What a whirlwind weekend! Friday we played a little golf to benefit the Boy Scouts and while the golf was ok, the beer consumption was more than adequate. I am pretty sure my boss is going to take all of my end of evening ideas to heart... guess I should also go buy a big new house, I see a huge raise and promotion in my future! Ever see a golf ball hit on a 90 degree angle to the golfer's right, hit a tree branch no wider than 8 inches 25 feet away, and then shoot directly back to within 2 feet of said golfer? My foursome has.
Followed that up with the always enjoyable movie night party that a few folks have made into a bit of a regular event. Great food, great company, great movie. The sticky Asian ribs were money in the bank, and the handmade veggie/shrimp dumplings were made w/ a little touch of love. Good fried rice (even better day 2), very clean and tasty sauteed bok choy and shitake mushrooms, and the main course... the fried and then baked cornish hens were all very good. Throw into the mix a Bejing Mule that centered around homemade pear infused vodka and saffron infused simple syrup and you are cooking with gas my friend!!! As usual, everyone contributed in a big way and my special lady worked her butt off to make it special. The movie was Master of the Flying Guillotine, yes I did fall asleep for part of it but the rest gets a solid 2 thumbs up! Awesome soundtrack, dudes jumping through a roof and out of buildings, and a deft switch back and forth from dubbed dialogue to subtitles and then back again... several times in 1 movie! Fantastic!!
Sunday we did some clean up, ran some errands and managed to get a quick drink in at 156 Bistro while grabbing lunch Burlington. Now the Bistro is in the old Waiting Room space, ie. where bars go to die. They bill themselves as an upscale bistro/sports bar. I bill them as a short lived bar that makes crappy drinks! A real litmus test for a bar is how they make a bloody mary. If you use fresh ingredients and put the love in you are in the mix, if you pour vodka into V8 you are a step removed from a dive bar. Well, the "spicy" bloody mary was terrible. Bad to the point, my wife did not drink it and I did not help her. It was bland tomato juice. Of course, it was the "special", so it came w/ a super fishy shrimp that was so rubbery it looked fake. Gross. The mojito was ok, not special. If you are trying to be high end you need to make your own mix for drinks and make them fresh. Especially when there are only 12 people in the place and 10 of them are drinking beer. 1 1/2 thumbs down but it is early. At least they are open which is more than you can say for the soon to be defunct before it even opens Beirhaus or whatever it is going to be called.
BTW... here is the Burlington Free Press review of Kid Rock's concert. Thanks for the effort, you really went for it pal. Do these jokers actually get paid for this bullshit? Maybe they should hire someone who is actually out of college to write for the paper?
Want a bit of an out of the way review? Try Chase's Daily the next time you are in Belfast, Maine. It is a vegetarian joint but that does not hurt it, even in the eyes of a meat and potatoes guy like myself. We hit it up a couple weeks ago for the first time and were not disappointed. The Vichysoisse was luscious and flavorful w/ a great texture. It was lick the bowl good. Fresh herbed ricotta bruschetta? When you put fresh herbed ricotta on anything you are in pretty good shape. This was quite good, the toast was done nicely and the ricotta was nice and fresh. As for dinner we had a zucchini tart that was fresh and very good, and a veggie lasagna that was also very good. Overall the service was pretty solid, the price was reasonable, and the food was quite good. An added bonus was that it felt pretty healthy so we were able to justify the ice cream we had over at Scoops after dinner! 1 3/4 green thumbs up!
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