoon honey

Directions

Heat up the oil in either another pan or in a microwavable dish in the microwave oven (about 90 seconds in microwave)

Toast the chiles, garlic, cumin seeds , habanero, and star anise in a dry pan on medium high till the pan gets fragrant.

Add the heated oil and let it cook up for a few minutes. Then add remaining ingredients (brine, sesame seeds, peanuts, salt, and honey. You can take it off the heat. If using a stick blender you can transfer to your blending container and blend. If you are using a traditional blender then you should wait till it cools off and then blend.

ENJOY! Use the salsa macha however you like.

Beets with Orange, Mint, Cheddar Cheese, and Salsa Macha

A Special THANKS!!!!!! To chef Nud Dudhia for sharing his FORKING Amazing recipe so I could come up with what I got here.

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My Trip to Caminero Mexican Food in Peoria AZ

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Caminero Mexican Food is a small casual Mexican Restaurant located in North Peoria Arizona (#UpperWestSideAZ). It’s a small restaurant with a very large menu located in a strip mall. They offer soft beverages, appetizers, a very long burrito menu, tacos, chile relleno, combo plates, fajitas, cube steak, steak and onion plates, salads, chimichangas, enchiladas, breakfast plates, a kid’s menu and MORE! Prices are reasonable and portions are very large.

I read in our local newspaper an article called, The Good Stuff. It was about this restaurant and the writer had very high praises about the beef fajita quesadilla she enjoyed. She said that the beef fajita meat was the gold standard for beef fajita meat. So I thought…WOW! I drive by here quite a bit so I should try it!

It’s not fancy.

You order and pay at the counter. Pick out a beverage and seat yourself. Someone runs out the food when it’s ready and that person offered us salsas. They have mild, hot and green.

beef fajita

Here’s the beef fajita. It came with choice of tortilla. I picked corn and received warmed tasty white corn tortillas. The beef is tender and developed with lots of flavor (soy sauce and seasoning salt). For me and I note that I am different….It’s too much flavor that is over-powering to me….I taste soy sauce that is very strong and I taste seasoning table salt…..this might be delicious to most people but for me it’s too much. I do think both the hot salsa and green salsas are good. I also like the guacamole. The salsas and the guacamole help to mellow the beef. I guess if you had this beef in the quesadilla with all that cheese you wouldn’t notice the soy sauce and seasoning salt as much.

My husband thinks his steak and onion plate is tastier and offers to switch plates.

It’s very similar to the beef fajita plate. It’s also made with tender beef that is developed with flavor. It’s too hard for me to taste because my taste buds are blown now and all I can taste is soy sauce and salt from the fajita beef.

In the future I do plan to return but I will try something chicken or fish next time.

That was my trip to Caminero Mexican Food in Peoria AZ.

www.CamineroPeoria.com

8248 W Deer Valley Rd Peoria AZ

623-376-0314

Everything is subject to change.

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Ocotillo Phoenix AZ – ALWAYS Worth a Fork!

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Ocotillo is more than a fabulous restaurant that always offers ever changing seasonal menus of astonishing variety of farm to table slightly global goodness. Ocotillo is a mile square compound event center that includes a coffee lounge, a beer garden, a fire pit, a wine bar, and more in a park-like setting.

You can also dine inside in the bar area or dining room. There are also more patio areas to sit at.

inside

Ocotillo always offers a bountiful menu of great variety of around twenty different dishes for a variety of appetites and taste. Some of the dishes offered are globally inspired. Meats are smoked in-house and pastas are made in house. The sections of the menu are salads, vegetable pates, small plates (usually not so small), house made pastas, and large plates.

It happened to be restaurant week so we went with that because it was a jackpot getting three courses for $44. But all the plates we got were also offered on the restaurant menu.

Tonight my husband started with the roasted duck leg with French beans, frisee, hearts of palm, pecans, citrus, banyuls vinaigrette. (This was really great!)

I went for the dried balsamic strawberries with herbed ricotta and grilled bread. It’s big enough to share. Nice starter.

