So we decided to try one of the new resturants at Jordan Creek Mall, On the Border. So we headed over there and the parking lot was packed. This was not too surprising, it being a Friday night. We head in and get our pager thing, which apprently everyone loves, but can be problematic sometimes.
But we sat down outside, since it was just a beautiful day out. We chatted for a while and we finally got bored after about 30 minutes or so, and went in and checked how much time we had left. We were apprently 1 or two away on the list and sat down shortly afterwards.
We got a seat that I'm not a huge fan of, but it was kinda fun to see. We were sat right in front of the kitchen doors. So there was constant traffic coming in and out and you got to see on the inside of the kitchen. So this is where I'd like to say how everything was just shiney clean on the inside, but I can't. The looked clean from my vantage point, but the floors were fairly dirty. It was like they didn't have time to sweep up or something. The resturant wasn't exactly dark, but the kitchen was very bright, so the light kept spilling out over and over.
We were almost immediatly served chips and a little later served salsa. The chips were obviously fresh, but they were unevenly salted. So some had lots of salt and some had none, but even with that, they were still good. The salsa was good, it was a little warm in the spiceyness, not to much, and it was veyr consistant and well mixed. I liked it.
So we ate chips and salsa.
And ate more chips and salsa...
And finally after our chips and salsa were almost gone, our waitress showed up to take our drink and food order. Shannon ordered Double-Stacked Club Quesadillas (On the border describes it as: Stuffed with fajita chicken, cheese, crumbled bacon, fresh avocado and caramelized red peppers and onions. Served with sour cream, pico de gallo and Roasted Jalapeno Ranch dressing for dipping.) and I had the The Ultimate Fajita (On the Border describes it as: Mesquite-grilled steak, marinated chicken, sauteed shrimp and roasted pork carnitas. Topped with sauteed peppers.).
Shannon's enjoyed her food, and it was tasty, the Fajita mix was good...the shrimp was good, the chicken, good, the steak was a bit over cooked on the outside and undercooked on the inside. It was still spiced pretty well and was over quite tasty. there was, however one big issue. The onions were not all carmelized, a few of them were actually burnt, and I didn't notice until I had bit into it.
Shannon ordered a dessert, and we shared it. It was the Border Brownie Sundae (On the Border describes it as: A decadent chocolate brownie topped with vanilla ice cream, pecan praline sauce and chopped nuts.). It was good, bt I've had better ice cream and better brownies, so it wasn't really amazing. There was one problem though. And this is something I found out with the nuclear brownies I've made, is that when you heat them in the microwave for too long, they can burn themselves. Since there is so much sugar and fat in brownies, it doesn't take much to burn them in the microwave. And there were parts of the brownies that were.
Anyways, I've heard from Brandon and Val that thier fare (ie non-fajita) is much better then then the Fajitias.
Anyways, it'll be worth a second visit.
On our way home we stopped at Best Buy and bought us the new digital camera I wanted. Mmmm...I've been playing with the camera this morning and it's been fun.