All in all I give this place two huge thumbs up! Great food, interesting atmosphere. I do think that they need more servers, because they were running around like chickens with their heads cut off when they started to get busier. I'll be back here again in the Fall, I've heard that their baked cauliflower casserole is spectacular.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Ubuntu - Anniversary Dinner
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Siam Thai - Total Miss
In other words, here's the reason why I disliked this place. The food was BLAND! A true detriment to the type of food that was being served. Thai food is something that I associate with such flavors as cumin, lemon grass, curry, coriander. This meal was like the geriatric home of thai food.
First we started out with fresh spring rolls. They were supposed to have rice paper, rice noodles, mint, tofu. It was more like rice paper and noodles. I'm not the biggest fan of mint, but even bigger mint pieces would have been better than tiny afterthoughts. The tofu looked like the stuff that you find freeze dried in a diy noodle bowl. I didn't take a picture of it, but here's Eric perfect reaction to what this dish felt like:
For the main course Eric had Red Curry with chicken:
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Wine-athon


Leaving the event. General consensus was that it wasn't worth 80$, or event the 60$ if you signed up in advance. 25-30$ a person would have been more reasonable, but that's also probably why there wasn't anyone else in our age range there. We were full of wine, cheese, and water by this point. About an hour later we were also full with tacos from Tacos Michoacan. For me, Duckhorn Winery was my favorite. I will have to go to their winery soon and do a tasting.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Low Rider is a Little Higher
Today was the annual Main Street Reunion Car Show in Downtown Napa (FREE!). The event was organized by Napa Valley Cruisers and the Napa Downtown Association. From what i've read the event was a regular for five years and then took a five year break, coming back in 2008. I haven't been to a car show in years. The last one I went to was in Barrio Hollywood in Tucson a few years ago. The car show today was about 3 times the size but lacking the family atmosphere that Tucson seems to bring. This car show was much more about the cars than about grabbing some food and hanging out with the neighborhood. I managed to take both my film and digital cameras. The photos that follow are all digital, i'll upload the film ones after I get the roll developed.
Jesse- I thought of you when I took this picture. Not because you're a floozie who would get down at a drive-thru.
It's so HOT it needs two fans!
And so concludes the Main Street Car Show! Most of these pictures are sub-par, but i'm excited to see how the film versions turn out. Tomorrow Eric's sister and her boyfriend come into town. Pizza and wine time a Signorello's after work (Cost-$35 for pizza and wine tasting). Tomorrow evening there is a Wine Event at Calistoga Ranch. Eric was gifted 4 free tickets (each costs $80), so we will be heading down there for another wine adventure.
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