tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68876271983010153832024-03-14T03:19:20.218-07:00Very Lazy Daisy Food and DrinkAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-67430304511234959082013-09-01T14:05:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:32:43.398-07:00DJS Homecooked Meal!<span style="color: #660000;"><i>Sophia says: </i></span>Hello Readers! We have a very special review for you. My friend Deanna, Josh, and I decided to have a dinner party for my mom and dad. We planned it a month ahead of time and I was really excited. The menu was edamame for an appetizer, salmon with sun-dried tomatoes for the main course, Greek lemon roasted potatoes and glazed carrots for side dishes, and last but not least, strawberry shortcake for dessert. We made everything from scratch, and my mom and dad didn't know the menu till that night. It was really fun baking, stirring, and chopping food, and my mom and dad LOVED it. It was a wonderful time. I hope you like my photos and my captions!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1-8f7V2mtX5xlZb8jXD5h4PMHSR-QF8kquuQ8_7QkQzhVRbi45K3pQkmVKGJ3YEwDT-VaZAxwwcNNhqRi1kbtvwgRHbrCag28UUsRo9PChuKNPALef2Gu3Es4m0LDsthkZNQoqXH-SKPM/s1600/deanna+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1-8f7V2mtX5xlZb8jXD5h4PMHSR-QF8kquuQ8_7QkQzhVRbi45K3pQkmVKGJ3YEwDT-VaZAxwwcNNhqRi1kbtvwgRHbrCag28UUsRo9PChuKNPALef2Gu3Es4m0LDsthkZNQoqXH-SKPM/s320/deanna+002.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the menu</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwtuCdmW6-oXRVzsbk22WO2Sx0be38qtpfJMQ8ZPRNN1M_ws9FDG5Ocf8L_yFJ1cAfAoBHYzQqLf6FcUiGsRfPUJtNhtCAydE1QtEBXO77IsUy1IdDHHnRubDKLDyzIpE5uQAQchc5m7rH/s1600/deanna+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwtuCdmW6-oXRVzsbk22WO2Sx0be38qtpfJMQ8ZPRNN1M_ws9FDG5Ocf8L_yFJ1cAfAoBHYzQqLf6FcUiGsRfPUJtNhtCAydE1QtEBXO77IsUy1IdDHHnRubDKLDyzIpE5uQAQchc5m7rH/s320/deanna+004.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deanna and Sophia</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8UcU5jKB2wqz0LmuAseBC370NACD9qWzU7zYsn_i0kKNxSsx1fTWHRkxPeFfu2PIfRsVSjAgCy0KCt-yy5dtOP5oAl9qCugDu0Pp4Unf4nk2F2GIeVYuRjq89UzLkLvhH2_vJ2E5gmv2/s320/deanna+003.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">edamame</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwu7pYJJ3uYsHKyr3dLEp-ebeJ3AykXF7qLziyfylRirLqSIZDZwPNXGqdWBdCuILSL1YWzO18CQ5IxE9lKr-nqeaxNOytx2etRf2QYmmQkMjcBbgrK6SwkXRwQwtjOrxBmsH1jtaoWTS/s1600/deanna+006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwu7pYJJ3uYsHKyr3dLEp-ebeJ3AykXF7qLziyfylRirLqSIZDZwPNXGqdWBdCuILSL1YWzO18CQ5IxE9lKr-nqeaxNOytx2etRf2QYmmQkMjcBbgrK6SwkXRwQwtjOrxBmsH1jtaoWTS/s320/deanna+006.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Josh and Mom</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bPW37kldvafUOn6f8ttv1Zje4NBJGCU8DjAaPWMVZE5lZO6_8WyMlQP3HGwBGZ-iLDOdNn2E-WBMYhQZNd0YhEfj6lOplU1I6LznpeMMAhJ-BxmMrCm8bjAcOOn6RltosA4-ScK72os5/s1600/deanna+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bPW37kldvafUOn6f8ttv1Zje4NBJGCU8DjAaPWMVZE5lZO6_8WyMlQP3HGwBGZ-iLDOdNn2E-WBMYhQZNd0YhEfj6lOplU1I6LznpeMMAhJ-BxmMrCm8bjAcOOn6RltosA4-ScK72os5/s320/deanna+007.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the atmosphere</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagxPz7AaCpiCp8112f4odHJZ1_DInoNGXnjtUr4GJu_ct4kQkDcs40nLue1ZbG3BCdCdLkbZVCyhZlL-O2ZlPhg3HXkCNCzaR5ukFxpodqEIDEUvWf1i-MD0KrQ68dTM4gysKWJA01kLt/s1600/deanna+009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagxPz7AaCpiCp8112f4odHJZ1_DInoNGXnjtUr4GJu_ct4kQkDcs40nLue1ZbG3BCdCdLkbZVCyhZlL-O2ZlPhg3HXkCNCzaR5ukFxpodqEIDEUvWf1i-MD0KrQ68dTM4gysKWJA01kLt/s320/deanna+009.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">salmon with sun-dried tomatoes</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOM0cG7faS7IP2U_b-tmilonxGhcKiQ0DrZda0cQbNg2H0Q9DxO20ddyJqbWZK6-HHUIVV8x_tMRoW8MRnbhkNv6TmyV034vKSOv2GM6zr-PjLcjWn4iXdZJ67cpT4sPtKtg3ZoWfhF3p/s1600/deanna+011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOM0cG7faS7IP2U_b-tmilonxGhcKiQ0DrZda0cQbNg2H0Q9DxO20ddyJqbWZK6-HHUIVV8x_tMRoW8MRnbhkNv6TmyV034vKSOv2GM6zr-PjLcjWn4iXdZJ67cpT4sPtKtg3ZoWfhF3p/s320/deanna+011.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">playing around</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbnIfjS1oLxnrKrlfap1TqDRFLq0rPmZ71A5ZBMl75qcYNgt4vzm9BbZmKvYKZJ8l_JJNl3n3StUm_IcgAVSkANcJk_HntG1IdFrYjJD2uLzGJULUZFDA8eSvayvMKrB4qQtoMysp0iFn/s1600/deanna+012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbnIfjS1oLxnrKrlfap1TqDRFLq0rPmZ71A5ZBMl75qcYNgt4vzm9BbZmKvYKZJ8l_JJNl3n3StUm_IcgAVSkANcJk_HntG1IdFrYjJD2uLzGJULUZFDA8eSvayvMKrB4qQtoMysp0iFn/s320/deanna+012.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">glazed carrots</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9J2l1oLaZW0Y4DEAFv_VX4wOSiAm58hObjiHXJFTQYeTjnaQoH-HEvahy8v5XexOuy8ah9_vYmK0iYMgyJDSfUlGt3C3bOAd4AD7Ij6dKNxo9267KFXYiIZX4_YJFdwzki7_GXsMEIPl-/s1600/deanna+016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9J2l1oLaZW0Y4DEAFv_VX4wOSiAm58hObjiHXJFTQYeTjnaQoH-HEvahy8v5XexOuy8ah9_vYmK0iYMgyJDSfUlGt3C3bOAd4AD7Ij6dKNxo9267KFXYiIZX4_YJFdwzki7_GXsMEIPl-/s320/deanna+016.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">dinner</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk9vWgjAsRqQixwT4QvXZY5x0FOJrk3fbm8JQLwtEvlUomYaG6m2nnSOCRRYy_oQlICGiI7gQqqz_x0GRwu_fCeaU9Z-80q5kO9k_gJsYjQQgKp9bwNPUEVyj1HsOL-4-kDXdDz9D09p-3/s1600/deanna+022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk9vWgjAsRqQixwT4QvXZY5x0FOJrk3fbm8JQLwtEvlUomYaG6m2nnSOCRRYy_oQlICGiI7gQqqz_x0GRwu_fCeaU9Z-80q5kO9k_gJsYjQQgKp9bwNPUEVyj1HsOL-4-kDXdDz9D09p-3/s320/deanna+022.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">serving the shortcake</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvb7i6xYeNbgA0Gbii3bYk_Xobo1l1l51b45n_u8bXuTYJufM1psoAqbA1sbK_jnSaUWYwltQvnh2l5FreYGGafdcKGYLLo0q515X0VyxTKGwkCWIgdZMsqttrp4IpshVFIDsK3aY5bdZB/s1600/deanna+019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvb7i6xYeNbgA0Gbii3bYk_Xobo1l1l51b45n_u8bXuTYJufM1psoAqbA1sbK_jnSaUWYwltQvnh2l5FreYGGafdcKGYLLo0q515X0VyxTKGwkCWIgdZMsqttrp4IpshVFIDsK3aY5bdZB/s320/deanna+019.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">strawberry shortcake</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40_maP5eRKT9wIDdNO8GSxE-CGi4ADORI1jfFkXQ_8mwlTMAdPwKO2AHU5Nv_E6_OO0cyExkL0CIu6m5ZpdmNEwjdmrdFvLV8PLtWWf6dojQ_AFosUWnP88UDYERo4JDykCLjqNiyPJKP/s1600/deanna+020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40_maP5eRKT9wIDdNO8GSxE-CGi4ADORI1jfFkXQ_8mwlTMAdPwKO2AHU5Nv_E6_OO0cyExkL0CIu6m5ZpdmNEwjdmrdFvLV8PLtWWf6dojQ_AFosUWnP88UDYERo4JDykCLjqNiyPJKP/s320/deanna+020.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">enjoying dessert</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6L52nVNkfQbu-yy9AIYu6DpB2F12D16nPB_FsFji4cdOQr_2KxAM1yFf_RrAXYhM4Ny_mgL6oBhypekfhJsGw6Ags1Uv6pRr0_wVEHFnx0VZGTfoKjhSG_Gq5Zz6dplL8IgzHO0fDTWds/s1600/deanna+023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6L52nVNkfQbu-yy9AIYu6DpB2F12D16nPB_FsFji4cdOQr_2KxAM1yFf_RrAXYhM4Ny_mgL6oBhypekfhJsGw6Ags1Uv6pRr0_wVEHFnx0VZGTfoKjhSG_Gq5Zz6dplL8IgzHO0fDTWds/s320/deanna+023.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sophia, Josh, and Deanna</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #660000;"><i>Josh says:</i></span> I made an incredible dinner! I was the one of the chefs and I had a good time! <br /><br /><span style="color: #660000;"><i>Paul says: </i></span> What a delightful evening! A well planned and executed gourmet dinner! The salmon was cooked to perfection with beautiful parsley and sun dried tomato topping. The home cooked potatoes were lightly seasoned with the perfect degree of crispiness. The carrots were warm and tender and delicious - I had thirds and I'm seeing much better today! The dessert was incredibly delicious. I would definitely go here again - what a treat! <br /><br /><span style="color: #660000;"><i>Jodie says: </i></span>Last night we had a great dinner at Deanna's house and everything was a complete surprise! Deanna is a good friend of ours and a beautiful hostess. After enjoying our edamame appetizer, we sat in the dining room for the main course. The salmon was perfectly cooked and restaurant quality! Sophie & Josh brought out the dishes and each one was delicious! My favorite dish was the homemade strawberry shortcake. It is one of my favorite desserts and having it was a real treat! We had a fantastic time and I wish we could do this every week!<br /><br />I know this isn't our usual type of review but we wanted to post this because our dinner was everything a great restaurant meal should be. <br /><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Food: *****</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Service: *****</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Atmosphere: *****</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Overall: 5 Ladybugs!</span></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyHT5wzTsj_-nrl2Vm0p1MUs_YtQDExtbjobGq6XKd5qPii-ZX-PjqHSDZi3igFcrN_eRLpKUqEDHcIuv9304jKso4oe7SrhnHgTrNomJuKGwIglWr6eVuBcEM2Q9xOk0fFuNsZ4rSgQKQ/s1600/lb5%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyHT5wzTsj_-nrl2Vm0p1MUs_YtQDExtbjobGq6XKd5qPii-ZX-PjqHSDZi3igFcrN_eRLpKUqEDHcIuv9304jKso4oe7SrhnHgTrNomJuKGwIglWr6eVuBcEM2Q9xOk0fFuNsZ4rSgQKQ/s1600/lb5%5B1%5D.jpg" /> </a></div><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-63254202667639803442013-08-30T20:12:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:32:43.407-07:00Sushi Hachi!<span style="color: #660000;"><i>Sophia says: </i></span>Tonight for dinner my mom, my brother and I went to Hachi. They opened a few weeks ago and this was still their grand opening. This restaurant serves Japanese food. When we got to Hachi, we were the only people there. I ordered the salmon terryaki bento box. There is no kids menu. Our food took a while to come, but when we got it the bento box was huge! The salmon was really tender, but pretty good. Also, miso soup came with our bento boxes. Our waiter was nice, and she filled our waters when ever they were getting low. The bathroom was pretty clean. During the end of dinner, I tasted my brother's chicken, and it was all spongy. But overall, it was a nice restaurant.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDobH5bchAP1bkPA6NL7mZzm2oIjuVMwJjNUoIOYrIv_Q0F0BHxcMSe2bek-KDVCcxoVHyqJcfwqlEuH_LKBndeA8ATHjXrB1bH87vKWzDzQyrSamlJZg9eOqoBtCYXQ35t-XGVhbIzNmc/s1600/hachi+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDobH5bchAP1bkPA6NL7mZzm2oIjuVMwJjNUoIOYrIv_Q0F0BHxcMSe2bek-KDVCcxoVHyqJcfwqlEuH_LKBndeA8ATHjXrB1bH87vKWzDzQyrSamlJZg9eOqoBtCYXQ35t-XGVhbIzNmc/s320/hachi+001.jpg" /></a></div> 1711 W. 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I ordered chicken terryaki. My food was good. Our waitress was nice and the bathroom was clean. I thought the sushi was the best part. I had california rolls which has seaweed, avocado and crab. It was delicious. I had good time. We said bye to our waitress and went home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #660000;">Jodie says:</span> </i>We were driving by and saw the "grand opening" sign the other day and decided to check it out. The restaurant is very small and set up nicely. At first, we were the only ones there and finally, some other people came in. I ordered the salmon and avocado roll. I thought everything was just okay and my food was very mediocre. The kids liked their dinner a lot better. They have a pretty extensive menu with many specialty rolls and house special tapas. If we ever go back I would try something completely different. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Food: ***</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Service: ***</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Atmosphere: ***</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Overall: </b></span></div><span style="color: red;"><b> 3 Ladybugs!</b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHNW7gP37IpDPPkjEH75j9lRXm8F9Svx7WNmSDdF4-bGAcitroTlc554Gv34Kj3lroiRY6xr_rvzNcKu0pxXwBRVLSfl58EWvJUJpgqNOHUTDGrNzo1YO9LMSn0ZQy4wlVtgVsMkYuhib/s1600/lb3%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHNW7gP37IpDPPkjEH75j9lRXm8F9Svx7WNmSDdF4-bGAcitroTlc554Gv34Kj3lroiRY6xr_rvzNcKu0pxXwBRVLSfl58EWvJUJpgqNOHUTDGrNzo1YO9LMSn0ZQy4wlVtgVsMkYuhib/s320/lb3%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-70545585641240814442013-08-18T16:53:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:26:32.703-07:00White Sands Estate We drove what felt like an epic five million miles to get to White Sands Estate, just outside Scamander, last week. It’s two hours to Swansea (if you stick to the proscribed speed limits). We would be staying in Swansea the night before going to White Sands, so when I booked, I asked the receptionist how long it would take to drive from Swansea to White Sands. She replied, “An hour” and added that it was about half an hour past Bicheno. So, taking her at her word, I took my powerful daily diuretic tablet (prescribed to make this human body loose fluid by urinating frequently!) before we left, in the full knowledge that it takes approximately one hour to kick in, so I had that travelling time up my sleeve as a grace period requiring little or no toilet usage!<br /><br />Unfortunately, after ¾ hour, I was about to explode all over the interior of the car, and we were nowhere near Bicheno, let alone past it (Bec was driving and sticking to her 80 kph speed limit)! So we stopped at a roadside stall and they kindly let me use the facilities. We then progressed onwards for another ¾ hour, with me frantically holding on yet again! You have no idea how pleased I was when we eventually arrived there!<br /><br />On first observations, this seemed like a potential goldmine. Situated in the most ideal spot right next to their own private beach, and having a putting green, swimming pool, tennis courts, basketball court, cinema, canoe lake, trout lake, children’s play area, BBQ area, games room and a variety of accommodation choices, as well as the HUGE dining room (restaurant called, most unoriginally, “Le Blanc” ‘blanc’ being the French word for white!), and Iron House Brewery. They also have conference rooms and a huge function centre so are ideally placed to cater for a wedding, in this idyllic setting, booking out all the accommodation for the wedding guests, with the function room having enough space to hold easily 100-200 people and activities aplenty for all those bored souls.<br /><br />We were shown to our table, to find ourselves, in the midst of this large, high ceiling-ed gymnasium-type room (painted all white!) only one of three tables dining. I was surprised at the scarcity of diners on such a lovely sunny Sunday lunch time at this beautiful spot.<br /><br />I could well understand it after we’d finished entrees and mains. Descriptive words that spring to mind include disappointing, unadventurous, ‘safe’ menu and mediocre food. Don’t get me wrong. The food was acceptable, and I couldn’t justifiably returning it to the kitchen saying it wasn’t up to my expectations, but it simply wasn’t.<br /><br />Apart from bold notations on menu items which contained their various Iron House Brewery products (lager, porter, pale ale, wheat beer), there was absolutely no reference as to the origins of any other menu ingredients, which I expect from somewhere that boasts that they have “a menu that includes the freshest regional produce Tasmania has to offer”, put together by their “talented chefs”.<br /><br />As starters, we had herb and garlic bread ($6), salt and pepper squid with a garden salad and aioli ($17) and confit duck leg with caramelized fennel and an orange butter sauce ($19).<br /><br />For mains, slow braised lamb shoulder with crispy potato, honey roasted carrots and baby spinach ($28) and Iron House beef burger with caramelized onion, bacon, lettuce, pickle, cheese and a house made relish ($18).