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Type: Japanese
Address: 93 Asylum Street, Hartford, Connecticut, 06103 Map
Phone: (860) 549-5118[FENG]
Price: Casual dining
Tasty gauge: 7.8
Service rating: 9.1/10
Environment rating: 9.1/10
Website: fengrestaurant.com
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Treat before dinner
 Thanks to Hilton Hartford, I got some surprises at the Manager's reception tonighit, and that is Basiron Pesto. Basiron Pesto is a grass-coloured Dutch Gouda with added Pesto which gives it a deep green colour. It was definitely good stuff. I also had the Harpoon IPA on tap with it, which is quite a treat after a long work day.
餐店內觀
 風日式食店主要以紅色為主題﹐店內燈色昏暗﹐相當寧靜﹐是密友相談的好地方。
The best way to start a night
 沒有什麼比 uni shooter 更加好。這裡的 uni shooter 調味有一點酸﹐台長略厭酒味不足﹐但還算是蠻不錯的。之後台長點了 Kumamoto oysters﹐還可以﹐不算很新鮮。不竟這裡是 Hartford﹐找到日本菜已經算走運了。
主菜
 主菜先來一個 Edamame soup, cream based with chopped garlic and edamame。 跟上是台長慣常愛吃的 sushi。 這一來就確實分出高下。 蛋有點過冷﹐蝦不夠大﹐魚也不夠新鮮。沒辦法﹐這不是多日本人聚居的地方。
Type: Toys 邊食邊玩
旅行下來累積了很多讚吃的照片﹐還有好幾位朋友的私廚照﹐回來後本想一一整理分享﹐可是卻懶惰慣了就一直沒貼。台長今次只能為大家送上不能吃的神奇小子﹐在旺角的小店找到。在這個空間﹐台長可能還是喜歡文字多於吃食。
一個朋友﹐就這樣離開了。
教會﹐朋友﹐下午郁悶幾個人坐下來喝咖啡﹐大家都還不大能反應過來﹐包括自己。
一個人這樣毫無情理地霎眼離開已經很難過﹐心底最擔心的是警方要不要起訴誰。
到了這個年紀﹐其實已經沒有什麼放得下放不下。再不能放下的﹐其實都是瑣事。
神要留下誰﹐神要帶走誰﹐箇中精密的術數﹐我們沒有可能看徹。
而表面人能看到讀到聽到的東西﹐跟事情的實底﹐又往往這樣活生生而殘酷地相距九萬八千丈。
一個人走了﹐就連帶著過去一切的恩怨情愁﹐埋葬到泥土裡去。
所以也沒有所謂的原諒不原諒﹐就只有一個'過去了'。
這陣子﹐執著著一件事﹐一個刻意的白謊話。
我討厭朋友對我說白謊話。你對我說白謊話﹐表示你跟本沒有把我當成是朋友。
那我也不知道我到底算是什麼。我只是你身旁一個天天說話但卻什麼都不能說或沒說的人。
從來都不覺得自己能掌握得住什麼。
不花努力的事情如是﹐花了努力的事情如是。
這是我第二次讓你從緊扣著的指逢間溜走﹐從幸福摩天輪的頂部重重的摔下來﹐案件重演般被拒絕得乾淨俐落。
兩個世界變得好沉寂。
不由自主的視線盯著熒幕﹐然後朋友也在這個時候離開了。
方才醒覺沒有什麼不會變。
不竟﹐過去一年內﹐捨棄了的事情太多。
如果一個朋友花上你十年或二十年的時間心思﹐那麼一下子丟棄了的可能是上一百或二百年的時間﹑光陰。
沒有什麼變了再不能克服那種疼痛感。
並不是生了誰的氣﹐目的只為保障自己存在空間的安全度。
誰誤會了這樣的出發點﹐也已經變得不太重要。
聽起來確實有點神經質﹐事實卻是有這樣的必要。
因為不能再受傷害。
結果卻發現原來相對而言﹐身邊的人對這種本能反應比自己掌握得更敏銳﹐更迅速。
更狠。
結果自己還是能感覺到那點距離之間若隱若現不消不散但刺心的微痛。
怎麼說﹐把我放在和其他隨便一個人的秤子上作這樣平衡性的比較﹐怎樣都說不過去。
要不你也可以乾脆承認那個人的重要性﹐而非說上什麼事情並不是如我想像那樣的話。
篇連以為無意還是慣性刻意的隱瞞﹐事實卻是可憐的確鑿。既然如此﹐離開﹐也著實合理。
反正生命無時無刻還是繼續正在以光速滑行。
我們不會變﹐也只是另一個白謊話。
RIP C.
