Délicieux Dîner au Frederick’s

yay!

Every couple of weeks, we go to dinner with friends of ours and alternate the restaurant choice.  After a stinker on our part, our friends suggested Frederick’s for a special occasion, my birthday :).  We’ve heard that Frederick’s is fabulous so we were excited about their choice.  Frederick’s is touted as a Franco-Vietnamese restaurant.  Truly, it seemed much more French than Vietnamese to me, but the food was delicious just the same.   Continue reading

Little Aussie Bakery: Pretty Good for Gluten-Free

But thank God I don’t have Celiac’s disease.  I was missing my Houston favorite, Empire Cafe, so I searched Yelp and Urbanspoon and it seemed like Little Aussie Bakery would be a good substitute.  A hippie-ish feel in a yuppy-ish part of town – yayyyy!  Well, I didn’t read the parts about how it’s a gluten-free establishment.  In fact, you cannot even bring in any items that might have gluten in them (not that I carry around a pile of donuts and buns).  I guess people with gluten sensitivities will steal your baked goods and eat them?  Or the gluten dust will turn them into stone?  Not sure.   Continue reading