Biskit Junkie - Houston, TX

Restaurant:
Briskit Junkie

Location:
403 Westheimer
Houston, TX 77006

Hours:
M: Closed
Tue-Th: 7:30a-9p
Fr: 7:30a-10p
Sa: 9a-10p
Su: 9a-3p

Ambiance:
Want to know what's hilarious? I'm a food blogger (which to most people means I know all the places to eat in Houston), but from time to time when I'm put on the spot I can't seem to decide on a place to eat. Maybe it's because, I have to think about what kind of food my guests will enjoy, or what kind of environment they would like to be in. But anyway, my lovely sisters and I had a lovely brunch date at Brisket Junkie in Montrose. This is a place that I'd been eyeing via my foodie friends' instragram pages. Biscuit Junkie is a biscuit and burger joint, should I say, that recently relocated from Oak Forest to the Montrose area. Located off Westheimer and Taft, with one of the tiniest and packed parking lots I've seen. They're a counter style restaurant, so you order and it is brought to you when ready. Once you've finally decided on a dish(Tip: look for pictures on their 'site), comes the other battle; finding a seat. I'd recommend splitting up and having one of your guests save seats, while you do the ordering. #Teamwork

Brunch at Harold's In The Heights

Located on 19th Street in the Houston Heights, Harold's is a local restaurant bringing southern & creole style cuisine to this hip neighborhood. Harold's is a rooftop restaurant located atop Alli's Pizzeria, which along with Harold's was founded by a lady named Alli Jarrett. Upon moving to Houston from South Carolina, Jarrett sought to bring her love of fresh local sourced food to town. She opened Alli's then later opened Harold's.

Harold's offers local, fresh and natural dishes with a southern twist and great customer service. Chef Antoine Ware came to Houston from New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, and has since made this town his own. He joined Harold's just over 2 years ago, from Hay Merchant and Federal Grille. He combines both his New Orleans culinary experience as well as a little magic from the soul to create southern style dishes with a local kick.

I had the chance to experience Harold's brunch and service early this week and chat with Chef Antoine and General Manager Elvio Dominguez about Harold's, food and marketing. I had great service from management all the way down to the staff. I was getting ready for a work event that day, so it was refreshing to experience some calm before the storm(luckily the event turned out well).

Paloma Cocktail: Refreshing

Remember that time a year ago, when I tried my first chicken & waffle at Adair Kitchen? Well, now I'm kind of a lil' expert...Not really. But I did manage to eat Chef Ware's twist on this famous dish. Double brine-corn meal floured chicken, atop half a house made Belgian waffle, topped with house made bacon, tomato jelly and lettuce. Lucky for this girl, she got a sunny side up egg added on top, which made for an even more exciting brunch dish. The best of all worlds.

With today being #NationalChicken&WafflesDay, Chef Ware decided to give you a chance to try his amazing Chicken & Waffles BLT for $15 through Sunday.  Feeling hungry? Well, grab your food baby(your tummy), a friend and hop on over to Harold's for some Chicken & Waffles BLT for Brunch and dinner.

Chicken and Waffles For the First Time

     The past couple of days have been jam packed at work. So many changes and great growth within the team. Today was my supervisor's last day in office, so our director treated us to lunch at Adair Kitchen.

I've always been curious about Chicken & Waffles, so I decided to have a stab at it. Plus it's one of their most popular dishes.

We grabbed a table while we waited and I was facing the widow looking out at the entrance. Something about this place makes me feel at ease, and I've only been there twice!

My Chicken & Waffle came and woh, was it intense. I wasn't sure how to handle it, or myself for that matter. Knife and fork in hand, I cut into the chicken and cut a small portion of the waffle and raised my fork up to my mouth for what would be my very first bite, my very first bite(OH MY GOD).

I suddenly found myself continue. All while I was eating, I looked around at my co-workers' plates and how their food was much healthier than mine and how much color and life their plates had(does that ever happen to you?) I continued to eat, but kept finding myself eating the chicken and waffle separately- something about eating them together reminded me of a chicken sandwich. I somehow wanted to appreciate them both for their uniqueness. 

Once I was halfway, I had to call it quits. I threw in the towel. What, who does that? Who orders Chicken & Waffles and doesn't finish? But seriously, it's so filling. I decided to be honest with myself- after all, if something went wrong I would have hell to pay #sensitivestomachproblems. After maybe about 30 minutes to an hour, I no longer felt full. Magical, if I make it to tomorrow in one piece - I will raise a glass or take off my hat to this Adair recipe.

Stay tuned. . .

Update: Wednesday, June 04, 2014

I drank a small cup of milk last night while I ate the last bit of the chicken and had a little tuna after work. I didn't want to eat a full meal because I knew it would be hard on my tummy if I did. It might sound odd(usually does to most people), but milk settles my stomach- Its some scientific neutralizing stuff(look it up!)

Although, I went to sleep a little scared because my tummy was making all sorts of sounds; I was able to fall asleep and stay asleep until the early morning. I slept well, woke up well rested.

So as promised,

Cheers!