Saturday, February 13, 2010

Birthday Dinner

Here's the 3rd post on this blog, haven't been able to write as much as I want, but yeah... 3rd post and this is one involves BBQ'd food as well.

Yesterday, Feb 12th, was my birthday. My fiance erin took me out for dinner, and much to my surprise invited some friends (Lana, Adam, Mike, and Elizabeth). We went to Memphis Blues BBQ on Commercial Drive. The days leading up i had been checking out their menu online, getting pretty excited because i haven't had any BBQ food since i was at the Palomino in Calgary.
The service here was quick, and our table was soon filled with meaty eats. Me and erin split a order of Poutine with pulled pork, and then i had a combo plate with ribs, pulled pork and on the side was potato salad, beans, coleslaw and corn bread. Yes i know it's alot of food, but i ate about 95% of it.

Here's the poutine.....


The pulled pork poutine was ok, not great. I don't know if i would order it again. It basically was a giant plate of pulled pork covered in BBQ sauce, with a small pile of fries underneath it. And there was barely any cheese. It was tasty, but i would've liked more cheese.

Next up we have my main course;



This is where things got tasty!! The ribs were amazing... the meat was falling off the bone. Moist and succulent, filled with flavor. The pulled pork was good, not as good as the Palomino, but still tasty. I kind of wished that i had picked a different meat instead of the pork simply because of how much i had on the poutine. The choices of meats were plenty... Adam had Brisket and it looked super yummy, as did the sausage on Mike's plate and the chicken on erin's.

All in all everyone at our table enjoyed their meals. I plan on going back, maybe i can convince some people to go there on a Monday when they have all you can eat Ribs & Fries for $20. I think i could eat a mountain of ribs, get more than $20's worth.

After filling our guts with meaty treats some of us returned to our apartment where erin had an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen waiting for us!! Sadly i could only eat 1 piece as i was so full. But today's a new day and i plan on eating more of the cake.

2 comments:

  1. Cool blog man! You should've taken a pic of the BBQ sauce explosion on Mike's shirt Friday! You have to come out this way for a sandwich nazi sandwich one day, it will change your life forever, trust me! Word up- J

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  2. Memphis Blues is the jam~! I haven't been there in forever, although I usually went to the on Broadway & Granville. If you're ever looking for someone to join you for ribs & fries on a Monday, I'm your guy.

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