Culpepper's CWE

Sunday, Wes and I ate at the Culpepper's in the Central West End. The address is on N. Euclid.. but it's at the corner of Euclid and Maryland. We sat outside and service wasn't great. But the place was pretty busy.. we cut our waitress some slack, we could tell she was working hard! We both ordered wings.. Wes said Houlihan's wings were better, I haven't had those yet.. I went for boneless wings.. easier to eat in wind, and with my hair blowing all around.. Wes said he used to go for boneless as well, but wings with bones are better. And he's right. Go for bones.

I ordered a salad, too. Our waitress asked if bacon and something else were ok, and I said yes, but I didn't have bacon nor that something else on my salad, so I was a bit confused by that. And that salad was just ok. Wes had a BLT, no T and I think, liked it. The french fries are great.. I ate some of his.

If it's a nice day, go to the CWE and eat outside. There's lots of places to eat and lots going on. It's especially great for people watching! Bring your shades, so no one can see your eyeballs!

Happy Eating!

Eleven Eleven Mississippi

Saturday night, we ate at Eleven Eleven Mississippi. If you live in St. Louis, this also happens to be the address. I loved every minute of it. We had a gift certificate, so we definitely indulged! We started with a bottle of muscato, yum yum! The bread was some type of focaccia and totally amazing! And of course there was Parmesan cheese and olive oil for your dipping pleasure. We both had salads to begin with.. I went for their ranch dressing.. a bacon-y ranch.. it was good, but Wes's strawberry vinaigrette was to die for! SO flavorful. And that is their house dressing, so get it when you go. For dinner, I had potato encrusted grouper, it was delish.. a little rubbery.. in the past, my groupers have been a little more like pulled pork, when it came to the texture.. I don't know which way is "better" but I prefer the pulled pork texture. And I'm a huge texture snob. I substituted my celery puree (instant gag.. I hate celery) for sweet potato puree, had some lobster sauce and roasted asparagus.. Wes had a steak (it was one of the specials), it was delish and red onion mashed potatoes and asparagus, also.. I wish I would have gotten what Wes got.. His had so much more flavor than mine did. For dessert, I had gooey butter cake, it was FABULOUS! You know how some gooey butters are a little more custard-y runny.. this was more cake-y.. Again, texture people! I prefer cake-y. And Wes had strawberry ice cream and some type of dessert cocktail that we couldn't even drink half off.. it was SO strong. It burnt anything it touched.

The ambiance was fantastic! You walk in the door, directly to the hostess stand. Can stay on that level, which appeared to be more bar-y, I think there were TVs, too. Or head upstairs for a more dinner-y atmosphere. It was total city, loft style with exposed cielings, which I adored. Parking seemed readily available. There were a handful of spots in front, or free parallel parking across the street. Also a couple of lots, maybe even a garage. We definitely can't afford to frequent Eleven Eleven Mississippi, but I would def go again!

Look for the yellow awnings!

You're The Wind Beneath My Wings..

TGIF!

In today's paper, we found a chicken wing review. I've only been to two out of the six restaurants listed, however, I've added the other four to my list of places to eat.. as well as places to eat WINGS. I've never been much of a wing eater.. then I went to Culpepper's one night, like in December. And if you go to Culpepper's you have to get wings. It's like the law. Since then, I've basically craved the little suckers. It brings me back to my cave woman days.. no it doesn't. But they're delicious! I leave a lot of meat on the bone, so sometimes I opt for boneless wings. I'm just not sure of the difference between boneless wings and fingers and tenders.. anyway, here's the article.

Wings of desire: 6 great spots for chicken wings

Ok, so. The review is based on each restaurant's 'original' sauce.. of course most of these places have more than one recipe.. so when the reviewers bitch complain about it not being spicy enough, HELLO, order the spicier sauce.

I've been to..
Culpepper's: Love the wings.. I ordered the sweet and spicy, maybe Honey BBQish.. I don't recall the mixed dipping sauce (Life Sherpa says mix of blue cheese and peppercorn ranch).. but maybe I asked for ranch, so they brought me ranch (a plus). I also remember thinking and talking to my dinner partners about how they were so crispy, but chewy or meaty and juicy.. I really wanted to order more..

and Syberg's: Comparable to Culpepper's, I thought.. crispy and juicy/chewy/meaty, very delish. I think I had their sweet and spicy, too.. don't roll your eyes, I didn't know I would have to remember this information when I was there! Life Sherpa and Beer Guy talk about mustard sauce?? Well, I definitely had nothing remotely close to mustard, because I find mustard to be disgusting!

Have a great weekend! Eat up!
-J.

Bingo.

Q: How cute are we that My Name is Hungry's inaugural post came on Valentine's Day!
A: Soooooooooooooooooooooo cute!

Welcome to My Name is Hungry.

Mary and I are here as your go-to girls for restaurant reviews. We're no food critics, and we don't expect our reviews to influence you if you are a food critic.. we're just regular peeps, that like to eat and drink, and prefer a satisfying breakfast (lunch, or dinner) out experience.

I hate when I'm with a group of people and every one's answer to, "Where do you wanna eat?" is "I don't care." or "I don't know." UGH, frustration. Do you really want me to choose? I wish someone would have come up with this oh so helpful and awesome idea when I was in college.. when more time was spent driving around our 5-mile-radius college town, instead of at the restaurant itself!

Soon, we're gonna have an app for this. That's right. I said it.

Happy Eating!
-J.