The Mouse has a temporary schedule change. Picked up lunch from Wendy’s on the way home.
Lunch
A Dave’s single, no cheese, and a lemonade. Closest drink to a Green River, Hee hee.
The Mouse’s eyes were bigger than his stomach, saved the chili for dinner.
Wendy’s Chili
The Mouse added thin cucumber slices for vegetable. The Mouse liked the combination. 🙂
The Mouse’s favorite chili is still from Zippy’s but Wendy’s is a good alternative. Plus The Mouse likes that the chili is made from leftover burger patties. Waste not. Thumbs up.
The Mouse got sidetracked. Original plan was to pick up a burger and baked potato (substitute for fries) from one of the restaurants at the mall but MickyD’s is running a promotion of two sandwiches for six bucks. The pake Mouse took the bait. Hee hee.
MickyD Haul
Two Quarter Pounders (no cheese, light ketchup, extra pickles), chocolate chip cookies, and large coffee (because The Mouse is trying to wean off diet colas). All for considerably less than the burger plate from the restaurant. The haul lasted for two meals, so even better bargain. Thumbs up. 🙂
The coffee wasn’t the greatest, but dollar for a large, The Mouse can live with it.
Birthday lunch for Mrs. P. at Mariposa, a milestone birthday (not revealing age). Hee hee. Chef P. made arrangements with Chef L. (executive chef), who trained under Chef P. for some specials.
Complimentary salad.
Seared Ahi Tuna Salad
Excellent start, dressing was the bomb. Nom!
Everyone except The Mouse ordered smoked pork chop.
Smoked Pork Chop
A bed of risotto, grilled vegetables, not sure what the condiment was, everyone more than liked. 😉
The Mouse went with his go-to order, hamburger, medium rare.
Mariposa Cheeseburger sans Cheese
The Mouse likes to order “regular” burgers at nice restaurants. Not fancy shmancy over the top “gourmet burger” (think truffles and Kobe), but a well executed burger. Chef L. did not fail to deliver. Nicely charred on the outside, perfectly pink on the inside. Mmm! 🙂
Complimentary dessert was peach meringue tarts with torched meringue. The Mouse thought he took a pic but did not. Fail. Sigh. Very good though.