首先﹐要恭喜一位朋友。
 第一次在飛機上收到中秋月餅﹐很可愛的加航。
這是旅程的開始。
這半年來﹐連執字都沒有時間。
第一次在飛機上收到中秋月餅。
總是在佳節上路。
飛機上﹐還是睡不好。
想的事情﹐沒少。
心疼你恤壞了頭髮。
心安你找到了工作﹐還跟她過得很好。
心酸在婚禮上碰見她他﹐想起了我們。
心扎﹐在惡夢中扎醒。
心恨自己﹐做得比她爛。
三十天﹐我到底能找到什麼答案。
我很害怕﹐旅程的終結﹐到最後﹐我還是想你。
我好想痊癒。
朋友說﹐一個人對你好﹐你總會知道。
即使你有多不想跟那個人聯系。
你不管的人﹐你會無所。
不聯系﹐是為著還想那個人好。
一年了﹐我們沒說過半句話。
真的﹐會知道嗎?
那個角落﹐還尋得著影子嗎。
Post Reference: Guu Izakaya 居酒屋
Asahi Premium 黑生
 之前介紹過的Guu Izakaya﹐最近來了期待已久的 Asahi Premium 黑生。侍應拿來的時候還有台長最愛的小杯子。一瓶才不過七塊錢﹐台長一口氣喝了兩瓶﹐滿足。順帶一提﹐此外﹐他們的清酒選擇也添了不少新貨﹐菜單也有每月不同的特選。 Ka Ya Korean BBQ
Type: Korean
Address: 4710 Reed Road, Columbus, Ohio Map
Phone: (614) 326-2551
Hours: Mon-Thurs [11am-10pm], Fri-Sat [11am-10:30pm], Sun [11am-10pm]
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 除了 Asahi Premium 黑生﹐最近還有好喝的。那天晚上跟了韓籍同事去 Ka Ya 喝酒﹐他點了 Mak Koli 米酒 和 yook hwe 作小吃。韓籍老闆送來大碗子﹐說是傳統喝酒的器皿﹐豪氣十足。
昨年的這個時候﹐我還熱烈地期待我們的假期。
直到工作打垮了大計﹐我仍在努力地跟同事討‘假’還‘假’。
直到九月三日﹐在她網址上看到別人的留言﹐‘熱烈祝賀﹐眼前一片綠油油’。
我﹐還懵然不知。
那個時候﹐你已經睡在別人的懷裡。
直到你離去﹐還叫我一直相信自己錯得可以。
直到那天真相大白。
直到今天。
我沒有停止過想起你。
晚間無休止的惡夢﹐半夢半醒的沒有睡好。
轉換地方﹐離開本土﹐斷了圈子﹐有些折騰﹐卻是無形。
早兩天﹐終於收到朋友昨年遙請我們去的婚宴合照。
月底﹐我會一個人去絲路走走。
很需要一些空間。
找工作的事情﹐願你順利。
Type: Japanese
Address: 6395 Perimeter Drive, Dublin, Ohio Map
Phone: (614) 336-8855
Hours: Mon-Sat [11:30am-2:30pm, 5:30pm-10:00pm] Sun [5:00pm-9:00pm]
Price: ~20-40 USD
Tasty gauge: 7.7/10
Service rating: 7.9/10 [Service is exceptional when the restaurant is quiet, but a very long wait on a busy day, only two servers available]
Environment rating: 7.9/10
Website: sushibistromasa.com
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餐店內觀
 來了Dublin半年﹐一直很想找好吃的日本菜﹐找過好多間高價的﹐每次都期待會找到點好吃的﹐結果都是失望而回。經過半年的努力﹐今天我們終於來到 Sushi Bistro Masa.
