Last night qvamp & I got together to catch up on old times. I introduced him to Kafé 421. Many thanks again to inishglora for recommending this restaurant; and to rvrjoe775 & drewan for not only recommending it, but introducing me to the owner, Georgia. She is such a gem! I loved her from the moment I met her ( Read more... )

Okay folks, this isn't the rating portion of the journal yet, this is still the information gathering section. Help me identify all the Sushi Bars in the Twin Cities. Don't rate them, just name them and maybe describe where they're located. Here is a quick starter list off the top of my head of some of the places I've tried.

1. Benihana - Golden ( Read more... )

寿司This is a question for those of you, my faithful readers, who are partial to Sushi. What are the criteria you use to evaluate the quality of a Sushi Bar? We know which ones we like, but why do we like them? It talking with some friends over the years, I used to use the following criteria.

• Freshness
  
• Presentation
  
• Price

But it doesn't seem to cover ( Read more... )

I am such a bad big brother. I remembered to invite my house mates and four other friends, but I forgot to invite my own sister. I got to the party and suddenly thought, where is minnesotatoast? Did I forget to invite her? *gasp* Luckily, my friend Andrew volunteered to pick her up and bring her to the event (read the details of that, here: This is why I ( Read more... )

On Monday, ilv2laff, gotmoof and I went to Saji-Ya for sushi. It was fun a laid back evening with two of my house mates. Unfortunately, due to a communication error on my part, stpaulcub25 didn't make it. Tim did a nice post on it here: Well-Stuffed Kow.

On Thursday, my boss was in town for annual reviews. After taking him to see Uncle Hugo's for their 31st Anniversary ( Read more... )

This is good stuff. This is the name of an orange spiced after-dinner digestive aperitif I found on the isle of Syros in Greece. It even comes in a little amphora like bottle with tiny handles and a cork ( Read more... )

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Who wants to go to dinner for a good cause this Thursday?

This Thursday is international Dining Out For Life night in the Twin Cities, MN. A large number of restaurants and bars participate by donating a portion of their proceeds for the evening and collecting donations. The funds raised go to local AIDS charities and service providers.

Dinner  ( Read more... )

Last Sunday, my friend Brooke hosted a Port Tasting Party. A good time was had by all. We started with the Tawnys and moved to the Rubies, mostly. After our first pass, we were all sampling out of order as we wished. These are the notes I took. This was my first foray in to tasting ports, so I've added words I heard others using. The ports ( Read more... )