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Skriven 2013-09-26 21:19:10 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 5075 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: noncreativity 196
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Hi Nancy,

 RH> We splurged Friday night on our anniversary and
 RH> went to a 4 star German/Polish place. The menu was very limited but
 RH> jaegerschnitzel with locally grown shitakes was one of the specials.
 RH> We both ordered that; it came with red cabbage (not as ubersweet as
 RH> found in a lot of German restaurants) and spaezle. That had been fried
 RH> a bit in butter after boiling so it wasn't a glu-ey mass. The
 RH> schnitzels had a nice crunchy crust, a bit on the salty side tho. For
 RH> appetisers Steve had a chopped salad with avocado dressing; I had the
 RH> avocado/shrimp salad with citrus dressing. They were both good.

 NB> Sounds like you weren't disappointed with your choice of restaurant.

Overall, no. The food was good, and not such huge portions that we had
leftovers. Most places I figure on eating half (or less) and brining the
rest home but I was comfortably full after this meal.

 NB> :) Did it turn out to be more expensive than you'd expected... or
 NB> about
 NB> what you'd thought it would be...?  It does sound like it might have
 NB> been worth paying a little more, though, anyway...  :)

It was a bit on the pricey side but we had both appetisers and desserts,
something we don't usually do. Generally we skip one or the other, or
both, but went all out this time. I wouldn't mind a meal of the avocado
& shrimp salad--a larger portion. Only down side to that was that they
left the shell on the tail and about 1/3 of the body. There's no way you
can get it off without using your fingers unless you destroy the shrimp!
I used my fork and one hand, left the other one clean but still, it
would have been better had they peeled the whole shrimp, IMO.

 RH> We split my dessert (peach streusel on yellow cake--on the dry side--
 RH> with brown sugar-maple ice cream--subbed for pistachio) and took Steve's
 RH> home to split yesterday. He had a walnut cake in a pie crust with sour
 RH> cherries on the side.

 NB> Desserts sound pretty good, too.  :)

Of it all, I think the ice cream part of mine was the best. (G)


 RH> Overall, probably about 3.25 stars for the food.  The menu was very
 RH> limited but there was an extensive beer/wine listing that we ignored.

 NB> Probably easier to get in the beverage selection than to offer lots of
 NB> different food...  I'd guess that the menu selection may expand in
 NB> time, as they expand their clientele and get more established.  :)

I think they've been around a while, just concentrating more on the
alcohol than the food. They have a good sized bar but little seating
otherwise. Some is outside but it wasn't a good night for sitting
outside.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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