<br /><br />Those “talented chefs” may well be qualified, professional chefs, but they will never get any further advanced in their career if they churn out tasteless food like they did on Sunday. The slow braised lamb shoulder had not one iota of garnish of any sort on it, and was the biggest hunk of meat I have seen anywhere. They could quite easily third that serving and sell it at the same price. It was, as advertised, slow braised so was tender and juicy. Unfortunately it looked so unappetizing plonked there in the middle of the plate that just its appearance turned me off. You know they always say we eat with our eyes – and I do, and this dish simply wasn’t doing it for me.<br /><br />The herb/garlic bread was just ordinary slices of a French stick with herb/garlic butter on one side. That’s it. Not char grilled, not oiled, not cut thickly, not over-endowed with dripping, warm, flavoured butter or oil. Just that. If I were a chef, and had some pride in my work, I’d be ashamed to send that out.<br /><br />The salt and pepper squid was cut too thickly, and the oil wasn’t hot enough when they fried it, because it was slightly soggy. It didn’t taste at all spicy either.<br /><br />The service was fine, as you’d expect it to be, as the two other tables present when we arrived, departed as we were served our entrees, so the waitress only had one table to look after.<br /><br />I would venture to suggest that they get a consultant in to advise on ways they can improve the whole operation, but I fear that if this is their concept of “relaxed modern dining at its best”, then getting a professional in (David Quon or Paul Foreman for instance) would be a wasted effort.<br /><br />All in all, a wasted day, really. We should have just gone along to the Swansea Bark Mill, or Swansea RSL and would have enjoyed ourselves just as much, if not more.<br /><br />In summation, <a href="http://www.white-sands.com.au/" rel="nofollow">White Sands Estate</a> is, in my opinion, merely a white elephant!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-62233609494221713212013-08-13T15:34:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:26:32.709-07:00Pilgrim Coffee, August 2013According to my Pocket English Dictionary, a pilgrim is not necessarily a character from a John Wayne movie, but is, in fact, “a person who journeys to a sacred place as an act of devotion”. From that definition, I must conclude that my first journey to <a href="http://www.pilgrimcoffee.com/">Pilgrim Coffee</a> in Argyle Street last week was pre-ordained!<br /><br />Just when you thought you’d been there and done that countless times in your life, along comes something that absolutely knocks your socks off and disproves everything you’ve settled in your head as being the norm.<br /><br />Yes, I have had in the past, and continue to have, excellent dining-out experiences here in Hobart restaurants and cafés.<br /><br />Forget any past experiences you might have had at Pilgrim (if they were negative).<br /><br />Pilgrim is a café where it should be made law that as soon as you enter its portals, you hand over your electrical goods, go to your table, select your food then close your eyes when it comes out, and experience the real-life feeling of the results of excellent culinary training, passion for food product, and experience in presenting same in a such a casual atmosphere as Pilgrim.<br /><br />This is a café that mentions the word ‘hipster’ on the menu, thus inferring to me that I need to be aged in my mid-20’s to mid-30’s, upwardly mobile and equally trendily kitted out in the latest funky clothes while my ears are plugged in to my headphones and iPod music, and with my mobile phone in the spare hand that isn’t lovingly fondling my glass of latte!<br /><br />But I’d be wrong with my assumptions about the clientele at Pilgrim. This is actually a place that embraces everyone from old grannies (not unlike myself) dragging along their shopping trolleys (totally unlike myself!!), to the headphone-wearing hipsters of the previous paragraph.<br /><br />This is a café where you won’t give a rat’s arse about who the clientele are, but will keep returning repeatedly for the epic food adventure you’ll be taken on whilst eating their food.<br /><br />Most staff are from the Source, and the high-end chef-ing shows through in all the food presented.<br /><br />This is no ordinary city café. This is a daytime café-style equivalent of the ilk of the old Piccalilli, or Marque IV or Gondwana. This is a café where you’ll get mouthful after mouthful of different tastes, hints and flavours of all the ingredients in a dish.<br /><br />We had: <br /><ul><li>House made crumpet with quince jam and Chantilly cream ($12??) </li><li>Popcorn dusted with chipotle and cinnamon (free) </li><li>Polish platske (potato pancakes), Mundy’s kassler, slow egg, pickled shallots and fresh fennel salad, sauce of sour cream, dill, mustard ($16) </li><li>Violet French toast - brioche, dredged in cinnamon sugar (I think), Pilgrim (edible) pot pourri, violet crème anglaise and lavender foam ($16) </li><li>Single origin cocoa waffles with salted caramel, fresh banana and hazelnut cream ($13) </li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjjBI_eBFpRG6OT4NkCCe9Dme6F7_tuAA7NT0X045zHEuQcBZ-qlXvNNwXqL8bkA8_6Q_u2vJ0GZzdpNNsTzfZ2eOfZxsHn-eBxUdSkF1dITCC3qiVqWChAzsEdn1vkxzIVufV2Il7Mqg/s1600/2013+Pilgrim2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjjBI_eBFpRG6OT4NkCCe9Dme6F7_tuAA7NT0X045zHEuQcBZ-qlXvNNwXqL8bkA8_6Q_u2vJ0GZzdpNNsTzfZ2eOfZxsHn-eBxUdSkF1dITCC3qiVqWChAzsEdn1vkxzIVufV2Il7Mqg/s320/2013+Pilgrim2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgVnfDzWu2k-ydQ7jvuPAFPFwfs-USYQ8rPTxNIQ5cCiJKaGP13cUB6FUQ96dy2p-Z1WtI-l23GXvTwc8kGXe1lE8khliG_ZEUTx2k95jPBmGfjrnZvnWD__tMhyphenhyphenz7mJxIdS-0hty4hw/s320/2013+Pilgrim+latkes.png" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3xQ6C-hjm1DFR0J-sgtanHZp48UseBJaeOQlG3jKn4ADqkm5AXZ8l3xCF1rxkqKJPBXMD7L6Z3N48nXA8Bh7ihRQMmFfK_dVwmbqiss8sXhTlEPUYCthx5kpgJju1JQeo6vLY_ZOD5mo/s1600/2013+Pilgrim.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3xQ6C-hjm1DFR0J-sgtanHZp48UseBJaeOQlG3jKn4ADqkm5AXZ8l3xCF1rxkqKJPBXMD7L6Z3N48nXA8Bh7ihRQMmFfK_dVwmbqiss8sXhTlEPUYCthx5kpgJju1JQeo6vLY_ZOD5mo/s320/2013+Pilgrim.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"> </div> It’s useless to try and convey the flavours of each of those dishes. You need to get in there and find out for yourself. Our agreed favourite was the Violet French toast, followed closely by the other dishes. I defy you to get a better coffee anywhere else in Hobart too.<br /><br />Will Priestley, owner, opened Pilgrim Coffee in Argyle Street two years ago, then added to his mini empire a few months ago by securing a Liverpool Street site which was easily accessed internally from their Argyle Street shop, so you now have an L-shaped café. He has travelled the world in his quest to make, drink and source the best coffee available.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKA0k1EafqANMnGjO2WNDu1dlQHwihV7MTdZ6NizYWf9VfxGYeZ_zU-CWYGF56uBYDLvPuSalGevSiRSQ2m3B7f679RIQZlEaZcN35RlzmeFj_ePHmpz9bzz-F4xIAvg1LOs8a-Z3DuuI/s1600/2013+Pilgrim.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKA0k1EafqANMnGjO2WNDu1dlQHwihV7MTdZ6NizYWf9VfxGYeZ_zU-CWYGF56uBYDLvPuSalGevSiRSQ2m3B7f679RIQZlEaZcN35RlzmeFj_ePHmpz9bzz-F4xIAvg1LOs8a-Z3DuuI/s320/2013+Pilgrim.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />His future plans for Pilgrim include establishing a burger bar, with basic but excellent burgers available mostly for takeaway, from 11.00 am till 12.00 am. This sounds like superb competition for Maccas newest Hobart outlet which is just a block up the road in Argyle St.<br /><br />I don’t want to ever read again a description of café food at a normal, unadventurous café in Hobart. I know they all work as hard as they can to achieve their version of wonderful-ness but I would love Pilgrim to be the blueprint for excellence in the city, and for it to be the norm for us to expect, AND RECEIVE, such perfection and brilliance and innovation in Hobart café fare.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pilgrimcoffee.com/">Pilgrim Coffee</a><br />48 Argyle Street<br />Hobart<br />Ph: 6234 1999Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-14486723252257086962013-08-08T19:07:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:32:43.415-07:00Blue Line Pizza!<span style="color: #660000;"><i>Sophia says: </i></span>Tonight we went to Blue Line Pizza for dinner. We have been there once before when it first opened and everything went wrong. The first time, they didn't tell us where the kid's menu was (its on the back of the doodle pad that they give you) and also they charged us for something that they forgot to bring. We decided to try again a few weeks later. This time it really improved! First of all, our hostess mentioned to us and everyone else with kids where the kids menu was. Our waiter was really nice and when I ordered a pineapple juice, he served it me in a fancy glass. I ordered chicken in a blanket that comes with potato chips and carrots and ranch dressing. A chicken in a blanket is where they wrap dough around chicken and cheese. It was delicious! We sat outside and there was a festival going on with old fashioned cars. I would recommend Blue Line Pizza for people looking for great food and great service! <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiT9mlrGlan2nyncj8CU1itGtZqFtNXqyAxzt_ElvzBTHqg41OEoDYaFyFObGRbUftp4pcu0pOuyV1CS2TPvH9PpZjOWQ0MX0ME8mUY0VxYewC6KIWVBlDVn33EA0Bi1t-dkmop-vJ9DYr/s1600/vacation+339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiT9mlrGlan2nyncj8CU1itGtZqFtNXqyAxzt_ElvzBTHqg41OEoDYaFyFObGRbUftp4pcu0pOuyV1CS2TPvH9PpZjOWQ0MX0ME8mUY0VxYewC6KIWVBlDVn33EA0Bi1t-dkmop-vJ9DYr/s320/vacation+339.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> 146 Castro Street, Mountain View CA 650-938-7888<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2zZSrNU0SlkULjyn4PD0-2zHftggU5vjbvfOvlTBWc0LZIIcwHabKfKrCBYsSd1Ua0P7uLiJqCcVOmYDer-Cuvvu70JiXwMRxBTtgEFbGpPi3yRL-W2LextYXkG2eCA36pUf48Vm2S45/s1600/vacation+341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccw-ZZIFz3EEr7L9bm9vIApsD_oe4qq6iUp63s_Q8v6ErAItRfP4M0KrvL5mJUpcZxG-PvC9CVWl8qwuvSpcdnEtNLoN__L3Hy4kwXcM6WOIp0Dt9UVTzK3huKCvo05rjn8u2kY5nxlJA/s1600/vacation+363.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccw-ZZIFz3EEr7L9bm9vIApsD_oe4qq6iUp63s_Q8v6ErAItRfP4M0KrvL5mJUpcZxG-PvC9CVWl8qwuvSpcdnEtNLoN__L3Hy4kwXcM6WOIp0Dt9UVTzK3huKCvo05rjn8u2kY5nxlJA/s320/vacation+363.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="color: #660000;"><i>Josh says:</i></span> Hi Readers! Tonight we went to dinner at Blue Line Pizza! When we got there, our waiter came right too us in less than a second. We got to sit outside and the street was closed for a car show. The glasses were really fancy and we got just what we wanted super fast. I ordered chicken in a blanket and carrots and potato chips. It was amazing because it tasted really good. The service was really nice and our waiter checked on us a lot. After dinner we ran into one of my friends who was there with his dad. We got to look at the cars and the cars were very big, mostly the battle car. One of the wheels was as tall as me! I wanted to climb in but I couldn't. I would love to come back! <br /><br /><span style="color: #660000;"><i>Jodie says: </i></span>The first time we went to Blue Line Pizza it had just opened and the food and service were not so great. We decided to wait few weeks and try again. The weather was nice enough to sit outside and tons of people were walking around checking out the car show. I ordered the blue cheese salad and it was so good, I ate everything! Our waiter was really friendly and even though he had a lot of tables, he checked on us numerous times. Afterwards, we got to listen to live music and look at the cool cars. It was the perfect end to a wonderful evening. <br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Food: ****</b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Service: ****1/2</b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Atmosphere: ****1/2</b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Overall: </b></span><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5hemGCSYFlNrKfYyrvaEQBpvGJuNZpFmnu0qXpYsFMKFMfXm7hPPryCL4YHfnThXCa0MOrCvUdPfxJL_K7-FVaX6GFdbDlO01U2z6Pd74Cz9st-4oncoL90LModMbThp_myQqaFd4Q6F/s1600/lb4%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGCXpo2cTSD7pI3pKYLGI9g09bpBwY_Fbn0z9NQLl_TGCIHjnD4zZsuQnG4GGf4l0777F91eE7fmq4SRw_-wyLJrYNIyvzP6jAqr3Sw-OktNSMkBNNy5DhrurKF1vtaetuIH1jTXsykpwq/s1600/lb6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGCXpo2cTSD7pI3pKYLGI9g09bpBwY_Fbn0z9NQLl_TGCIHjnD4zZsuQnG4GGf4l0777F91eE7fmq4SRw_-wyLJrYNIyvzP6jAqr3Sw-OktNSMkBNNy5DhrurKF1vtaetuIH1jTXsykpwq/s1600/lb6.jpg" /></a><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5hemGCSYFlNrKfYyrvaEQBpvGJuNZpFmnu0qXpYsFMKFMfXm7hPPryCL4YHfnThXCa0MOrCvUdPfxJL_K7-FVaX6GFdbDlO01U2z6Pd74Cz9st-4oncoL90LModMbThp_myQqaFd4Q6F/s1600/lb4%5B1%5D.jpg" /></b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>4 1/2 Ladybugs!</b></span><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-11517311849781158642013-08-07T23:46:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:26:32.716-07:00High Tea at Manor Grill August 2013If you’re a High Tea aficionado, the Manor Grill at Rydges is the place to go. <br /><br />I dragged some friends along there yesterday, kicking and screaming, and force fed them some disgusting afternoon tea delights - fresh out of the oven scones/jam/cream, mini quiches, ham and smoked salmon sandwiches, macarons, mini chocolate mousses, Baileys infused crème brulee, chocolate dipped strawberries, chocolate fudge and mini lemon meringue pies.<br /><br />Each dish was freshly made or baked on site, and all were stunning.<br /><br />Kath and I loved the pastry of the quiches, with all of us admitting to a common love of the scones, jam and cream, thus proving that your old traditional goodies still reign supreme in the world of High Teas.<br /><br />We had a delightful two hours in a beautiful environment, looked after efficiently by the staff.<br /><br />I would love to see this place overflowing with eager customers jostling each other for a table at High Tea at Rydges, and find it sinful that we were the only people present enjoying such decadent treats, and all for the princely sum of $25 per head.<br /><br />Along with the company, the afternoon was perfect, and I hope it is the first of many such relaxing afternoons I spend there.<br /><br />A word of warning though: if you are paying by credit card, there is a surcharge added to the amount, so probably cash is your best option to avoid that tricky little addition to the bill.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rydges.com/accommodation/hobart-tas/hobart/food-and-drink">Manor Grill</a><br />Rydges Hotel<br />Cnr Argyle and Lewis Streets<br />North Hobart<br />Ph 6231 1588<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-83212780189815769792013-07-20T22:16:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:26:32.722-07:00The Manor Grill, North Hobart<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfTjtIXkGL2qgE6dHvhXteJBBiCI0D-U-_CBxEBXZwPjWEZFDSOpbCjZAE1KbnblKhFO5grBfGm_TQWuOKuwDg1rEFVWaODN8QV2KsUEcEZoULigk6NGVsJLM_hM9cqfsu6Nxwl88itU/s1600/The+Manor+Grill+at+Rydges+Jul+2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="110" iya="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfTjtIXkGL2qgE6dHvhXteJBBiCI0D-U-_CBxEBXZwPjWEZFDSOpbCjZAE1KbnblKhFO5grBfGm_TQWuOKuwDg1rEFVWaODN8QV2KsUEcEZoULigk6NGVsJLM_hM9cqfsu6Nxwl88itU/s320/The+Manor+Grill+at+Rydges+Jul+2013.