走進日本餐店﹐沒有什麼比見到滿店的日本人更高興。除此之外﹐就是看到專為日本食家而設的日文餐牌。在Dublin這個地方﹐日本餐店多﹐但魚生常常欠奉。反觀Masa﹐它有單點的sushi/sashimi menu﹐拉麵有跟nigiri的﹐甚至有壽司魚生船﹐拼盤之類。
日本清酒
 Masa有不錯的清酒selection, 有冷的﹐也有熱的。要小心不是全部都是日本製的﹐有些是美國本地製。點酒前別忘請侍應先把酒瓶拿來看過清楚。只是﹐這裡沒有台長愛喝 Kahachi 也有賣的 fish fin sake, 台長只好點了小瓶的熱長兵衛。
前菜 Masa有串燒﹐但不是爐端燒﹐沒有明火。台長點了 negima 和 mirugai ($2 each), 好吃。前菜另點 seafood cucumber sunomono salad ($7) 和 grilled beef marinated in miso ($6), sunomono 的青瓜很好﹐不會太酸還有新鮮的青瓜味道。Grilled beef 則有點過火﹐有燒焦味而且有點乾。
Sushi﹑nigiri﹑roll﹑chirashi
 朋友點了彩虹卷﹐台長則點了必吃的蛋﹑甜蝦﹑魚子﹑海膽﹑和尤魚壽司。以 Dublin 來說﹐除了Sushi Time 的藍蝦和 Kahachi over-priced 的拼盤﹐這裡的魚生應該是最好的了。點甜蝦壽司﹐你可以選擇蝦頭要跟miso soup煮還是要炸吃﹐台長要了 miso soup。最後貪吃還點了 chirashi﹐才不過 $15.95。
喜愛寫作
因為當我沉思著文字的時候
我什麼都不用想
不用想你幹嗎被辭退了找工作怎樣現在生活到底怎樣
不用想我昨天為何做那個夢
不用想這年來發生了什麼事
不用想你﹐也不用想你。
我可以像一部機器一樣盲目地翻譯
我可以像一部機器一樣盲目地寫稿
感覺就像打馬吊時一樣
完全地專注在一件無聊的事情上
贏輸都總好過日子難過
你到底發生什麼事情了
你到底好不好
那一通電話﹐到底打不打
八月二日的下午
全城放假
我呢
幹嗎又要飛了
覺得好孤單
身邊沒有人孤單
身邊有人原來更孤單
見證沒有人明白我的工作﹐我的生活
十多年來﹐我的日子從來沒有屬於自己
他們問我什麼星期什麼日子我能不能去那裡
我不知道
說好晚飯見面
不到一小時之間就爽約了
很爛的人
真的
為什麼就連你都看不見我的眼淚
她們都說我眼淺
其實是我什麼時候都可以哭
可以很厲害的哭
只是我都沒
吞下去的淚肚子都漲了
還是一個人難過
然後大家都說我很爛
這樣的事情那有人可以明白
有時很想要逃走到那裡
就過一輩子
都沒有什麼可以不可以
寫了一口氣﹐心情有沒有好一點
我不知道
常常喝酒因為不想想什麼
我想我要透一口氣
那裡有一口氣
讓我好好的吸一吸
你
到底發生什麼事了
到底什麼時候才不再被否定
我存在過
愛過
建立過
活過
朋友別擔心﹐我沒事﹐我只是想說。
Type: Tapas
Address: 1371 Grandview Avenue, Columbus, Ohio Map
Phone: (614) 481-8200
Hours: Mon-Fri 5pm+
Price: ~20-45 USD
Tasty gauge: 7.8/10
Service rating: 8.0/10
Environment rating: 8.2/10
Website: vinovinocolumbus.com
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Project Magic
意外地因工作來到Dublin暫居的台長﹐在偶然的機會下跟友人談起了舊同學﹐竟發現原來同學多年前來到Dublin定居。就這樣﹐兩個十七年沒見面的朋友﹐就在Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant再度重遇了。十七年﹐樣子沒變﹐人沒變﹐習慣沒變﹐就連高度差距也沒變。談的話題很多﹐就像十七年來沒停頓過聯絡一樣。不竟這麼多年了﹐談得來便談﹐談不來也沒什麼好掩飾的﹐反而暢所慾言﹐無甚忌諱。
Vino Vino
 同學剛好這星期放假﹐便相約好星期三再見面。我們來到Grandview的Vino Vino竟然相當客滿﹐幸好地道的她早已預訂了桌子。小小的店﹐氣氛很好。坐坐談談﹐樂此不疲。
Stauf's Coffee Roasters
 趁著盛夏﹐飯後最好就是在街上走走。逛著Grandview﹐朋友剛好要買她最愛的咖啡豆﹐我們就來到Stauf's喝個咖啡。咖啡是上好的﹐比起常去的Starbucks少了連鎖店的味道﹐反而親切溫暖。
喝了咖啡不能睡﹐最愚蠢的人就是走去讀blog。
讀了不該讀的東西﹐翻來翻去﹐就翻到早上七時多還是眼光光。
很想問﹐我為何還這樣想念你。
每次來回坐飛機﹐最愛聽的歌就是超人不會飛。
超人尚且不會飛。
何況我不是超人。
時間其實過很快﹐十個月了﹐知道你一切安好﹐仍願你一切安好。
Type: Italian
Address: 615 N. High Street, Columbus, Ohio Map
Phone: (614) 223-2100
Hours: 4pm-10pm [Sun.-Thurs], 4pm-12am [Fri-Sat]
Price: ~25-40 USD
Tasty gauge: 8.5/10
Service rating: 8.4/10
Environment rating: 8.2/10
Website: shortnorth.marcellasristorante.com
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Interior
 Marcella's is a little place that reminds you of Milan. Classic wooden fans on the ceiling, red retro looking sofas, a very modern bar, with an open-sided street facing half patio, just the right mix for a relaxing casual ristorante and wine bar. You can almost always find a spot in the restaurant that you'll like.
