The Spiciest Pickle in Town!!!

The Spiciest pickle in town dances a little jig on your taste buds. The SP on Kirkwood and I-10 lives up to its namesake!

After many months of "I wish we could"s or "do you think its open"s, we finally found the time to visit.

The SP exceeded our expectations. We were a expecting a little mom and pop place that catered to the weird and pregnant. While it did use the pickle theme throughout the restaurant, besides the pickle-shaped table, it did not go overboard. The place offered paninis and sandwiches (the Ps are huge). The Double Dilly O is a great deal; you get half a sammy, soup or salad, and a drink for less than the price of a regular panini. And how can you pass up a name like that?!

Each meal is accompanied by a little sidekick. What is it you may ask? Well, it is a very spicy pickle!! And we thought it was just a name. The real kick of the pickle is not discovered upon first bite. Only after a few more may you discover the pure spice in the SP.

We ate everything on our plates!! I mean every little morsel. I like the Roma panini with mozzerela, basil, and tom toms. The Sausalito Bandito was a huge hit at our table, too. Excellente!! Who knows what it had on it? Pure Deliciousness I bet!!

Although regular readers know that we do not condone the digestion of tuna, we hear from an unidentified source that the Sinker was extraordinary.

We definitely think this place rocks!! We give it Three Dills Up!!

P.S. The soda fountain machine dispenses Barqs root beer!! A reason in itself to go.

Cafe Pita Non Plus

A few weeks ago we unknowingly traveled in the footsteps of a Food Network legend...Guy Fieri (The Blonde Bombshell). The BB visited Cafe Pita Plus this summer. While he thought the food was a plus, it was a serious minus!

At first, learning of the previous visit by The Blonde Bombshell excited us to our inner core. We even made sure to ask the waitress to find out which dishes he tried on the show "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives." We ordered each dish he tried hoping we found TV worthy food.

We started off with the fried-homemade-cheese. They make the cheese there at Pita Plus. It was awesome. It tasted like the cow it came out of.

We ordered the Cevap (little sausage sandwich) and something way to bland to be memorable. The sandwich turned out to be little breakfast sausages in between two pieces of homemade bread. Just Bread! Nothing else! The little links were delicious but it didn't add up with the bread sandwich thingy.

Overall, it left us wondering why it is called Pita Plus when we left totally un-plused. Don't waste your time. It's on Westhiemer between Highway 6 and Beltway 8. If you go, don't blame us.

Shut It Down Hizzy!

Shut it Down Hizzy this place is too good! Our theme: eating in seedy areas. We like our food spiced with a touch of DANGER!

Some would consider the Hillcroft area risky. However, this place may be worth the risk. London Sizzler, off the Southwest Freeway, is far from seedy. Our culinary tour guide and part-time waiter, Billy, was more than happy to explain the ins and outs of each Indian dish. For serious! He knows all the ingredients and preparation of everything on the menu! A true first for us.

The dinning room is really small: no more than 15 tables. And we were definitely part of the early crowd at 7pm. It quickly filled up with actuall Indian people. A sure sign of authentic deliciousness. It's considered British Indian but there was more Indian than Brit in our tummies. Although they have fried rice, stick to the Indian dishes.

We ordered the Chili Manchurian, little vegetable dumplings in a really delicious sauce. Upon our further inspection, we found entire jalapeno slices in there which deathly caught up with us in the end. The Chicken Boom Masala Platter was absolutely scrumptious and very spicy. Not like OMG my mouth is burning hot. More like an explosion of different spices on your taste buds.

They put green chili and tamarind on the table to go with your meal. The tamarind was sweet and sour(YUM) but the green stuff was deadly. Seriously, wait for it to hit you 20 seconds after. The tandoori naan was a delectable compliment to the meal but the pilau rice was a leave out option.

I recommend London Sizzler to all our Maharajahs. So jump in your tut-tut and strap on your bullet proof vest and journey to Hillcroft.

--As a side note, thank you to the anonymous third party.