Day Two – Red 8
About all you need to know about Red 8… …is that they get $23 for phad Thai that’s no better than the pad Thai available all over town for half the price. The dim sum also is twice what you’d pay at Ping Pang Pong or Cathay House, for identical goods. We knew this going in, but went there anyway. Continue reading “Three Days, Three Lousy Lunches – Day Two: RED 8”
Day One — Eiffel Tower Restaurant
Something must be in the air. Either that, or ELV’s karma might be starting to catch up with him; because this past Friday, Saturday and Sunday found us experiencing three of the worst meals we’ve had all year. And since they were disappointing (to say the least), we thought we’d forego our usual photo spread in favor of a food foto essay on just what made them so. Continue reading “Three Days, Three Lousy Lunches – Day One: EIFFEL TOWER RESTAURANT”
You know there’s a mini-revolution going on in a neighborhood when a hot, hipster bar (Frankie’s Tiki Room) and a good restaurant open up just blocks away from each other in the same year. That an Asian restaurant opened in a small space in the run-down, time-worn shopping center at the corner of West Charleston and Rancho Rd. is hardly news. (There’s been a number of them come and go in the fifteen years ELV has lived nearby.) That it’s as good as the Mix Zone Cafe, is quite a surprise, however.