A couple more restaurants and a movie

Let's continue the reviews I guess.  Tuesday night a couple friends of mine went to The Cove here in San Antonio to play at their open mic night.  I've been there before, but this time I actually decided to do a little research to see what's good.  According to Guy Frieri, these guys have the best lamb burger in the world.  I couldn't pass that up.  They also had some good reviews on their sweet potato fries. The Cove is also known for it's locally grown and organic selection of foods.  We got there right as the first act was to go up. I, of course, got the lamb burger and sweet potato fries.  A friend of mine got their chips and salsa. Another popular aspect of the Cove is their wide beer selection.  I stayed true to Texas and got the Shiner Bock.  Not disappointing. The lamb burger arrived while the first performer was still on.  I will say that it was truly the best lamb burger I've ever had.  Granted, it was the only lamb burger I've ever had. It was very good.  Maybe not life changing, but good. I was happy that I bought it. The sweet potato fries, on the other hand, weren't that great.  I've had better sweet potato fries from a bag in the frozen section at the local grocery store.  They weren't awful, but certainly not worth the price nor the hype.  My friends chips and salsa was decent.  I needed them though, because I was still hungry after eating my burger and fries.  Luckily, my friends' set went great.  The crowd seemed into them.  For the food, I'd say the Cove was a 6/10. The atmosphere and a bit of guilt free eating brings them up to an 8/10 overall.

We also checked out Golden Wok last night.  It had been highly recommended and my wife and I were feeling Chinese food as we took a nap through the time that we would have been cooking. We started with the pot stickers which were decent. The best ones I've ever had were the ones at The Cheesecake factory, but these weren't bad. I ordered the mu shu pork and my wife ordered the shrimp fried rice.  I've never had mu shu pork so I was a bit surprised when I saw that it was wrapped in what looked like a tortilla. The sauce was really good.  The pork wasn't awesome, but it was good.  I didn't like the brown rice, but I think that is more telling of my personal preferences and not the quality of the food or cooking.  My wife's fried rice was the best I've ever had. We walked out of there with only a $22 bill.  Overall, I'd give it a 9/10.  One of these days I want to go to a real Chinese restaurant. 

All right, I've decided no more food reviews for any type of chain.

We also went to see Expendables 2.  I think Joe Rogan's description (before seeing the movie) was dead on.  It's like going to see a chimp drive a corvette.  It's silly, ridiculous, crazy, irresponsible, and incredibly awesome.  If you go into it knowing that it's a 2012 remake of every 80's awesomely bad action movie, then you'll like it.  Not sure if I'm happy that they're making a third one.  It was cool as a one and even two off type of thing.  Give those guys a nod, let them have some fun.  But, not sure if we need a repeat of those old movies.

All right, next blog will be about something other than just reviewing other stuff.

A restaurant review-Tiago's Cabo Grill

No single television show has had more of an influence on me as much as No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain.  It has opened my mind to a lot of new types

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I haven't had a blog since a livejournal back about seven years ago. Most of that was about my woeful (in my mind only) life and how horrible it was being in the friend zone. I would like to think I've grown up. Especially about things posted online where the whole world can see.
I have always used writing as a release. I feel the need to get those thoughts down on paper (or the interwebs in this case) Mostly for myself.  If no one ever reads them, it doesn't change much.  I'm not sure if I'll ever share these anyway.
Maybe who my grandfather was explains this a bit. Last year I came across a book of his old columns.  He was an editor and columnist for the Flint Journal in the 70s and 80s.  Someone was good enough to bring together more or less a "greatest hits" book.  It was a great way to see a part of a man I sadly never got to know. He passed away when I was only about two.  As I did not get to have a close connection with that part of my family as a kid, it was also a great way to get those old family stories I had missed out on. The most moving piece of writing was a column that turned out to be a love letter to my grandma. It was his last column, and published only a few days before his death.  Talk about heavy stuff.
I don't know how often I'll write.  I don't know if I'll ever share.  But at least this option is here.