Good ABQ Eats

This restaurant is CLOSED. Post will remain for nostalgia. Restaurant: Tim's Place Cuisine: American/New Mexican Tim Harris owns Tim's Place. A restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, and hugs . That's right! You can order one of Tim's hugs right from the menu. They're free, low-cal and good for your heart. I first heard about this place in an email from a co-worker a couple of years ago. Since then, I've seen a commercial for it on t.v, and saw a special CBS news report about about Tim this past Fathers Day. I had never found the time to go there however, until today. Tim's Place closes at 2:30 daily, and I arrived around 2:00, so I decided to go for something that would be quick, and something I had been craving all day long. A cheeseburger. It's listed on the menu as "Just A Burger", and comes with fries, salad, onion rings, or fruit. I also ordered a cup of their daily soup, which was creamy potato with bacon (sadly not pictured!). I got...

UPDATE This restaurant is CLOSED.  Post will remain for nostalgic purposes. Restaurant:  Golden Bird Cuisine: Chinese I think the first time I ever had a sizzling rice soup was at the Panda Inn in Pasadena, CA. Just the name itself arouses some type of curiosity. A soup made of sizzling rice? Not quite, but not far off the mark either. This type of soup is hard to find in Albuquerque. I only came across it at one other location, but that place closed down before I had a chance to get over there and try it out. Oh well. Golden Bird's rice soup is spot on and very similar to what I've had in the past, which is a good thing. Savory chicken stock loaded with vegetables and tender white meat chicken. There is also a seafood version of this soup available. The best part (other than the broth) is the sizzling rice itself. The rice is deep fried until golden crisp, and then dropped as soon as possible into the boiling hot soup, creating a sizzling affect. This is all...