while supplies last

I thought since I will be eating hospital food for a while that last night was a good time to continue using up our MPR card b1g1 frees for April.

As a result Jon & I went to Broder's last night.

This place is always good, never dying to go back even though it is always oh so good. Maybe I don't enjoy the atmosphere or something, because it's really not that expensive, and it is really nice, good service, great selection.. who knows. Maybe it's because it's just frickin pasta, and we can make that ourselves.. never sounds exciting,.. I dunno?

Anyway, last night I got something I cannot make... and, it was AWESOME.

From their menu, verbatim:
1. rotolo di mare
housemade pasta rolled with crab and salmon and a lemon, dill & tomato beciamella $13.50

I would recommend everyone & their brother, and even everyone they hate go try this. It's awesome.. hands down awesome. Seriously. It was even cute.. looked like a sushi roll, or a jelly roll.. super fun. BTW - it tasted awesome.

Jon got:
19. strascinati di Monteleone di Spoleto
housemade stringozzi with mild sausage, guanciale, ground chili peppers,
pecorino & eggs $13.25

it was good. I wouldn't order it again (checked off the list). The noodles were the most fun part. savory/salty.


I love Jon.
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repeat

Blue Nile is fabulous. Let me repeat, Blue Nile is fabulous.

Rupa liked the green beans best. Anne was flexible, all around.

I still like the fava... but the green beans were indeed nice.

Jon wishes he were here.. or there ;)

Adios.
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can you taste it?

barely! we ate a thai meal (that was probably pretty good, not that we'd know) in < 10 minutes before heading to the splendid table last night..

Ruam Mit

we had the noodley thing that's like pad thai w.basil. it was pretty good.

i really liked the squid salad. jon said it was spicy. i dont think it was hot, but there was a lot of lemongrass.. and it was pretty 'tasty=spicy"

bring it on

we had some fabulous church spottings this weekend.

saturday:
..manicotti from Broder's.. it's really good. as are the roasted vegetables.
byerly's chocolate cake, well.. no matter how big you slice it, it's still just chocolate cake.

sunday: pretty good bbq seitan

monday: annie's tamale pie is lovely.

today is wednesday: splendid table tomorrow.. shall we sushi?
friday: movie & soy products
saturday: anne + something

on our own

jon went to birchwood and had some good hummus.

i went to maggiano's for work. veal&mushroom ravioli with marinara (special adder) is pretty good!!

i ain't hoppin

common roots: roast beef & samples - what nice cheese you've got.. and by that jon means raspberry poppy cream cheese. i'll stick to cake.

russian tea house: beef again? ah yes, cabbage rolls and cabbage borscht with free 'atmosphere' (= accordian & mandoline.. sweet!) next time: beet vinegar salad

saturday @ Q: pork carnitas & guac done right. pistachio pudding, oh my ! =)

2go 4 remote blood donation

tonight jon & i took a vacation down south.. to apple valley.

we started in eagan at red square deli & ring mtn.. but were uninspired.

alas, we ended up at a much better place. satay2go.

what was NOT to love about this place. the owner and his explanation of the menu? no, we loved him! his children with the bouncyball watching doromon cartoons? no, equally excellent. the fact that we got this mornings butterfly bun for half price=killer.

the food we ordered? yeah, that'd be phenomenal.
http://www.satay2go.com/menu.html

jon: Nasi Lamak. simple looking, excellent tasting. reminded me of singapore, but also kinda aribel's.. which i totally wimped out on today w.timo & ryan (oh so glad). big juicy chunks of chicken & potatoes served with rice spiked with coconut and hard boiled egg ! it was nice. too curry for me, but good for jon since i'd never make it for him :-0.

i: mee rebus, vegetarian style. oh my gosh.. nothing but good words. beautiful dish that tasted better than it looked. big fat noodles (fat, not wide), in a tasty 'potato gravy', that is actually.. SWEET POTATOES. hello beautiful. it was a bit spicy, but mostly tasty. probably had some cabbage and whatnot inside of the broth. a *little* coconut milk (maybe even a little more than i'd want, but it tasted so nice).. lots of onions, and an egg! oh yeah, crispy garlic, too. yeah, it was nice. looking forward to the rest for lunch someday soon.

must take my parents here sometime.. or everyone.