Bistro One... first dinner

This is another place we have been wanting to try. Bistro one was one of 5280s best new restaurants this year. We finally said we need to go. We met for an early dinner.

I ordered the meatball fettuccine. It is Kobe meatballs and had mad noodles, with a great slightly spicy tomato sauce. The meatballs were light and fluffy, and not a strong "beefy" taste. the noodles are to die for. My wife order the Stake Frites, it was very good as well.

all and all i need to eat more because what i had was really good.

bistro one

Pete's Central One Restaurant... lunch

well i have driven by Pete's Central One Restaurant hundreds of times but never have stopped. One day for lunch i decided to stop in. well my first tip off should have been there was no one in there but me. i know it was late lunch but still. so after a bit of looking at the menu i decided on the Greek Style Combination lunch plate.

A combination of Mousaka and Pastitsio served with vegetables. now Mousakais a casserole layered w/eggplant, potatoes, seasoned ground beef, and cheese. Topped w/a parmesan custard and a light tomato sauce. And Pastitsio is a layered blend of seasoned ground beef and large macaroni noodles topped w/a creamy parmesan custard and a light tomato sauce. This sounds good so i could try a couple of different things and came with soup or salad, i got the soup it was a creamy chicken and rice.

Well the soup tasted like caned NOT fresh and the veg on the side tasted frozen. The Mousaka and Pastitsio both came in a "light tomato" sauce witch is code for flavorless. The Mousaka was an odd mush on some ground beef that had no flavor. The Pastitsio noodles were over cooked and pasty.

well there was a reson that no one was eating there... its just not good. so if you are driving by Pete's Central One Restaurant keep driving

Central one Greek

The Counter... burger of the month

We found out about The counter form 5280 magazine. It sounded so go so we went for lunch. It is a burger joint, but not just a regular joint. You can build your own burger form beef, turkey, veggy, or chicken, in the sizes of 1/3, 2/3, or 1 lb. There are 10 different cheeses to chose form, and you can pic 4 toppings of 18 and 10 premium toppings. Finley a sauce and a bun. so you can get any burger you like! There are a few signature burgers as well, including the burger of the month.

I had this month's burger witch is JAPANESE STYLE AHI BURGER
ahi tuna mixed with pickled ginger, topped with furikake nori, daikon radish, carrot ribbons and scallions. served on a hamburger bun with wasabi aioli. I ordered mine with a over easy egg on it. The tuna was great and fresh, the flavor of the burger was Very Japanese. It was really good, like eating a spring roll or rice bowl at a good Japanese place. The burgers my wife and mom ordered were very good as well.

Every thing was every fresh and cooked to order, with so many choices there are lots of reasons to eat at The Counter but the best is that it is SO Very good.

The Counter

Fontana Sushi...

well Rachel and I went to Fontana Sushi before her Christmas party. We had been there many times before, this time there was only a few people there. Rachel thought i was just early on Saturday night. But Fontana has taken a down turn.

I will eat bad sushi but this was really bad. The rice was bad, and rice is the base of sushi. you can put bad toppings on good rice and is ok but it doesn't matter what you put on top it will still be bad.

Fontana was good but lately has taken a bad down turn. so i would pass on if you can

my favorite breakfast

Its simple but so good. Rice, egg (soft boiled or fired) the yolk should be runny, and any left over protein laying around. this morning it was teriyaki chicken meat balls. well you just layer rice, meat and and egg. break the yolk and mix it up and eat, its so good.