The very Italian menu
 The minute you saw the menu you can almost immediately tell that you are at the right place. Selections of cured meats, olives, cheeses, and small plates, it just can't be wrong.
Bread and dip
 Not sure if the bread is made here but it definitely feels very fresh. The thin layer of fluffy flour on the surface of the bread also made it very authentic.
Beer and Sangria
 One thing about our team is, we almost always start our night with drinks. Seeing the rarely available white sangria ($24), we ordered a litre of that to start with. Good thing about it is that it didn't come with any soda, but just wine, juice and fruits. It did taste a little sweeter than what everyone was expecting, so we decided to go with red sangria ($24) the second time around. The red one tasted just like cough syrup. We checked and all that's there was apples and oranges, not sure what's giving off that cough syrup taste. And I'm not saying it's bad. It was actually pretty good, except that, yes, it tasted just like cough syrup. Hehe.
Cured meats and carpaccio
 I almost never miss trying out a plate of carpaccio wherever I go. I probably have picked that habit up from K. Carpaccio here is served with a bed of shaved celery and two little warm ricotta pancakes ($7). They are all good, especially the pancakes. The beef is sliced right, not salty at all with a very rich meat taste. It probably didn't carry the best looks of carpaccio but fantastic otherwise. For cured meats ($4 each) we tried bresaola, air dried highly seasoned beef, and capicola, air dried seasoned pork shoulder ham. They are decent, comes with a little dish of sauteed onions.
Features, specialties, and pizza
 My Italian friends have told me that ordering a meatball dish is the best way to find out whether an Italian ristorante is any good and I have to agree with that. Spaghetti & meatball (with tomato marinara, and fresh grated parmesan $11.95) here comes with a single huge meatballs sitting right on top of a handful of spaghetti. The meatball isn't dry at all, instead, it's very soft and tender yet not fluffy. I would say it's better than those you can find in La Scala which is also in town. I ordered linguine & clams (linguine, littleneck clams, evoo, parmesan, and pancetta $14.95) for myself. I would say the clams are a little smaller than expected but the pasta was very good. Not too soft, not stuffy, cooked just right. Kerry tried the Pepperoni pizza (pepperoni, red Onion, provolone $13). He didn't say much but seems pretty happy with it, so my guess is, it's alright.
Dessert / B-day gelato
 Then there came the b-day surprise! See what 6 dollars can get you here? Profiteroles (pistachio, chocolate & honey vanilla gelato, warm chocolate ganache) came with a little candle on top : ) It was absolutely fabulous! Chocolate was warm and it mixes incredibly well with the ice-cold gelato. My co-workers also picked up the bill and asked me to claim the per diem for a b-day gift LoL Thanks Kerry, Sanujit, and Dorothy.
B-Day drinks
We ended our night hitting the Elevator before heading back to the hotel. The Elevator is a very retro looking pub with stained glass all around, looking just like a renaissance church. It was actually converted into a pub from an old theater. I'll save that for another blog entry. Meanwhile, feel free to check out their website at http://www.elevatorbrewing.com/.
我落淚。情緒零碎 曲：周杰倫 詞：方文山
地上斷了翅的蝶 不像自由地蔓延
愛原來更心碎 都可以更細節
田野風繞過幾條街 秋天收穫了滿地的落葉
於是又一整夜 感情的句子都枯萎凋謝
我不想再寫 隨手撕下這一頁
原來是跟離別 可以沒有結尾
焦距後悔的跟著寫 於是我把詩折疊
有幾種感覺 挑一束白玫瑰 你將愛退回
我不落淚忍住感覺
分手在起風這個季節
哭久了會累 也只是別人的以為
冷的咖啡 我清醒著一再續杯
我落淚 情緒零碎
你的世界一幕幕紛飛
門外的薔薇 帶刺傷人的很直接
過去被翻閱 結局滿天的風雪
Type: Desserts
Address: 1 W. Bridge St., Dublin, Ohio Map
Phone: (614) 792-5364
Hours: [Apr–Sep] 11am-11pm [Oct–Mar] 12pm-10pm (Sun-Thu) 11pm (Fri-Sat)
Price: ~5 USD
Tasty gauge: 9.8/10
Service rating: 9.8/10
Environment rating: 7.8/10
Website: jenisicecreams.com
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Interior
 Getting to know random people on the flights sometimes does bring good things. Jeni's ice cream, which was once featured on the New York Times, was brought to our attention by Lisa Marie Miller who works at the local Dispatch. Having heard how wonderful it is, me and my co-worker Dorothy decided to journey down this famous place after work last week.