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">I’m in a restaurant in <st1:place w:st="on">North Hobart</st1:place>. There is parking galore outside the front door. The dining room is elegant. The staff unbelievably friendly, courteous and helpful. The food is absolutely faultless, of the highest quality possible, and sourced locally. The atmosphere unhurried, calm and restful – as opposed to noisy, hurried and stressful! Music is playing in the background but not blasting your ears out, meaning you can actually hear what the person with you is saying instead of relying on lip-reading!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Where is this place, I hear you ask? What <st1:place w:st="on">North Hobart</st1:place> restaurant answers all the above criteria? Ponder no more, fair reader – the answer is The Manor Grill at Rydges. I know what you’re thinking! Why the hell would I venture into the dining room of Rydges? Answer: because I recommend you do before you critcise me and my judgement call!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">To compare it to a similarly niched establishment, you could look at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Alexanders</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Restaurant</st1:placename></st1:place> at Lenna, although I can’t testify as to the food quality at Alexanders because I haven’t eaten there for a good few years. Manor Grill is a variety of stately home type of environment complete with the beautiful cotton napery, gleaming stemmed wine glasses, sparkling silverware and glowing candles. In other words, an ideal spot for that special night out as well.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Marj and I ate our fill of the following:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">*Manor baked fresh mini loaf and house butter $6</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">*Crispy squid salad, sumac spices, aioli, baby lettuce salad, blood orange dressing $18</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">*Eye fillet from Duck River (Tas) with green peppercorn sauce (served separately in a small jug) and a side of hand cut Bruny Island pink eye wedges with the steak topped with scallops in wine cream sauce. $35 for steak + sauce + sides, plus additional $10 for scallop topping (which was a special for last night)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">*Caesar salad containing all the standard Caesar ingredients $15</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">*Crème caramel $10</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Menu is here online: <a href="http://www.rydges.com/media/354145/Manor%20Grill%20Menu.pdf"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.rydges.com/media/354145/Manor%20Grill%20Menu.pdf</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">They do Daily Specials as well. See attached link to each day of the weeks special:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://www.rydges.com/media/355453/TMG%20-%20daily%20specials%202.jpg"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.rydges.com/media/355453/TMG%20-%20daily%20specials%202.jpg</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">$20 on a Tuesday night for a chicken parmy and glass of house wine sounds perfect to me! Ditto for the Sunday roast at $18 with red wine jus and all the trimmings.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">They also do a fabulous High Tea every day from 2.00, but reservations are essential. The cost for that is $25 per head and everything presented is made in-house.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://www.rydges.com/accommodation/hobart-tas/hobart/food-and-drink"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.rydges.com/accommodation/hobart-tas/hobart/food-and-drink</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Head Chef there is Drew Van der Woude – another of the stable of talented young chefs to have emerged from Drysdale over past years and worked at Moorilla. Drew is a housemate of Roaring Grill’s Head Chef Jon Gangell so I would love the chance to share the house with them and participate in some of the off-duty meals there! Think of the parade of fine foods that would find its way to the table!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">It was Jon’s recommendation a few weeks ago that I try Rydges restaurant. He said the food standard was very high and I was missing out by not going along there! I love a hot tip, so having had the carrot dangled in front of me, I was SO there! I didn’t realize at the time though that he and Drew lived together!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">We walked in and were immediately met by waitress Kirsty who introduced herself, showed us to our table and told us she would be looking after us tonight. She wasn’t repeating, parrot-like, a pre-rehearsed line that she was told to tell everyone who arrived for a booking. She said it in a friendly and natural manner. And she kept her word. She looked after us better than anyone I can think of recently.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">She explained the specials for the evening, made sure we were happy with drinks, topped up ice cold water continually, described dishes as we enquired and checked each course was to our liking, answered my probing questions about the chef and his menu, and did some very nifty upselling at the same time, managing to slip into the conversation about the existence of the Rydges Priority Guests Rewards scheme, which is free to join and allows you all sorts of great benefits, both accommodation-wise and meal-wise down the track, if you join up. It sounded so fabulous I signed up on the spot!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://www.rydges.com/priority-guest-rewards/"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.rydges.com/priority-guest-rewards/</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Mostly catering to functions and house guests staying in the hotel, Rydges menus are reasonably standard, and don’t push the envelope too far. Having said that, everything is done to such a high standard that I don’t think anyone would be too concerned about there being no accompanying quinoa flavoured with caramelized watercress and blue gum crème fraiche, or other wanky concoctions to go with the steaks!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">I won’t do a mouthful by mouthful description of each plate of food we had. They are what they are. As previously stated, it was all of such a high standard that I deem that small descriptive detail unnecessary and insulting to you and your imagination!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">In short – get along there as soon as possible, and try to prove me wrong! I guarantee you won’t be able to!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Rydges Hotel</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Cnr Argyle and Lewis Streets</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">North Hobart</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Ph: 6231 1588</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://www.rydges.com/hobart">www.rydges.com/hobart</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-44658166120482696262013-07-11T19:54:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:32:43.422-07:00Medieval Times at Buena Park Castle!<i>Sophia says:</i> Hi Readers! This week we went on vacation to L.A. On the first night we went to a restaurant called Medieval Times. It is shaped like a castle, and knights sword fight in front of you while you eat dinner. It was amazing!!!!! First, you buy a ticket at the entrance or you can make a reservation ahead of time. After you do that someone gives you a paper crown with a certain color on it. Ours was blue. Then you enter into the bar where you can buy drinks. The knights fight in another room where there is a big arena and you sit in certain sections depending on your crown color. The dinner and show starts at 6:00 so if you get there early, you can shop at the gift shops. Josh and I got a mango slushi at the bar before dinner. When it's time to eat, you sit at the arena and you cheer for your knight. Its awesome! The knights sword fight, joust and do cool tricks with their horses. One part was where a horse was dancing sideways! The dinner is castle bread, tomato soup, chicken, ribs, potatoes and pastry for dessert. Our waiter was super nice and during the end of the show, he gave all of a the girls a carnation. Also you get to eat with your hands! (there were no utensils in the medieval period). When the show was over we got to meet all of the knights. They were super nice, even the bad guy. One of them even looked like Thor from The Avengers movie. Overall, I had a wonderful time!<br />P.S Our vacation was great!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_RWg2OBQPJgJJqCm0vd4ecBTdkr2Q2aRPVkRY3PRiN6ih3-N0MCbi2W2FHfBBexJwLs78ZX3mwRQYm47d-geLfR4ER1POxnvP8dpxRXYYVIAC5yHYefN-5pdjxcTjFXUJKdRLFbv1Jt-/s1600/vacation+074.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_RWg2OBQPJgJJqCm0vd4ecBTdkr2Q2aRPVkRY3PRiN6ih3-N0MCbi2W2FHfBBexJwLs78ZX3mwRQYm47d-geLfR4ER1POxnvP8dpxRXYYVIAC5yHYefN-5pdjxcTjFXUJKdRLFbv1Jt-/s320/vacation+074.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><address> <span rel="v:address"><span class="format_address"><span class="street-address">7662 Beach Blvd</span>, <span class="locality"><span>Buena Park</span>, <span>CA</span> <span>90620</span></span> </span></span></address><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tkeK8xcXT2v36_1fJ2BrjN9rDUZtrRWU1rlkyXrfytVVIUsIdwzsIiGYVIg299RB80miB82lTnlATblIHgD3Uqkvpbrj27cqLJAtEf6cXzg5EcRqttVqZPUeQR4oZQcBRpablO2u4dFJ/s1600/vacation+027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We had the best dinner ever! We went to Medieval Times and it is awesome. It is a place where you get to watch to people fight on horses and without horses. You also get to eat amazing food, like dragon meat and dragon soup and the dragon soup tastes just like tomato soup and the dragon tastes like chicken. And the most fun part it that you eat with your hands! And you cheer for a knight that is on your side. We had the blue knight and the blue night did amazing tricks. I think he was better than the other knights. The best part was the blue knight won the battle by fighting a bad guy. And the bad guy got sent to jail forever. After the show I got a wooden sword and wooden shield. And I got to meet every single knight. It was my favorite dinner and I would definitely come back!<br /><br /><span style="color: #660000;"><i>Paul says:</i> </span> Great surprise in Southern California! A well produced show and true horsemanship skills. The dinner was fantastic, surprisingly delightful. The young guys who were the knights are really skilled riders, you can tell they love what they do.<br /><br /><span style="color: #660000;"><i>Jodie says: </i></span>We had so much fun and it was such a great night! I had no idea what to expect and everything was wonderful. We had about an hour before the show to walk around and see the costumes and the beautiful horses before the show. The service was great and the food, the show, the arena was all put together so well. It was a great experience and I would highly recommend anyone visiting the LA area to give it a try!<br /><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Food: *****</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Service: *****</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Atmosphere: *****</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Overall: </span></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxOwOx2-I9cQ-poePdOhNSf-bCrmUXooGV3A9N59FxVbdDBN_q8KDBCbFG-6H60Dk4zzi5gDYiRiWAlkO6Vb_8MYzY23rsBKmL3hGnYb4nE3lS3VjJe5OFA7DWTZLRJ8faGfaf-ptuTx7/s1600/lb5%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxOwOx2-I9cQ-poePdOhNSf-bCrmUXooGV3A9N59FxVbdDBN_q8KDBCbFG-6H60Dk4zzi5gDYiRiWAlkO6Vb_8MYzY23rsBKmL3hGnYb4nE3lS3VjJe5OFA7DWTZLRJ8faGfaf-ptuTx7/s1600/lb5%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Our highest rating - 5 Ladybugs! </span></b></div><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-54739883997943929252013-07-07T11:35:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:32:43.431-07:00Rogers Deli!Sophia says: Hi Readers! Today for breakfast we went to Rogers Deli. They have donuts, omelets, pancakes, sandwiches, and french toast. I split the blueberry pancakes with my brother which had two big pancakes and eggs. When you order, they give you a number and call it when your food is ready. Ours was #4. This restaurant used to be just like a donut place that my dad and brother and I used to get donuts from, but now it is a restaurant with inside and outside seats. I also ordered orange juice which is in the drinks display. I liked my food and next time I would come back and try a donut or a cinnamon roll. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYjSIKvYQNPuGVEqeAD1zdBoQ-yF0WrcArR8_xNxgiQwb5TxGGTdPAuIXUtTLyZbOeNrpDx8sVVIipgU0NjJa-rjIRi_-aOv7wNigWf06tuaojKkK0kdEJ5m6-sboxqvRqS6cyVbMkCWs-/s1600/rogers+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYjSIKvYQNPuGVEqeAD1zdBoQ-yF0WrcArR8_xNxgiQwb5TxGGTdPAuIXUtTLyZbOeNrpDx8sVVIipgU0NjJa-rjIRi_-aOv7wNigWf06tuaojKkK0kdEJ5m6-sboxqvRqS6cyVbMkCWs-/s320/rogers+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">295 E. Middlefield Road, Mountain View 650-965-2204</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDetB4XPqEexJbL-iqsUHn-gRzVhdK2LDi366k8ABw0JJbUxDg0nUnjXyNctUgsftA6Kh7ncynJFzBSDNCZ6vkV0hXzQTXDPyiRu2gWXAKbJy8cskRSEzr23UDg99xU5GO8Qrh7HLvuga/s1600/rogers+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDetB4XPqEexJbL-iqsUHn-gRzVhdK2LDi366k8ABw0JJbUxDg0nUnjXyNctUgsftA6Kh7ncynJFzBSDNCZ6vkV0hXzQTXDPyiRu2gWXAKbJy8cskRSEzr23UDg99xU5GO8Qrh7HLvuga/s320/rogers+003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDBO0GFQ3Lg48FleanboOKZh4dIHNzVqR7qDusTp8z5GpFHmpmY3NJiXs5mryEUdFZ6kUCYLwTZYzj0cjQxdyAEOluensDzy752gxke6G8xbDGFz6yzB7eikaQXKP9KCJxrOBTP2xbZsV_/s1600/rogers+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDBO0GFQ3Lg48FleanboOKZh4dIHNzVqR7qDusTp8z5GpFHmpmY3NJiXs5mryEUdFZ6kUCYLwTZYzj0cjQxdyAEOluensDzy752gxke6G8xbDGFz6yzB7eikaQXKP9KCJxrOBTP2xbZsV_/s320/rogers+004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yp8Erxl3JvxUgD-UN13FFpeswvogAz34TbR3R9_-oF6-NERpR6qDOLuOka1JtanBq2dmqSHD5F4GbbGVRyxRWdwWQk5wTxogDYXGaD8F1tJ70PNGVzPQn0__dFjBxhEIhFbwuBzpByuV/s1600/rogers+005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yp8Erxl3JvxUgD-UN13FFpeswvogAz34TbR3R9_-oF6-NERpR6qDOLuOka1JtanBq2dmqSHD5F4GbbGVRyxRWdwWQk5wTxogDYXGaD8F1tJ70PNGVzPQn0__dFjBxhEIhFbwuBzpByuV/s320/rogers+005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkE_AP7nirBx4BXSOblhSox6-jFPwrgVQVhtiJvjhDZ_zAODYjhKzd0uUe4GhXaZprj9vBybFWN1_0A_edUv01qd7Oop3cosXNSBbVANjLwEH4zFxKkP4mRxwQSNJq3DrmnoU-nUJXPlL/s1600/rogers+006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkE_AP7nirBx4BXSOblhSox6-jFPwrgVQVhtiJvjhDZ_zAODYjhKzd0uUe4GhXaZprj9vBybFWN1_0A_edUv01qd7Oop3cosXNSBbVANjLwEH4zFxKkP4mRxwQSNJq3DrmnoU-nUJXPlL/s320/rogers+006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKOjngtaWaqTNHqqBSdoYsdQzHMZXh_JRYfrcOcXg5AJgngGLvjYvjuR9o1sxrGTvLqm129pNX85VEnKYEMV_lKDFhjMYgtT3P6Cfuh8qZIdrC-F5dj6sdKMMb-L94yIqDvDnb1G0MYRa/s1600/rogers+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKOjngtaWaqTNHqqBSdoYsdQzHMZXh_JRYfrcOcXg5AJgngGLvjYvjuR9o1sxrGTvLqm129pNX85VEnKYEMV_lKDFhjMYgtT3P6Cfuh8qZIdrC-F5dj6sdKMMb-L94yIqDvDnb1G0MYRa/s320/rogers+007.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08utmQhrHtD5inHjDZ9jeHYYVRuOqhyktJ0Ul-sh2xVKdV6Ftg2miHbLuezAH86GkmMxP_1jOZ-ai3QWZhakt4dg8AWxfSq4if_PL6dC_8fEoJ5cj8jmYd6FgN860xnmoV9gxgboaPwPM/s1600/rogers+018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08utmQhrHtD5inHjDZ9jeHYYVRuOqhyktJ0Ul-sh2xVKdV6Ftg2miHbLuezAH86GkmMxP_1jOZ-ai3QWZhakt4dg8AWxfSq4if_PL6dC_8fEoJ5cj8jmYd6FgN860xnmoV9gxgboaPwPM/s320/rogers+018.