5 Guys...well really two women making burgers

Been kind of a lazy flying solo day for yours truly. I productive wise- cleaned out/organized the freezer and some other household chores. I did end up making some Mexican Street Corn Salad- which I've previously blogged about. Definitely was a strong addiction/best find of 2016- thanks Megan.  Interestingly enough she found a slow cooker Mexican Street Corn Chowder recipe that sparked me making the salad. Will have to try that and blog about it at a later time.

So went out to the store to pick up some stuff and decided to go to Five Guys for lunch. I had tried Five Guys once when they first opened in the area. I think  possibly a decade ago. From what I recalled I wasn't very impressed. I think the other issue I have is I'm not really a burger person from restaurants. I enjoy them off the grill at parties/BBQs but really don't typically order them.  That being said I've heard folks rave about Five Guys over the years so figured why not give it a try as they opened one up a couple minutes away. 

Place was kind of busy so you would think they'd have more than just two people working.  Per their website:  "We only use fresh ground beef. We only use peanut oil. There are no freezers in Five Guys locations, just coolers." Which reminded me of Wendy's destroying that troll on Tweeter. Wonder who ripped off who in terms of never frozen? 

After perusing the menu while there was a gentleman ahead of me, I decided to go with a bacon hamburger and fries.

Bacon Hamburger

Hand cut fries

Luckily the lady that took my order realized I was a newbie informed me that a regular sized fries actually is cooked/made to serve two people. She was like I just wanted to let you know as its usually for two people so didn't want you to order them and then have to toss them out. I was very appreciative of that info- not enough to throw money in the tip jar but it was close. So a burger, small fries, and a drink. Grand total came out to over $15. That there sealed the deal on not getting tipped (not code for anything). 

Overall food was good. Not sure if it was $15 worthy but it did fill me up pretty good. I can't imagine what it would have been had it been the whole family. Nope. Would I eat there again? Possibly but most likely would be someone else's choice and/or only option available type scenario. Sorry all Five Guys fanatics but wasn't deemed a must have or repeat offender. Pretty much just a money thing overall.

Excitedly got a new cooking device delivered in the mail today: air fryer. Back in the shopping frenzy known as Black Friday I had seen that a place had one on sale. Hadn't really considered or even known about one prior to that. Also I wasn't going to jump in the early hour chaos. Needless to say they sold out quickly. Keep forward to Christmas and the joys of getting a generous gift cards. Opted to put them towards an air fryer and picked them bad boy/girl (depending on your preference).

Ready to get my fry on

Mostly helps with not wasting oil and being a healthier option. Will be interesting figuring it out for stuff like fried plantains and random other stuff that typically gets fried. Fingers crossed it works. Will definitely blog about it when it happens.

So likely Karen loves me and knows my love of Mexican food- in particular tacos. Coming back they went to Burrtio Parrilla for dinner. Definitely have blogged about this place before. It was her friend's choice. Which Karen texted me and I confirmed that I had taken her and Tina there before. Karen picked me up some al pastor tacos.

Al Pastor tacos

They hit the spot for sure. Honestly might be the best Mexican joint in Naperville...Naperthrill?Napertucky? I'll have to put more thought into it but I think that might be accurate. Aurora would be harder choice to make as its loaded with numerous Mexican restaurants. That might be a Taco Tuesday debate.

#ManWithThePlan,

-Reef-