Five Guys, Five Guys!

Five Guys Burger and Fries
15011 NE 24th Street, Redmond, WA 98052 (148th Ave NE) | (425) 643-8111 |  http://gofiveguys.com/menu/redmond



Its been a really long time since I've first heard of Five Guys Burgers and Fries. But only recently did i have the chance to try it, reason being the only Five Guys location i knew of was all the way in Surrey and I did not drive back then, which made it kind of impossible to go try.

Anyways this past weekend i went on a mini road trip with my family to Portland (just for the weekend~). Theres no tax in Portland which is why everything feels cheaper. It was a long drive from Vancouver to Portland so we made a quick stop for food, we were going to go to Jack-in-the-box when my sister and i spotted Five Guys hiding behind.

We just had to go try!!

Walking into the place, the ground was covered in peanut shells, this made me question "Are all Five Guys like this?", "Where did all the peanut shells come from?". The questions in my head kept coming so I asked the cashier. It turns out they have a box of peanuts for the customers to munch on and the customers just so happens like to throw their shells on the floor.

Anyways, I've been a huge fan of In-n-Out Burgers for a while now, so I really wanted to know what made Five Guys so different, and why do I hear people raving about their stuff.

So after reading some of the posters they had on the walls I learnt that Five guys cooks with peanut oil,  peanut oil is low in saturated fats, free from cholesterol and contains essential fatty acids such as omega-6 making it one of the healthiest oils to cook with.

Our burgers & peanuts 

Can you see how soft the buns are?? 

The patty was made in front of us when we made our order. One of the juicier patties I've had, my mom actually prefers this over the generic fast food burgers from Vancouver, reasons being:

a) The patty was made in front of us meaning that they were not pre cooked, because of this the burger tasted juicier and fresher.

b) Although the price is a littler higher than average but you're getting what you paid for (which is above average). And plus an average burger at McDonalds is around $5

c) There is a long list of toppings for you to add to your burger, this way every burger is customized to satisfy your tastebuds 

d) Free peanuts!!

It wasn't until later that I found out each Five Guys burger actually contains less calories than a McDonalds burger. You can find a detailed list of nutrition content of each burger HERE.

Black Friday

Black Friday in Seattle

I have so many posts to catch up on but I thought I should update my trip to Seattle for Black Friday first since it was just 2 weeks a month ago.

It was kind of a last minute trip K and I have been talking about it for over a week, but never got around to deciding if we were going for sure. I only found at 6pm Friday night (when K got off work) that we were going to actually go, so I had no plans on where to go, eat and sleep. It took us 3 hours alone to prepare for the trip!

I was kind of doubtful at this time, because I like having everything planned ahead of time and because it was almost 10pm I thought the line up at the borders would be super long. Surprisingly, I was wrong. The border wait was less than 15 mins.

Here was our itinerary:

- Seattle Premium Outlets
- Best Buy
- Fry's Electronics
- Hotel (Pacific Executive Hotel)
- Northgate Mall
- Nordstrom Rack
- Westfield Southcenter

If you live in Seattle, without thinking you would know that something is wrong with the order of our itinerary. Shopping at the outlets took longer than we thought, by the time we were finished it was already 12:30am - 1:00am, we had to drive an additional 1.5 hours to get to the hotel which would give us 2:30am for our arrival time. We had to check out at 11am, giving us not many hours to sleep already, So, if we were to go Best Buy and Fry's it would probably take up another 1 - 2 hour.

Another issue that came up was that it was K's first time in Seattle so he had no idea where we were going or what he wanted to do. The hotel we booked was a 3.6-star in the heart of downtown, 1 block away from Louis Vuitton and Gucci and right beside the W Hotel.

I just have to say that for a hotel in the heart of downtown, The Pacific Executive Hotel was a disappointment. First of all, we arrived at 2:30am.

- there was no option for late check out
- the valet was full
- parking costed $25
- the building was old and has not been recently renovated (reason why I say this is because the elevator felt like it could stop any minute and the ceiling above the shower had huge cracks and looked like it was going to fall down)
- there was a glow stick hanging off the picture frame in our room
- the shower did not supply hot water so we had to change rooms in the middle of the night 

To be honest, it was the last 2 points that disappointed me the most. Lets just say I had higher expectations.

Infamous sign

Little girl playing the violin outside

 The generous people of Seattle

Within 5 mins... (see her violin box?) I mean she's so cute and talented, how can you resist?!?

 Inside the Public Market, too early = ="

Tye-dye clothing - haven't seen those since the 90's

Flower vendors

Anyways, when we woke up we headed to Pike Place Public Market looking for food, it was recommended by K's sister (very reliable source when it comes to food).

Busy making Piroshkies

Breakfast.

We were told that Piroshky Piroshky and Clam Chowder were really good, so we had to go try it for ourselves. Unfortunately it was pouring throughout our stay in Seattle so K didn't want to walk in the rain for too long. We quickly grabbed 2 beef and cheese piroshkys and drove off to our next destination (Northgate Mall)

To our disappointment Northgate mall was smaller than we hoped for, the main reason why we wanted to go in the first place was because there was a Nordstrom Rack. None of us have been to Nordstrom Rack before but we've heard really good reviews saying how they have great discounts designer stuff.

I ended up buying a pair of Kate Spade rain boots and some make up.

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