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6owFN8jStRvdMmuw8ZF08gwyvxIG_7Y-BKTnEUsesFcNFhSmvk_A245EX-37I28IxIVsVuIF0C4XqQYxrPpH20Uxju1YXvm6gxnwiIVDBg03SQ0Ff8Nekd3DZXn61kXAg9SKLh334EHJM/s1600/rogers+023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6owFN8jStRvdMmuw8ZF08gwyvxIG_7Y-BKTnEUsesFcNFhSmvk_A245EX-37I28IxIVsVuIF0C4XqQYxrPpH20Uxju1YXvm6gxnwiIVDBg03SQ0Ff8Nekd3DZXn61kXAg9SKLh334EHJM/s320/rogers+023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="color: #660000;"><i>Josh says:</i></span> Good morning Readers! Today we went to Roger's Deli for breakfast. We got to sit outside because it was such a beautiful day. First we ordered at the counter and I ordered blueberry pancakes. My pancakes tasted delicious! And it also had scrambled eggs and the eggs were good. I would probably come back. <br /><br /><span style="color: #660000;"><i>Paul says: </i></span>This was a pleasant surprise. The food was excellent and the plates were huge and easy to split. The decor is very basic with more seating outside than inside. I would definitely go back. <br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #660000;"><i>Jodie says: </i></span> We have driven past Rogers Deli for years and I have never eaten here until today. It is a very casual restaurant/store set up. We got there at 9:30am and it was already crowded. Paul & I ordered the bacon omelet to share. All of there breakfast plates come with toast and home fries. The portions are huge and it more than enough for 2 people. The counter service is friendly and everything else is self serve. The inside was very crowded but there were plenty of open tables outside. The prices were also very reasonable. I'm glad we had a chance to try it out and I would like to go back sometime for lunch.<br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Food: ***1/2</b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Service: ***</b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Atmosphere: ***</b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Overall: 3 1/2 Ladybugs!</b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSY6AKKqpgro1OJRvqetAyp7X68h_DWGRnBRoWuR0Q89vSvsqAtEwIxtcSL3y5khgqrEcntc4BHShtLLZMTLuOG0FZXh1yLTe8vyXb_EXHU6cdv0NaOHlOSgnaHb-CDbdxD8Um3JDyBU2Z/s1600/lb6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSY6AKKqpgro1OJRvqetAyp7X68h_DWGRnBRoWuR0Q89vSvsqAtEwIxtcSL3y5khgqrEcntc4BHShtLLZMTLuOG0FZXh1yLTe8vyXb_EXHU6cdv0NaOHlOSgnaHb-CDbdxD8Um3JDyBU2Z/s1600/lb6.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqCmq7sP26ENhhLPPrbAWZKi2N8FrWOw3Jn_vOKHip1xllnjLxAlEaCd1MVKaYQqqIdpzMBasbUXRGumNp_1NTigazd8U3SicOAB4iYcNK3zl5PeJPpWqwIGbuBrNvQuFGT4ojGdV90ez/s1600/lb3%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqCmq7sP26ENhhLPPrbAWZKi2N8FrWOw3Jn_vOKHip1xllnjLxAlEaCd1MVKaYQqqIdpzMBasbUXRGumNp_1NTigazd8U3SicOAB4iYcNK3zl5PeJPpWqwIGbuBrNvQuFGT4ojGdV90ez/s1600/lb3%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-86211909701905796742013-06-30T17:57:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:26:32.727-07:00Rin (Japanese restaurant)<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">I have loved Japanese food for around 30 years since my virgin Japanese meal at David Quon’s Sakura Japanese Restaurant in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Salamanca</st1:place></st1:city>. David set the bar impossibly high for anyone following in his footsteps, as many have done since, so it was with great interest that Bec and I lunched at the much-talked-about Rin (Japanese restaurant) on Friday.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">I was impressed that Rin was one of the restaurants who were invited to participate and have a stall at the Dark Mofo Feast at PW1 last week – a singular honour for such a relatively new restaurant.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Rin is in Harrington Street in the vicinity of St Marys (church and school), and is on my daily driving route, so I have passed it every day since they opened, thinking to myself “I must get in there and try their food”. It took me long enough, but at last I made it.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">My benchmark Hobart Japanese restaurant is, as I mentioned, Sakura. I have enjoyed many Japanese meals in the intervening years, mostly at Orizuru (at Mures) or Kawasemi (Moonah), but no one has managed to topple Sakura as yet.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">We dined simply on miso, then tempura and rice, and a BBQ steak and rice dish (average cost of mains is around $17). All faultless and enjoyable, but I have to be honest and say it didn’t absolutely knock my socks off. I will definitely return because, as I said, the food was fine, I love Japanese, and it’s on my way home. I will try their sushi and inari next time. But I’m afraid that David Quon, to me, remains the King of Japanese food in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hobart</st1:place></st1:city>. Please come back out of retirement David, and show these young whippersnappers how it’s done!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><o:p>Rin</o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><o:p>167 Harrington Street</o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><o:p>Hobart</o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><o:p>Ph: 0427 634 574</o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><o:p>On Facebook so check days/times they're open.</o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><o:p>It's a tiny place, so probably wise to book, especially for nights. </o:p></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-60072064304588396282013-06-29T16:09:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:32:43.439-07:00Posh Bagel!<span style="color: #660000;"><i>Sophia says: </i></span>Hi Readers! Sorry it has been so long since our last review. We are on summer vacation! We are also having a heatwave this weekend. Today we went to The Posh Bagel for lunch. When we got there, we were going to sit outside but it was too hot! So we moved inside. I ordered the Hawaiian Crepe which, had ham, mozzarella cheese, and pineapples. There was also bagels, smoothies, pizza, sandwiches and coffee on the menu. Our food took about 5 minutes to prepare. My crepe was delicious! The best part was the crepe, it was sweet and nice and doughy. The restaurant was air conditioned, so it was refreshing to be in it. My crepe was so huge that I barely finished it all, so we did not get dessert. Overall, I would come back for a smoothie or a bagel. <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5WXqODF7DL0CMaDjzFQyJSs61IW5U7LVeBXf_iAZazMWVjscrww2UGPrHz37RxSCr2XSYFXtlzfabfCbYL2jSGa2HRHSElVGjDXSJX2IlmHMW9r7huPu7YD3BjPVPSNC9oAGM7cOQZvFp/s1600/posh+bagel+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5WXqODF7DL0CMaDjzFQyJSs61IW5U7LVeBXf_iAZazMWVjscrww2UGPrHz37RxSCr2XSYFXtlzfabfCbYL2jSGa2HRHSElVGjDXSJX2IlmHMW9r7huPu7YD3BjPVPSNC9oAGM7cOQZvFp/s320/posh+bagel+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> 444 Castro Street, Ste. 120 Mountain View 650-968-5308<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdK4dYwdGGpkjPjbDvfyA1VD9BHXC0IQgFLn78VvHHpzMIfFD_72o3H8hHnaMh5Pa9Dqgj1zE1qyXpA1_czt9VUoAHpv18MkhzaOJyEF5z5-CbQ1d6LPOiRLkDJzEO4DSKbOGDO3Sn8xwR/s1600/posh+bagel+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Today we went The Posh Bagel. There were so many things to choose from! I ordered a roast beef sandwich on a plain bagel. It came really fast and it was so good! And I ate it and it was delicious. The restaurant was medium sized and it had a big cake on display. I would come back<br /><br /><span style="color: #660000;"><i>Jodie says: </i>I</span> really liked The Posh Bagel. Today is super hot and it was nice to go inside and have a relaxing lunch. When we got there, it was a little late and we missed the lunch crowd. We ordered at the counter and they called our number about 5 minutes later. I had the veggie crepe and it was freshly made and delicious. The people behind the counter were really friendly and courteous. It was a nice break during the day and I would love to go back. <br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Food: ****</b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Service: ****</b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Atmosphere: ****</b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Overall: 4 Ladybugs! </b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdTXvsJUTHnLHU8Wsf-pUwT_VfaKsesBYxdZ7Y98v8SBB6DfbDYU2nfi6SeHcFAtVaAVObRNMgVuv4kH-F_kBvpZIEI_ISa0prmke92a3UHdwp8-ORtduPbUY3tz0H95hnUs8tCheFBiA/s223/lb4%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdTXvsJUTHnLHU8Wsf-pUwT_VfaKsesBYxdZ7Y98v8SBB6DfbDYU2nfi6SeHcFAtVaAVObRNMgVuv4kH-F_kBvpZIEI_ISa0prmke92a3UHdwp8-ORtduPbUY3tz0H95hnUs8tCheFBiA/s223/lb4%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-32604264614211981702013-06-28T18:35:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:26:32.732-07:00Tripadvisor, Urban Spoon and Google reviewsTo the Anonymous commenter who posted the below comment, which I copied and pasted from my blog to my Rita's Bite Facebook page, I recommend you have a look at the comments on your observation on the Facebook page. Often, when added to past blog posts, these great comments get lost, that's the reason I copied/pasted to the Facebook page.<br /><br />Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "<a href="http://pc-rita.blogspot.com/2012/10/restaurants-cafes-and-social-media.html" title="blocked::http://pc-rita.blogspot.com/2012/10/restaurants-cafes-and-social-media.html">Restaurants, cafes and social media</a>": <br /><br />We run a popular café. Most of our reviews are positive, some are even glowing and on occasion, like everyone else I suppose, we get some negative feedback.<br />I can handle this.<br />What I cant handle is blatant untruths written by people who use sites like Tripadvisor, Urban Spoon and Google reviews to mercilessly bag a place. I suspect that this type of smear is often from our nameless competitors. Why do I come to this conclusion? Because every time we get a negative review, our competitors seem to get a favourable one. This has happened five times where our review and one particular place have been published on the same day. There have been three times when complete lies were written about us and its very disheartening that people are able to write this stuff without being held accountable.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: grey; font-size: x-small;"><br /><br />Posted by Anonymous to <a href="http://pc-rita.blogspot.com/" title="blocked::http://pc-rita.blogspot.com/">Hobart Food for thought</a> at June 28, 2013 at 9:05 AM </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-31532375256651280442013-06-07T17:11:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:32:43.447-07:00Scratch!<span style="color: #660000;"><i>Sophia says: </i></span>Hi Readers! Today is the day I graduated from the 5th grade! As a special treat, we went to Scratch for lunch with my grandma and grandpa to celebrate! It is called Scratch because most everything is made from scratch. I ordered a cheese pizza off of the kids menu. They have also have a vegetarian menu and a regular menu. Our waitress also announced the specials of the day. Everything took a little longer than usual to come. I liked my pizza. For dessert we ordered a chocolate brownie sundae with pecans to share. The sundae was actually in a bowl and Josh and I ate all of it. The bathrooms were clean and the restaurant is nice. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqY8XFcCGsRaizIM1RG7ep5_PcsKyH8KWuXMXkniakFXZdiuNKcJqX9FylXo3el0mIWuXk5NPrM5qO3Q3QMyFx37HM4ypiFCZW_4FSGWpxqSI5crI5mk4iK2oiCQu3yCxW7PRVNhcpuBhn/s1600/graduation+059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqY8XFcCGsRaizIM1RG7ep5_PcsKyH8KWuXMXkniakFXZdiuNKcJqX9FylXo3el0mIWuXk5NPrM5qO3Q3QMyFx37HM4ypiFCZW_4FSGWpxqSI5crI5mk4iK2oiCQu3yCxW7PRVNhcpuBhn/s320/graduation+059.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> 401 Castro Street, Mountain View 650-237-31312<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHteQfjU8HT4TCuxz8RQOClj3ZhPLBtbg-kf7B9ho4Jvq5RLq7vZZtmJ5zP59AM99vyU_-YN-WgIGrZp_pJeFU0LGSkJxGLLC8YNbOliedwoTAD9xUoZqrT1gYFax4TOBF_c__WVhIaykt/s1600/graduation+063.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I will now be in 3rd grade tomorrow which is the start of summer! We had lunch at Scratch with my grandma and grandpa. When we got there, the waitress brought us to a table. I ordered a cheeseburger with fries like I always do. I really like cheeseburgers. They also had bread with butter and that was really good. And after we were done, we had dessert. And it was really good. It was a chocolate brownie sundae with ice cream. And after we had dessert we left. I would probably come back. Happy Summer! <br /><br /><i><span style="color: #660000;">Paul says</span></i>: I ordered the scratch burger and it was better than most burgers. The service seemed fine but slow. It's a little pricey for you get, everything was average, no 'wow' here. <br /><br /><span style="color: #660000;"><i>Jodie says: </i></span>Today was a special day for Sophie & Josh and we wanted to have a celebration lunch with our family. I ordered the steamed mussels which were really delicious. My mom ordered the baby green salad with goat cheese. When it came, it didn't have any goat cheese on it. I thought the service was not that great. I have been wanting to come here for a long time and I think we were expecting it to be a little bit better than it was. The best part of the lunch was being with my family. <br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Food: ****1/2</b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Service: ***</b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Atmosphere: ****</b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Overall: 3 1/2 Ladybugs!</b></span><br /> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismjNb0TG01wH7Iws4TPrXQZcsebVzWXwqOldBiECrnWb5sxDVtIfnHeYXuDPYB12wmc44bWKL9u-ZXiKjnLNs8ZgAUKn5XIlrVeUGP6X_WqqkLxbH223GOSo_nJ1SYsr43v1E3BuowzI8/s1600/lb3%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismjNb0TG01wH7Iws4TPrXQZcsebVzWXwqOldBiECrnWb5sxDVtIfnHeYXuDPYB12wmc44bWKL9u-ZXiKjnLNs8ZgAUKn5XIlrVeUGP6X_WqqkLxbH223GOSo_nJ1SYsr43v1E3BuowzI8/s1600/lb3%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMRB11FWa8ORHco7qwYrmoqRmpTrWNe88K0UftlLpsJEThRJg80m_-BQBwl9f2SojHKfquzXpktYmRSvR8z4ZkU7fN9f4thrJRAsKAzoC8-7ASBNMp36o22rr1NgbQ4CajX6IDbHnulf_/s1600/lb6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMRB11FWa8ORHco7qwYrmoqRmpTrWNe88K0UftlLpsJEThRJg80m_-BQBwl9f2SojHKfquzXpktYmRSvR8z4ZkU7fN9f4thrJRAsKAzoC8-7ASBNMp36o22rr1NgbQ4CajX6IDbHnulf_/s1600/lb6.jpg" /></a></div><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-35573971609089135962013-06-07T14:49:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:26:32.737-07:00Eating out in Tassie at Roaring Grill, June 2013<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Today’s sermon is not so much a review as an observation.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Recently I joined a Facebook group called Eating out in Tassie. It’s a page for those keen on dining out, and happy to share their experiences at restaurants and cafes around the state, but mostly focuses on <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hobart</st1:place></st1:city>. It currently has 563 members, and is fast becoming the ‘go to’ local internet page for both hospitality staff, and diners.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Basically anyone can have their say on the food, service and the standard of any restaurant. There are no qualifications on who can join the group, other than a shared interest in, or passion for, good food.