Flavors that bloom
 It's called flavors that bloom because Jeni's ice cream serves homemade handcrafted seasonal flavors. Jeni takes ingredients freshly found in the Ohio countryside according to the season and mixes them with responsibly-raised exotics from around the world. Jeni's ice cream are known to be less sweet and more flavorful, which both me and Dorothy has proven it true.
We ordered two studies ($4.75 USD) which consist of three tasting scoops each. The flavors we tried out were: Thai chili, Mackenzie creamery goat cheese with roasted red cherries, riesling poached pear, wildberry lavender, rhubarb rosé, mango lassi. And frankly speaking, the flavors were all so good that we had a very hard time trying to rank them. The closest conclusion we could come to was probably a 6 for mango lassi, and then 1s for all the other flavors. My personal favorite was the riesling poached pear. It really pretty much taste just like a real pear, very refreshing and cool. The first bite of the Thai chili came down with a very peanut like flavor, then the spices came around slowly. The rhubarb rosé was very interesting too, you can actually taste the rosé first and then the wine flavor came a ted later. The flavor of goat cheese in the Mackenzie creamery goat cheese with roasted red cherries absolutely stood out. It felt very different from having a bite of cheese cake in the way that it didn't feel stuffy at all. Last but not least was the wildberry lavender which flavors were once again all separated in very distinguishable layers. It almost felt like science to me, that the layers would just kick into your taste buds by a carefully timed sequence.
Sundaes and Macaroons
 Other than that, Jeni's also serves sundaes and macaroons. They look big, don't they?
To summarize, Jeni's Ice Cream is definitely a must-try if you happen to be traveling around Ohio. To make things even better, Jeni's do ship out to almost all US states. Check under 'Buy Now' on their website for shipping rates.
雨下一整晚 曲：周杰倫 詞：方文山
街燈下的櫥窗 有一種落寞的溫暖
圖貼在玻璃上 畫著你的模樣
開著車漫無目的地轉彎不知要去哪個地方
涼卻的電視牆 到底有誰在看
白楊木影子被拉長 像我對你的思念總不完
原來我從未習慣 你已不在我身旁
街道的鐵門被拉上 只剩轉角霓虹燈還在閃
這城市的小巷 雨下一整晚
你撐把小紙傘 她音韻太婉轉
雨落下霧茫茫 問天涯在何方
午夜裡你深藏 偷偷偷透過窗
燭台前 我們還在想
小扇板 畫呀畫
小紙傘 遮雨也遮月光
我們開始的地方﹐你終於賣了。
方才醒覺﹐原來你真的這麼愛她。
新房子﹐新生活。
你的東西﹐我還留著。
凌晨四時﹐夢驚醒的感覺﹐沒完沒了﹐從沒離開。
思前想後﹐當天你的心走得這麼遠了﹐推你走﹐是對? 是錯? 是從來沒有選擇餘地。
愛你的人﹐了解你的眼神。每一個動作﹐每一句說話﹐是刺在骨子裡的痛。
愛要痊癒﹐是否非恨不可?
恨易執筆﹐恨情非執字。
雨下一整晚﹐如果那是唯一方法﹐我選擇不痊癒。
Sarah McLachlan - Angel
Listen on YouTube
Spend all your time waiting
For that second chance
For a break that would make it okay
There's always one reason
To feel not good enough
And it's hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction
Oh beautiful release
Memory seeps from my veins
Let me be empty
And weightless and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight
In the arms of an angel
Fly away from here
From this dark cold hotel room
And the endlessness that you fear
You are pulled from the wreckage
Of your silent reverie
You're in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort there
You're in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort here
So tired of the straight line
And everywhere you turn
There's vultures and thieves at your back
And the storm keeps on twisting
You keep on building the lie
That you make up for all that you lack
It don't make no difference
Escaping one last time
It's easier to believe in this sweet madness oh
This glorious sadness that brings me to my knees
Golf and Guinness
 Sorry for not being able to update the blog for the past month. So where's Waldo? Waldo is buried somewhere deep in Dublin. How deep? Check that reflection of the golf course on my glass of Guinness after work. Sunshine and patio. Yeah man, now we're talking.
