There are 9 of us in my group at work, so last night we went out for a work dinner. I've never gone to a work dinner before, so I was excited; it turned out to be a lot of fun. It's weird how people are different outside of the actual office...anyway, this is supposed to be about food...we went to a place called the Rainbow Lodge. (Those of you from Shawnee can imagine my concern about eating at a place with "Rainbow" in the name, but all was well.) It's a seafood and game restaurant. I wanted so badly to get some great fish (they had a red snapper special), but had to give in to trying game, so I had the venison:
Baby Spinach Salad -
warm pancetta and balsamic vinaigrette, toasted pine nuts and feta
Grilled Venison Tenderloin -
sliced on smoked gouda orzo with swiss chard and pasilla pepper infused demi
Croissant Bread Pudding -
cinnamon toasted croissants, boubron sauce, vanilla bean ice cream
It was wonderful...beats cow any day! Beforehand we all shared an appetizer of quail breast, crab cakes, shrimp, and wild boar sausage. All was good. I also got to have gouda for the first time. All ate well and all tasted well...and all should've because the ticket was $800! Jamie, I know we can be friends after eating here!
Friday, August 31, 2007
Restaurants - Part II
So I tried the chicken finger place and it's good! It's called Raising Canes. The fingers were very chicken-y (not flat and mostly bread like some places) and yummy-moist. The place has their own dipping sauce that is very tastey, too. It can almost be compared to the sauce you dip the Bloomin' Onion in at The Outback. The fries were even good (but what wouldn't be in that sauce). They were the small crinkly-cut kind. Yummy! Also, they had the best "Texas" tea ever! I could only drink half my cup because I was swimming from a sugar high! Overall, it was good and will definitely go back. Jamie, are we still friends if I eat at a place like that?
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Restaurants
Slowly we're figuring out what this place is known for and what people do for fun. And apparently, one of them is eat (how American, right?). I've been told that you can eat at a different place every day for a whole year and never eat at the same place twice. That's crazy! And, plus, wouldn't you want to go back to some of those places anyway?
Moving on...
We've already discovered some favorite places to eat, avoided some because of price, and think some are just crazy because of the concept (like this one place dedicated entirely to chicken fingers - those must be some really yummy chicken fingers!).
One of our favorites is a place called Chipotle. I think it's considered Mexican food (but if I'm eating it you know it's really not). You can order a "burrito" or a "burrito bol" and tell them what to put in it as you walk down the counter. My favorite combination is a "burrito bol" with rice, seasoned chicken, mild tomato-cilantro salsa, sour cream, shredded cheese, a little dab of guac, and lettuce strips. Not very Mexican at all, is it? Yummy!
Another wonderful place is Fogo de Chao. It's a Brazilian Steakhouse (meat market?) where they come around with skewers full of meat and slice it right off onto your plate. As long as your little card is turned to green, they keep bringing the meat! It's grand, especially for meat lovers (duh). They also have a salad/cold bar that's amazing: fresh salmon, glorious salads, olives, cheeses, and breads, soups, veggies, etc. I rather eat all that stuff instead of the meat!
Last Friday night we ate at Japaneiros. It's a sushi bar and latin grill (what a combo!). We had sushi and it was really good. They were little mini-sushi that don't fill your entire mouth with one bite and they were cooked. Maybe that's cheating; I don't know. I did grab a spoonful of guacamole to add to a bite of sushi (I know it doesn't make sense that they would serve guac with sushi, but still) when Bryan stopped me because it was actually wasabi. Phew, close call! I have learned from watching others, though, that a spoonful of sugar would have cured me (thanks, Steph). The main dish of chimichurri stip-loin was less interesting. I didn't think I knew what Latin food tasted like, but after one bite, I knew. I'll probably try something else next time.
And there's no Braum's here! All the ice cream is like $10 and there's no ice cream drive-through. It would melt if you got it in the drive-though, anyway, but still. We only have the fancy stuff like Maggie-Moo's, Cold Stone, and Marble Slab. All very good, but we miss Braum's.
Check here to see all the different types of restaurants here.
There are so many different types of people living here and the food choices reflect that. Maybe we'll try the chicken fingers this Friday. Just kidding, but at some point I'm going to have to try them.
