Busy = no cooking

A couple weeks ago, J and I took a trip out to Cook's Warehouse. I was mainly on the lookout for a boning knife, though I had looked before and not caved in. This time though, I found one that I liked with the Grand Prix II handle. (As you know, I am a Wusthof fan.) There was also a clearance on knives, though they were mostly sets that you never really want to buy, but the prices ranged up over $200 each.

J and I had been looking for some non-serrated steak knives for a long time, discovering that our stainless steel serrated ones were actually really difficult to use and tears meat. I think they are Farberware, but they looked all nice and shiny, at least. Among all the boxes, I found a nice set of Wusthof non-serrated steak knives, but with a price tag of $200. I couldn't believe it. I took the knives to the counter to see if that was really the price, and it turns out that the real price was $60. That was doable. And so we have good steak knives now.

The sad thing is that since I bought the knives, I have been working non-stop, day and late into the night, so I haven't been cooking at all. Too tired when I get home, too exhausted to even think about going into the kitchen. So my new knives have been sitting in their bag in the kitchen, waiting for their initial wash to join the rest of the kitchen.

This two weeks of eating out has pretty much meant that we have had almost every cuisine that we generally like excluding southern, Korean, and Mexican.

Tonight, we went to the Grecian Gyro which I had originally found a coupon for and done some reason on. As it turns out, it was as good as the reviews I had read. J and I each had a souvlaki which was topped with plenty of "sauce" as they called it, a very herby tzatziki. They were rolled very tightly and well. We also got the grape leaves, which were pretty well flavored for not having any meat. Six in a small plate or ten in a large. I would have liked them with some tzatziki maybe, but they were very moist and good. We also got a side salad which was iceberg lettuce with some random onion slices, a couple cucumber half moons, and a tomato slice. Also, one olive. Lots of dried herbs which made it good, but I found the feta offering to be rather sad.

All in all, it was very good, and for about $17 (including two sodas). It's close by, so it's a good addition to our normal places.

I've already mentioned that we found Shorty's in Tucker. It's funny to find so many decent places in the Tucker corridor. I've read about a couple other places recently so I'll keep looking and see what else we can come up with.

I don't think I have mentioned that we have been going to Skip's Hot Dogs sometimes -- another find based on coupons. It's also close by. Although I got a normal hot dog with kraut the first time, typically I like to get two Chicago dogs. I've never had Chicago dogs in Chicago, except one at the airport that really doesn't count. But these are good and flavorful. I'll leave the kraut and mustard dogs to home-cooked Nathan's but these are a cheap, tasty, and surprisingly filling meal.