Restaurant Reviews

Delicious Treats at IHOP this Month

No Tricks When It Comes to Great Pancakes

by Joi

I love pretty much everything about where I live (Owensboro, Kentucky) but I’d change one thing for sure if I could, we’d have an IHOP!  When we lived in Florida, I fell head over taste buds in love with the restaurant and have had a wicked desire for an IHOPs in my neighborhood since.

Just to add salt to my wound, IHOP is embracing the season and having as much fun with it as I like to.

IHOP, one of America’s favorite restaurants for breakfast, lunch and dinner, today announced plans for a month-long celebration this October to welcome fall and observe Halloween in a fun, frightful and flavorful way.  Throughout the month, participating IHOP restaurants nationwide will offer Trick or Treat All-You-Can-Eat-Buttermilk Pancakes and “design-your-own” Scary Face Pancakes.  On Friday, October 29, Scary Face Pancakes will be offered free of charge for children 12 and under (one per child).

“There are no tricks, just treats and a lot of flavorful fun at IHOP this October,” said Carolyn O’Keefe, IHOP’s senior vice president, marketing.  “Our guests have come to expect great food, a good value and specials that offer a little something extra, and in October, we have something to satisfy every taste, appetite and budget.”

Available from October 4 through October 31 at participating locations, IHOP’s Trick or Treat All-You-Can-Eat Buttermilk Pancakes are available a la carte or as part of a combo, which starts at $4.99 and begins with two, fluffy buttermilk pancakes, eggs any style, and golden hash browns.  For a little bit more, guests can also add pork sausage links, crisp bacon or ham.  Pancakes are then served three at a time until the guest is satisfied.

In observance of Halloween this year, IHOP’s famous Funny Face Pancakes are turning Scary as IHOP introduces “design-your-own” Scary Face Pancakes for kids 12 and under.  The Scary Face Pancake includes an oversized signature buttermilk pancake with a whipped topping mouth and strawberry nose, served with two mini OREO® cookies and candy corn on the side to allow kids to create their own Halloween hotcake.  The Scary Face Pancake will be offered throughout October and, like all IHOP Kids menu items, is under 600 calories.  Throughout IHOP’s new menu, items under 600 calories are designated with a SIMPLE & FIT icon.

On Friday, October 29, IHOP will celebrate Halloween a little early and offer trick or treaters 12 and under a free Scary Face Pancake (one per child) from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. at participating locations.

For more information or to find an IHOP restaurant near you, please visit www.ihop.com. Prices may vary by location.

Fortunately, we live near towns that are lucky enough to have an IHOP. I think I feel a road trip coming on….

Hardee’s Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders Review

by Joi

I’d seen the commercials for Hardee’s Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders quite a few times.  The commercials I saw aired during my beloved St. Louis Cardinal’s games each night.  They always looked so ridiculously amazing, I was tempted (each time) to run to my nearest Hardee’s in my pajamas.

Willpower always won out because my Betsey Johnson polka dotted PJs aren’t meant for everyone’s eyes.  Besides, I couldn’t very well leave my Cardinals now could I?  The bullpen would implode (no comment).

Yesterday, my daughter Stephany and I ran by Hardee’s and grabbed a couple of boxes to take for a test drive.  We got the Honey Mustard and Creamy Buffalo dipping sauces but they also offer Buttermilk Ranch.  I loved the Creamy Buffalo dipping sauce.  I didn’t try the Honey Mustard because, in my book, anything remotely related to mustard only belongs on fried bologna sandwiches and hot dogs.  When it ventures outside of that little culinary box, I get nervous.

But enough about the sauces because, frankly, they aren’t even needed.  Hardee’s Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders are exceptional – even better than I thought they’d be.  They’re also reasonably priced – for the quality, I’d expect them to cost a lot more.

The only problem is now I have a dilemma – I normally get the Mushroom Swiss burger at Hardee’s.  Now I’m torn!

I only wish Hardee’s would bring back the Texas Toothpicks they had for a limited time.  I ordered (and ate) the heck out of those things.  Seriously, they were one of the best sides any fast food restaurant has ever offered.

Be sure to swing by Hardee’s the next time you’re hungry and try out the hand-breaded chicken tenders.  I give them 2 thumbs up and only wish I had more thumbs.

Denny’s Delicous New Night Owl Menu

by Joi

Denny's Potachos
Denny’s Potachos!

Look alive, night owls, Denny’s has come courting!  They “get” that we night owls have unique eating habits.  So they’ve come up with a great new menu to thrill our taste buds.

Potachos – Freshly fried and seasoned kettle chips topped with crumbled sausage, bacon, bell pepper and onion mix, cheese sauce and shredded Cheddar cheese. (Picture at the top of the post – Yum!)

Sweet Ride Nachos – Freshly fried flour tortilla chips tossed in cinnamon sugar, then topped with strawberry topping, raspberry sauce, seasonal fruit, hot fudge, caramel, white chocolate chips and whipped cream. (Sitting deliciously at the bottom of the post!)

Smokin’ Q Four Pack –Four mini burgers topped with sweet & tangy BBQ sauce, crispy onion rings, Cheddar cheese and bacon. Served with a double portion of onion rings. (Pictured Below)

Denny's Smokin’ Q Four Pack
Smokin’ Q Four Pack!

Cheesy Four Pack – Four mini burgers with American cheese, ketchup, mustard, grilled onions and pickle chips. Served with a double portion of onion rings.

Denny's Potachos
Denny’s Sweet Ride Nachos!

The ridiculously delicous items in this post will be available exclusively from 10 p.m. – 5 a.m. The creation of the late-night menu was based on feedback from focus groups and taste test studies with consumers ages 18-24. Denny’s also kept the consumer’s pocketbook in mind with the inclusion of 4 “value items” starting at $3.99.

What do you excpect from a company known for its Southern hospitality? Denny’s is based in Spartanburg, SC. – so they know a thing or two about the trait southerners are famous for. Fortunately they know about another thing the south’s known for… great food!

Somebody notify the Smokin’ Q Four Pack and Sweet Ride Nachos that I’m coming for them.

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