Archive for the year 2013
Breakfast in Bed
Posted on September 28, 2013 by Ching under Food and Drink, Travel.
This was my breakfast on my last day in Minneapolis: Minnesota Eggs Benedict, Hashbrowns, Bacon, and Fruit. I thought they were just going to give me a cup of fruit on the side. Instead I got this amazing fruit plate. The fruits were delicious!
The Minnesota Eggs Benedict is an eggs benedict with walleye cakes. Walleye cakes are like crab cakes, except instead of crab meat they use walleye. Apparently walleyes are abundant in Minnesota because they serve it everywhere. Some sort of walleye dish will be listed on the menu no matter where you go. At least that was my experience. I think the only place I didn’t see it was at the sushi place.
With the exception of the mixup with breakfast delivery my breakfast was fantastic. The Depot did a wonderful job. I just wish it didn’t cost so much. If room service wasn’t so expensive, I probably would have had breakfast delivered to my room every morning. LOL.
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Nami Sushi
Posted on September 28, 2013 by Ching under Food and Drink, Travel.
Nami Sushi is a sushi joint that is conveniently located near our hotel so we ended up having dinner there on Thursday night. The decor is modern and the atmosphere is subdued.
Then again, we were there on a week night and we just missed happy hour. I’m sure the place is more crowded and lively on the weekends.
The sushi at Nami is pretty good, though not as good as my favorite sushi place here in Wichita. The restaurant itself is fancier, though. But everything is fancier in Minneapolis it seems. I’d probably bring Brian here if we ever find ourselves in the hip Warehouse District area.
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Minneapolis Critters
Posted on September 27, 2013 by Ching under Travel.
Minneapolis definitely has the friendliest and most photogenic squirrels. They’re not afraid of people at all. These guys pretty much walked up to us and posed for photos.
This one is a little creepy. I’d never seen an albino squirrel before. This guy is my first.
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Sightseeing in Minneapolis
Posted on September 27, 2013 by Ching under Things to Do, Travel.
I wish it wasn’t so rainy while I was in Minneapolis. I would have had a lot more fun walking through the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. It was fun anyway but there were a few things that we couldn’t get to…
Here’s a picture of the iconic Spoonbridge and Cherry sculpture. The tent kind of ruins my shot but there was no way around it. They were preparing for the big Walker Art Center fundraising event on Saturday night. Maybe I can get a better shot next visit.
Walking around the sculpture garden with Emmie reminded me of the time when Brian and I went on a sculpture scavenger hunt on the Wichita State University campus. It was super fun.
Emmie doesn’t like having her photo taken but I stole this shot of her anyway.
I wish Brian could have gone on the trip with me. Everything is so much more fun when we do it together. Hopefully, we will get to visit Minneapolis next summer for his birthday. In the meantime, here’s a video for you to watch so you can learn more about this highly popular Minneapolis attraction.
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Cadillac Ranch
Posted on September 26, 2013 by Ching under Food and Drink, Travel.
Shelita, Emmie, and I worked up an appetite walking around Mall of America so, rather than going somewhere else for dinner, we decided to try one of the restaurants inside the mall. We picked Cadillac Ranch because it seemed to have the best variety.
We got there during their Rock & Roll Happy Hour so we took advantage of the opportunity to try a couple of appetizers. I picked the spinach and artichoke dip.
Shelita got the chili nachos. We thought the chili was on the burnt side. Other than that it wasn’t too spicy.
Cadillac Ranch offers several different types of burgers. This is one of them.
I felt like having seafood so I ordered the crab-crusted tilapia. It was good but nowhere near as good as the pork chops that Shelita ordered.
Emmie and I got a bite of the pork chops and both agreed that we should have ordered it too. LOL. I think that was the best thing we had out of everything that we tried at dinner.
There are several restaurant options inside Mall of America. We just happened to try this one. It wasn’t as bad as all the negative reviews I read online as we were already sitting there waiting for our starters. LOL. The service was decent and the food wasn’t bad. Other than the burnt chili, everything else was prepared well. The potato thing that they serve as a side dish (Shelita and I both got a bowl of it with our meals) had good flavor.
Although, I’d probably try a different restaurant if I ever find my way back to MOA I really can’t complain. No offense to Cadillac Ranch but there are just way too many other restaurants to choose from.
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