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Paul Baker’s Birthday

February 7th, 2012 · 1 Comment

Unlike the last two years, Paul Baker decided not to celebrate his birthday at Spring World this year (2010, 2011) and instead we all went to Cafe Laguardia. I’d never been to Cafe Laguardia before and I quite liked the food.

I wanted to order this:

When the waitress came over to take our order, Paul said, “You have red snapper on the menu six different ways, which is the best?” And the waitress said, “We’re all out of the red snapper fillets, so you can have a whole red snapper or you can have none.” Paul got the whole red snapper (and made out with it). I had none. Instead I had this:

Roast Pork (Pernil De Cerdo Asado), sliced pork lightly sauteed with onions and garlic sauce. For an appetizer we all split some pork that was slow roasted for 16 hours and it was so good, I asked the waitress which entree was most like it and this is what she pointed me towards. SO GOOD. And a big portion. I took half of it home and had a delicious pork quesadilla the next day!

Obviously Paul loved his fish too. He sure cleaned it off the bones!

At the end they brought out flan for Paul’s “birthday cake.” I didn’t try it, but he said it was good. Happy birthday, Paul!

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Store Front Company

January 27th, 2012 · No Comments

Store Front Company might have papered the windows at the street level, but I’ve had a birdseye view of the progress of this new restaurant’s build out from my second-story treadmill perch. According to Facebook page, this new restaurant is slated to open this month. They have a few days left to see if they make it!

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Loco at Irazu

January 19th, 2012 · No Comments

I don’t know what was in those mango and passion fruit shakes at Irazu but they made Jess and Steph get a little loco!

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Beer Lime

January 14th, 2012 · No Comments

Beer Lime. So, I guess this is “a thing” now. I saw it a couple of months ago while shopping at Strack & Van Til. Limes, packaged in a sleeve, available right next to the beer that you usually drink with a lime, i.e. Corona. According to the Beer Lime website, they first set out to package the limes conveniently and then found out that the packaging made them last longer. Believe it if you want, but it is pretty convenient. I wonder how much more expensive it is for that fancy packaging.

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TMI, Strack & Van Til, TMI!

January 13th, 2012 · No Comments

I really appreciate Strack & Van Til‘s effort to educate the consumer, but maybe something like “aids digestion” would be more appropriate than “prevents constipation” and “blocks diarrhea.” What does that even mean? “Apples, they make you go, but not go too much!”

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