Asian Bistro

The Asian Bistro just opened recently and was giving out 25% off coupons with the bill good until 08/31. Good Sake, good service. It looks like these guys are doing decently competing with Restaurant Row. I've gone there twice so far and will go again because with 25% off it's a good deal and right around the corner from me. The decor's decent enough to bring a date to, but not like the really fancy places like El Vez. There was a Korean place here before. I went there with friends and we took bets about how long it would last. Guess we were right about it getting "redecorated" which is code for sold most of the time, except for Xe Lua, where it means a 2 week vacation for all the staff. FYI Do Not go to a restaurant the week before they go on vacation. Xe Lua's great, but the food was sub-par by far when I went there just before they went on break. I'm guessing it was clean out the 'fridge time.

Sling Blade

You'll need some of these. Almost done with my collection. Most expensive ones last. Tasty

Google KML link

I'm storing my data in a Google fusion table you can see like a spreadsheet or map. You can filter the data and manipulate it.

Put this into google maps or earth search box to see all the data as markers with information.
http://tables.googlelabs.com/exporttable?query=select+col0%2Ccol1%2Ccol2%2Ccol3%2Ccol4%2Ccol5%2Ccol6%2Ccol7%2Ccol8%2Ccol9%2Ccol10%2Ccol11%2Ccol12%2Ccol13%2Ccol14%2Ccol15%2Ccol16%2Ccol17%2Ccol18%2Ccol19+from+208402+&o=kmllink&g=col11

Giuseppe Arcimboldo

"Summer" by Giuseppe Arcimboldo in Fleur De Lys's Men's room. It would be cool to create a real dish plated like these. I may have to get some prints for my kitchen. Perhaps custom tiles, hmm ...

Fleur De Lys, San Francisco

Fleur De Lys with chef Hubert Keller in San Francisco. Very refined taste, but I simply don't care for the style. Seems like expensive ingredients just to have them. Great food if this is your thing. Gallery

Pho Xe Lua (The Train)

Pho Xe Lua #105
I usually get this Pho with beef and no tripe. Compared to Pho Ha on Washington the broth has less of a beef and more of a vegetal flavor. Not a bad thing, just different. Pho Ha has springy-er noodles.
Comes with: basil, lime, spicy bean sprouts & hot pepper slices.

Google Restaurant Map and Picasa Album

Restaurant Map
Includes prices and notes.
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