While the Girls are Away.....again

...the parents will eat out and try those restaurants that the girls never want to try!

Sunday night, we went out with our dear friends the Marchals. We dared to try Cafe Malaga in downtown McKinney. It is a Mediterranean Tapas Bar, and we actually enjoyed trying the different Tapas available. We sampled: Artichoke Tapenade, Mojete, Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus, Goat Cheese-Stuffed Piquillo Peppers, Wood Grilled Hanger Steak, Pork Tenderloin, and Chicken Kebabs.

On Monday night, we went to Aparicio's Mexican Restaurant again in downtown McKinney. We had actually been here, but it was nice to go without hearing any complaints and whining! Bill had the Bandera Plate which is 3 Chicken Enchiladas with 1 red, 1 green, 1 sour cream sauce with Rice and Beans, and I had a Spinach Enchilada with sour cream sauce, Cheese Enchilada with Queso along with Rice and Beans! YUMMY!

Tuesday took us to Boston's where we both sampled some of their yummy pasta: Bill had the Mama Meata® Bow Tie Pasta and I had the Chicken Milano. It was really good, but the service was horrible.

Wednesday was New Year's Eve. We both had to work and decided to wait to decide where to eat until that day...it is hard to make reservations when you don't know what kind of food you will want to eat that day! Anyway, we managed to find availability at Mama Emilia's in downtown McKinney. Oh, my, I really think this was my favorite of the week. The atmosphere was very nice and the food was delicious...well, once we adjusted to the marinara being sweeter than we are used to. We can't wait to take the girls here and let them sample the Mac & Cheese. Bill had the Chicken Casesar Salad with Lasagna, while I had the Mama's Italian Salad with Manicotti.

Thursday, we went with a family tried and true favorite, the Texas Roadhouse. Can't go wrong with their salad and sweet tea. Throw in a couple of steaks and you got a great meal! It was fantastic as usual!

And finally on Friday, even after the crushing blow about Bill's job, we decided to continue our quest and ended up at Cadillac Pizza Pub in downtown. We were there too early for the evening entertainment (thankfully), but we did enjoy some yummy food: nachos and a really good pizza that I can't recall the name of, but we liked it and the crust was great! If only our girls liked pizza, we could take them and try something else...like Tabasco Hot Wings or the Escalade pizza (the works in laymen's terms)!