With not much else to do to pass the time while my laundry is going, I figure I'll write a bit about some more restaurants I've eaten at recently. I have other things I could write about, but I think for tonight (or this week, to be more cynical about my lackadaisical musings), this is as good a topic as comes to mind.
My roommates and I went out to Arctica Bar & Grill for one of our birthdays recently. It's got some sort of affiliation with Minnesota, as everyone in the house was a fan of the University of Minnesota's football team (except for one unruly Penn State drunkard). The food was extremely well-priced, as well as delicious; my chicken pot pie was a very nice dish. Dessert was a bit overdone; they tried a bit too hard with the molten chocolate cake, but overall, it was an enjoyable experience. Sitting in plush chairs that made us all feel like kings was a cool bonus.
Near school, there are two places that are somewhat renowned for their brunch menus - Rx and Marigold's Kitchen. While both meals were quite good in their own right, Marigold's wins hands down. The brioche French toast in maple whipped cream had to be the best French toast I've ever had. The side of sausage was good, and my girlfriend's meal - smoked salmon served with a poached egg and potatoes - was tasty as well. Rx wasn't bad - I had a standard breakfast meal of eggs, bacon, and toast, while my girlfriend had an omelette - but the menu wasn't that creative and can't hold a candle to Marigold's.
While visiting the expansive King of Prussia mall in the Philly suburbs - something that far outclasses something like the Palisades Center mall near where I grew up - we had lunch at Bahama Breeze, a chain restaurant that attempts to emulate Caribbean cuisine and atmosphere. While I think the branding is a rather poor excuse to get people drunk in the middle of the day, the food was quite good for its price. The appetizer - roasted Cuban bread (right...) was a nice light beginning dish. The salmon (my dish) and the mahi mahi (her dish) were both done quite well. It's hard to be getting wood-grilled salmon for $12...it's certainly cheaper than Legal Seafood, which was another place we were considering eating.
Lastly, my girlfriend and I had dinner near the base of the Ben Franklin Bridge at Swanky Bubbles, a nice cozy champagne bar down in Old City. The sushi roll was nothing to write back about, but their ahi tuna roll was quite good - although not as good as the one we had in Hawaii. The miso glazed Chilean sea bass was truly marvelous...I've never eaten fish that was so flavorful and flaky. The filet mignon was a bit disappointing; the sauce was far too heavy. Overall, it was a good meal.
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