My husband and I eat a *lot* of ethnic food. We also prefer not to eat at chains. I couldn't possible choose just *one* favorite, though, so here are a list of the current favorites:
Holy Land Cafe: Middle Eastern and a little Greek, I am addicted to their lentil soup.
Seriously, sometimes I just HAVE to have that soup. Great falafel, too.
Samurai Teriyaki: Japanese. Great yaki soba noodle bowls.
Chen's Kitchen: A little hole-in-the wall Chinese place. The best hot and sour soup in town. This is our "usual" Chinese place.
The Thai Place: Excellent Thai food. Several locations, but I think they're locally
owned. I think this is the best Thai food in town.
Bo Ling's: Upscale Chinese. Several locations, but locally owned. We mostly go
there for the *fantabulous* dim sum.
The Jazz: This one actually is a chain, I think the original locations are in Texas. They
have the BEST Cajun I've had outside of New Orleans. I must admit, I always
order the same thing: Crawfish ettouffe and fried pickles. Yum!
Blue Koi: "Modern" Chinese. They have great won ton noodle soup.
Sakura: Sushi! The sushi bar has a little toy train that the plates are on, you just
grab what you like as it goes around, and then at the end your plates are counted
up. We go there a lot, so the sushi chefs will make us whatever we want at no
extra charge. Did I mention that I could eat my weight in sushi? It is true.
Masala's: A brand new Indian place, we ate their last night for the first time. So
good! The veggie samosas amazing.
For barbeque, there are a couple favorites. I'm in Kansas City, after all! I like Jack
Stack for a sit-down meal, Arthur Bryant's for take-out. (We go to the original
Arthur B's location, the dining area is apalling, but the food is SO GOOD.) I've been trying to cut back on eating meat, so we don't get barbeque much anymore.
J.Alexander's: Steak. Again, trying to cut back. It's also pricey, so it's a once a year
thing.
The one "big" chain that I eat at regularly is Chipotle. Can't get enough of those burrito bowls.
Looking over my list, it seems like we eat out a lot. Usually, once or maybe twice a week. Husband and I are sort of strange, we're more like roommates when it comes to groceries. He likes to eat the exact same thing for lunch and dinner all week, every week, but I prefer more variety. So we each buy our own groceries. I usually cook something nice on Sunday night for both of us, and he will take us out for dinner Saturday night. If we go out twice in a weekend, one of those will be lunch.