Brewed in Dublin, but not the same Dublin. Yet, no complains!
| She's always a woman - Billy Joel. [+] |
She can kill with a smile, she can wound with her eyes
She can ruin your faith with her casual lies
And she only reveals what she wants you to see
She hides like a child, but she's always a woman to me
She can lead you to love, she can take you or leave you
She can ask for the truth, but she'll never believe you
And she'll take what you give her, as long as it's free
Yeah, she steals like a thief, but she's always a woman to me
Oh she takes care of herself, she can wait if she wants
She's ahead of her time, and she never gives out
And she never gives in, she just changes her mind
And she'll promise you more than the Garden of Eden
Then she'll carelessly cut you and laugh while you're bleeding
But she'll bring out the best and the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself cause she's always a woman to me
She is frequently kind, and she's suddenly cruel
She can do as she pleases, she's nobody's fool
And she can't be convicted, she's earned her degree
And the most she will do is throw shadows at you
But she's always a woman to me
Billy Joel in Tokyo 2006 - She's always a woman
K, you don't have the slightest idea how lucky you were when I requested a no-fly schedule the time we were together.
Type: Tapas
Address: 97 Danforth Avenue (E. of Broadview) Map
Phone: (416) 778-0007
Hours: Open daily @ 5pm
Price: Feeling generous
Tasty gauge: 7.6(other days of the week)/10
Service rating: 7.9/10
Environment rating: 8.1/10
Website: embrujoflamenco.com
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Drink of the day
 We had one lady on the table tonight who absolutely falls for Sangria, so Sangria it is for the night. They served it in a nice little clay pot with lots of fresh apple and pear cubes with it.
To start off the meal, we ordered Chirozo con brandy ($9.95), authentic home made Spanish chorizo sausage sautéed in brandy. We also had some hummus served along with olives and bread.
Meats
 The interesting thing about Embrujo Flamenco is that, some of the dishes are absolutely amazing while others are an unacceptable piece of crap for the price they are offering. The first dish you see on the left is Pato con peras ($10.95), duck confit with pears and its value truly surpasses its cost. The quality of the meat, taste, sauce, and the pear that goes with it makes it an excellent dish overall. However, when we moved on to the Puntillas en salsa de mostaza ($9.95), grilled black angus sirloin on a bed of home cut fries topped with
a light mustard sauce, and the Pechuga de pollo al Jerez ($8.95) sautéed chicken breast in Spanish sherry, they were unfortunately very disappointing. The sirloin were very 'chewy' if I have to find a word for it, and both the chicken and the sirloin carried very little taste.
Desserts
 Given the disappointments, we still finished our meal with desserts. We ordered caramel custard and mango sorbet with fresh strawberries. Both of them were okay, tho' I cannot say they were overly enlightening.
To summarize, Embrujo Flamenco did carried some amazing foods, but you'll need to know which are the right ones to order, because as a matter of fact, they also served some dishes that were just not up to the value.
詞/曲:吳克群
動也不敢動 走也不敢走
說也不敢說 我在幹什麼
往前又退後 想走卻又留
你笑著看我 說我沒有用
你總不在乎我需要的是什麼
說走就走 灑脫
我像個不倒翁 去卻又回頭
被你玩弄還笑自己懦弱
我是不倒不倒翁 你推都不會動
再哭也沒有用 沒辦法留住你一分鐘
不倒不倒翁 你推都不會痛
把心全交給你 你卻把心痛留給我
不倒不倒翁 我是不倒不倒翁
該慶幸我懂得愛人﹐你卻只懂得愛自己。
太了解你﹐所以不奢望有一天你會懂我曾經做過說過只為希望你走得好過點的事。
更加不奢望你懂我痛。
至少她們說你過得好。那就足夠。
但還是那句﹐請你別再把 Jessie 帶進我的朋友圈子﹐污染我的世界。她不配。Common friends 我不管﹐我也退到給你足夠空間的地方。但跟我從小到大認識而且與你根本不交深的朋友﹐請你不要再碰。
你可以不愛我﹐但請你學懂尊重我。只因我是人。
當然﹐與你想法類同也不懂得尊重我的朋友﹐我也會卡掉﹐也不用留什麼情面。
對﹐我變了。情義﹐是什麼。
Type: American [Californian]
Address: 35 North High St., Dublin, Ohio Map
Phone: (614) 792-3466
Hours:
Bar: Mon-Sat: 4pm-close, Early dinner special: 4pm-close, Regular hours: Mon-Thur: 5pm-10pm, Fri-Sat: 5pm-11pm, Sun: Closed
Price: Casual dining
Tasty gauge: 2.1(Mondays chef)-8.4(other days of the week)/10
Service rating: 8.5/10
Environment rating: 8.5/10
Website: tuccisbistro.com
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Wine of the day
 Tonight's pick is Lander-Jenkins 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon, and for this price, I have to say it's a fantastic wine. Like it says on the web, 'Full-bodied and well-structured with flavors of ripe Bing cherry, black currant, crème brulée, firm but integrated tannins leading to a long lingering finish.' Every single word in that sentence is true. A list of all the awards this wine has received can be found here, rutherfordwine.com.
