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A Fast Bowl of Beef at Yoshinoya

December 4th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
Onion-free as it should be.

Onion-free as it should be.

For a quick little dinner I made the executive decision that my girlfriend and I should go to Yoshinoya, a Japanese fast food place.  There is one painfully close to where she lives and I thought it was pretty sad that she had never been before.  Plus, I had only been to one in China and that was years ago.

We walked into the Yoshinoya and it was pretty empty.  This wasn’t a good sign, but we proceeded to the counter to figure out our order.  I decided to keep it simple and order a beef bowl.  This came with onions, but I asked for it without.  Thinking this wouldn’t be enough food, I also ordered the chicken wings.  My girlfriend ordered her own bowl of unspeakable vegetables and our bill came out to under $10. 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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