List of Places I Have Never Been

There aren't that many restaurants in the Moscow/Pullman area. Even so, I get in a rut which is a bad idea for writing a useful food blog. Over the next year I'd like to try each of the places I have never been at least once.

Sushi place in Moscow Hotel. Thank you to Austin Storm for calling my attention to it. I knew it was there but forgot about it.

The renovated Mark IV hotel, now operating under another name and new management. I haven't tried it since it changed. The Sandpiper.

That Sandwich place in the Old Post Office in Pullman.

The Korean/Japanese restaurant just below Stadium Way, in the motel.

The Thai place on Grand just north of the Post Office.

The Loco Hawaiian Plate Lunch. On Main a block north of Zion's Bank.

The Chinese place on Washington near the Post Office.

The Japanese place that used to be Sakura but I don't remember the new name. On Grand in Pullman.

The storefront place across from The Daily Grind.

Sella's Calzones

Vietnamese place up by Campus Commons

CUB?

The Hilltop


Footnote: Places I've visited but have not reviewed yet...

Teriyaki Joe's
Old Peking
The Chinese place next to Sister's Brew. (I have a personal story involving almost calling off my wedding at this place I'll tell some sometime.)
The Daily Grind
Basilios in Pullman
The Fireside Grille in Pullman
Tam's Family Dining
Denny's (I had the privilege of getting chewed out by the owner once. That's a pretty good story too.)
The Emerald Chinese
Rancho Viejo (The Old Farm in English)
Nuevo Vallarta
Pizza Huts in both towns
Winger's (closed due to huge fire... you can get their wings at Tucci's for now)
The Breakfast Club (Thanks, Anon!)
Applebee's
Patty's Kitchen

If anyone knows of restaurants I'm missing, let me know in a comment. I'll add them to my list.

Sangria, Part Deux

The other day some good friends of our offered to babysit. To celebrate this rare occasion, we went to Sangria to eat and I have a few factual updates for you.

Fist of all, my first review still stands.

We asked the waiter what they had remodeled since it looked pretty much the same inside. We were informed that the floors were redone (I remember carpet, now a mix of tile and wood... looks nice) and the kitchen had some much-needed renovations done.

Hubby also informs me that it is in fact NOT a chain but was started and run by some chefs who wanted to settle in the area. A husband-wife team, if I remember correctly. So that's cool since I am all about supporting local businesses.

Well, this time we had our favorite again, the Drunk Steak as well as an appetizer and a dessert. The appetizer we chose the Avocado rolls which turned out to be avocado pieces fried in wonton wrappers and covered with some sort of sweet relish. Drool.

Since Hubby's favorite feature of the Drunk Steak is the garnish of fried plantains, he got an extra side dish of them, complete with a peach compote salsa that sent him directly into bliss. For dessert we opted for the Banana Tahiti cheesecake which came to us meltingly warm and swimming in a dulce de leche sauce. As cheesecakes go it was good but not the best I have ever tasted. The sauce made up for whatever the cake lacked though.

On this trip our waiter didn't meet my expectations at all. She was brassy and kept coming to our table when I had my mouth full asking if I liked my food. Pardon me, but this is a pet peeve of mine and I run into it constantly in this one-horse town. If you go to someone's restaurant to eat their food you expect them to give you something edible. You should not need to be asked five times throughout the meal if you like it. In my opinion, a good waiter should be quietly available in case something is wrong that needs fixing but otherwise he or she should let patrons alone to enjoy their meal and conversation. It irritates me to no end to be interrupted in the middle of a sentence to my dinner partner with a "You like your food okay?" GRRRR. Just keep my water glass full, bring the next thing at the proper time and leave me alone to enjoy it.

OK, rant over. Other than Annoying Waitress Lady, our recent Sangria trip was quite pleasurable.