Appetizers
 我們點了 Brie in Phyllo ($8), baked and wrapped in prosciutto, garnished with rosemary honey and hazelnuts 和 Beef carpaccio ($10), shaved manchego cheese, crisp capers, balsamic greens and gaufrette potatoes. Brie in Phyllo 是相當好吃﹐應該是台長吃過最好吃的。 脆皮鬆化﹐芝士香而不膩。我本來只想吃一小塊﹐怕吃不下主菜。同事堅持給我切一大塊﹐說很好很好吃。唔﹐好吧﹐結果﹐真的啊﹐很好吃﹐一點滯口的感覺也沒有。再看看 Beef carpaccio﹐唔﹐很好看吧? 大概也很好吃? 哈哈﹐你被騙了。這應該是台長平生吃過最難吃的 Beef carpaccio﹐從肉質厚薄味道到醬料都是錯的。僅留的2.1分由沙拉和薄片芝士所得。那麼薄的肉可以這麼鹹﹐真的很嚇人。
主菜
 主菜牛魔王台長點了 Porcini filet mignon ($25), complemented by a hearty mushroom risotto and asparagus. served with red onion marmalade and a gorgonzola and cabernet demi. 同事則點了 Chorizo crusted grouper ($23), spicy pan-fried grouper served crispy with goat cheese potato cakes, wilted baby spinach
and a tomato-scallion emulsion. 重點是﹐其實台長是第二次在這裡吃 filet mignon﹐同事也是第二次在這裡吃 grouper. 第一次﹐星期四晚上﹐什麼都很好吃﹐色香味俱全。之後再來﹐星期三晚上﹐也很好吃﹐色香味俱全。話傳開了﹐就大家都很喜歡來﹐畢竟上路就是要找飯吃。今天晚上﹐我們卻是第一次星期一來﹐因為本來想要去的另外兩間餐店都關門。一行六人﹐大家都很詫異地感到很難吃。細問之下﹐原來是 Monday chef。Service 也沒平日的好。唔。。。Dublin 星期一原來真的是死城﹐找飯吃也難。
在你面前﹐我只有一個答案。
讓。
也不能說得那麼偉大。
她跟她坐席吃飯﹐不能說我沒有恨。
那是你的過份﹐但你從來都是這樣過份。
愛情從來都是最大的武器。
因為她能叫人不戰而勝﹐不敗而降。
其實生活在惶恐當中的是你。
所謂的不合則分﹐不怕不斷嘗試新事物其實只是怕面對困難解決問題的恐懼。
並不是堅強。
而你的游走﹐也不是見證你的吸引力﹐而只是証明你根本不知道自己想要什麼。
所以誰﹐我是說誰﹐都可以。
我卻曾經以為自己愚笨。
軟弱的﹐是你。
Type: [Fusion] Italian, American, Chinese, Thai
Address: 50 W. Bridge Street, Dublin, Ohio Map
Phone: (614) 718-1818
Hours: Mon-Thu, Sun 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-110pm, happy hour Mon-Fri 4pm-7pm ($1 off all drinks and appetizers in the bar), Sunday brunch, every Sun 11am-2pm
Price: Casual dining
Tasty gauge: 8.4/10
Service rating: 8.5/10
Environment rating: 8.4/10
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奇怪的 fusion 餐廳
 j.liu 的 menu 劈頭有三大個 section, American, Asian Fare, Italian. 台長禁不住轉頭問身邊的同事, 'Hm, so is that one chef or three chefs?'
Soups and appetizers
 同事點了 lobster bisque 和 calamari﹐ 還可以啦。 來 j.liu 必吃的反而是沾麵包的 bread dip﹐ olive oil mixed with sun-dried tomatoes and seven spices, it's surprisingly delicious. 可以外買﹐ 15$ 一瓶。
Filet Oscar
 台長是晚點了 Filet Oscar﹐ 100% natural center cut accompanied by balsamic-grilled asparagus, Asiago potato cakes and veal demi-glaze. 台長要一貫的 show me the pan﹐生熟度很滿意﹐証明他們的肉夠新鮮。肉質很好﹐蟹肉忌廉干邑醬汁稍稍有點鹹﹐有蟹味卻但不算很香。不算是做得頂好的 Filet Oscar﹐但可以接受﹐算中上貨。
| If your plate is screwed, that's your problem, don't touch mine. [+] |
思想中﹐不太知道該怎樣處理。
只知道我感到受傷。
也不是很明白其他人怎樣跟隱瞞著這麼多東西的人做朋友。
我卻很了解自己﹐當感到危險的時候十成九我會選擇逃走。
我還不太清楚這次自己想怎樣做。
但我知道我的心在抖顫﹐在我的世界裡﹐我實在覺得人與人之間很兒戲。
如果你明白我的這一路走來。
 Type: Home kitchen 鵪鶉煮飯
如果你鐘意食蟹又識煮飯﹐o甘你就有口福喇﹐因為 Warden T&T o黎o左一箱紅蟳! $13.99/lb.
