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sonny's famous steaks
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2007-10-17 00:22 UTC
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| currently at Sonny's Famous Steaks at 228 Market in philadelphia |
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still life, with cheez whiz |
I heard you have to go to south philly to get a 'real' cheesesteak, but this'll do. |
| and here's the nearby liberty bell, from the outside, looking in. |
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schobels'
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2007-06-24 15:04 UTC
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This is my favorite trans-houston-san antonio restaurant, in Columbus, TX. Killer buffet! The buffet is only open for a subset of their hours, and I can never remember when, so it's best to call first. We missed it this time. |
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back across tx
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2007-04-14 18:16 UTC
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| Josiah and I are returning from Kerrville after a couple of days visiting the folks (Pete is really sick, but stable). Fiesty car issues are keeping us off the interstate. While there, we got reacquainted with the Martin D28 that we'd left out there. We're taking it back to Houston until Pete gets better. Got some recordings while out there, but the room was not good (live and learn). |
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Currently at the Silver K Cafe in Johnson City. Just ordered meat loaf sandwiches with prickly pear iced tea. |
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takahashi
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2007-03-25 04:00 UTC
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| I remembered a sushi restaurant with a train that goes around and brings plates of sushi to you from my visit to Portland 7 years ago. Been here for 2 weeks, but the people I was working with (night and day) were not sushi fans. I fly out tomorrow, and got lucky enough to find the place again. Currently waiting in a line to get a seat in front of the train. You pretty much have to wait until something opens up, and I bet it's difficult to seat a big party contiguously. |
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Took awhile, but finally got seated. The train comes around every minute or so. I thought I'd get some better pictures of it, but it was sort of embarassing taking pictures and all (not that that usually stops me). It has maybe 20 cars, each with a small plate of sushi or dessert or something, each with a clear plastic dome cover. Some of the food is hot and steamy, which steams up the covers so you can't see the food. See one you want and grab it. It's all good, and you can order straight from the sushi chef if you don't want to take your chances with the train. The plates are different colors, each corresponding to a different price, and at the end, they add up the denominations of the plates you used and you pay - not much for this kind of food.
On the way out, I asked the question that's been bugging me for seven years now - how often does the train get derailed? The answer: pretty much every day, sometimes more than once. People reach too hard and fast for a plate, or set heavy purses on the tracks. Drag, but I have to admit it would be cool to watch.
Takahashi
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Portland, OR 97209 |
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