For my main I had the halibut with fiddlehead ferns, rancho gordo butter beans, green garlic, spring onions in a fino sherry sauce.

The halibut (an unforgiving fish) was seared and prepared to perfection and was delicious! The fiddlehead ferns were a really nice foodie treat! (and they are very expensive too!)

My husband went for the nettle pappardelle with lamb bolognese, Calabrian chili, olive oil, garlic crumbs, and pecorino. (He said that this was really great!)

Then we got to share TWO desserts.

strawberry shortcake

flourless chocolate cake with pistachio ice cream, caramelized white chocolate cream, and candied orange.

It was one of the best restaurant week meals ever!

Not all but a few of the previous plates we enjoyed from Ocotillo.

house smoked salmon plate

sweet potato

house made pastrami sandwich

Japanese Style fish and chips

cauliflower, kale, pesto, pine nuts, peanuts, herbs, lemon vinaigrette

Thai Style roasted chicken

pork shank

Tandoori chicken sandwich with watermelon salad

Vanilla roasted pear with goat cheese, smoked almonds, bitter chocolate and mint

Ocotillo is always WORTH A FORK!


Worth a Fork!

www.OcotilloPHX.com

3243 N 3RD St PHX

602-687-9080

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Roasted Carrots in Honey Miso Butter with Roasted Spiced Carrot-Peanut Crumbs Recipe

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I was thinking about doing a honey miso butter sauce for a vegetable…..I thought that it would work best on carrots so here it is. Serving size is always difficult to judge. I don’t know if you want a small serving or a big plate. I see this as 4 servings.

Ingredients for around 4 servings.

2 lbs. carrots – scrubbed, peel if not organic (two carrots cut in thin match sticks or shred)

2 Tablespoons canola oil

2 Tablespoons sweet butter

2 Tablespoons white miso

2 Tablespoons honey

1/3 cup roasted salted peanuts – lightly crushed

2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1 teaspoon paprika

1 teaspoon smoked paprika

1 teaspoon Aleppo pepper

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

2 Tablespoons fresh mint leaves – chopped or torn

2 Tablespoons cilantro leaves (fine stems ok) – chopped or torn

sea salt – to taste

black pepper – to taste

Directions

Set oven to 420 F.

If you have a grill pan use it or a baking sheet. Lighty oil it with a small amount of canola oil. Use the rest of the canola oil to oil the whole carrots.

In a medium mixing bowl add the carrot shreds, olive oil, paprikas, Aleppo & cayenne peppers and sea salt. Mix well. Shred this mixture on a baking sheet.

Put the whole carrots on the middle rack of your oven and the carrot shreds on a lower rack.

In around 20 minutes the shreds will be done. Mix in the peanuts to it.

It is also time to flip the whole carrots. They will need around 10 minutes more. (maybe slightly less or more depending on size)

Make the honey miso butter. Melt the butter in a small dish in the microwave or oven (since it’s on) mix in the honey and miso and it’s done. Keep to the side.

When the carrots are done salt and pepper them lightly. Spoon the honey miso butter butter over the carrots. Top the carrots with a spiced carrot peanut shreds and top the shreds with the fresh mint and cilantro.

Roasted Carrots in Honey Miso Butter with Roasted Spiced Carrot Peanut Crumbs

Enjoy!

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NEW WEirD DIFFereNt Limited and Special Edition Foods Out There May 2022

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There is always something new, weird, different, limited, or special edition out there in the wonderful world of food. We never know WTFork we’ll come across when we shop for food. Here are a few of the things that I came across recently.

Up above are –

DIFFERENT – Ikea Festlight pickled mushroom potato chips……..Never did I come across pickled mushroom potato chips. They sure are different.

DIFFERENT – Ikea Festlight pepper and leek flavor potato chips…These ar only slightly different because we see chive and onion a lot and we also see pepper. But still I haven’t actually noticed leek before so that is just enough to be different.

