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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
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