Grandview: Vino Vino Wine Bar

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

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。

部落格. [+]

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。

Embrujo Flamenco Tapas Restaurant

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 Menus: View

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.

不倒.翁. [+]

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。

Mezzetta Café restaurant

Mezzetta Café restaurant Type: Spanish [Tapas] Address: 681 St. Clair Avenue West (St. Clair W. / Christie) Map Phone: (416) 658-5687 Website: www.mezzettarestaurant.com Hours: Monday - Friday 12:00 pm-2:30pm, 5:00pm until closed Price: Casual spender [$3 per dish, ~20$/person excluding drinks] Tasty gauge: 7.8/10 [casual meal] Service rating: 9.5/10 [讚!]

餐店內觀

來到Mezzetta﹐是因為生日的朋友說很想嘗嘗Tapas是什麼東東。車子停在餐店門口﹐期待了老半天的朋友卻有點欲言又止。後來說起原來是有點'有無搞錯﹐間o野o甘up dup o既?'的感覺。走進餐點﹐看到朋友微笑了﹐我才也舒了口氣。餐點內裡雖小卻不狹﹐很和暖很cozy的感覺。二人四人的餐桌都五臟俱全。我們挑了張四人的餐桌坐下﹐因為吃Tapas多小盤子﹐食物比較好放。

點菜程序

Mezzetta的Tapas很簡單﹐就是單單按點盤子的數量收費﹐盤子都沒有個別訂價。盤子收費以每五盤的倍數為計算單位﹐譬如說﹐你點10盤小菜﹐所收費用就是30元正。Mezzetta的recommendation是一個人最少點五盤小菜。台長也覺得相當合宜﹐但當然食量因人而異。然後下一步就是在menu上把想點的盤子號碼寫下來﹐點菜過程變完成了。Tapas一般來說都配一點喝的﹐是晚朋友選來Sangria。起菜前﹐侍應會先送上pita bread﹐配上一點甜甜酸酸的拌菜醬料。

開飯

眾裡尋它﹐我們挑了這十個小菜:

4. Evergreen salad - A mix of mesclun greens, spinach, baby lettuce, endive, radicchio, topped with walnuts and a light red wine vinaigrette

5. Red goat - Creamy feta, tomato, sliced red onion, green and kalamata olives

13. Baby ganoush - A delicious puree of smokey flame-roasted eggplant, with tahina, robust with flavour

26. Sultan's stew - An exotic stew of sautéed and spiced eggplant, zuccini, tomato, green and red bell peppers, and onion

27. Potato sambousak - Potato and onion puree wrapped in puff pastry, three pieces dressed with mezziki

45. Lamb shish - Savoury chunks of marinated lamb leg, flame-grilled, 2 skewers

47. Veal shish - Tender chunks of marinated veal shoulder, flame-grilled, 2 skewers

50. Smoked sally - Home-smoked pink salmon on crisp lettuce with a sesame mustard dressing

51. Fish shish - Tasty marinated Martin or Swordfish, flame-grilled, 2 skewers

61. Potato moussaka - Potato slices layered with minced beef, and covered with a potato sauce puree and topped with sliced tomato and spices

找數

看圖識字﹐我們10個小菜以Mezze for 2來計算﹐30元正。

朋友﹐生日快樂!

食物的朋友 - 一時感 [+]

說著想吃Tapas好幾次﹐都沒做。過期了﹐才來到這裡。

愛﹐其實本身不會過期。

Timing mismatch﹐實底意思就是不愛了。

就是一方面或相方面不愛了﹐然後主動在關係上印上過期標籤。

沒有一個人跟另外一個人是完全吻合的﹐因為我們都是獨立個體。

沒有人絕對好﹐更沒有人絕對壞。

沒有相處不來的人﹐只有相愛不來﹐不願意努力繼續學習相處或了解對方的人。

只要雙方面都願意付出﹐給對方失敗後再嘗試的機會﹐其實誰跟誰都能相處得來。

反而﹐就算雙方面都願意付出﹐卻並不是誰跟誰都相愛得來。

不是那回事﹐就不是那回事。

相愛得來了﹐剩下來的關鍵﹐是你願意花多少努力去相處﹐和接納對方。

不適合﹐其實是一個籍口。意思只是﹐一方面或相方面努力花夠了﹐累了﹐心底裡不願意愛﹐不愛了。

[我該好好地建立你的生命﹐我卻只做了drag you down.]

I have finally offloaded everything, and started my own adventures.

I hope you'll join me in these adventures someday.

如果有天2012﹐希望那時候我能在你身旁。