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What I Ate: November 17th, 2011 (Kome Sushi Kitchen)

Posted 18 December, 2011 at 4:31am by Michael Chu
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When we lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, there were several excellent ramen shops offering different styles of ramen which we loved. After we moved to Austin, it's been hard finding ramen that's authentic - the fact is that there aren't that many Japanese restaurants offering it in the first place. When we heard that Kome (4917 Airport Blvd, Austin, TX 512-712-5700) may have Austin's best ramen, we just had to try it out.

Tonkotsu ramen
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Miso Ramen
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What I Ate: November 17th, 2011 (Kome Sushi Kitchen)

What I Ate: November 1th, 2011 (Evangeline Cafe)

Posted 18 December, 2011 at 3:25am by Tina Jiang
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We ate at this Cajun style restaurant once before and liked the food and atmosphere, but we forgot to bring the camera. We went back to try some more dishes. Evangeline Cafe (8106 Brodie Ln #110, Austin, TX 512-282-2586).

Special - red fish $13
I thought this dish was rather bland. The red fish and the cream sauce both needed more salt or seasoning.
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What I Ate: November 1th, 2011 (Evangeline Cafe)

What I Ate: September 21th, 2011 (Justine's Brasserie)

Posted 18 December, 2011 at 3:10am by Tina Jiang
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We went to Justine's Brasserie (4710 East 5th Street, Austin, TX 512-385-2900) for dinner a while back (apparently I had forgotten to post the entry). As usual, the dishes were delicious.

Summer Salad $12
A variety of homegrown tomatoes, hard boiled eggs, fresh anchovies, and croutons with a lemon garlic dressing.
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What I Ate: September 21th, 2011 (Justine's Brasserie)

What I Ate: October 23th, 2011 (Tandoori Bistro)

Posted 27 October, 2011 at 2:59am by Tina Jiang
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We felt like Indian food a couple of nights ago, so we went to Tandoori Bistro (1605 E. Oltorf, Austin, TX 512-383-8210) for dinner. We had been there for lunch and dinner once. This time we ordered a bunch of dishes that we hadn't tried before.

Lamb Samosas $4.50
The lamb filling wasn't very flavorful… we liked the vegetable version better.
Lamb samosas

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What I Ate: October 23th, 2011 (Tandoori Bistro)

What I Ate: September 7th, 2011 (South Congress Cafe)

Posted 9 September, 2011 at 12:17am by Tina Jiang
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We were looking for a place to eat dinner last night, and decided on South Congress Cafe since we haven't been there in a while.

Calamari - seasoned sliced semolina breaded calamari steaks served with an orange ginger red chile sauce ($12)
As usual, the calamari was super tender and delicious.
Calamari

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What I Ate: September 7th, 2011 (South Congress Cafe)

What I Ate: September 6th, 2011 (Tandoori Bistro)

Posted 8 September, 2011 at 3:24am by Tina Jiang
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We are always looking for good Indian food in South Austin. In a previous visit, we tried the lunch buffet at Tandoori Bistro (1605 E. Oltorf, Austin, TX 512-383-8210) and liked it, so we came back for dinner to try more things.

Vegetable Samosas ($4)
Vegetable Samosas

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What I Ate: September 6th, 2011 (Tandoori Bistro)

What I Ate: September 1st, 2011 (24 Diner)

Posted 8 September, 2011 at 1:55am by Tina Jiang
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A few nights ago we ate dinner at 24 Diner (600 N. Lamar, Austin, TX 512-472-5400), which was recently featured on Crave - a new show on The Food Network.

Corn Fritters ($7.95)
These were more like deep fried hush puppies than corn fritters. They are crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. The dipping sauce was mildly spicy, creamy, and cumin flavored.
Corn Fritters
Corn Fritters

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What I Ate: September 1st, 2011 (24 Diner)

What I Ate: August 17th, 2011 (Bee Cave Tavern)

Posted 19 August, 2011 at 4:57pm by Tina Jiang
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We were in the Bee Caves area so we decided to check out Bee Cave Tavern (11715 Bee Cave Road, Bee Caves, TX 512-477-6535), formerly Zoot where we had dined several times before. We knew that the owner was changing the concept for the restaurant. Whereas Zoot was fine dining in a low key setting, BC Tavern is an upscale, family friendly tavern whose offerings include burgers and other comfort foods. We ordered an appetizer and two main entries.

BC Mac-n-cheese with black truffle ($12)
We absolutely loved this appetizer. We sopped up every last drop of the cheese sauce with our bread.
BC Mac-n-Cheese with Black Truffle

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What I Ate: August 17th, 2011 (Bee Cave Tavern)

What I Ate: April 2, 2011 (The Noble Pig)

Posted 9 April, 2011 at 1:51pm by Michael Chu
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It's no secret that my favorite sandwich place in Austin is The Noble Pig. What I haven't talked about is the incredible once-a-month dinners that The Noble Pig offers. Tina and I went to the March and April dinners (April was vegetarian themed) and found both to be delightful. The meals start at 7pm and run about 2.5 hours for four courses. The cost is $55 per person and you must make reservations ahead of time. I posted an article about the Noble Pig Dinners on Cooking For Engineers with more pictures.

The Noble Pig - Yellowtail Hamachi with carrots, carrot puree and green chili oil

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What I Ate: April 2, 2011 (The Noble Pig)

What I Ate: February 23, 2011 (Haddingtons)

Posted 24 February, 2011 at 3:42pm by Michael Chu
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We went to Haddingtons for a media event where we sampled several items. We started off with a TLT - smoked tomato, brun-ostoo cheese, lettuce & truffle aioli which I didn't photograph because I ate it standing up. It was delicious and Tina's favorite.

Scotch Eggs pickled quail eggs in sausage.
Haddingtons - Scotch Eggs

Foie Link house made foie sausage with pear relish. The filling was mushier than a weisswurst. Tina didn't like the texture and I felt that it would have been better if it was firmer since the casing was relatively difficult to chew through. Otherwise, I really liked the sausage and thought it was well paired with the relish.
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What I Ate: February 23, 2011 (Haddingtons)

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