LIMITED EDITION – Van Leeuwen – Wild Blueberry Shortcake….??? Might be delicious if you are in the mood for LITTLE blueberry. (Get it?…Wild blueberries are very small)

LIMITED EDITION – Van Leeuwen – Kraft Macaroni & Cheese French Ice Cream…I’m not a big fan of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese so I doubt this one will do it for me but if the little blue box does it for you then please go and indulge.

Limited EDITION – Van Leeuwan Royal Wedding Cake with Elderflower & Lemon French Ice Cream. You can get the last lick of a royal wedding with this flavor of ice cream.

I found a lot of new pancake mixes out there.

NEW – Capt’n Crunch’s artificially flavored Berrytastic pancake mix……..(ick and it’s scary looking too!)

NEW – Capt’n Crunch’s Ocean Blue Dish soap……OOPs! I mean artificially ocean blue maple syrup……….Gosh no wonder why there are so many whack jobs out there……

NEW – Pillsbury Funfetti pancake mix with candy bits. Now this one will make you poop a rainbow.

NEW – Betty Crocker – Drunk-are-yous…..I screwed up again I mean DunkAroos (whatever they are?) Rainbow pancake mix…Same as above and you can poop a rainbow two.

DIFFERENT – Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cinnadust pancake mix….Soneone was on some sort of dust to think this up.

DIFFERENT – Lucky Charms artificially flavored marshmallow pancake mix with cereal topping. Well if you don’t care what you eat there is more!

WEIRD – Mrs Butterworths Post Fruity Pebbles syrup……..It’s a Yabba Dabba OY VEY

WEIRD – Mrs Butterworth’s double chocolate pancake mix. This might come with fudge frosting and candy. Looks like a birthday cake from Walmart.

WEIRD – Mrs. Butterworth’s EPIC Post Fruity Pebbles Pancake Mix. This is not what sweet dreams are made of. Just add water and get a nightmare.

DIFFERENT – Lorissa’s Kitchen – Korean Barbecue Beef Jerky. Sounds tasty…might be good…or just jerky……but not Jamaican Jerky.

DIFFERENT (and expensive around $9.@) Jcoco Chocolate Bars in Crisp Quinoa Sesame, Black Fig Pistachio, and Boharat Spice. They are different!

DIFFERENT – Love Cocoa by James Cadbury…..Strawberry Champagne White Chocolate…..Every bar is a donation for one tree. Sounds great and buying a tree is wonderful.

DIFFERENT – Ikea Beloning milk chocolate with lingonberries…Sounds tasty to me!

DIFFEERENT – Ikea Beloning milk chocolate with wild blueberries. This one also sounds delicious to me!

NEW – Kellogg’s Corn Flakes with Cinnamon…Now that one sounds good…Corn Flakes were always boring.

NEW – Tropicana – Crunch cereal crunchy almond cereal made for O J (OJ Simson?) instead of milk…? ???????????

NEW – Hostess Boost JUMBO caffeinated donettes………in (my least favorite flavor of all time) Chocolate Mocha and Caramel Macchiato……..I don’t know??? It gets weird when they add caffeine to junk food……just saying.

Not always but there usually is some sort of new or limited edition Oreo Cookie.

LIMITED EDITION – Nabisco Firework Oreo Cookies with POPPING Candy. Maybe these Oreo cookies make you fart fireworks?

Well that was the NEW, WEIRD, DIFFERENT, limited and special edition foods out there for May 2022. Who knows WTFork I’ll come across next month.

The Forking Truth

Dining Out With DOGS in Metro Phoenix AZ – May 2022 Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery, Pad Thai Cafe, Squid Ink Sushi, Twisted Italian

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Dining out with dogs is just a “FLUFF” story about taking my dogs out to eat. It all sort of started with my dog Louie. He was elderly and diagnosed with aggressive cancer. We were told probably three months or maybe up to six months was for what to expect for him. Louie was elderly and couldn’t do a lot but he always enjoyed eating and going out to eat so I took him out to eat as often as possible. Instead of the 3-6 month diagnoses Louie made it another seventeen months. Today I take my current dogs out to eat as often as possible.

