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Skriven 2013-10-02 14:14:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
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Originally written  28 Sep 13  13:41:26 in a packet that didn't go
out... so far, anyway...

-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 26 Sep 13  21:19:10 <=-

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

Except for bringing home Steve's dessert...  :)
 
 NB>> Did it turn out to be more expensive than you'd expected... or 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...  :)

 RH> It was a bit on the pricey side but we had both appetisers and
 RH> desserts, something we don't usually do. Generally we skip one or the
 RH> other, or both, but went all out this time. 

It being, after all, a special occasion... :)

 RH> I wouldn't mind a meal of the avocado & shrimp salad--a larger portion.
 RH> Only down side to that was that they left the shell on the tail and
 RH> about 1/3 of the body. There's no way you can get it off without using
 RH> your fingers unless you destroy the shrimp! I used my fork and one hand,
 RH> left the other one clean but still, it would have been better had they
 RH> peeled the whole shrimp, IMO. 

Perhaps I'm less couth than you... I figure if they leave the shell on
partways, they expect you to grab it with your fingers... ;)  One can
hold by the tail, and bite at the top of the tail, not quite thru, just
getting the meat loose, and use only one hand that way, too.  Plus,
that's what napkins are for... after licking most of it off, of
course... ;)  For fancy, I suppose it would be nicer to peel more.  :) 
When the shrimp is fried sufficiently, I'll just eat it peel and all,
since the crunchy peel doesn't get stuck going down... ;)

 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.  :)

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

Brown sugar-maple isn't a common flavor... did they make it there at the
restaurant...? 
 
 RH>> 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.  :)

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

Some start as brewhouses, and add the food almost as an afterthought. 
With mostly outdoor seating, maybe they do more with food in the
summer...?  The German place in Canandaigua we talked about for one of
your visits had easily as much seating outside as inside, too... I
didn't pay any attention to their bar or alcoholic offerings, though,
when I went there with my neighbor for lunch to check them out.  I
suspect that they've got an extensive beer list, too... 

ttyl         neb

... Alcohol is a liquid that can put the wreck in recreation. - Anonymous

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