WHERE'S THE BEEF?

Celebrating "Christmas in July" and summer birthdays with the Waychoff family at Anamia's mexican restaurant in Coppell

Saltgrass Steakhouse got a big thumbs up from all of us! Texas beef never tasted so good!

Knotty Pine BBQ was the Tucker family favorite

One of our favorite things to do this summer was eat at our favorite restaurants-everything from Mexican Food to ribs to Blue Bell ice cream to steaks. Everything from Taco Bell to Taco Bueno and beyond. If you haven't tried a cheesecake chimichanga from Taco Bueno, you don't know what you're missing! Fortunately there was a Bueno with a late-night drive-thru window by our hotel. It's a good thing we didn't weigh when we arrived in the U.S. and again when we left, because there was definitely some "excess baggage" to be dealt with! A couple of times we burnt ourselves out on mexican food, but it only lasted a day or two and we were back enjoying it again. And U.S. beef never tasted so good! Saltgrass Steakhouse was definitely a favorite, not to mention "crab-crackin' Monday" at Red Lobster. And this may be hard for you to stomach, but our family total for coneys consumed at Coney Island in Tulsa this summer was 62! (and that was in a period of about 17 days-if Shelby had stuck around a little longer before heading back to Singapore, I'm sure we would have hit 70 or more!) The chili-cheese coneys are small, but it's all about the steamed buns...... I also renewed my love for Arby's roast beef sandwiches and jamocha shakes - yum! And here's another thing we had always taken for granted in the U.S., ice in our drinks! In Singapore they are very frugal with their ice and it was a big deal to come back and not only get ice in our drinks, but REFILLS too! Oh my gosh! Free refills on drinks! Now that's a concept that Singapore does not embrace.