The Beautyshop- Great Food, No Hairstyles lol

Hey to the yummy chummy followers!

Last week was yet a delicious feast again. On June 27, we went back to one of our favorite neighborhoods in the Memphis area, Cooper Young. We dined at the Beautyshop and no ladies and gentlemen we did not get our hair done. We loved the decor with old beauty salon accessories......the old hair dryers and shampoo basins teasing our memories!  The parking arrangement is rather strange in that all the lots around the restaurant are for other places.....none designated for The Beauty Shop.  Not to worry the waiters said.......no one has been TOWED  YET......it's not very crowded YET......we THINK you will be fine!  Although no one was towed, you might want to think about parking on the street!We got our bellies very full. The appetizer was a yummy guacamole dip. Can you say AMAZING! Big chunks of avocado with the mushy part too.....not as liquid as at Las Delicias(?) guacamole which we also give high marks.  This guac(a little restaurant lingo for you!) rated just as high! Now i will include some thoughts from our group below about their dishes:

Janice 's old fashioned, pan-fried burger was OK.

Marieta and Nelda's BLTs were very good and delicious respectively.

Meli's grilled cheese with tomato was delicious (they used provolone cheese!!!)

Fay and Norris got one of the specials : a ham and cheese crepe. Fay thought it was OK; Norris thought it was good but not great.

Shirley and Melva got the chicken sandwich with a homemade roll. Shirley thought it rated a 10 whereas Melva thought it good but not great.

 

Now to the best part of a meal. The desserts!!!  Several desserts were ordered: chocolate crepe, one with ice cream and one without; berry crepe with ice cream; creme brûlée; and pistachio ice cream.  Conclusions: creeps are better with ice cream (shocker!), creme brûlée rich, creamy & delicious; pistachio ice cream  was great!

 

The presentation of the food was SUPERB! Kudos to the Beautyshop for presentation and food!

 

Overall ranking: 7.56

 

Now yummy chummy followers this was out last outing for June and in two weeks we will be going on excursion to Booneville for lunch and a little shopping!

 

Happy 4th of July to everyone!

 

Love the Yoummy Chummys!

 

PS! Bible study is starting back up for the leaders of CBS and for those of you interested in being a part of a great bible study please google community bible fellowship and look for Memphis! We would be glad to share the gospel with you :)

Bayou Bar & Grill- One of the BEST ever!

Bayou Bar and Grill
2094 Madison Ave
Memphis TN
http://www.bayoubarmemphis.com/

Hey fellow chummy followers:

On Wednesday June 20 we went to Bayou Grill!! It was soooooo yummy to most of us! With the exception of Connie, all attending gave The Bayou Bar & Grill a pretty high rating!  Connie's étouffée left a lot to be desired she said. She also thought the place a little dirty.  I guess the rest of us called that "atmosphere" as we merrily stuffed our faces. While it is no fine dining establishment the atmoshpere is still great and the food was wonderful.

We were so glad to have Marilyn, Isabella and Brook join us this week.  You would not believe it but we have a young member of our group that might be around the age of 8 named Brook who can name the entire Dugger family!!!That is a lot of J's!  Marilyn ordered a crab bisque  She thought it was very creamy, which she stated most bisque are, BUT she would not order it again.  Good to remember.  Brook and Melanie said thier fries were great.  Janice ordered the hamburger and described it as AWESOME! Nelda and Melva enjoyed the 1/4 muffuletta and a cup of gumbo. The muffuletta was tasty...a lot of bread, but I guess that is normal on a muffuletta?  The gumbo was yummy for sure!  Meli ordered a veggie burger and described it as "delicious".

Now to desserts!  Ahhhhhhh!  DESSERTS!   We started with one order of bread pudding and an order of apple cobbler both with ice cream.  Janice took one look at the size of the bread pudding and decided to order another one,  Some of the words used to describe the bread pudding : "out of this world" & " outstanding"!   The apple cobbler was excellent as well.

Other points to be made about Bayou: prices were reasonable and it has a very nice outside seating area. This area even has little misters to keep you cool in the summer. Question would be if those fine mist sprayers really make it comfortable in the hot Memphis summer????  Some of us thought we would be willing to give it a try maybe not in 105 degree weather lol..  It would definitely be good to return in the fall though and sit outside.

TOTAL SCORE: 7.43

Our other BIG news this week was the addition of Peter Thomas Gibson to our group!  I know that everyone joins me in sending congrats , best wishes and love to the Gibson family of FOUR and to the proud grandparents, Donna and Bob! We all can't wait to meet little Pete personally and welcome him into Yummy Chummys! Peter will be our FIRST male member!!!

Until next time!

Love the Yummy Chummys!