Sep. 24th, 2007

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You might have seen one of those big white liquor license signs up in Willow Glen for the last few weeks. Greg and Susan have sold Vin Santo. They sold to Umberto and Sharlene Pala, formerly of Il Fornaio.

Last week was their first week in the restaurant. Sharlene is getting up to speed on the wine list and the regular customers, and Umberto has already started reworking the menu. We had dinner on Thursday night, and it's just fabulous. One of the things they've added is a "Chef's Tasting Menu" (4 courses or 6 courses) and it's a great choice if you're not in a hurry.

Baaaaaaa

Sep. 24th, 2007 04:22 pm
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No, it's not memesheep, it's Little Sheep.

Inner Mongolia Little Sheep Catering Chain Co. Ltd. opened a restaurant in Union City, and we went with [livejournal.com profile] didjiman, [livejournal.com profile] karisu_sama, their daughters and a bunch of friends. The place mats are almost as comic as the website, reading like a badly translated corporate franchise sales brochure (which it probably is).

So note for the future: Going with a huge gang for an 8:00pm seating on a Sunday night isn't the brightest idea. We got out around 10:45 and still owe R for our share of the dinner.

It is very good, though.

Every table has an induction burner in the center, and gets a pot of boiling broth in which to drop thin-sliced meat and vegetables. We got the regular broth, but next time we might try the half-and-half (a divided pot with regular lamb broth on one side and spicy broth on the other).

They have a very large selection of things to dump in the broth, including many "variety meats." Service isn't the quickest in the world, but once the food comes out to the tables that's not an issue. At least it's not an issue if you don't have an extended table of 10 people and your second tray of stuff sitting out of view where nobody realizes that it's the stuff you're waiting for.

I'd probably do this place again with 4-8 people, rather than the big mob.
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We stopped at the Anderson Outlet mall on the way home from Redding, mostly because I forgot to bring sunglasses and the sun finally came out on Sunday morning. We also stopped at the Pendleton Woolen Mills outlet store. We hadn't stopped in a while, because the last few times they just didn't have tall or long size shirts.

This time they had shirts, but they also had yardage. $10/yard is a pretty good price for quality wool plaids. Didn't get any, because we don't have any plans that call for wool plaid, but if you're desperate for good wool plaid for Victorians and the drive up to Anderson is reasonable for you, it's worth checking out.

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