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Last night was the inaugural get together of the group, and naturally took the form of a meal at a restaurant which received the majority vote by all potential partakers in this first meal out together as being most popular option for all to try out. The winning restaurant was the new Roaring Grill restaurant, on the site of the former Onba, corner of <st1:city w:st="on">Elizabeth</st1:city> and Burnett Streets, <st1:place w:st="on">North Hobart</st1:place>.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Around a dozen of us braved the freezing Friday night chill to meet up and check out the food at this new establishment, which is the brainchild of Tony, of La Porcetta fame.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">When the plans for this group meal were being hatched, I publicly empathized with the poor chef, knowing he had a large table of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hobart</st1:place></st1:city>’s most voluble (potential) critics coming to dine there. I think my very words were, “he must be pooing himself” in that knowledge! Yes – maybe everyone would love everything there, but my experience of human beings (for that, read ‘customers’) added to my knowledge of the hospitality industry meant, to me, that the poor chef would be faced with the certain knowledge that much as he would like it to go the other way, there was never going to be any way all people in a large group booking desiring perfection in their meals was ever going to be happy with everything.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Someone’s steak was sure to be under or overcooked. Someone’s perception of some aspect of the meal was not going to be met. It was a recipe for disaster, from the restaurant’s point of view!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Well – did Roaring Grill ever step up to the plate and meet the challenge head-on! And what’s more, they conquered it all!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Absolutely top marks to all staff there, especially our main waitress Sarah, and the two chefs. Nothing was left to chance. Not one aspect of an evening’s dining out (from the customer’s perspective) was overlooked, starting with pre dinner drinks, timely service, food standard and presentation and general professionalism all round.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Providing the table with chef’s complimentary flame grilled bread with butter, oil and balsamic on the side, was a welcome starter too. The second most impressive aspect was when one of the party complained that her seafood chowder wasn’t hot enough. Not only was it whisked off straight away (to be possibly popped into the microwave for a quick zap, I thought to myself) but I believe another completely new bowl of soup was made!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">All our food was constantly checked on by Sarah after we’d all been served, then later by chef himself, who came upstairs personally after service to thank us for choosing Roaring Grill as our first dining out destination as a group, then confessing that he had indeed been pooping himself and was extremely relieved we had all enjoyed our food so much.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">His piece-de-resistance was the crowning glory of all crowning glories – he asked if anyone was having desserts. When he’d been assured that many would have liked to have one but had no room at all to fit one in, he made the unilateral decision that he would make up one of each dessert on the menu and send them up to us to sample. What a brilliant masterstroke! If anyone had any qualms about Roaring Grill before that (which they didn’t, by the way), they sure as hell didn’t have any afterwards!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">We all like a freebie, and this was a magnanimous freebie – and I think, has ensured and sealed the continued loyalty and patronage of the members of Eating out in Tassie who were present.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">As we have discussed previously, social media is so all-consuming and instant. With a negative or positive comment on a page such as Eating out in Tassie, you’ll find everyone takes their cue from that, and votes with their feet. Both chefs confessed they watch that Facebook page like hawks to see daily who has eaten where, what they thought of it, and how any complaints are dealt with by restaurants. As they should. You’re an idiot in this day and age if, as a restaurant owner or manager, you disregard this sort of social media and its power. Just because you yourself disapprove of Facebook and don’t use it, doesn’t mean everyone in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hobart</st1:place></st1:city> does. You ignore it, or react by being critical in return, to your peril.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">So, at some later date I will return quietly to Roaring Grill as a ‘normal’ customer, and an unrecognized recipient of the service and food they would usually serve in an everyday situation, without the pressure and awareness of a dozen people potentially running off after their meal and publicly telling all and sundry how disgusting their experience there was!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Roaring Grill – you have well and truly conquered! My heartiest congratulations! I would have bet serious money it wouldn’t happen, but am more than happy to eat humble pie!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-28461523135289768422013-06-04T23:51:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:26:32.760-07:00Wild Cafe Restaurant, Penguin May 2013<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLGXY0lWmZlo9MgvFS8e2eUMbp5rgroid7z-sraFixBGhe3rshk7iNW3PxIGRvkICocHM_UUNpwkAW99SA8oDG0oV2jjTd4ZEod4SZgD26SmVgyu-u2GW0p43JRM4LBM1Y_2Ck69d1JnU/s1600/IMG_2257.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLGXY0lWmZlo9MgvFS8e2eUMbp5rgroid7z-sraFixBGhe3rshk7iNW3PxIGRvkICocHM_UUNpwkAW99SA8oDG0oV2jjTd4ZEod4SZgD26SmVgyu-u2GW0p43JRM4LBM1Y_2Ck69d1JnU/s320/IMG_2257.JPG" width="320" yya="true" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUBmECHlvlwnIOKjgY8A2HdfC-zPFQcnFT9moWpXCQPm5ozc6ILt2-ItembMHz_bnswcU8OAP6roG36t55IF-yKp1n4RM5Kzyt5_7hP8ymQ1w4hoEus5LkR_vepHO9kABPU6wswIo00s/s320/IMG_2269.JPG" width="320" yya="true" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dukka crusted fried camembert</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDFnGv-ASVhWS1DMSG15xL4lOEZaHjGrEnoPn1LvBQGdTHen-sbJb8Hr0pzS6eNtkvm-gA9F_d5g4INzPa4FofveoDF342ByG8jArfLewLW8NaDypG58h-q__yswO0DcSUsELqadt35CA/s1600/IMG_2270.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDFnGv-ASVhWS1DMSG15xL4lOEZaHjGrEnoPn1LvBQGdTHen-sbJb8Hr0pzS6eNtkvm-gA9F_d5g4INzPa4FofveoDF342ByG8jArfLewLW8NaDypG58h-q__yswO0DcSUsELqadt35CA/s320/IMG_2270.JPG" width="320" yya="true" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chocolate brulee</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgopkcEbTsHuQnDo8wVj1UOJa16ZKwA-fc6NeipNZV6eGRFKyN-H51E_9CjG25kVZiZs7Wj5Gsbr7Ic3Zp_mu6B-HsBVOo8d9wIIkOPdYui5pNv607RA2uhyphenhyphen_rE6DykZu95K4JM-jX4_Q/s1600/IMG_2271.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgopkcEbTsHuQnDo8wVj1UOJa16ZKwA-fc6NeipNZV6eGRFKyN-H51E_9CjG25kVZiZs7Wj5Gsbr7Ic3Zp_mu6B-HsBVOo8d9wIIkOPdYui5pNv607RA2uhyphenhyphen_rE6DykZu95K4JM-jX4_Q/s320/IMG_2271.JPG" width="320" yya="true" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Banana tempura</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">I have had many people over the years telling me how wonderful Wild Café in Penguin is, and how I absolutely must go there and eat. Well, it’s obviously not like a quick drive over the bridge to the eastern shore! It’s a 4 hour drive to the NW of the state. Given that we were returning to <st1:city w:st="on">Hobart</st1:city> from <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Stanley</st1:place></st1:city> last week, we decided to break the journey and lunch at this mythical restaurant I’d heard so much about. It could have turned out to be crap. Luckily for us, we were rewarded with one of the best lunches in a long time.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The service was impeccable, timely and all-encompassing. Our waitress addressed each table in the manner appropriate to that particular table. For example, I overheard the conversation between the customers at the table behind us and the waitress discussing one of the customer’s allergies and food preferences. The waitress dealt with all requests and explanations politely and sympathetically, and ensured that when the food came out of the kitchen, it was to the customer’s satisfaction.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The café itself is a pleasant, tranquil, clean environment, with a beautiful outlook over the water (<st1:place w:st="on">Bass Strait</st1:place>), with the train tracks in between the café and the water. As luck had it, an extremely long train happened to roll past as we sat quietly eating. It seemed like it passed right through the kitchen, it was so close! I’m sure I could have touched it had I had the inclination to poke my arm out the window!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Bec and I decided to share a handful of entrees, so we could sample a good cross section of the food. We found a lot of the menu items to have an Asian bias, which worked well for us, loving Asian food as we do.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">So, we had:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">*lobster and prawn Vietnamese rice paper rolls with green papaya lime dressing ($22)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">*chips and garlic aioli ($6)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">*seared prawn dumplings in a fragrant lemongrass broth with shitake mushroom and green onion ($18)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">*dukka coated deep fried camembert with pecan pear salad, quince jam and balsamic onion ($17.80)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">*char grilled haloumi, eggplant, sweet potato and zucchini stack with pomegranate dressing ($17.80)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">*Thai inspired grilled calamari with soba noodle salad and coriander vinaigrette ($18)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">and for dessert:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">*chocolate brulee with French teacake and orange cardamom ice cream ($14.50)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">*banana tempura with vanilla ice cream and honey caramel sauce ($11.50)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">It was all gorgeous, but the standouts for me were the lemongrass broth dish, and the honey caramel sauce that accompanied the tempura banana.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">I am SO glad we stopped there and lunched, and wholeheartedly endorse everyone else’s recommendations – this is certainly the place to go if you are heading up that way to the NW of the state.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Wild Café Restaurant</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">87 Main Road</st1:address></st1:street></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Penguin</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Ph 03 6437 2000</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">(It’s just along from the giant penguin on the waterfront)</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-74866313994419638392013-06-01T06:07:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:26:32.766-07:00The Old Cable Station at Stanley May 2013First and foremost – a huge disclaimer – I need to disclose at the outset that this is my ex-husband Don and his partner Charlotte I’m writing about today. As with most long-since divorced couples, all the animosity which caused the divorce has evaporated. We are both different people, and have moved on well and truly from events of over 20 years ago. Having said that, you can’t live with someone for a number of years, and share two children with them without knowing how they operate as a human being. You, of all people, can see behind the façade presented to the world as a whole. So with that in mind, what I say about the way Don and Charlotte operate, as the subject of my ramblings today, should be interpreted appropriately.<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Don is the consummate hospitality and tourism professional. He trained at Drysdale in the late 70’s and has been in the industry ever since, hence is totally at home with setting customers at their ease, and making them feel like nothing is too much trouble for he and his fellow staff at Cable Station. He also possesses an extensive knowledge of the history and geography of <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tasmania</st1:place></st1:state>, in particular the NW region, thus making him an ideal font of knowledge for the many visitors to the state who find themselves overnighting at the Cable Station.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><st1:city w:st="on">Charlotte</st1:city> previously owned and ran the Old Cable Station in <st1:city w:st="on">Stanley</st1:city> (as well as a restaurant in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Broome</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">WA</st1:state></st1:place>) before she met Don a few years back. Both of their separate relationships broke down and they found themselves as a couple with a shared interest in, and passion for, food and hospitality. <st1:city w:st="on">Charlotte</st1:city> in particular is THE most devoted person to the wellbeing and promotion of tourism in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tasmania</st1:place></st1:state> (and most particularly, NW Tasmania – their region) that I have ever met.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The Cable Station is a combination Bed and Breakfast, and restaurant. They provide upmarket accommodation, all with ensuites, and superb regional food. Bec and I travelled to Stanley on Wednesday for Bec's maiden visit to this little town and the Cable Station. We had a fantastic few days away, and were spoilt rotten by Don and Charlotte, while they experimented on us with potential dishes (Drunken Crayfish, featuring a whiskey cream sauce) for their upcoming menu, and treated Bec to a tourists tour around the area. We returned to Hobart on Friday night, exhausted but satiated!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Amongst her other attributes (ie putting up with my ex-husband!!), <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Charlotte</st1:place></st1:city> is absolutely devoted to providing as much local and regional produce and product in her operation as is humanly possible. Luckily for her, she worked with Rick Stein in Cornwell for a few years, and it’s obvious the training in seafood cookery in particular has been beneficial, given that <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Stanley</st1:place></st1:city> is a seaside town with a busy port full of fishing vessels constantly bringing in an assortment of freshly caught seafood.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">In the luxury spa suite (which was our allocated suite for the two days we stayed), you will find a breakfast pack containing only local produce: individualized packaged bacon from Black Ridge Farm, local free range eggs, St Omer butter, Mathom Farm yoghurt, Rocky Gardens jams and marmalade, Red Cow Dairy bottled milk (yep – the genuine old fashioned bottle of milk, with the cream floating on the top!), Spreyton apple juice, Charlottes sourdough bread, Chado tea, Ritual coffee. In the ensuites, you’ll find M+B organic shampoo, conditioner, soap and body lotion. They’re preparing to use goat soap from Mathom Farm as well when the owner gets his processes for the soap making fine-tuned.