moving on to food

well, I've decied yet again to move in a new direction with this blog, and move to writing about food on it. Since my future will hold many new and interesting dishes, I've decided to share with the world the steps along the road I take to learn about food and the different foods out there to taste.


Since it's a new start, I'm going to start off with a review and critque of the food I ate tonight at the Cheese Cake Factory. Earlier today I ordered along with a friend thier fried macaroni and cheese balls and godiva brownie sundae.

First off is the macaroni and cheese, i got say this was an interesting twist on a old classic. They rolled up the macaroni and chesse in what seemed to be just a simple breading mixture of medium grain crumbs and fry to deep brown. It was served on a pinkish marinara sauce, topped with melted parmesen cheese and sprigs of parsley. First off, I like a simple presentation and the four balls of food you recieve in an order was presented simply, but nicely. There was no excess sauce on the plate and the rim was nice and white giving a nice attention draw to the sauce and main item of the dish. But moving on from that, the taste was pretty darn good. The outer fried shell was a nice crispy flavorful contrast to the smooth cheesy center or macaroni and cheese. The balls were roughly the size of half my fist, or about maybe the size a cue ball or a little bigger but were roughly the same size. the white sauce inside went well with the coating and wasn't to bland or too salty as white sauces can be made. The marinara ssauce that it is served on was very light and went well with the white sauce and the crunchy coating. It didn't really taste like a tomato sauce, but or of a white and smooth red sauce mixed together to make a pink sauce blend. Overall I got to say that it was a gret tasting dish that beat my expectation of what I expected from fried macaroni and cheese, but the price they charge for it is kind of ridiculous, about $7 for what is considered an appatizer of four macaroni and cheese balls.

next up is the Godiva brownie sundae from the same place. I got say, this was a doozy of chocolaty goodness. You get three triangles of brownie along with two scoops of vanilla icecream and whipped cream with nuts on an oval plate arranged brownie, ice cream, brownie, cie cream, brownie. First off, im not a big fan off nuts on things, but can deal, but the nuts they threow on this were not really fitting too well with the flavor profile. They were uncooked and were jst kind of there and not really fitting with everything else in the dessert I thought. It was one of the downers of this dessert. The brownies in this were excelletn, but could have been a little better. They were rich and deep in their chocolate tastes adn assaulted my mouth with a harmony of chocolatiness. but I believe they could have been warm to give contrast in the dish instead of room temp like the were. movign on the ice cream was very good. it was real good vanilla and not the cheap stuff you might find in a grocery store, maybe even in house made but I cant be sure.but it was very creamy and flavored just so. again, the price held this dish back at about $8.50, but it was very delicious

So overall, I liked both, but the prices were a bit steep. but for what you get you can easily split the tab with a friend and walk away full.

thats it for now, Next time who knows what I'll have. But nkow I will keep an open mind and an empty stomach