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Skriven 2013-10-03 21:23:14 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 5336 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
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Hi Nancy,

 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.

 NB> Except for bringing home Steve's dessert...  :)

That just allowed us to spread out the meal a bit longer. (G)


 NB>  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
 NB> might have  NB>> been worth paying a little more, though, anyway...
 NB> :)

 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.

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

Yes, we only celebrate our anniversary once a year. (G)


 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.

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

These were boiled or steamed shrimp, in a salad so I expected them to
take the shell off completly. With the dressing, it was a bit messy to
get the last bit of meat out. That's why I started using the one hand
clean (with the fork), one hand dirty ( to hold the shrimp) technique a
long time ago. For a 4 star place, I should have thought they'd have
considered that.

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

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

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

Yes, and I could have taken home a pint or quart if they sold it that
way. No mention of it and we had no way to keep it cold so I didn't ask.


 NB>  RH>> The menu was very
 NB>  RH>> limited but there was an extensive beer/wine listing that we
 NB> ignored.  NB>> Probably easier to get in the beverage selection than
 NB> to offer lots of  NB>> different food...  I'd guess that the menu
 NB> selection may expand in  NB>> time, as they expand their clientele and
 NB> 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.

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

I have no idea how this place started but it has been around for a
while. It's located right near a college that up until last fall was a
girl's school only, then went co-ed, much to the dismay of a lot of
students and alumnae. They also changed the name from Peace College to
William Peace University......getting more pretentious.  But, the
restaurant was pretty much unpretentious in appearance & the food was
good. Major thing that would keep us from going more often is the price.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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