紅蟳到底係乜東東? 紅蟳是梭子蟹科中體型最大、成長最快的一種。特點是羔多味濃﹐肉質鮮美﹐尤其係有身孕的紅蟳，屬於珍貴的特級海鮮。
Ematei 繪馬亭
Type: Japanese
Address: 30 St. Patrick Street (N. of Queen Street W.) Map
Phone: (416) 340-0472
Hours: 11:45am-2:30pm, 5:30pm-10:30pm weekdays, 5:30pm-10:30pm Saturdays, 5:30pm-10pm Sundays
Payment: Cash, debit, credit
Price: Between casual dining and feeling generous [$4-$8.5/dish, usually about $20-30/person]
Tasty gauge: 7.6/10
Service rating: 8.6/10
Environment rating: 8.2/10 [至少唔洗排隊]
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餐店內觀
 想食Izakaya又唔想排隊﹐台長會去Ematei。繪馬亭算不上是一間居酒屋﹐但就有細細碟o既居酒屋小食叫。如果你唔想貴﹐亦可以叫泡飯壽司一樣食得飽。Ematei店內寬敞﹐想多一點私人空間的話還有三間日式房間可以訂﹐是要脫鞋子的那一種。不過倒要留意Ematei環境不算寧靜﹐下班人士都愛來喝酒傾談﹐輕輕鬆鬆﹐高談闊論。
前菜﹑清酒
 說繪馬亭不是居酒屋﹐皆因繪馬亭酒品種類不多﹐台長也只是點了簡單的暖清酒。來繪馬亭﹐侍應會先送上蘿蔔絲前菜﹐冷冷的﹐味道不錯。
素菜類
 台長吃飯都愛先來素菜。這晚點了冷豆腐﹐燒蘆筍($5.5)和燒王子菇($7)。繪馬亭的燒物牛油味很重﹐很香口﹐喜不喜歡是見人見致。台長不怕油膩﹐就很愛吃﹐朋友則有點怕牛油太重不健康。
串燒($1.5 each)
 來繪馬亭絕對少不了吃串燒。燒雞皮﹐雞腎都難得好吃。味道可選燒汁和鹽燒。
牛肉tataki($9.5)﹑甜蝦壽司($6.5)﹑辣三文魚卷物($6)
 圖中可見﹐這兒的tataki...很怪。厚厚的﹐邊是熟透﹐卻沒半點燒過的痕跡﹐也沒調味﹐就只給你一點醬料﹐實在不知道怎樣形容這樣的tataki。朋友吃了一塊便放棄了。台長把它吃光了﹐卻不算慶高采烈。好了﹐我想大家明白了。
汁煮墨魚 taco nikomi ($5.50)﹑燒魚塊
 Taco nikomi 是來繪馬亭必吃之物﹐只要你不怕辣。很香很香的甜辣汁底﹐混著濃濃的魷魚和蘿蔔汁﹐加進了蒟蒻小塊﹐好吃程度足有9.5分﹐是下酒佳物!
三文魚子泡飯 Ikura cha($7.5)
 繪馬亭是少數提供三文魚子泡飯的日式食店﹐而且價錢一點也不貴。
甜品
 繪馬亭的甜品選擇不多﹐這個算是麻糬餅的物體﹐不好看也不好吃。甜品﹐還是別處尋吧。
台長 is finally back on the road。
這次客人在Dublin, Ohio。
個半小時的機程﹐台長用了兩個小時過海關。
就是繁忙的星期一啦﹐大家都趕上班。
這次是真的終於也離開你很遠了。
也好﹐或許。
今天才星期三﹐已經累透了。
明天晚機回多倫多﹐期待。
還在摸索一個新開始。
但可以肯定的是﹐你既然選擇了留在一個我不能觸碰的世界﹐無論地球多危險﹐我也只能把你留在那裡。
因為天使不能下到凡間跟雅各摔跤。
高雄地震。
很想說很擔心你的家人。
知道你媽常去探望姨姨。
很想寄你一通電郵。
卻吞進肚子裡了。
因為怕這樣只會令你更煩惱。
希望你那邊兒沒事。
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