Crepes at Chez NaNa

"disappointment" at not getting warm bankies" assuaged by superior crepes, two kinds:

strawberry, and ham&cheese . . .  

Kon's Asian Bistro, Warwick, RI

           
http://konasianbistro.com/

very nice miso shiro soup . . .

we love edamame appetisers . . .

I had pineapple sweet-&-sour shrimp . . . aghhhh . . . not fantastic . . . but not terrible . . .

crispy peanuts chicken . . .

kids at the other end of the table had sushi . . .

The Grille, Warwick, RI

I had a black-and-tan . . . sometimes the best pleasures in life are simple, yet not the simplest . . . 8^) . . .

a chicken & cheese dish.

mac-and-cheese for the 2 year old . . .

pasta carbonara for me . . . uh . . . looks like the mac-and-cheese with bacon & veggies . . . maybe that's all it is, but somehow, it seems to me, it should be, uh, more . . . if you see how I mean . . .

a half a turkey wrap and a cup of soup . . .

not terrible, but sorta non-descript . . . ok for a lunch once-in-a-while . . .

Aromi, again, 12-04-20

we always like to start with a little prosecco, but this was noticably superior . . .

it is actually italian methode champaignois, made with chardonais and pinot noir grapes . . . 8^0 . . .

so, we recommend it if you can find it . . .8^) . . .

 

a harmless little amuse bouche', codfish in a vegetable pudding . . . it was several spoonfulls and quite filling . . .

 

Mrs loves her reislings, so that is what we had with our dinner, newer style, dry & fruity . . .

 

our favorite waiter Leon kept apologizing because they had no mussels (not up to standard!), but the clams were awesome

 

the seafood antipasto plate was kinda mind blowing . . . could spend a whole evening just grazing on this . . .

the boiled prawn, the deep-fried anchovies -

a slice of mackerel, some small lobster, with a small field-green salad -

octopus in marinara sauce --

 

we were surprised to love the anchovies most of all, and the mackerel...

 

while we waited for our main course we enjoyed a little asparagus risotto . . . no conversation during the risotto, it was that good . . . 8^D . . .

 

our main course was something we have frequently there, the seabream grilled with vegetables . . . it seems so restrained, so spartan, at the same time as hedonistic . . . we love it . . . but the camera battery died, so we have no picture this time.

Delphi Greek Restaurant, Dvorce, Prague

an awesome interior . . . one of the most beautiful and comfortable dining rooms in prague, spacious with cool colours . . . extraordinarily cordial staff, starting with the ravishing hostess at the door that seated us, even toss-up whether shes Greek or Czech, just gorgeous . . .

we ordered starters the waiter blanched . . . 8^D . . .  

the tomatos & onions with feta were great, awesome in their simplicity . . .

the olives, kalamatas, & peppers were giant with us . . . our hands kept bumping grabbing while the grabbing was good. . .

the spinach/cheese puffs, spanikopitakia, were straightforwardly The Finest We Ever Had Anywhere in the World . . .

the tsatsiki was very fine, one got dizzy going from the feta to the tsatsiki in combinations with the other starters . . .

 

we loved the starters so much that we were kind of surprised by the mains:

my calamari seemed as if plated indifferently . . . but the grilled calamari came with this weird sauce already on it and just plopped on the plate . . .

Mrs was so excited by the prospekt of broiled lamb with aubergine and feta, that she jumped the shark and ordered lamb before I could . . . we do order the same thing sometimes, but we're never happy when we do . . . aside from the blogging aspects, it just seems to add to our enjoyment if we don't have the same thing . . . . but just off the top of her head, she flagged the-cooked-from-the-bottomness that charred the tomato sauce, overcooked the aubergines, and petrified the feta . . . whoa! I had a bite too of the lamb and the meat was fine . . . I didn't really care for the sauce, tho' charred or not . . .

 

so we will have to go back . . . Mrs just wants to order more starters . . . but I believe they must have better mains . . . something off the chef specialty menu . . . maybe . . .

La Bodega Flamenco, Prague

you how sometimes you just HAVE to HAVE what you want . . .

but if you're not where the cuisine is comes from, it may not be, er, uh, ALL that you remember . . .

the one exception ,in prague, now is Las Adelitas, which carries such an authenticity and uniquity to itself that there's no disappointment possible . . .

so I had a craving for Tapas, and the ambient excellence that is all of Barcelona, and had recos for La Bodega, so we went . . .

 

the menu is interesting, but the Tapas are not on the menu, just selectable from the display case . . . but not as kelemenopic selection as in Barcelona . . . still very nice . . .

 

with a bottle of Spanish bubbly . . . a tiny bit sweet, but entirely drinkable. . . . 8^)

 

weird bottles hanging from the ceiling, like an old mom-and-pop, red-checkered table-cloth italian joint . . . 8^)

 

mushroom were fantastic; cheese was excellent; black olives, very fine; prosciutto-wrapped-cheese, very, very fine; chicken-kebabs, not terrible; some kinda fried chicken, meh . . . as nosh, totally edible; as tapas, just ok. . .

 

oh, this meatball soup was not good enough to order again . . .

 

and the paella . . . for two . . . hah!  . . . for 4! . . . very deep dish . . .very aromatic, tiny shrimp, chicken, mild sausage (milder than we like) . . .we couldn't eat it all, to our sadness . . .but OTOH, we got it to go, with the cheese & olives left . . . for another dinner . . . looking forward to it . . .on the tram on the way home, the smell fill the car . . . I hope the others didn't mind . . . 8^) . . .

 

it's kinda smoky in the restaurant -- which is a deal breaker for us -- the food was fine, better than fine . . . not barcelona fine, but very, very good . . .

Dong Do, Sapa, Prague

Shes So Money had a duck . . . that duck was the best I've sampled in Prague . . . chinese duck, anyway . . . crispy, sweet, pungent . . . the summer rolls were good, but they came with the fish sauce, rather than peanut sauce, which is much more preferable . . .my bun nem was the finest ever . . . those rolls were sbsolutely perfekt, not greasy at all, so savoury I was kinda single-minded in my devouration . . .I did remember to squeeze a "little" orange chilli on 'em . . . I just want the whole package, spring rolls, bbq pork, and grilled shrimp . . . especially when the bbq pork CPT got turned out to be the best I've ever had, so tender, juicy, and spicy . . . Mrs' Pho Ga looked good, but she didn't like the chicken skin suffused in all thru the soup . . .and it wasn't spicy enough, so the final verdict was thumbs-down . . . so we enjoyed it but would love to explore the other places in SAPA . . .some looked kinda grimy, even tho' they smelled wonderful . . .you can spend a serious amount of time browsing and sampling . . . which we'd like to do . . .