There are some things that you need to know about dining out with dogs. One thing is that many restaurants have patios but not all patios are dog friendly. You should see a sign or license posted that they have a dog friendly patio. If you don’t see that then you should call to ask if it is ok to dine there with your furry friend. Another thing to be aware of is that it is always best to dine at off times with dogs. You need to avoid as many people and other dogs as possible. That might sound weird but many people don’t share your love for dogs. Other people might be allergic to dogs. It is best to avoid other dogs because dogs tend to bark at each other and this can be considered a disturbance and you might be asked to leave. JUST FORKING dine at off times and avoid the potential problems.

Here in Phoenix heat can be a problem and often it is to hot to dine out with dogs. Your dog is not as heat tolerant as you….They wear fur coats and can’t sweat. For the most part 90 degrees and up is too hot to dine out with dogs. It’s always better to leave them home when there is any doubt.

Did you know that much of the food and DRINK that you consume can be dangerous or even toxic to your dog? It’s always best to get a list of safe and non-safe food list from your veterinarian. Usually a lean piece of lean meat without sauce is usually a safe bet.

Maybe you are ready to dine out with dogs? Some things that you still need to know are-

Dogs are not to sit on restaurant furniture or eat off of restaurant plates. They should also be close by your side at all times.

We regularly go to Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery in North Phoenix. They don’t serve pho but specialize in serving around a dozen different banh mi baguette sandwiches. They also offer a nice variety of other Vietnamese dishes. The food is always good, and fresh, is also always a large portion and prices are very reasonable. The beef is unusually good here. To me it is so tender it reminds me of filet mignon but I know it is ribeye. I only get it a few times a year because to me the chicken is usually just as good and seems lighter.

Today I felt like the lotus root salad and the chicken pot stickers. The salad is nice, tasty, refreshing and not double sized like most of the food here. The pot stickers are just tasty.

My dogs get all the shrimp and the little ends of the potstickers. They really enjoy that. My husband got the grilled pork rice plate today.

This dog was very enthusiastic and in my face about eating Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery food.

The rice plate come with a refreshing pickled vegetable salad, a big scoop of steamed rice, a pork egg roll, and a generous portion of grilled pork. The dogs got some of that too!

We always enjoy going to Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese eatery in North Phoenix.

2340 W Bell Rd Phoenix – 602-843-3637

www.BanhMiBistroAZ.com

We did take out from a newly opened Pad Thai Cafe in North Glendale. We dined at a near by park.

Someone is sucking up to me to try some Thai Beef from my Thai Beef Salad.


Thai Beef salad

The beef is very tender and melts like butter in the mouth. There are lots of seasonings and heat that might not be so good for the dogs so I suck off everything I can before I feed it to them.

I know it sounds gross but they appreciate it!

My husband also gave them some beef from the drunken noodles.

drunken noodles with beef

He ordered it Thai Hot but it seems less hot than my hot Thai Beef salad???? It still good though….The dogs really enjoyed the tender beef today. I was going to order the chicken larb salad but I thought that would be too difficult to share with the dogs because larb is ground chicken. Anyway we all enjoyed ourselves.

Pad Thai Cafe

18425 N 51ST AVE Glendale

623-213-7297

www.PadThaAZ.com

Today we went to Squid Ink Sushi in North Peoria. I got a salmon bowl today and my husband got the wagyu cheeseburger. Both dishes were very good today. They prepared the juicy burger to medium-rare and the salmon was fresh tasting and moist.

Both dogs were very happy with these choices. They enjoyed the salmon and some of the wagyu cheeseburger.

www.SquidInkSushi.com

W. Happy Valley Parkway Peoria AZ

23-561-7747

The Temperature was still under 90 degrees so we went to Twisted Italian in North Peoria. The Patio there is always shaded during the day so It can’t get too hot.

He is squishing into my belly waiting for food.

She is waiting for food too!

Soon they bring us complimentary bread and oil with vinegar.

I give then only a few tiny bites of bread…While we wait to order.

