This place had some crazy looking donuts. Ended up getting the Old dirty bastard donut (vanilla frosting with Oreo chub is and peanut butter). It was pretty good, but definitely very rich (and this, couldn’t finish all of it).
The Original Black Barbecue
We ended up going to this really popular BBQ chain for our Texas experience.
For the picture below, we ended up getting a pound of lean beef, a pound of pork spare ribs, half a pound of fatty beef, and a half chicken (with a pint of Mac and cheese and a pint of green beans).
Honestly, everything was ok (it would have been better if it was less salty). The house sauce helped make the food not taste salty. For the lean beef, I think we can do with less of that next time (half a pound less).
Bap Cafe
We went here for lunch in Reno.
I gotta say, this fast food Korean place is really good.
I ended up getting the Top-Bap with Bulgogi, an it was phenomenal. I also had some teriyaki Spivey sauce on the side, and thought that was great.
Tank House
We ended up going to this place for dinner on our way to Reno (for burning man).
Gotta day, this place was pretty terrible. I got the pulled pork sandwich, and it was extremely salty. Also, the old fashion was meh.
So, not going back here again.
Blue Blood
We checked out this place for drinks (which is inside Casa Loma). It’s also a restaurant, which I need to check out (as I was leaving, I caught a glimpse of a delicious lobster tail).
For drinks, we started off with a nitrogen infused drink (it had whisky and some other sweet liqueur). It tasted great (and our friend knew the bartender, which made it that much better). I also grabbed a second drink, but don’t really remember it.
The Keystone
We came here for burgers and drinks.
I wasn’t too Hungary, so I just had the cheese fries and wings, plus and old fashion (for happy hour, it was not bad).
Next time I go back I’ll try a burger.
Senor Sisig
Try various Filipino food, I decided to try this food truck.
I did like the food, but I think I got mild food poisoning from it :/. I ordered the pork sisig with egg.
Mandarin Gourmet
We went to this restaurant, and ordered wayyy to much food. However, food was great.
We started off with the Pu-Pu platter (Ben partly got it because of the name). It’s actually a great deal if you have more than 2 people (and from what I remember, all the samplers were good). What you get: spring rolls, spare ribs, beef teriyaki, spare ribs, crab cake.
For the mains, we got the chow fun with beef, and some sort of chicken dish. I remember the chicken dish being slightly salty.
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Palette Tea House
This is a great American style dim sum place.
The lobster filled dumpling along with the scallop Siu Mai are by far the best dishes. Also, would get the soft shell crab and fish (pictured below) again. The deep fried dumpling, and the soup filled dumpling, and the green dumpling below were good. I would not get the swan looking dumpling (looks good, didn’t like the taste or texture).
Finishing off with the egg tart was great. As for the drink, I didn’t care too much for it. Also, even though they served various sauces on an interesting palette plate, I also didn’t really care too much for them.
Lolinda
Great place for drinks and tapas (not. Heap, but not super expensive).
The plates to nightlight (although everything pictured below was great): the bone marrow, yam fries, ceviche (shrimp and fish), a tar tar dish (name?) a sweet pudding dish (name?), and the assorted meat plate (name?, except for perhaps the blood sausage. The ribs and regular sausage were great).
For drinks, got an old fashioned and one other drink (not sure of the name).
