No Reason For This List

Want to know the best way to ruin a lovely 90 degree NY day?  Publish an article about the worst chain dishes in terms of calorie and include one of my favorite dishes on that list.
Yup, PF Changs has the honor of being included on this list.  My go to dish, the double pan fried noodles has over 1,800 calories.  Wow!   I guess when something is not fried once, but twice, the calories add up.
I wonder if I will keep on eating it knowing this info now, probably. 
For more delicious un-nutritious dishes check out the link below.
http://www.cspinet.org/nah/articles/xtremeeating2010.html

Pita Grill is Pita Good

Anyone that lives in NYC knows Pita Grill.  It really is a staple of NYC eating and I am shocked that I have not written about this grill sooner.
I became a fan of this restaurant when it opened up it's Murray Hill location a few years ago.  Everything in the restaurant revolves around, you guessed it, a Pita.  They have various sandwiches served on a pita, platters that include pita and sides where you can dip your pita.
I have a few favorite go-to's here.  For sandwiches I enjoy the Thai Chicken Lite, which is a delicious piece of grilled chicken, lettuce, onions and tomatoes, I get it without the tomatoes obvi and a lite thai peanut sauce.  What I also have been doing lately is adding hot sauce to the equation.  Another sandwich that I like is the Hawaiian Pita, you can get it with Steak or Chicken.  Both are good.  The only bad thing about their sandwiches is that they can be rather messy to eat because a lot of the time the food falls out of said Pita.
When I am on the hungrier side, I get the platters.  All sandwiches can also be platters.  The platters include rice and veggies, but the great part is that you can substitute one of those for hummus.  I sub the veggies for the California Hummus which is excellent.  They add cilantro to it which gives it a fun kick!
I also really like the Pita Salad.  It is what one might refer to as a "Rori" salad.  It comes with craisins, chicken and grilled eggplant.  It is also served with feta cheese, but I HATE feta so I order it without the cheese.  Another menu option here are the rice bowls.  Cousin usually gets that and it looks delicious.  It is essentially a big bowl of rice and salad all mixed together.  Next time I go to Pita Grill I will try this.  They also have paninis but I think if you are at Pita Grill you shouldnt get a panini, save that for somewhere else.
One thing kinda annoying about Pita Grill is that because it is so good, if you dont place your order before you arrive you probably will have to wait a good 15 minutes or so for it to be ready.  Not a huge deal but good to note.

Mixing it Up with DJ Pauly D

While we wait in anticipation for the next season of The Jersey Shore, we have two things to make us happy.  One is the new season of Real Housewives of NJ (which actually was very disappointing last night) and this new ad campaign that Baskin Robbins is running for their 31 Below Ice Cream Creation.   The 31 Below is pretty much a Mc Flurry or a DQ Blizzard so I guess they needed to find a great figure like my personal facebook friend DJ Pauly D to help sell this creation.  I really like Baskin Robbins.  When I was a kid I would get it all the time.  I really liked the Daiquiri Ice Flavor which was probably a bit of foreshadowing of my young adult life.  Anyway, check out the man and all his DJ muscles below.  If you buy one of these bad boys you can text to get a free music download.  I recommend the song Dance! by Datarock, it reminds me of DJ Pauly D.

Frozen Yogurt Companies Please Read

Dear Great Chain Frozen Yogurt Companies,
Hello, my name is Rori and I am a chain restaurant blogger.  I am also a big Yankees fan and have an idea that I think will make you very rich.  Please open up a frozen yogurt stand in Yankee Stadium.  If you do so, I promise it will be a big success.  Whenever I am at a game I am always thinking to myself, man I wish they had frozen yogurt here.  That would be the perfect treat after my foot long hot dog or buffalo chicken sliders.
TCBY, Pinkberry, Red Mango, Berrywild, Tasti d Lite, if you are reading this consider opening up a shop in Yankee Stadium.
Thank you,
Rori
CEO and President of Chain of Food

PS - I didnt address this to Yogurtland or 16 Handles because I think the topping bar would be way too intense for a stadium.

PPS - I know that there is Carvel, but sometimes you want to save a few calories for beer, hence why we need the fro you stand.