Restaurant Reviews
We tried two new restaurants in the last two days. Last night we went to GMT Barbecue Restaurant. I'm not sure where the name came from, but the restaurant was upscale and pretty nice looking. Menu included Korean barbecue (grill meat yourself at your table) and Japanese.
Oh, but first, let me describe going there. We drove the Buick to the beautiful lakeside. Trees, grass, lake with many lights, Chinese people sauntering in their sandels and pajamas, 3 year old boy regurgitating out the window of a passing truck. Eww. I didn't need that.
The restaurant decor is quite nice. Very large and comfortable booths. The bar chairs are a little disturbing as they have one, large eye on the back of them facing into the restaurant. The dining tables and chairs are between the bar and the booths, the booths being along the heavily windowed wall facing the lake. The chairs have a photo on the back of each one. The same photo on each. Paul McCartney circa 1960s. As if he is the main mascot of this restaurant. This BBQ meat restaurant. For those who aren't aware, Paul is a vegetarian.
We placed our orders (sushi and Corona for me, noodles for GP) and looked out the window at the passing people, the lake, the trees, the 6 year old girl lifting her skirt, squatting and peeing on the sidewalk. That is a first for me and hopefully a last.
The food was very good - I even ordered seconds on the tuna sashimi. Next time we will have the Korean BBQ.
Tonight, GP and my boss went to Tomato Kitchen in the Li Gong Di area, a little farther down the lake. The food is some of the best in Suzhou - GP had beef, potatoes, carrots in spicy sauce with rice and said it was great; my boss said his steak and giant prawn were very good, though heavy on the garlic, and my spaghetti with pesto and shrimp was as good as I'd expect in the US. Dessert of cheesecake and black forest cake were also scrumptious. We'll go there again.
Fortunately, nothing came out of any children at that end of the lake. At least not that I saw.
Now, back to work on the immigration papers.
Oh, but first, let me describe going there. We drove the Buick to the beautiful lakeside. Trees, grass, lake with many lights, Chinese people sauntering in their sandels and pajamas, 3 year old boy regurgitating out the window of a passing truck. Eww. I didn't need that.
The restaurant decor is quite nice. Very large and comfortable booths. The bar chairs are a little disturbing as they have one, large eye on the back of them facing into the restaurant. The dining tables and chairs are between the bar and the booths, the booths being along the heavily windowed wall facing the lake. The chairs have a photo on the back of each one. The same photo on each. Paul McCartney circa 1960s. As if he is the main mascot of this restaurant. This BBQ meat restaurant. For those who aren't aware, Paul is a vegetarian.
We placed our orders (sushi and Corona for me, noodles for GP) and looked out the window at the passing people, the lake, the trees, the 6 year old girl lifting her skirt, squatting and peeing on the sidewalk. That is a first for me and hopefully a last.
The food was very good - I even ordered seconds on the tuna sashimi. Next time we will have the Korean BBQ.
Tonight, GP and my boss went to Tomato Kitchen in the Li Gong Di area, a little farther down the lake. The food is some of the best in Suzhou - GP had beef, potatoes, carrots in spicy sauce with rice and said it was great; my boss said his steak and giant prawn were very good, though heavy on the garlic, and my spaghetti with pesto and shrimp was as good as I'd expect in the US. Dessert of cheesecake and black forest cake were also scrumptious. We'll go there again.
Fortunately, nothing came out of any children at that end of the lake. At least not that I saw.
Now, back to work on the immigration papers.
posted by Matt aka Maxiu at
8:24 PM
1 Comments:
Ack. I have to say, most of your stories don't make me particularly anxious to visit China. :-)
I LOVE Korean bbq. Have a Korean friend at work that introduced me to it. Yum, yum, YUM!
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