Last night I started the evening at Bardog’s happy hour. A new menu item they’ve been doing lately is “Dog of the Day,” a gourmet hot dog. Last night the Dog of the Day was a McSorley’s beer-battered hot dog with caramelized onions, Dijon mustard and American cheese. Shame I wasn’t hungry because it looked delicious. Beer-battered anything is a winner in my book.
Today’s dog is an I (heart) NY dog, 100% beef with caramelized onions, red peppers, and cinnamon cayenne horseradish mustard. They also have Bangkok mussels and beer cheese soup. Kudos to Bardog for taking photos of the chalkboard where they post specials, and then posting the pics to Facebook.
I didn’t feel like walking all the way to Ferraro’s for their trivia night, so I decided to give the Silly Goose’s trivia night a try. I immediately felt at home, because it’s the exact same format as the old Flying Saucer trivia night when Pete the Trivia Guy had creative control. Then again, that’s not surprising because it was called by Charles, who used to call trivia at the Cordova Saucer. Five questions plus a bonus question per round, bonus questions worth 10, 20 and 30 points. Questions were challenging but not ponderous. There were a few softballs thrown in, probably to give Brick, who was playing, a chance to feel smart. Since I went there on the spur of the moment, I didn’t have a team with me. I still managed to get more than half the questions right, but not enough to place in the top three.
A few sample questions:
Where did fireworks originate? (China)
Exactly how many bytes are in a kilobyte? (1024)
Caryn Johnson is the real name of what actress and talk show host? (Whoopi Goldberg)
Next week they’re starting a new promotion. The team who has the highest cumulative score between next week and the end of August will receive a $300 bar tab. This is in addition to the weekly prizes. Pretty good deal… I may be back next week. May even revive the Rapscallions team name if there’s interest.
Fun fact I learned on Twitter this morning: Asparagus helps you avoid hangovers by doubling the rate at which you metabolize alcohol. I need to stop by City Market and pick some up. Of course, I don’t have a clue how to cook asparagus.
Speaking of City Market, they’ve started doing Indian food on Wednesdays. Today they have Vegetable Korma, Okra Masala and Cumin Rice.
The Memphis Chamber has put up video of the grand opening of the M Spot, a patio on the north side of the Falls Building (Front and Court), where up to 100 devices can connect to free Wi-Fi. Fantastic resource for those who visit Memphis with their laptops, and for locals too.
Everyone be careful this evening. Severe weather is likely for West Tennessee, and I really hope it waits until AFTER I get home. The MemphisWeather.Net blog has a summary of what will happen. No definite plans for tonight, but severe weather or not, I’ll be out somewhere.