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The cost for a stay and dine package for 2 people in the spa suite is $279 for the first night, and $155 for the second night. The ‘dine’ aspect of the package includes a 3 course dinner, plus the breakfast ingredients to be found in the suite as described above. Naturally, should guests desire, breakfast can be cooked for them in the restaurant as well, or they could use the BBQ facilities if they wanted.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Another aspect of Charlotte’s fanaticism for regional products is the Producers Lunches held in the restaurant every 3 months (at the change of seasons), which she instigated 6 years ago, with the aim of a providing a long table of interested diners to eat a beautiful lunch, and drink regional wines, along with as many of the people who produced/grew/milled etc all the food and wine eaten and drunk there that day that she can persuade to attend, speak to everyone about their products, and not self-effacingly hide their talents and skills! This lunch has become amazingly popular and is always booked out well in advance. The next one will be on 14<sup>th</sup> July (winter) featuring John T Bailey (ex Banc Restaurant in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Swansea</st1:city></st1:place>) as guest chef and is already fully subscribed, as is the following one (spring) in October!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">But – if you ‘Like’ their Facebook page, or add yourself to their email list (stay@oldcablestation.com.au) you will receive notification of upcoming events besides the Producers Lunches. For instance they are planning a Whiskey Dinner in July, where all courses will be based around the use of whiskey as the main ingredient. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Charlotte</st1:place></st1:city> is, to quote Michael Caton from the movie “The Castle”, an ideas man (or woman as is the case here!). She is choc full of all manner of clever ideas and concepts for her region, which, knowing her, I’m sure she’ll get off the ground.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">They bought a food van a while back which they've used to travel all around the north of the state, including Festivale in Launceston, Agfest, Bicheno Food and Wine Festival, Deloraine Craft Fair and many others, selling their unique food, such as BBQ octopus, wagyu pies and salmon burgers. They have also participated in the Taste of Tasmania for the past two years. Their stall at Festivale this year, judged by Stephanie Alexander, won Best Tasting Plate for their cured gravlax plate. The van has also just spent the summer at Boat Harbour Beach catering to the beachgoers.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUA3d1kuh9-EHCZwOVpdwPCGP1IVhmrjSagVcUmona-SHmQ6BDQYLsJhMjsFuz7DK8XoK5sc78lfAnKseqGvgNK3Qlk7wNluNmaGKU8Jx3VORQbS_THyPyDLwHCpy6ukg81ZkDWslhfxs/s1600/IMG_2222.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUA3d1kuh9-EHCZwOVpdwPCGP1IVhmrjSagVcUmona-SHmQ6BDQYLsJhMjsFuz7DK8XoK5sc78lfAnKseqGvgNK3Qlk7wNluNmaGKU8Jx3VORQbS_THyPyDLwHCpy6ukg81ZkDWslhfxs/s320/IMG_2222.JPG" width="320" yya="true" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Venison (from Springfield Farm, Mole Creek) carpaccio</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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They have total credibility in this regard, and I must salute their devotion to all things Tasmanian.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-28315777056485311812013-05-25T18:29:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:32:43.454-07:00Goldilocks!<i><span style="color: #660000;">Sophia says:</span> </i>Today for lunch we went to Goldilocks. They serve Filipino food. It is right next to the Pet Club where we were getting things for our new hamster. When you walk in, you see big cakes on display. You order at the counter and they were out of a lot of things. We finally settled on glass noodles and chicken rice soup. The noodles were pretty good but the soup was really salty. The restaurant had a lot of crumbs on the floor. They were mostly out of everything for dessert also so we ordered 2 spongecakes from the bakery. The spongecakes were just okay. I might go back to get a brownie but probably not for lunch.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6R1_Qkzs7ENXsKVJ2gI9ox2U1xx66KV5e9DrPcbtgFGTk3BnqROjEhSjFnYWHN-9Pj4wpb2uztGxhA_LzO0OTIiLzHTr27Re5XG7KLQW1fxj1KcZivhFEqn6qdQ71ww80bK3mxo4QILqu/s1600/goldilocks+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6R1_Qkzs7ENXsKVJ2gI9ox2U1xx66KV5e9DrPcbtgFGTk3BnqROjEhSjFnYWHN-9Pj4wpb2uztGxhA_LzO0OTIiLzHTr27Re5XG7KLQW1fxj1KcZivhFEqn6qdQ71ww80bK3mxo4QILqu/s320/goldilocks+004.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span itemprop="streetAddress">1020 N Rengstorff Ave</span>, <span itemprop="addressLocality">Mountain View</span>, <span itemprop="addressRegion">CA</span> <span itemprop="postalCode">94043 650-968-4980</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Today we went to Goldilocks the restaurant for lunch. We waited a long time just to order because they were busy. We had noodles and soup and it was not my favorite food. They were out a lot of food and we did not know what to order. I liked looking at all the cakes they had. P.S. Here is a picture of Chunk, our hamster. She is really cute! <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1z95IkXKIuSmINqN3uqWOVeunoKxXyYQcrcbi6b7v_cpCnvUlk52amKc3mG1vRYYpFwISJoNng-Vluva3O44V0KK255SxX5xWIYcs1ZBo4mLEpKg6Q_f9jJZ4a7B63yA9KXkhVM2GWAg/s1600/chunk+012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1z95IkXKIuSmINqN3uqWOVeunoKxXyYQcrcbi6b7v_cpCnvUlk52amKc3mG1vRYYpFwISJoNng-Vluva3O44V0KK255SxX5xWIYcs1ZBo4mLEpKg6Q_f9jJZ4a7B63yA9KXkhVM2GWAg/s320/chunk+012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="color: #660000;"><i>Jodie says: </i></span> Goldilocks has really amazing cakes on display and that was fun to see. As far as our lunch went, they were pretty busy and as the kids mentioned, out of most everything. They serve Filipino food and I did not know what to order. There was a nice couple next to me in line and they helped explain what everything was. I would probably not come back for lunch but I would come back if I ever wanted one of their beautifully decorated specialty cakes.<br /><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Food: **</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Service: **</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Atmosphere: **1/2</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Overall: </span></b><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CFhfs0LRnH67ApVnXdHpUDRL0g7-9DYclJaPFcRGdzaZ8l15vwHzki7BddYt-jHjZlMGNWlzCNdLNaydQXEzsrOkyThGkndmnknJMYO6uHiNlOQMrn5mGaJ5a2eOU5WK8yzXTIiCMfuD/s1600/lb2%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CFhfs0LRnH67ApVnXdHpUDRL0g7-9DYclJaPFcRGdzaZ8l15vwHzki7BddYt-jHjZlMGNWlzCNdLNaydQXEzsrOkyThGkndmnknJMYO6uHiNlOQMrn5mGaJ5a2eOU5WK8yzXTIiCMfuD/s1600/lb2%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b><br /><b><span style="color: red;"> 2 Ladybugs!</span></b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-681105677692256932013-05-16T16:59:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:32:43.481-07:00Chef Liu!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: #660000;"><i>Sophia says:</i> </span> Hi Readers, sorry it's been so long since our last review but our Auntie Jill is visiting from Australia! Anyway, today we went to Chef Liu for lunch with my aunt and cousin. It was really fun. When we got there we sat down at a big table and looked at the lunch specials. We all ordered something different so everyone could share. We ordered the Mandarin deluxe chow mein, Chinese chicken salad, walnut prawns, and Tan Tan noodles. They were all really good but the Tan Tan noodles had chili peppers and they had a kick to it. Our lunch special also came with hot and sour soup and rice. The service was okay, they were really busy because the restaurant got really full. When we were done, our waiter brought us fortune cookies with our check. And also, they have a vending machine and my aunt gave us each a quarter and we got some candy. And at the very end, we got a hamster! It was a very great day!<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVd192H4SjY_z94QQ-df7mHsMjwNgAv77pe-IbW66jb2hswmfA1GMKxSZEi3JqRi0TskVmlkDer5ohIJ56GvX4GKThKtLI_HM07YDmZ3q0WHeC-rhyphenhyphenrlY3EpP6eahVT4Z1D84zbBNWGUL/s1600/chef_liu+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVd192H4SjY_z94QQ-df7mHsMjwNgAv77pe-IbW66jb2hswmfA1GMKxSZEi3JqRi0TskVmlkDer5ohIJ56GvX4GKThKtLI_HM07YDmZ3q0WHeC-rhyphenhyphenrlY3EpP6eahVT4Z1D84zbBNWGUL/s320/chef_liu+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">236 Castro Street, Mountain View 650-938-2968</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Today we had a special lunch because we went with my auntie and my cousin! When we got there our waiter led us right to our table. We got a menu and we all ordered something different. I tried everything but I liked the walnut prawns the best. I did not like the hot and sour soup because it was too sour and kind of spicy. And the rice was good. When we were done, they gave us each a fortune cookie and I forgot what my fortune was but I think it was a good one. And then the most exciting part of the day was we got a hamster and we named her Chunk! She is adorable and we love her. We will put up of a picture of her soon, but right now she is sleeping. <br /><br /><span style="color: #660000;"><i>Jodie says: </i></span>Today we had a wonderful lunch with Jill & Kaelyn at Chef Liu. We always see their lunch special sign outside and it looked so good we decided to eat there. It was starting to get busy when we got there and by the time we left, every table was filled. Our food came quickly, and everything was delicious. I especially liked the walnut prawns and the chicken salad. It was a great afternoon and of course the most exciting part was afterward when the kids got a pet hamster. <br /><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Food: ****</b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Service: ***</b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Atmosphere: ***</b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Overall: 3 1/2 Ladybugs!</b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJvk0cQtNCFBukRvebWZ2lf0gTk-MtnH2Cee9B1bwwoSTNjTI-ZgQh8jj0elFyn1AaOMrBWboPIAeeZl_4FVyatB5OpHnd7myKilYVhcQUl_kCCCvxjVq8DglAIYjYa8lg31h5iqWdiII/s1600/lb3%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJvk0cQtNCFBukRvebWZ2lf0gTk-MtnH2Cee9B1bwwoSTNjTI-ZgQh8jj0elFyn1AaOMrBWboPIAeeZl_4FVyatB5OpHnd7myKilYVhcQUl_kCCCvxjVq8DglAIYjYa8lg31h5iqWdiII/s1600/lb3%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxQ_CR4blXb7LEu3ADPhOcu9ZjGuLk1IFOVBWFrHkxkGp4ys_VozuuqdOGprLLwkQTC9u3eXMXvxCK44uCBzkkx7eeIokwRAqBnHZpxL3OnIl2pEVYzOxwW7JT3ywtPXbfe9wPjWLXIAh/s1600/lb6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RXGLglQpUV2Hu_fKTUuQQhvcprz_7l8PhZ380rEVWS_qb0HmDZa5ZDJADSyvWwzZjh0ZD2H3ReHWkFg6gkouiz0kcJZGXtD9qXcVUIEBYbuy_0e8IOF25aGC0eN9PwporGJ8yiudzLQ/s1600/IMG_2218.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" pua="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RXGLglQpUV2Hu_fKTUuQQhvcprz_7l8PhZ380rEVWS_qb0HmDZa5ZDJADSyvWwzZjh0ZD2H3ReHWkFg6gkouiz0kcJZGXtD9qXcVUIEBYbuy_0e8IOF25aGC0eN9PwporGJ8yiudzLQ/s320/IMG_2218.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chicken cotoletta</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgo4GFCy0XbD5F6fFEWzpfni0fz_-0s12mTjNJOH894ElwLxEvGzSgC9-_cld30RzVmG0CLgFZhn1ZHBUqwptouilHAdvujlx3ggXgmFr2hbkVBVwfRRYva8hYqBhCU4vUNz17JZzUZs/s1600/IMG_2219.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" pua="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgo4GFCy0XbD5F6fFEWzpfni0fz_-0s12mTjNJOH894ElwLxEvGzSgC9-_cld30RzVmG0CLgFZhn1ZHBUqwptouilHAdvujlx3ggXgmFr2hbkVBVwfRRYva8hYqBhCU4vUNz17JZzUZs/s320/IMG_2219.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seafood feast</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDMPO39WsIU7uAZlgkZFBKZJpEoCJ-kQNZ5fChy9DPq3WMM_8FbHX8P2YoKdpG8Yz511IQcODAJySkvDAbk3bZO1qwRV-FyIaE_uxhRIMEM-SSSe1AHWI-f2yMz5Snak3vcH-XaMHSoM/s1600/IMG_2220.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" pua="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDMPO39WsIU7uAZlgkZFBKZJpEoCJ-kQNZ5fChy9DPq3WMM_8FbHX8P2YoKdpG8Yz511IQcODAJySkvDAbk3bZO1qwRV-FyIaE_uxhRIMEM-SSSe1AHWI-f2yMz5Snak3vcH-XaMHSoM/s320/IMG_2220.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pepper steak</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The name “Horseshoe Inn” sounds romantic and olde worlde to me. It sounds like the sort of place I might like to get married at, and have a wedding full of old fashioned confections and traditions. The Horseshoe Inn at <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cambridge</st1:place></st1:city> is not that place!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">It’s a scungy, dingy looking establishment which must be one of the few round town that haven’t been bought kicking and screaming into the 21<sup>st</sup> century and renovated within an inch of its life! It still touts its old fashioned individual booths, designed to probably seat at least 6 people and its daggy internal fittings. Having said that, I find it extremely refreshing to go somewhere where I don’t feel I have to be wearing my Country Road clothes, and where my humble little car doesn’t look out of place in the carpark alongside the utes, holdens etc! In a word, it’s an unpretentious pub, and one I’d like to preserve in all its quaintness for posterity.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">In my 64 years living in Hobart I have never been tempted to venture inside this little country pub, despite it being so close in proximity to me for five years back in the 70’s when I lived at 7 Mile Beach and there was, at that time, no such thing as a pub or eatery at 7 Mile Beach or its environs. So it was a quiet landmark day for me yesterday to actually enter the portals!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Hopefully you now get the picture of a humble little country-style pub quietly ticking along, year after year.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Word on the street recently is that the Horseshoe Inn is feeding good pub food to masses of people daily and nightly. That you most definitely have to book well in advance of eating there. That you can’t just be driving past, and on a whim, decide to stop there for a feed. I had heard all that from quite a few, so decided yesterday was the day for Rita to check it out.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Despite a misunderstanding, which was only discovered when we arrived there and were sitting in the car in the carpark, about who was meant to book our table there, we managed to secure a booth. It was a Tuesday and it was lunch time and it was after 1.00, so maybe we just had good luck securing an unbooked seat. There were only two other booths (of about 8) occupied, and it certainly wasn’t overcrowded and full of the busy restaurant buzz and noise I expected. A fact which overjoyed me! I hate that impersonal busyness, where, as a patron, you get the feeling you’re just a means to an end, and that the owner is regarding you as just another dollar in the bank for him.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">You order at the bar, from menus that are placed on the tables, so we debated a while then ordered. The entrees were reasonably prompt in arriving, followed by mains, but not that fast that we got the impression that they were trying to get rid of us so staff could go home, or close off the kitchen for evening preparation.