Good Eats going International

Heading to Ireland for two weeks. So watch the blog in near future for some more airport reviews along with Pubs and eaterys from Ireland.

Cheers!

Rye High

A coworker mentioned he check out this deli / bar not too far from work that had delicious smoked meats, he did mention that sandwiches were a little pricey, but did not think much of it.  A few weeks later, a couple engineers from the office ventured over to Rye off of Hennepin in Uptown Minneapolis.

  First thing that caught our attention was the cost of sandwiches, most everything was $11-14 for a sandwich that came with a couple pickle slices and small cole slaw on the side.  Everything looked and sounded pretty good, but one engineer opted to just watch rather then eat based on price.


I got their Montreal Smoked Meat sandwich (Pastrami).  The sandwich came out on the plate, not overly substantial in size, nor did it have much for curb appeal on the plate, pretty simple and drab looking for the price.  The quality of the meat was very high and very tasty, but the rest of the sandwich did not knock me off my feet.  The pickles were obviously homemade and pretty tasty, but the cole slaw was very oily, not my cup of tea.  Overall, pretty good sandwich, I give it a three, maybe higher (3.5) if it didn't cost so much or I got a bigger portion.

Original Montreal Smoked Meat Sandwich

One co-worker got a sandwich called the Jubano, looked much tastier and fancier then what I got, little more bang for the buck.  I did not try it, but he said it was great.  Some day in the future, I'll likely get the Jubano on someone else's dime ;)

Jubano with some Impact on the Plate

Diet Dr. Brown's Black Cherry was Delicious!

Solid Tortellini Alfredo from Casa Nostra

I am not big in to Italian food, but my wife is, so when there was a $25 for $50 deal for Casa Nostra in Lakeville I picked a couple up because I knew my wife would like to try it and I can stomach just about anything at half off.

I have had their Tortellini Alfredo with added sausage now on two occasions and enjoyed it very much.  The sausage adds a nice spice and flavor to the dish, while the Alfredo is not overly creamy and the cheese in the tortellini was very tasty. I give the dish a very respectful rating of three.

The picture is actually a half serving that was on the special one night, made for a perfect portion before heading out to a movie afterwards.

Other notes, kids spaghetti was very good.  My wife has enjoyed several other pasta dishes, but I'd strongly recommend against the Beef Panini (dry and not flavorful).  They have a nice looking bar as well.

Disney's Flyng Fish Cafe was Delightful

Back in early April a work conference brought me to the Disney Yacht Club near Orlando, FL.  Overall, very busy and many of our breakfasts and lunches were catered in as part of the conference and for the most part were pretty standard but good, they always have awesome fresh fruit!

My one evening out with a co-worker, we hit up the Flying Fish Cafe, part of the Disney Boardwalk, not too far from Epcot.  It was fairly busy, but were were able to get a nice pair of seats at a bar that looked into the kitchen, made for an entertaining dining experience.

We got things started with a Yellowfin Tuna Tartare and crispy Tempura Tuna-Vegetable Sushi Roll appetizer.  This thing was super delicious, only complaints that is was only 3 pieces and hard for two to split equally and wish we would have got two!

For dinner, I ordered the Signature Flying Fish Café “Potato-wrapped Red Snapper.  It was quite flavorful and cooked perfectly.  Really no complaints other then after seeing the filet sized Char Crusted Tuna that my buddy ordered, I really wish I had ordered that.  He said it was awesome.

Overall, fun dining experience, very nice and good food with out being stuffy.  I'd give my meal a 4, probably would have been a 5 if I'd ordered the tuna!