The other day, we picked up some heart molds from Crate & Barrel. This morning, Diane made me some delicious buttermilk pancakes in these molds…and we ate them on out heart shaped placemats. Expect a repeat tomorrow morning.

Yum!

Fresh fruit would go great with this

A friend of ours from Church announced that his friend was starting a mobile cupcake service. Imagine a taco truck–only selling cupcakes rather than authentic, Mexican tacos. I finally got around to stalking the truck on Facebook, so I decided to drive over and pick some up.

The Mobile Cupcake Shop

It only stays in one spot for up to 2 hours

Carrot Cake — probably our favorite of the four

Snickerdoodle, Red Velvet, and Strawberry

In the end, carrot cake was our favorite followed by red velvet. Both were very moist and delicious. Snickerdoodle was a little dry and strawberry was OK–still moist, but not our preferred flavor. At $2.50/cupcake, it comes in 75 cents less per cupcake than Crave.

The only downfall to MMM Cupcake is that you might have to pay for parking to go buy one. I did, but that’s because the street parking attendant was right in front of me as I pulled up. Anyway, you’ll generally find the truck downtown or in the Village.

So, if you’re in the mood for a cupcake, give them a try. They’re pretty tastey.

This past weekend, we checked out a new BBQ joint located in the Heights called Hickory Hollow.

It was a cute small town diner type atmosphere, with live music on the weekends.  They are especially known for their chicken fried steak. We decided to get a sample platter with the chicken fried steak, ribs, sausage, and brisket with two sides.  The coleslaw, brisket, and chicken fried steak were excellent, as was the hickory BBQ sauce. They had pretty good onion rings too.  The ribs and sausage were sub par.  My favorite part was drinking out of the mason jars.  Overall we’d give it a 7/10.  Compared to Rudy’s BBQ, the meat was more moist but you can’t beat the delicious sides at Rudy’s. And I would rate it slightly better than Goode Company BBQ, because I don’t think their sides are very good at all.  The search continues…

 

Diane and I recently visited Costco and came across a delightful new snack: Macadamia Caramel Clusters. Go try them. They’re amazing.

A few nights ago, we decided to try out this new burger joint in town called SmashBurger. I’m not sure what was so appealing about it other than being the newest joint in town. After trying a classic smash burger, I’m sorry to say that the burger really isn’t all the impressive. Both Diane and I thought it lacked flavor and for a minimum price of $5 (just the burger–no fries/drink included), it’s not worth the fanfare. It’s not “the best burger you have ever tasted” as they claim, but rather an pretty ordinary Angus burger. I did enjoy the Haagen-Daz milkshake somewhat, though. If you’re still interested, feel free to give it a shot, but don’t expect it to be amazing. :) On the plus side, the ingredients did taste pretty fresh.

Recently, Diane tried this great snack out while meandering through Costco. On our next trip, we decided to pick some up. I love it! I highly recommend it to everybody. It’s called Ultimate Crunch by Mrs. Mays.