Thursday, December 9, 2010

Dixie's on Grand



December 9,2010.

After our QI project presentation we decided to go Dixie's for lunch. Dixie's is a restaurant that offers Southern comfort food.At first glance I couldn't find many vegetarian items but as I looked closer I found a few including the vegetarian chili, The black bean veggie stacker, baked mushrooms, fried green tomatoes and veggies black bean cakes. I decided to go ahead and get black bean veggie stacker.It is a burger with black bean cakes, hot pepper cheese, grilled onions, peppers, and a side of spicy remoulade. The burger came with coleslaw and choice of sides (fries, mashed potatoes, fried green beans, corn on the cob, black eyed peas,and succotash). I was warned that the green beans had bacon in them and that the gravy was okay to eat since it was cream based. After much debate I chose the fries. The coleslaw was great after the addition of some salt and pepper. The fries were superb and crisp but not overly so. As far as the main dish I loved the pepper jack cheese and the veggies and was thankful for once not to have yellow squash and zucchini on it. The remoulade (usually aioli or mayo based sauce) itself was spicy but a little on the sour side.Overall the food was good. The wait staff was friendly. Since we went as a large group it did take a while to get the checks figured out. Other than that it was a positive experience.



Friday, December 3, 2010

Osaka seafood steakhouse (yeah there are some foods w/out meat!)

December 3,2010


We decided to go to Osaka for a quick meal before we went to see the movie Red. This place has a nice atmosphere and is very spacious. We got hot green tea and to start off with got their salad and miso soup. The soup has seaweed and tofu pieces and was nice and warm on a cold winter night. In contrast the salad was cold, crisp and refreshing with a very flavorful ginger salad dressing.







We then proceeded to look carefully through the sushi menu to ensure we found something vegetarian and didn't accidentally get something with crab meat . So we settled on the AAC roll (avocado,asparagus, cucumber) and added on some extra cream cheese as a crab meat substitute. We also got the avocado-mushroom roll. The sushi was beautifully served with wasabi and pickled ginger. I loved the AAC roll, the cream cheese gave an extra kick. The mushroom-avocado roll....I didn't care much for.The wasabi was spicy...not in the least flat like I've had at other places and the ginger did a good job cleansing the palate. 
The service at this place was excellent. The wait staff was polite. The food was reasonably priced. The whole meal about 23 dollars.At the end we got to choose a lollipop for dessert as an added bonus!! I would definitely go back here again.