7/12/2014

Fizz N Fryz

During the week of their grand opening, I decided to go in ASAP because this restaurant ran out of stock the Saturday before, due to it being so busy! That's pretty impressive! 
The restaurant serves Belgium-style fries, specialty drinks, and desserts (waffles, brownies, and cookies). I originally, just ordered fries, but then decided I should order a drink too.

When I walked in, the interior looked very up to date. The seats didn't look all that comfortable, but they ended up being comfortable throughout the entirety of my meal.

The staff was very friendly and were willing to answer my questions with almost flawless knowledge of the menu.  Considering how they haven't been open a short period of time, I was pretty impressed.

After ordering a large fry and 24 oz drink, it took about 10-15 minutes to get my food. I chose a large because it came with 3 dipping sauces. The medium comes with two and the small comes with one. Each additional sauce is $0.50. I was honestly expecting the fries to come wrapped in a paper cone (as is done in Europe), no big deal. Instead, it was just in a disposable paper fry tray. Though, I really don't think that affected the taste of the fries.

Onto my order. The fries were... pretty tasty, but I wasn't blown away. I would think if "fryz" is the second of two specialties in the name of the restaurant, they would be out of this world (or at least the US). I have to be fair. I am very particular about my fries. I like them to be nice and meaty, yet fluffy inside with a super crisp, golden/golden-brown outside. I like my fries with minimal salt/seasoning, so I can get a decent amount of potato flavor in each bite. I would say about one third of my fries were up to snuff. However, all of the fries were slightly too salty (I had to frequently bush of my fingers).
I expected all of my fries to be at least crispy, since they all should be twice fried, but that wasn't the case.  I'm probably being nit-picky, but at $4.50 for a large fry, I would expect almost all of them to be nearly perfect.

There are 20 dipping sauces to choose from.  I had their mayo, andalouse, and fry sauce.  I loved the andalouse, a fry sauce with some heat (red pepper) and their fry sauce was legit.

There are many other ways to spruce up your fries.  You can add chili, bacon, cheese, and other spices to change them up a little bit. They also do Canadian Poutine.

My drink was delicious. I decided to just create my own with Monster, grapefruit syrup, and fresh lemon.

The choices are nearly endless when it comes to their drinks. The have 16 signature drinks and literally hundreds of combinations, if you decide to create your own. If you want to "pose like a pro", there are 5 different ways to make your specialty (or custom) drink even more special.

I didn't have a chance to try any off the desserts offered, but each waffle looked very enticing as they passed by.

One thing I thought was cool about this place, is it's locally owned (I believe, by a former USU student) and operated. They also have a drive thru service in case you want to eat on the go.

I would recommend making a quick stop with a couple of friends or family members, grabbing a couple of baskets of fries, and trying a few different sauces.  I kept hearing "woot woot!", so you may want to give that drink a try.  It might not be a bad idea to "make it float"... or if you're watching your figure, "make it slim".

I couldn't find a menu online or on other foodie apps, so I attached one below.

2/23/2014

Savannah's BBQ

Just to preface, I went to the original Savannah's BBQ (before changing locations). I'm not sure if the ownership, menu, etc are the same (or the same as Smokin' Blues), but I did enter with some preconceived notions of the restaurant as a whole.

With that said, I arrived around 6:30 Pm on a Friday night. I was greeted and seated promptly by the hostess.
As with most places, I was asked what I wanted to drink, they had a few selections (Coca Cola products, teas, lemonades, etc.), but I decided to go with a bottle of sarsaparilla and a water. I ordered a half rack of ribs with baked beans, and side salad.

The dinner came with complimentary cornbread and butter. The cornbread was unique and very tasty. It was moderately sweet and cheesey, slightly dry and mealy (as expected with cornbread), but overall  very enjoyable.  The butter served with it seemed like a whipped sweet cream butter with (what I thought was) confectioners sugar mixed in. It almost tasted like a very light, whipped, butter cream cake frosting.

The salad was pretty basic. Iceberg lettuce with ranch and cucumbers.  They put a twist on the croutons by using (sweet) cornbread instead. 

The ribs were slow cooked and pulled of the bone pretty easily. The ribs were coated in their tasty KC style house sauce (Sweet & Sassy). The table had  5 or 6 other sauces to try. I went ahead and tried the rest and one or two stuck out to me (a zestier and a Texas style sauce).

The baked beans were pretty tasy. It had some shreds/chunks of pork just like I like. The overall flavor was good too. However, I like my beans a little thicker (more like stew) and theirs were served pretty runny (closer to soup).

One of the other bqq staples (in my mind) is coleslaw.  I went ahead and ordered some part way through my dinner. I was pretty disappointed. The slaw was pretty bland and the sauce had a weird texture. The shreds of cabbage, etc were crisp and fresh, but the sauce was a similar texture to yogurt (I'm used to mine being slightly runnier).

Unfortunately,  I was only able to enjoy a few items from their menu,  but my experience was very positive.  I would recommend checking this place out. If you would like to view Savannah's BBQ menu, it is somewhat difficult to find, so just click the link above.

As with every restaurant in the valley, please feel free to share your opinions regarding the menu items, recommendations, or experiences you had with this restaurant either in the comment section or email me at cachefoodblog@gmail.com.