‘Asakuma Restaurant’


Misled to Asakuma Restaurant

February 8th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Oh I get it, because it looks like watermelon.

So one night I was told we were going to a cheap sushi place for dinner.  Fine.  You all know I am not a sushi fan, but if I’m going to eat it, it should at least be cheap.  Somehow we wound up at Asakuma Restaurant in Brentwood, which was not cheap at all.  This wasn’t the fault of the restaurant, but still I can’t understand why sushi is expensive.  I fail to notice a difference between expensive and cheap sushi.  In fact, some of the best I’ve ever had was also some of the cheapest I’ve ever had.  Wow, do you readers ever get tired of me griping about sushi?  No?  Good, then read on about some Asakuma. Continue Reading»


Beer Me Some Breckenridge Agave Wheat

The taste of skiing?

Colorado is definitely a beer state, and not just because Coors comes from the Rocky Mountain State.  No, it is also home to New Belgium (of Fat Tire fame) and seemingly countless other micro and craft breweries.  While in Breckenridge for a ski weekend, I decided I had to at least try one of these, and because it turned out to be the only one available at dinner, my choice happened to come from the creatively named Breckenridge Brewery.  The brewery, by the way, is actually no longer in Breckenridge, having expanded and moved to Denver in 1992.

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