In reasonable time I get the salmon off of the lunch menu. It’s a really good deal. It’s healthy and a large portion. I skip the pasta but my husband usually likes to eat some. It’s nice that it comes with lots of nice vegetables. Today I got zucchini, green beans, asparagus, and a piece of broccoli rabe.

I give my dogs all the zucchini and part of the salmon.

They enjoy that!

My husband got the Italian Relleno off of the all day menu.

It’s a poblano pepper stuffed with house made sausage, mozzarella and provolone cheeses, marinara, onions, bell peppers, and Italian herbs. It’s topped with tomatoes onions, basil, and tomato cream sauce. It also comes with three breaded ravioli.

The dogs get some sausage and some ravioli.

Everyone was happy with what we got at Twisted Italian.

Twisted Italian

9940 W Happy Valley Rd Peoria AZ

623-537-4000

www.EatTwisted.com

Well That was Dining Out With DOGS for May 2022. It’s getting hot in Phoenix but we will try to get out early if we can and we hope to see you next month!

The Forking Truth
In Memory of Louie 5-5-2001 – 3-3-2017

Jet’s Pizza Newly Opened in North Glendale AZ – Low Calories find out why.

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Jet’s Pizza is an American Chain of Pizza Restaurants since 1978. Jet’s Pizza is best known for its square Detroit Style Pizzas with cheesy, crispy crunchy edges. The pizzas can be customized by adding a flavor to the crust. You can also order house made ranch dressing for dipping the crust.

Jets also offers six kinds of pizza crust. They offer – deep dish, hand tossed round, thin NY style, seasoned cauliflower, and gluten free. They also offer sides of breads, wings (reg & boneless), salads, calzone boats (baked sandwiches made with pizza dough), soft beverages, and a few baked desserts.

On my visit this location of Jet’s Pizza is Take Out Only. But they are expecting a delivery of a few tables at some time.

They offer a few lunch specials.

We took out a Greek Salad and two four corner Detroit Style Pizzas.

Here’s the Greek Salad.

It looks ok but taste terrible……

My husband and I disagree on this one but we both don’t like it.

The lettuce is soggy and has a chemical taste to me………..I don’t know if I think that I am tasting sink residue from only God Knows what…or maybe they use some sort of produce soap on the lettuce?

My husband said, ” it’s just old soggy lettuce that doesn’t taste right.”

Either way it’s soggy lettuce that just doesn’t taste good……

We do need to remember that it is possible that the salads are fresh tasting sometimes and I am hitting them on a bad day…………..Old tasting soggy lettuce isn’t good for business.

Then we go to try the pizzas.

On the left is a our corner Detroit Style pizza with bold pepperoni, Italian sausage and Romano crust.

On the right is a basic four corner Detroit Style pizza with turbo crust (butter, garlic, Romano) and a butter garlic dip on the side. I try it……

I’m not sure why but this doesn’t taste good to me……….I taste powdered stuff…..It’s like the powder from badly flavored potato chips………But the pizza is crispy and crunchy as promised ….Then I try the butter garlic dip…….OMG YUK! This is stomach turning…….It doesn’t even taste like butter….It taste like MARGARINE…NOBODY wants to eat margarine………I thought I might get sick…then I feel like I need to stop eating this pizza. My stomach is a mess…

Or maybe the dough contributes to why I don’t like it?

Under the cheese the dough is all wet and gooey…..like raw and GROSS……maybe that is making me feel sick?

My husband didn’t like his pizza either. He didn’t know why….He did say that the sausage seemed flavorless and the bold pepperoni was nothing special.

This trip to Jet’s Pizza was very low calorie for us because it was so hard to eat.

But a lot of people do love Jet’s Pizza.

There are around 450 Jet’s pizza restaurants in America so that means that many people do love Jet’s Pizza.

Maybe other locations differ?

Your opinion may or may not differ.

That was my visit to Jet’s Pizza. Newly opened in Arrowhead (North Glendale AZ).

www.JetsPizza.com

20229 N 67TH Ave Glendale AZ

623-225-7856

Everything is subject to change.

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