A walk in the park with an AMAZING breakfast for champions

Ok so I like to exercise! Its fun and its the only way for me to eat what I eat and not get fat hahaha! So my mom and I go on walks a lot (power walks). So we decided to go to Eleanor Tinsley Park in Houston. It was so nice! We actually got up IN THE MORNING and drive 45 minutes to this park. Now your probably wondering, "Why in the world would they drive that far to go walk in a park?!" Well thats a fair enough question. Besides the fact that it was just a nice change of pace. . . there was of course a restaurant around the corner that we really wanted to try. Baby Barnaby's. My mom and I have been to Barnaby's before and were very much impressed, so we wanted to try their breakfast only restaurant. Let me just say. . . best meal I have eaten. So good in fact that I ate two. . . thats right TWO whole breakfast plates.







The restaurant is KINDA like a little hole in the wall. But as oxymoron as this sounds, its a cute, fun, and quirky hole in the wall. Its super small, and has a maximum capacity of 35! WOAH. But I loved that fact. Its small, but it delivers LARGE portions, and BIG flavor. One thing I thought was super neato was this juice contraption. It freshly squeezed oranges, and threw the oranges in a bin. It was crazy. I watched that the whole time until my FOOOOOD came in. It was like a halo over food with a spotlight beaming off it. It landed on my table, and I was thinking, "Holy freaking moly." So what I got was a plate called Green Eggs. This would be scrambled eggs with monterey jack cheese and spinach and artichoke dip mixed in. I took the first bite and my mouth awakened to the best salty breakfast dish I have ever eaten. The eggs were cooked to perfection, nice and fluffy and the creaminess of the cheese and dip in it, practically melted in my mouth. With the eggs came potatoes and apple chicken sausage (delicious) and two pieces of wheat toast.
Ok so I ate pretty much ate that entire plate. The next plate was supposed to be for my mom AND I to share. An apple pancake. This was like no other pancake I have ever eaten. This was almost rectangular shaped and HUGE. I have had bigger pancakes than this one, but nothing like this one. This was the most fluffy, moist, and cake-like pancake. The apples were perfectly placed in the pancake and were seasoned and cooked to perfection. My mom literally ate two bites, and I ate the REST. I would eat a bite and eat some more and I would put it down, and say ok I am done. I feel sick. But somehow that fork kept getting picked up by MY hand and placed into MY mouth. Eventually the whole thing was gone. I then washed it all down with my fresh squeezed orange juice.
This was in fact hands down, best breakfast joint I have ever gone too. Soon enough my "fullness" hit me like a giant rock. When I got home I took a 3 hour nap hoping that after that I would feel great. Oh no, there was still a rock in my stomach. ANYWHO. The stomach pains were totally worth it, and I would do it again and hope to do it again!!

Baby Barnaby's
602 Fairview Street
Houston, TX 77006

NEXT POST: My 21st birthday! Be on the look out!

Laney

Like I said, I had a lot of pictures and I realized that if I posted each one separately and wrote about each one, it would take way too long!! But this is what I have done this summer. The last pictures are of Tiny Boxwoods Cafe. Its a swanky cafe in River Oaks and now my favorite! I would say that my sandwich was well worth the $11 because it was tasty and the atmosphere was awesome!!

ok from now on, the rest of my blogs will be a lot less to take in and will have actually descriptions with them lol. If you have any question on what a picture is just ask!!

Tracking Back.

So like I promised, I am going to start posting pictures of my inner foodie. But I'm going to post a few at a time and of course in chronological order haha.







