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draggonlaady) wrote2009-10-21 09:18 pm
draggonlaady) wrote2009-10-21 09:18 pm
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Knoxville
Stuffs for just in case anybody out there visits Knoxville :)
Stayed at Holiday Inn in downtown. Nice place, though not as nice as they charge for, I think.
Had lunch yesterday at Koi Fusion in Market Square. Good stuff, the tom yum was utterly unlike the tom yum I've had before; it was shrimp instead of chicken, and spicier. Good good despite being unexpected. Sesame chicken was excellent, and they managed to make the broccoli NOT squishy and bland.
Dinner plan was originally to go to The Butcher Shop, but they turned out to be closed on Tuesday, despite what the website says. So we took the rec of the hotel bus driver and went to a place called the Copper Cellar. Excellent chicken. Bruce says the bleu cheese grits were wonderful (I declined to try them, as I don't care for bleu cheese). Apparently the beer was great, and Bruce tried a drink called Herbal Remedy. Vodka + white grape + basil + bitters + sugar + lime. A bit too much on the vodka for me, but Bruce declared it his new favorite drink ever. Service was good, lechery was directed towards waitresses.
Today we moved out of downtown and into the much less expensive Super 8. Not as scary as half expected, given the facade of the motel down the street. Definitely missing the Hell out of the double shower heads at home though!
We went to a place called The Bistro for breakfast/lunch. Substantial servings, but the sweet potato fries were rather disappointing. They should not be bland. The Bourbon barbecue chicken sandwich was really good though. Barbecue sauce was quite smokey, and had just enough kick to be attention grabbing but not so much as to overwhelm.
Dinner at The Butcher Shop tonight. Interesting concept. You can pick your own steak, and cook it yourself at the quite sizable grill. We're not really sure how the liability works with that, but hey, fun stuff. Sadly, the steak was of lesser quality than hoped. The double baked potatoes were excellent.
Caught Zombieland after dinner. Much fun was had.
Dessert at Coolato Gelato was yummy. We may be heading back for lunch there tomorrow.
And now, SLEEP!
Stayed at Holiday Inn in downtown. Nice place, though not as nice as they charge for, I think.
Had lunch yesterday at Koi Fusion in Market Square. Good stuff, the tom yum was utterly unlike the tom yum I've had before; it was shrimp instead of chicken, and spicier. Good good despite being unexpected. Sesame chicken was excellent, and they managed to make the broccoli NOT squishy and bland.
Dinner plan was originally to go to The Butcher Shop, but they turned out to be closed on Tuesday, despite what the website says. So we took the rec of the hotel bus driver and went to a place called the Copper Cellar. Excellent chicken. Bruce says the bleu cheese grits were wonderful (I declined to try them, as I don't care for bleu cheese). Apparently the beer was great, and Bruce tried a drink called Herbal Remedy. Vodka + white grape + basil + bitters + sugar + lime. A bit too much on the vodka for me, but Bruce declared it his new favorite drink ever. Service was good, lechery was directed towards waitresses.
Today we moved out of downtown and into the much less expensive Super 8. Not as scary as half expected, given the facade of the motel down the street. Definitely missing the Hell out of the double shower heads at home though!
We went to a place called The Bistro for breakfast/lunch. Substantial servings, but the sweet potato fries were rather disappointing. They should not be bland. The Bourbon barbecue chicken sandwich was really good though. Barbecue sauce was quite smokey, and had just enough kick to be attention grabbing but not so much as to overwhelm.
Dinner at The Butcher Shop tonight. Interesting concept. You can pick your own steak, and cook it yourself at the quite sizable grill. We're not really sure how the liability works with that, but hey, fun stuff. Sadly, the steak was of lesser quality than hoped. The double baked potatoes were excellent.
Caught Zombieland after dinner. Much fun was had.
Dessert at Coolato Gelato was yummy. We may be heading back for lunch there tomorrow.
And now, SLEEP!