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">We ordered:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Entrées</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Tempura mushrooms ($15)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Seafood chowder ($13)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Prawn cocktail ($16)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Mains</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Chicken Cotteletta ($25)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Seafood Feast ($25)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Scotch Fillet, 300 gm, with pepper sauce ($24)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The tempura looked like little doughnuts on the plate when it arrived, and tasted similarly. Guys – if you are calling it tempura mushrooms, you need to use a way lighter batter than the heavy one used on your entrée. It really was hard to distinguish actual mushroom alongside the heavy batter consistency when you had a mouthful.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">My prawn cocktail wasn’t the little ice cream sundae bowl full of shredded lettuce, prawns and cocktail sauce that I had mentally envisaged! It was a bowl full of all the above! The sauce was fine but, strangely, had the appearance of a large dollop of whipped cream. It was a generous serving and I struggled to finish it, but I was happy enough with it.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The chowder was an absolute masterpiece. I love a seafood chowder, and to date my prize one has been Cornelian Bay Boathouse’s little chowdery number, but Horseshoe’s topped theirs well and truly. Bec ordered this dish, and halfway through, realized she had what sounded like a large meal coming for mains, so she reluctantly stopped eating, leaving the plate sitting on the table, ready for collection by waitstaff.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Then came the epoch-making clearing of the table! And do you want to know what converted me from being a mere customer eating a meal there to a dyed-in-the-wool fan of Horseshoe Inn? When our friendly waitress came to clear back, she noticed Bec had chowder left and asked if it had been alright – as you should if you’re any kind of competent waiter! THEN – after we had obviously raved about the fabulousness of the chowder – she asked if we’d like her to pop it into a takeaway container to take home for later! I quizzed her about every other dining establishments protocols about not letting you take your leftovers home due to “food poisoning issues” – which I generally consider a load of absolute tosh, but they never do let you bring your leftovers home.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Yeah, yeah, before you come all “you’d have patrons suing us if they get food poisoning from leftovers if we let you take it home” etc, I understand that. But for me, I simply can’t generally eat the amount of food usually placed in front of me. My tummy simply won’t accept the volume and richness of many dishes I select off a menu. And despite them being absolute standout meals, I have to wave goodbye to them as they are carried off to the rubbish bin in the kitchen! That saddens me greatly, and has been a bugbear of mine for many years.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">I now always carry a takeaway container of my own in my bag, plus two ziplock bags, so if I choose to, I can take home any leftovers without having to ask permission of waitstaff. I figure I am transferring the responsibility of my possible food poisoning (yeah, right!!) to me, and I genuinely do enjoy finishing my meal at home, at a time convenient to me.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The mains were hugely filling, and way too big for all of us, so when, again, waitress asked if we’d like to take our leftovers home, naturally we all said yes – and we did.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The food was not breathtakingly haute cuisine and cutting edge trendy food. It was simple pub food such as you’d expect to get at a pub like this one. It represented good value for money, and was tasty. It was no more or no less than what I had envisioned, and, for me, that was a bonus.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">I asked our waitress about who their chef was and she explained they had 4 chefs there, headed up by David Robertshaw, who I remember as working many years ago at Maloneys. I don’t know what he has been up to since then, but I think Horseshoe Inn is a fine place to add to your resume.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">I would have liked a Banana Fritter for dessert but I honestly couldn’t fit a single thing more in, so had to go without.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">When asked about what made our meal so different and special there yesterday (as I was on Facebook last night), my response is that Horseshoe doesn’t pretend to be anything else but what it is, and combining that with the breathtakingly generous offer of allowing us to take home our leftovers (we quite obviously weren’t the only ones to be offered this service), it is now a firm favourite of mine, for the reasons stated, and I will sing its praises whenever required. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">For a dining out experience, there is no way I would ever consider eating there, preferring favoured places like Beltana, Fish Frenzy, Red Velvet Lounge, Castray Esplanade Food and Wine etc etc. But for what we wanted yesterday, it was perfect.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Horseshoe Inn</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">860 Cambridge Road</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Cambridge</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Ph: 6248 5010</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-87841211097152283942013-05-12T15:47:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:26:32.778-07:00Westend Pumphouse May 2013<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRkzwfSJI6GFwxOpdm7vrA7VAioIptrcEcTDIewoyALJtkzX9M67gPmITKIpjgJ6HR8jpyFOA4eThaVkvcMh9odxPta4UsyVk_L2hcNqoiIOLn8YBK8dTmFrhbnO02Qz7913lSnm-BTc/s1600/IMG_2206.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" mwa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRkzwfSJI6GFwxOpdm7vrA7VAioIptrcEcTDIewoyALJtkzX9M67gPmITKIpjgJ6HR8jpyFOA4eThaVkvcMh9odxPta4UsyVk_L2hcNqoiIOLn8YBK8dTmFrhbnO02Qz7913lSnm-BTc/s320/IMG_2206.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKgUizSNLSbDFz9M2zGFdDXbcUjWY1hgxpZFLopuFzpyHimP242bFYR8zrXfOEF9HyGjAHLbV2lUqnpzN1tTQJL7-pAgR3Akz4XbCDppwwctMBDRhZtNZ2cxKsVvWPpFc1PAx-evxnWA/s1600/IMG_2208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" mwa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKgUizSNLSbDFz9M2zGFdDXbcUjWY1hgxpZFLopuFzpyHimP242bFYR8zrXfOEF9HyGjAHLbV2lUqnpzN1tTQJL7-pAgR3Akz4XbCDppwwctMBDRhZtNZ2cxKsVvWPpFc1PAx-evxnWA/s320/IMG_2208.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Had an impressive breakfast at Westend Pumphouse the other day. This was the first time I had set foot in the place, following all the initial opening hype, around a year ago, by the fooderati of the city!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">I have to say that, despite my reservations (based on feedback from various friends), I was quite surprised at the food quality, but more particularly the service, which was outstanding. Small courtesies, which go overlooked in other similar establishments, were a feature of service at the Pumphouse. I think we generally settle these days for mediocre service, hence it is notable when you get those extras with your service.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">I had Bubble and Squeak ($16) which comprised two quite large fried patties, filled with assorted savoury goodies including peas. This was topped with two perfectly poached eggs then their delicious housemade chutney, with a beef kransky on the side. It was way too much for my small tummy, but the days of hearing my mother’s voice in my ear telling me how many millions of starving people round the world would kill for my uneaten plate of wasted food, are long gone. I don’t order food just to get a huge plateful in order to pig into. I order things I want to sample, and am not at all fussed if I don’t feel I can polish off the whole plateful.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">My vegetarian friends had the beans with mushrooms and avocado and enjoyed it very much. I think it was priced at $12-15. Not sure.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">It’s not a place I will be hurrying back to – mainly because of the difficulty of parking nearby (for me, as I have a disability which necessitates parking as closely as I can to wherever I’m going). I could park (illegally) in the K&D carpark I suppose but that’s not an option for me at the moment.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">I’d give them an 8/10 for the food, an 8/10 for the latte and a very definite 10/10 for the service.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><o:p>Westend Pumphouse</o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><o:p>105 Murray Street</o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><o:p>Hobart</o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><o:p>6234 7339 </o:p></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-36887940903477528752013-05-02T15:57:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:32:43.489-07:00Regal Bagel Cafe!<span style="color: #660000;"><i>Sophia says: </i></span>Today for lunch we went to Regal Bagel Cafe with our friends Katie and Aidan. We have seen this place before and today we decided to check it out. When we got there, we looked at the menu on the wall. I wanted to order a ham and cheese croissant but they ran out of croissants right before we got there. So instead I ordered a hot egg, bacon and cheese bagel. You can choose what type of bagel you want and if you want it hot or cold. Katie and I also had a Snapple to drink. There wasn't really anyone there so we had the place to ourselves. I really liked my bagel but it was big. When I finished my mom got everyone a chocolate chip cookie. They were good and the chocolates were already melting because its such a hot day. I would definitely come back. <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSbv9S3iqnPA2idXg98J7Z0JmEXbqgZU5wDBief-7i2DxMzkXiN67Q9UQK1_8uuUpCKyFLEqfdXQhpG0RH1VkG-cErobsDG4y2cKrMuaqh_XjJlRINGQORt4mYm6cVUB5mMHIy-3A32TT/s1600/regalbagel+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSbv9S3iqnPA2idXg98J7Z0JmEXbqgZU5wDBief-7i2DxMzkXiN67Q9UQK1_8uuUpCKyFLEqfdXQhpG0RH1VkG-cErobsDG4y2cKrMuaqh_XjJlRINGQORt4mYm6cVUB5mMHIy-3A32TT/s320/regalbagel+003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><address> <span rel="v:address"><span class="format_address"><span class="street-address">570 N Shoreline Blvd</span>, <span class="extended-address">Ste H</span>, <span class="locality"><span>Mountain View</span>, <span>CA</span> 650-960-1118</span> </span></span></address><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiy_9_ir4WnM4xiywbct_R-1ru13K5w8Uy-PcnR2dBlSkEZuqCW73ttVzP5h8jhbdbrj82Vj9eUCt74ZqIbZiQ6iD_iZYedR-BjqMlyjex2Cc4_gksd0q8rog9g0pFbNvtk-MS2-uCFAsr/s1600/regalbagel+005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiy_9_ir4WnM4xiywbct_R-1ru13K5w8Uy-PcnR2dBlSkEZuqCW73ttVzP5h8jhbdbrj82Vj9eUCt74ZqIbZiQ6iD_iZYedR-BjqMlyjex2Cc4_gksd0q8rog9g0pFbNvtk-MS2-uCFAsr/s320/regalbagel+005.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOeUirc93xAfOFv2I1RyLYh_ILB4MHFkza6XLJd5ARl4NLTF5XwVbGaZi9et3UPqFfeVliFRHzNtYjCQ62blrNkFhktkIWYO7svfYoTSFUI7OTWqLOx6M5t27i_Kuinv9F5iFd16uLRMOf/s1600/regalbagel+006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOeUirc93xAfOFv2I1RyLYh_ILB4MHFkza6XLJd5ARl4NLTF5XwVbGaZi9et3UPqFfeVliFRHzNtYjCQ62blrNkFhktkIWYO7svfYoTSFUI7OTWqLOx6M5t27i_Kuinv9F5iFd16uLRMOf/s320/regalbagel+006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span id="goog_2079951063"></span><span id="goog_2079951064"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixCRtDPEXATmjnSfg2XNTrR4cLU4junIP_7dOiIDj88qps-Arj8cSOC940thgrn9clGEn4mRlrn8Vi3XDP7TkF5eazQgaTuQWenvjd1C6veZxYwvss0C46kxdvL6kD7bgFgy13dTlg2Dw7/s1600/regalbagel+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixCRtDPEXATmjnSfg2XNTrR4cLU4junIP_7dOiIDj88qps-Arj8cSOC940thgrn9clGEn4mRlrn8Vi3XDP7TkF5eazQgaTuQWenvjd1C6veZxYwvss0C46kxdvL6kD7bgFgy13dTlg2Dw7/s320/regalbagel+007.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvo1zfP9GatIflIxj0N4FAbrnqpPIWCdYl3kFHAhoKGeELc_xkoouSM0Clok0dp3B0A0urAi5Cn3MPAdMKETZvuf_maF6VK5FCPe1-JRfJ4da-PfUkEbm5Yt9GGfpSQtLPRuJQJWbdKwXo/s1600/regalbagel+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvo1zfP9GatIflIxj0N4FAbrnqpPIWCdYl3kFHAhoKGeELc_xkoouSM0Clok0dp3B0A0urAi5Cn3MPAdMKETZvuf_maF6VK5FCPe1-JRfJ4da-PfUkEbm5Yt9GGfpSQtLPRuJQJWbdKwXo/s320/regalbagel+002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #660000;"><i>Josh says: </i></span>Hi Readers, today I got to have lunch with my friends and my sister. My friends names are Aidan and Katie. This was the first time they have ever done a review with us. We went to the Regal Bagel Cafe. And I saw a chocolate chip bagel and a cinnamon sugar bagel. And those were what I wanted but I couldn't have them because my mom said no. Oh well. But I had a grilled cheese bagel sandwhich instead just like my friend Aidan. And it was hot at first but then cooled down. After I was done, I got a big fresh chocolate chip cookie and then we left. I had a great time! <br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><br /><!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style><![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #660000;">Katherine says: </span></i>When I first walked in I thought it looked open. I looked at the menu and saw a tuna melt which I like, but I wanted a cold sandwich (they did have tuna salad). I instead got a roast beef and cheese on a sourdough bagel. It was too big for my mouth because it had lots of stuff in it, roast beef, cheese, onions, pickles, lettuce, tomato, mustard and mayo. I thought it was the best sandwich I ever had. I got a chocolate chip cookie and I liked it because the chocolate chips were melted. The cookie was soft.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #660000;">Aidan says: </span>I went right to the bagels and saw a chocolate chip bagel that I wanted. Then I saw a cinnamon bagel I wanted. But my mom said no. I got a grilled cheese bagel. They didn’t have normal bread grill cheese. My bagel tasted good and it was hot. I had a cookie that tasted good. I would go back.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><b>Food: ****1/2</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><b>Service: ****</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><b>Atmosphere: ***</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><b>Overall: </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqnpKwhoEm0TErQXrlYVU1UXqzIc9Vc-T9FeZk5rs40vLkkU3sUKKOTKrRoAFKiQ-ZuNDf3bxe2GXVEUWmH-CfYgsC4FU3yvVJ2iq65rZTuK23SzdYHLA7OU2LVaUj69S77aofIotMKYqN/s1600/lb4%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqnpKwhoEm0TErQXrlYVU1UXqzIc9Vc-T9FeZk5rs40vLkkU3sUKKOTKrRoAFKiQ-ZuNDf3bxe2GXVEUWmH-CfYgsC4FU3yvVJ2iq65rZTuK23SzdYHLA7OU2LVaUj69S77aofIotMKYqN/s1600/lb4%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><b> 4 Ladybugs!</b></span></div><br /> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-64836151943910498202013-04-21T18:43:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:32:43.496-07:00Olympus Cafe & Bakery!