Watts Grocery...Bringing It from the Farm to the Table!

Watts Grocery

Dish:  Farmer’s Cheese Hushpuppies with Basil Mayo

Critique:  Served piping hot out of the fryer…these hushpuppies were crispy on the outside and moist on the inside- with cheese!  The basil mayo added a unique twist in a very good way.  Bonus points to Mr. Basil for bringing the mayo to the hushpuppies PAR-TAY!

Score: 4 Out of 4 Hotties!











Dish:  Watts Cobb Salad with Fried NC Chicken

Critique:  This wonderful salad read Sweetly’s mind, which is quite hard to do.  Tossed in a delicious vinaigrette- it gave her exactly what wanted.  From the cornmeal crusted chicken to the bacon to the avocado and deviled egg, everything was perfect and tantalizing.  What else does one need in a salad? Nom Nom!

Score: 3 ½ Out of 4 Hotties!





Dish:  Steak Sandwich with Potato Salad

Critique:  Happy Dance Time!  The Hotness is ashamed to admit that she couldn’t finish this awesome steak sandwich.  Simplicity at it’s very best…Duke’s Mayo, white cheddar and sautéed onions.  Oh Happy Day indeed.  The potato salad could have used more salt, but for some reason The Hotness couldn’t stop eating it.  Go figure.

Steak Sandwich Score:  4 Out of 4 Hotties!
Potato Salad Score:  2 ½ Out of 4 Hotties!



Dish:  Carrot Cupcake

Critique:  Normally, The Hotness can demolish a cupcake in one single bite.  However, this cupcake proved to be a challenge.  While the carrot cake itself was divine, the icing was too thick and dense for her preference.

Score:  2 ½ Out of 4 Hotties!

Sushi is as Sushi Does! Waraji Japanese Restaurant

Waraji Japanese Restaurant in Raleigh, NC

Dish: Miso Soup and Garden Salad with Ginger Dressing

Critique:  Sweetly wasn’t swept off her feet with the miso soup.  It lacked flavor and seemed a bit watery.  She wished for more miso with her miso!  Now The Hotness is a ginger aficionado and appreciates all things ginger.  The garden salad was exceptional and each bite of the thick ginger dressing left her wanting más.

Miso Score: 2 Out of 4 Hotties!
Salad w/ Ginger Dressing: 4 Out of 4 Hotties!


Dish:  Suzuki 500 Sushi Roll

Critique:  Salmon! Shrimp! Avocado! Eel! Scallions!  And it’s all deep fried? Yes! Sweetly thought she had a winning sushi combination.  However, the flavors didn’t match and the roll tasted a wee bit bland.  Sweetly has since decided that salmon should never be deep fried.  This dish was strike two for Sweetly…

Score: 2 Out of 4 Hotties!



Dish:  Spider Sushi Roll

Critique:  Crab is like bacon, you can never go wrong with it.  The sushi pieces were SO HUGE that The Hotness needed a chainsaw to cut them into edible pieces.  The roll was perfect- it had soft shell crab, scallions, and spicy mayo.  To all sushi amateurs:  The spider roll brings the sushi!  Can you handle it?  Oh, yes you can!

Score: 4 Out of 4 Hotties!



Dish:  Tonkotsu Ramen

Critique:  We will never look at ramen noodles the same way again.  Once the dish arrived, we realized that we were robbed of our formidable ramen years.  Oh yea babe, this was how ramen was supposed to taste.  Forget those old school oodles and noodles, this is was the real deal Holyfield! Ramen noodles, sliced roast pork, steamed spinach, bamboo shoots, green onions, and hard boiled eggs. Fantastic! Easy Homerun!!

Score: 4 Out of 4 Hotties!