So it looks like food blog portion is going to begin with nothing other than the THUNDER MUFFIN!! These muffins come from Lampe, MO (or somewhere around there). For 6 years in a row I went to a camp called "Kanakuk Kamps" and right around the corner is Permission HIll Farms. They have a berry farm and you can pick fresh berry and get some of the most amazing muffins you will ever eat! Oh the childhood memories are coming back. So when I found out that they delivered these 4 inch in width muffins, I knew I had to order some. Ok. So I can't lie, I was hugely disappointed!! The muffin top was pretty good, but everything else was dry!! I wanted to relive my memory of sitting out at the farm with my parents at the picnic tables eating these wonderful blueberry muffins. I guess some things are just not meant to be frozen and shipped. But if you are ever near the area, DO go and get a fresh one. They will not disappoint!!











So you are probably wondering, The Hobbit Hole Cafe???? YES thats right! This place lies in the heart of Montrose (which is in Houston). This place has been around for 37 years!! Now I think you know a place must be good if its been around for that long! Its like a little Village House for a restaurant. As soon as you walk in the door you are welcomed by all things Lord of the Rings. I have tried so many things on the menu and they are all so good. The portions are HUGE. (unfortunately I didnt take pictures of my meal this time around). But I got fish tacos this time. But as you can see, I took a picture of the fruit plate. Its so delicious and the one thing that I get with my mom everytime that we go! Its all kinds of fruit with some yogurt mixture and some slivered almonds and shredded coconut. Its to die for. So on this day when my mom and I went to the Hobit Cafe we also went to a place called Ruggles Cafe and Bakery located in Rice Village (in Houston). My mom is usually the person who gets dragged on all my foodie adventures. But she really enjoys it too! We try to try a new place every week while I'm at home for the summer. So after we ate our delish food and big portions at Hobit Cafe we headed out to do some thrift shopping and let our food settle and went to Ruggles where I heard they had some amazing desserts!!



Ok, so let me just let your eyes feast on this amazing goodness for a little bit.. ...............................................................................................

Ok taken it all in?? So my mom and I (and my dad, but he wasn't on this adventure with us unfortunately) like to get A LOT when we are trying something new because we have the tendency to not be able to decide what we want! So why get boggled down on decisions, just order a few things! So let me break down for you what we have in this picture of heaven. We have the Charlottes Web. Which was chocolate cake on the bottom, layered with expresso pudding, layered with whipped cream, layered with chocolate sauce, layered with heath bar pieces. NEXT we have a cappuccino with an amazing ginger cookie, complete with a dark chocolate spoon (which i had already pretty much eatin) NEXT: The most amazing (well tied) white chocolate bread pudding with raspberry sauce.
Thank You Ruggles Cafe. I will be back for more.

One of my favorite desserts is bread pudding, and my favorite comes from Pine Forest Country Club (where my dad manages, well where he did as of this past weekend, like I said in the previous post, he is moving jobs) ANYWHO, Ruggles is known for their bread pudding and I knew I had to try it and compare. AND oh budddddddy! Does it ever compare. Its either JUST AS good or BETTER! OH how I love me some bread pudding.

Ok, thats all for tonight. I'll probably post a new one tomorrow with another round of a ridiculous amount of pictures!

Laney

Coming Soon!

I have been terrible about updating my blog. Not that anyone even reads this. Literally no one. But I still have so much to post! I have baked a lot and tried a lot of new restaurants and food! Pictures and descriptions to come soon!

As of right now, I am sitting at a desk at work, listening to my dad pack up his things, being this is his last day as GM at Pine Forest Country Club and then he makes the move to College Stations being the GM at Traditions Country Club. EEK! I love working up here. The people are so nice and friendly. I have learned about myself, that I really do like to work. I like being around people and I like to see people smile. Today I baked cookies for everyone and they loved them! Its a good feeling. I love the food industry. Everyday I get to walk through a huge industrial kitchen, and I feel so at home. I have been walking through big kitchens like this since I was like 5 years old when I would go into work with my dad and we would get these giant bread sticks! haha. Its funny how things that you do as a kid really affect who you become to be as an adult. We'll see where the wind blows me and where I will end up after college. Possibly cullinary school, possibly the food service industry, or possibly in something that I don't even know yet. But as of now, I am going to continue being a college student who loves to bake. :)