<span style="color: #660000;"><i>Sophia says:</i></span> Hi Readers! Tonight for an early dinner we went to Olympus Cafe & Bakery. Before that it was Neto Cafe & Bakery. When it opened it was a soft opening. (soft opening: a restaurant that's open but hasn't worked out all the "kinks" yet) When we got there, we ordered at the counter. I ordered penne pasta off the kids menu. After we ordered, the waiter gave us a number for us to put on our table so they would know where to find us. It was a nice day so we sat outside. The food took awhile to come but when it came it was good! I liked the way they made my pasta, very plain and with no sauce. We also ordered the Turkish delight dessert which was good. I would love to come back!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilIAWAYLiXL7SDhhBTLAIdUCBgrNmuUlbzrvdSESc6LNJPD_nxUHvIC35ZZ-cvIAVHFrQ-O5vLDFkvw2bzPUtBEFK7qXtGQ-1gnWBJhMCv3zDpkIyUnGD5FjGuMKEYBQ2F-CKKXBLkySaa/s1600/olympus+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilIAWAYLiXL7SDhhBTLAIdUCBgrNmuUlbzrvdSESc6LNJPD_nxUHvIC35ZZ-cvIAVHFrQ-O5vLDFkvw2bzPUtBEFK7qXtGQ-1gnWBJhMCv3zDpkIyUnGD5FjGuMKEYBQ2F-CKKXBLkySaa/s320/olympus+002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> 135 Castro Street, Mountain View <span class="baec5a81-e4d6-4674-97f3-e9220f0136c1" style="white-space: nowrap;">650-336-7613<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3007077511804973346#" style="border: currentColor; bottom: 0px; display: inline; float: none; height: 16px; left: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; 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Tonight we had dinner at the Olympus Cafe. We walked to the Cafe and ordered at the counter. I ordered chicken nuggets. They were good but they were so tiny and I was still hungry when I finished them. I had a good time tonight with my family and I would come back.<br /><br />Something happened after we left. We saw millions of ants all in a pile on the sidewalk. It was disgusting! I asked my mom to take a picture of it so we could show you. Here it is! P.S. It looks like a pile of dirt but all of it is ants! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFbxjBLMuEJGDRXa3LT_rrsaLJCoQo8DQKMi__iCGPJyAwGe5Fz5v3MVo88xJAb1KkdZyWw35aNJ1X0lM2JojQG9mDH4tnb2gAd1qACGIeYNt38CElriZF_E_eRSLB-UmOWmgce1toHcaR/s1600/olympus+021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFbxjBLMuEJGDRXa3LT_rrsaLJCoQo8DQKMi__iCGPJyAwGe5Fz5v3MVo88xJAb1KkdZyWw35aNJ1X0lM2JojQG9mDH4tnb2gAd1qACGIeYNt38CElriZF_E_eRSLB-UmOWmgce1toHcaR/s320/olympus+021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /><br /><i><span style="color: #660000;">Jodie says:</span> </i>We drove by the Olympus Cafe this morning and saw they had a 'grand opening' sign so we decided to come back tonight and check it out. They have a really big menu selection and a huge pastry selection too. I ordered the Athenian Panini and shared it with Paul. It had grilled eggplant and bell pepper and it was delicious! Their proportions are mixed, Sophia got a huge plate of pasta and Josh had a very small amount of chicken nuggets. The Olympus has a very casual atmosphere and it's a nice place to relax and have a light meal - we ate everything! I would love to go back and try something else. <br /><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Food: ***1/2</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Service: **1/2</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Atmosphere: ***</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Overall: 3 1/2 Ladybugs!</span></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiihIjJGbFVzvNjibN16iV5LtG52xnFhW1Bgeb6BSQKYo5Hli5wq03c_x_421JYjdnXpHzEdD7d6Hj9TCq4Ftl2kFyZMcTsRlNP8MOhgWVPbv6ELHzQpzWALw_Gy_TzzrYoe7_Xg1WIu1ha/s1600/lb3%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiihIjJGbFVzvNjibN16iV5LtG52xnFhW1Bgeb6BSQKYo5Hli5wq03c_x_421JYjdnXpHzEdD7d6Hj9TCq4Ftl2kFyZMcTsRlNP8MOhgWVPbv6ELHzQpzWALw_Gy_TzzrYoe7_Xg1WIu1ha/s1600/lb3%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVdlhJgndt3NB1gAj3ZKz8QtI1AN907Eep2BanZqDvCg699FLJ57gYg0YtBLLSWWBHJ8ER54NB6ARVZ_L6A_wGPJqCei30KtKBfhEuoGU3SHBfv3XlJT7ZXlQef04tnqdt_R2uARaD-Gl4/s1600/lb6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVdlhJgndt3NB1gAj3ZKz8QtI1AN907Eep2BanZqDvCg699FLJ57gYg0YtBLLSWWBHJ8ER54NB6ARVZ_L6A_wGPJqCei30KtKBfhEuoGU3SHBfv3XlJT7ZXlQef04tnqdt_R2uARaD-Gl4/s1600/lb6.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-18136412093793227522013-04-08T22:24:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:26:32.830-07:00Castray Esplanade Food and Wine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCub8ouPOF71TSio_qhPua0HnX-rlPg-YbgtPX4kDniPhnVXaQNhjFK6L1JqRbo1ROcAHi5Vz1c2H_3lSWQaoLjjRgPhQVbNA-Lh33ypvHePdUpgeZbZPC_vK90x56izNtrpgWnfeibys/s1600/IMG_2200.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" mta="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCub8ouPOF71TSio_qhPua0HnX-rlPg-YbgtPX4kDniPhnVXaQNhjFK6L1JqRbo1ROcAHi5Vz1c2H_3lSWQaoLjjRgPhQVbNA-Lh33ypvHePdUpgeZbZPC_vK90x56izNtrpgWnfeibys/s320/IMG_2200.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Karen Goodwin-Roberts goes from strength to strength! Drysdale must be absolutely kicking themselves over their loss, a good few years ago now, of Karen from the Cookery teaching team. It might have been a bitter parting of the ways at the time, but I’m sure she’d be of the opinion now that they actually did her a favour, and steered her in the direction she now is travelling.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">With her Taste Café at Bahai Centre, along with the catering she has been doing, she now adds this latest jewel to her culinary crown – Castray Esplanade Food and Wine (CEFW), which is where Bec took me last week for a birthday breakfast.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">We were the sole diners there, which I loved, but hope they are usually busier, which I gather they are. I absolutely could not fault one iota of the food we had. It was all exactly as I would have made it myself at home in my kitchen, where I reckon I’m the only one who can get my poached eggs the (perfect) way I like them (whites cooked but yellow runny), the bacon crispy and the accompanying sauce (in this case at CEFW today, a salsa verde) light and tasty. The potato rosti served under the poached eggs was stunning. Yeah – potato rosti is potato rosti, but this one had additional flavours which made it fabulous. The dish cost $15 and I would have paid double that for it, more than happily, especially comparing that meal today with the woeful food at Mures Upper Deck last week.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">They are currently open 7 days a week, for breakfasts and lunches, but are looking at opening Thursday and Friday nights too.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Both breakfast and lunch menus are true Karen Goodwin-Roberts style. If you’ve eaten off one of Karen’s menus over the years, you’ll understand what I’m talking about. She goes to a lot of trouble to source local, fresh, seasonal food that has been ethically produced, and farmed or fished sustainably. She doesn’t do enormous plates of parmigianas dangling precariously off the sides of a huge dinner plate. She does appropriately sized amounts of good food, professionally prepared and cooked, and reasonably priced.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Both lunch and breakfast menus cater for everyone, and they are happy to adapt dishes for those who would like something not exactly as per the menu.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">She will be opening up a third café in <st1:place w:st="on">North Hobart</st1:place>, Elizabeth St Food and Wine (ESFW), soon (on the site of the former BP service station just down from Republic) – I can’t wait to experience that one as well. Everything she touches screams style, comfort, credibility, good sense, freshness and deliciousness. Bahai is unique in its own way, as is CEFW, but a totally different vibe. ESFW will also have its own intrinsic flavour when it opens, as it will be a providore as well as café, and cooking school.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">At a time when many people are slowing down in life, the Roberts’ empire is building on past successes. I absolutely love your work, Karen.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Castray Esplanade Food and Wine</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">17A Castray Esplanade</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Hobart</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">PH: 6224 6250</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzNy-wGm2KOh2_M0-T3ozMnAAJtumZDx_0PMulvbcFHovgTGi6slT9ZEwiwJDbqtYR-P6PUsIbdpQPblRj1R59i5MI-T7SIu0MWNntos-DwNGpzWcocqgIyMdwXUiytGTix2UJDTAVS8/s1600/IMG_2202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" mta="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzNy-wGm2KOh2_M0-T3ozMnAAJtumZDx_0PMulvbcFHovgTGi6slT9ZEwiwJDbqtYR-P6PUsIbdpQPblRj1R59i5MI-T7SIu0MWNntos-DwNGpzWcocqgIyMdwXUiytGTix2UJDTAVS8/s320/IMG_2202.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixV7CGVXqVnI619X72B0w32VJgOKVomEIk2PUwRgqblcAr1AvRJuIvGkajvWmZ0sfpYPdKWNZPVwrZP6a8umUKO-h4jvWHBiaEylkGupxy0l9ICb25tMbNfUV2TDGrB-76lXUHhHhb5ho/s1600/IMG_2203.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" mta="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixV7CGVXqVnI619X72B0w32VJgOKVomEIk2PUwRgqblcAr1AvRJuIvGkajvWmZ0sfpYPdKWNZPVwrZP6a8umUKO-h4jvWHBiaEylkGupxy0l9ICb25tMbNfUV2TDGrB-76lXUHhHhb5ho/s320/IMG_2203.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbk-c3oDdz7pBPT0X7APrDHImTBtmwsgWTxGnWncGAZwyQu-mrHSbSmA3UAQJLYwd4olOqtgF9WqPqHIDYNxzShCL-ImV5yQks_rEe3tfqeSeoFtvOiYhkTzodvsLEy9iigYEuPa9MJA8/s1600/IMG_2204.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" mta="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbk-c3oDdz7pBPT0X7APrDHImTBtmwsgWTxGnWncGAZwyQu-mrHSbSmA3UAQJLYwd4olOqtgF9WqPqHIDYNxzShCL-ImV5yQks_rEe3tfqeSeoFtvOiYhkTzodvsLEy9iigYEuPa9MJA8/s320/IMG_2204.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-5616047288520883172013-04-07T19:54:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:32:43.554-07:00Dickey's Barbecue Pit!<span style="color: #660000;"><i>Sophia says: </i></span>Tonight we went to a new restaurant that just opened a few days ago called Dickey's Barbecue Pit. We came here today because we have been watching it get ready to open and we got a flyer that said on Sundays kids eat for free. When we got there, it was pretty busy. There was a long line because you order in line and then at the end of the line you get your food.We waited in line and walked around the restaurant for about 20 minutes. We waited so long because they were out of everything! When we finally got our food we sat down and ate. The food was pretty good but the service wasn't. After dinner we got a free ice cream. 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When we got there, we got right in line. And it was a long line! I ordered a kid's plate that was a pork sandwich. I was going to get a chicken sandwich but they were out of them. We sat in the back and there were a lot of tables. My dinner was delicious and I got lemonade to drink. You get to pour it yourself. I didn't really eat my green beans because I forgot to. After dinner, my dad made me and my sister little ice creams for free! And that was the best part for me. <br /><br /><span style="color: #660000;"><i>Paul says:</i></span> The line was total chaos. The food was good but they were out of most everything. They have a nice room in the back but be prepared because if you eat there you will leave smelling like bbq smoke. <br /><br /><i><span style="color: #660000;">Jodie says:</span> </i> Dickey's opened only 3 days ago and I don't think the staff was prepared for how popular it was going to be! We got there at 5:30 and there was already a line that almost reached the door. We waited about 25 minutes and when it was our turn to order they had run out of their bbq ribs, chicken and turkey. They had ham, sausage and pulled pork left. Paul had the ham dinner and I had a baked potato. It's a little confusing to order because you order from a few different people and they were all really busy. We had fun making the ice cream cones and when we left there was another group of people waiting in line. <br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Food: ***1/2</b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Service: **</b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Atmosphere: **</b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Overall: </b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b></b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL43919103JrbZ-690uFWjGisxn1wBm3vyem_CrYeJvUnFAGBNu9NtWmFd-XgbSzOWIb1m-pthS_dxiUCC1QYpVu8v6eUHtlr1zEmFJM7MDOJ5tu6v5cF7XljGxfIRqGyPI46n9ucdF_xR/s1600/lb2%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></b></span><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>2 1/2 Ladybugs!</b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRnDil7wQHzipMew-qDTo8FXreiBdwGH7qJt8MAJ-tSwEgfmc_BDi9YjB8P8RP14ypT-8nZwugePrF-TG3uGnV9Nk95atcsvYnEIR8vz7JoyPyt30wMo9hTHmGUquifqDgB0lUiJReEwu9/s1600/lb6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRnDil7wQHzipMew-qDTo8FXreiBdwGH7qJt8MAJ-tSwEgfmc_BDi9YjB8P8RP14ypT-8nZwugePrF-TG3uGnV9Nk95atcsvYnEIR8vz7JoyPyt30wMo9hTHmGUquifqDgB0lUiJReEwu9/s1600/lb6.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL43919103JrbZ-690uFWjGisxn1wBm3vyem_CrYeJvUnFAGBNu9NtWmFd-XgbSzOWIb1m-pthS_dxiUCC1QYpVu8v6eUHtlr1zEmFJM7MDOJ5tu6v5cF7XljGxfIRqGyPI46n9ucdF_xR/s1600/lb2%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL43919103JrbZ-690uFWjGisxn1wBm3vyem_CrYeJvUnFAGBNu9NtWmFd-XgbSzOWIb1m-pthS_dxiUCC1QYpVu8v6eUHtlr1zEmFJM7MDOJ5tu6v5cF7XljGxfIRqGyPI46n9ucdF_xR/s1600/lb2%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> <br /><span style="color: red;"><br /></span><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887627198301015383.post-41439620808294646682013-04-04T17:38:00.000-07:002013-09-26T09:26:32.882-07:00Mures Upper Deck 2013<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">2008 was the last time I ate at Mures Upper Deck, and was so disappointed with the food, I swore I wouldn’t go again. Well, I went back last night – and had all my fears realized, in spades. Not only was the menu unadventurous, but the food was very average, and the service severely lacking, with the prices being too high for the quality of food I got.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">I watched two tables leave without ordering, leaving half drunk glasses of water and menus on the table, after being well ignored by the many totally disorganized waitstaff on duty. There was no rhyme nor reason to the way they seemed to be operating. All staff going in different directions, showing new arrivals to their tables then managing to forget or overlook them until a hungry customer stopped a passing waitperson and requested their order for food and drinks be taken. This happened to us and all the tables around us.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">I had the Upper Deck Selection ($33.90). No matter how much wordage you devote to making menu items sound appetizing and delectable, the fact remains that when a simple plate of badly cooked battered scallops, crumbed fish, and two extremely chewy calamari rings, with chips, arrives at the table, you can’t help but feel ripped off!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The occasion was a birthday celebration for Rita – made not at all notable by the food and service at Mures Upper Deck.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Bad luck Mures that I was approached as I left by two tourists staying at Grand Chancellor, who had been told there was a one hour wait for a table in the Upper Deck, and wanted my opinion as to whether or not it was worth the wait for them. You can guess at my response!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Mures Upper Deck – you could do so much better. As Aunty Jack would say – “Get it together, cavemen!”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601878182405743824noreply@blogger.com0