AFTERGLOW OF SUNDAY

Muah. Today I finally got the Martha Stewart book I ordered. Hmm... yeah laugh all you want. Anyway it got me cleaning. And so far I've cleaned the toilet cabinet.

Yesterday I took Sam out for lunch at Amarillo because he's been nagging me about that place for so long. It's kind of a strange place because I'm not sure if it's a nightclub, bar or restaurant. It turned out to be all of the above. We ended up going Sunday afternoon when everyone is recovering from the night before (like this boy on the bus who was calling his friend telling him how he's still drunk). So, needless to stay a nightclubbarrestaurant complex is not so impressive at this time of week or day. Other than a few lost looking toursits, some other couples and a group of middle aged drunk men at the bar, the place was pretty empty.

Amarillo is a tex-mex restaurant, probably why I haven't gone before. You see I have a rule that if I want tex mex I'll go to Taco House simply because it is cheap and good and I don't think tex-mex and sit down 'fancy' dinner exactly go together. Nonetheless promise of an XXXL Burger (over 300g of beef) 13,90e and a 500g rack of Rockefeller Ribs 17,90e got me convinced.

The food was kind of a dissapointment. Sam's burger looked more like an L Burger, but he seemed to enjoy it. The ribs were big but so so so dissapointingly dry! I like my ribs juicy and a little sweet, these ribs were really dry and a little burnt, such a shame. The Fajita Magic fries were really salty even for me.

Verdict: The food was a bit of a dissapointment, even with the price. The ribs were 1e more than at Salud but the difference in taste was so much more. Plus we should have ordered something other than water because the small glass (with no refill) cost 2e (and those fries were so salty)! At least those drunk guys provided interesting lunch entertainment.

MURPHY'S LAW
(10.10.06)

What made me have lunch at Sevilla today is somehow related to a frustrated failure of a piglike cow farmer.

In short, on Sunday evening we played a some floorball (Sam's family and some of their friends). Anyway there is this strange guy that uses our fields... and already previously when I had played he was very agressive and grabbed my breast. Now, this time he did the same not to mention other un-gentlemanly things. Now imagine this, a grown man tallentlessly brandising a hockey stick like some lunatic, grabbing the breasts of a 20 year old girl and causing destruction in every other possible manner. Then he has the audacity to yell at me for playing rough when I slammed into him. Now, lets make this clear, even if I was a guy and I slammed into him after the treatment he'd given everyone it would have been all right... but the fact that he is a grown man and twice my weight(!!!) completely f-ing absurd that he should yell at me for playing it rough. And then his pig like inbred sons had the nerve to follow their fathers lead and continued the insulting. Honestly.

Anyway needless to say my legs are covered in bruises and swollen. Especially my left knee has a stining pain from the burn I got when I was tripped up. And it stings... it hurts so much even now, and, last night it stung so bad after I put disinfectant on it that I could sleep and I cried for an hour. So, today when I finished my first class I was really hungry, but the school cafeteria was so crouded and I was too tired to stand... Sevilla was as far as I could walk from the University.

OK, so I might have been hungry, in pain and generally pissed off, but Sevilla did kind of suck today. Complaint numero uno: only 3 options on the lunch menu, none of which seemed too appealing on top of which the price was quite high. I ordered the grilled salmon with herbs 9,50e. Complaint numero dos: after waiting for some time I was brought the wrong meal (and I'm glad in a way that it was the wrong meal because it looked and smelt like one of those saussage casserole things my auntie makes... not a good thing). Final complaint: when the food finally came it was only alright... the kind of food you would expect at the university... and mind you those meals only cost 2,35e.

Verdict: Lunch at Sevilla sucks. Positive point was that the waitress was kind and very efficient. But still, I will avoid Sevilla at lunch time FOREVER.

(05.10.06)

Another brother sister event at Maruseki. I had some sushi 6e and the calamari 7e and of course rice and water. The thing is I was dissapointed this time in the calmari because it wasn't a nice big one this time, instead there were a few small ones and the taste wasn't the same. Slightly dissapointing. Yet, the food was still delicious as always. My brother had his usual, sushi, rice and tonkatsu (fried pork). I'd like to take my fiance out here next time because he's never had sushi.

Verdict: Good stuff as usual. Although the new calmari was a bit of a dissapointment. Hopefully the big good calmari will be available again soon! :)

(03.10.06)
So. I got hungry and had lunch at the Chinese restaurant at Tullintori Ly's Garden. They have a buffet lunch which is 7,90e. It usually consists of soup, rice, fried rice, spring rolls and other typical Finlandized Chinese food. Not exactly what I would call 'Chinese' food but heck it was the closest best value for money place at the time. And don't get me wrong. The food is tasty and you can really stuff yourself. Oh and I especially like the tea that comes with lunch.

Today was Tampere day so the shops were open. Stella was playing at Stockmann and I wanted to go see because they have some nice songs. I like the lady's voice, very interesting. Also it was a nice set, they were good live.

Then Sam 'n' me met up with Tom and we went to have lunch at New York. New York is a fairly new restaurant in Tampere and I've been wanting to go for quite some time. Sam had a De Lux Burger 12,90e which was pretty good looking, my brother had a large New York Garlic Steak 19,50e and I had the Harlem Suffle 20,50e.

My brother enjoyed his steak, although he did have some food envy towards Sam's burger. The dips that I got with my portion were especially good. I've never really had pesto, but damn the pesto sauce was good! The hot wings were really spicy, even for me. The grilled chicken breast was good especially when dipped into the pesto sauce. The spring rolls and the shrimp torpedos had the same sort of problem, too much batter so the taste of the good stuff was hidden.

For drinks we had a bottle of champagne 9,90e (originally around 25e), my brother also had a White Russian (around 5-6e) and I had a Tropical Mango Margarita 5,52e.

Verdict: Really fun atmosphere and nice decor. I think we scared the waitresses but oh well. The food was good and there is something on the list for every price range (snacks go for 2e). The drinks were good but kind of expensive, especially the cocktails.