Moving on...
We've already discovered some favorite places to eat, avoided some because of price, and think some are just crazy because of the concept (like this one place dedicated entirely to chicken fingers - those must be some really yummy chicken fingers!).
One of our favorites is a place called Chipotle. I think it's considered Mexican food (but if I'm eating it you know it's really not). You can order a "burrito" or a "burrito bol" and tell them what to put in it as you walk down the counter. My favorite combination is a "burrito bol" with rice, seasoned chicken, mild tomato-cilantro salsa, sour cream, shredded cheese, a little dab of guac, and lettuce strips. Not very Mexican at all, is it? Yummy!
Another wonderful place is Fogo de Chao. It's a Brazilian Steakhouse (meat market?) where they come around with skewers full of meat and slice it right off onto your plate. As long as your little card is turned to green, they keep bringing the meat! It's grand, especially for meat lovers (duh). They also have a salad/cold bar that's amazing: fresh salmon, glorious salads, olives, cheeses, and breads, soups, veggies, etc. I rather eat all that stuff instead of the meat!
Last Friday night we ate at Japaneiros. It's a sushi bar and latin grill (what a combo!). We had sushi and it was really good. They were little mini-sushi that don't fill your entire mouth with one bite and they were cooked. Maybe that's cheating; I don't know. I did grab a spoonful of guacamole to add to a bite of sushi (I know it doesn't make sense that they would serve guac with sushi, but still) when Bryan stopped me because it was actually wasabi. Phew, close call! I have learned from watching others, though, that a spoonful of sugar would have cured me (thanks, Steph). The main dish of chimichurri stip-loin was less interesting. I didn't think I knew what Latin food tasted like, but after one bite, I knew. I'll probably try something else next time.
And there's no Braum's here! All the ice cream is like $10 and there's no ice cream drive-through. It would melt if you got it in the drive-though, anyway, but still. We only have the fancy stuff like Maggie-Moo's, Cold Stone, and Marble Slab. All very good, but we miss Braum's.
Check here to see all the different types of restaurants here.
There are so many different types of people living here and the food choices reflect that. Maybe we'll try the chicken fingers this Friday. Just kidding, but at some point I'm going to have to try them.
Monday, August 27, 2007
El Fin del Casa
Things are finally calming down. Not that we had a whole lot going on, but when you're doing your daily stuff and trying to remodel your house things get a little busy and even more things get ignored. We decided this weekend that we are done with the house. Are we satisfied and does it look just like we want it to? No, but that would take forever! So, we got smart, or lazy...whatever, and decided that we need to be done. And really, it's been a lot of fun, but there hasn't been a whole lot of resting going on. I have some more pictures I can post of the last few things we did. I'll try to remember and get them posted soon.
All this said, this weekend was so relaxing! We did nothing...except watch movies. Three in total: Bourne Ultimatim (must see!), Fracture (sure, why not?), and The Sentinel. Two of which I recommend; I didn't care for The Sentinel (nothing compared to Bourne!). We also signed-up for Blockbuster Total Access, so it looks like we'll continue to do a lot of movie watching (and catching up on TV shows)!
To wrap everything up, I hope to make a scrapbook of the remodeling process. It adds an extra punch to everything we've done when you see the before pictures with the after pictures.
Now I can focus on September since I have a concert, a huge birthday celebration where I'm hosting 8 for four days, a week-long orientation at work, my parents coming to visit, and my first business trip where I get to go to Nashville!
All this said, this weekend was so relaxing! We did nothing...except watch movies. Three in total: Bourne Ultimatim (must see!), Fracture (sure, why not?), and The Sentinel. Two of which I recommend; I didn't care for The Sentinel (nothing compared to Bourne!). We also signed-up for Blockbuster Total Access, so it looks like we'll continue to do a lot of movie watching (and catching up on TV shows)!
To wrap everything up, I hope to make a scrapbook of the remodeling process. It adds an extra punch to everything we've done when you see the before pictures with the after pictures.
Now I can focus on September since I have a concert, a huge birthday celebration where I'm hosting 8 for four days, a week-long orientation at work, my parents coming to visit, and my first business trip where I get to go to Nashville!
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