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Skriven 2013-10-06 22:20:35 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 5464 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
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Hi Nancy,


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

 NB> True.  Or at least serve the dressing on the side so that you could
 NB> add it after taking the rest of the shells off...  I suppose maybe

That's another alternative that would be better than getting your
hand(s) messy taking off the shell. It wasn't the kind of place where
I'd want to lick my fingers either--had cloth napkins which made
cleaning them easier than if they'd had paper ones tho.


 NB> they
 NB> think there's some cachet to leaving part of the shell on, as for a
 NB> cold shrimp platter... but I don't think they did too well at thinking
 NB> it through, either.  :)

It still tasted good tho. Maybe it was the essence of fingers. (G)


 NB>  RH>> Of it all, I think the ice cream part of mine was the best. (G)
 NB>  NB>> Brown sugar-maple isn't a common flavor... did they make it
 NB> there at  NB>> the restaurant...?

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

 NB> The last probably was the deciding factor.  One might have asked for a
 NB> future time, I suppose...  :)

If there is a future time. There are a lot of places in/around the area
we've not gone to and we've no idea how much longer we'll be in the
area. Some places we've only gone to once and said we'd return to,
others we've made multiple visits to. The latter aren't 4 star fancy
dining ones, more within our budget tho.

 NB> too... I  NB>> didn't pay any attention to their bar or alcoholic
 NB> offerings, though,  NB>> when I went there with my neighbor for lunch
 NB> to check them out.  I  NB>> suspect that they've got an extensive beer
 NB> list, too...

 RH> I have no idea how this place started but it has been around for a
 RH> while. It's located right near a college that up until last fall was a
 RH> girl's school only, then went co-ed, much to the dismay of a lot of

 NB> Maybe the location wasn't the primary concern, but it could have been
 NB> a convenient spot off-campus for the girls to be taken for dates...
 NB> :)

 RH> students and alumnae. They also changed the name from Peace College to
 RH> William Peace University......getting more pretentious.

 NB> Rather typical... ;)

 RH> But, the restaurant was pretty much unpretentious in appearance & the
 RH> food was good. Major thing that would keep us from going more often
 RH> is the price.

 NB> If it's good value, and there's a reasonably special occasion, one
 NB> might still go, eh...?

The food could have been somewhat better--it wasn't quite up to what we
thought 4 star quality should have been. It was maybe a 3.25 or so star
quality, overall.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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