A tale of two cities
Seattle this time of the year should be wet. It should be cloudy, stay indoorsy kind of rainy. But when it isn't like that, it can make you want to bottle the just washed blue skies, the powdery clouds floating by, the sunkissed smell of the lush green all around, the little nip in the air that makes the word fresh sparkle in your blood ... yeah it was like that this Monday, and who could blame us if we made the trip down to Arnie's down by the Ferry. Business had taken us down to Everett, and from there it was a short hike down to the Ferries. Arnie's is seated just on top of the hill overlooking Puget's sound bordered by the peninsula on the other side. We had the sea food, and believe me until you've had their crab bisque you ain't tasted soup. Their Alaskan halibut was a treat as well.
From there to Reno was quite a change, and dinner at the hotel didn't help matters any. The sheer contrast of the rugged sage, and the neonlit casinos was compounded by the pepper steak which was more pepper than steak truth be told.
Anyways midweek without Pete and off College Street was never going to hit the high notes. But when needs must ... There were four of us and we made a party of it at PF Changs, down which is a self styled Chinese Bistro. Well, if ultra chic waitresses, Australian Shiraz, Sierra microbrews, and dress for dinner kinda ambience is the recipe for success they've sure got it down pat here. The lighting was low enough to be romantic and red hued enough to put the scarlet into the women around. The food wasn't half as bad as the night before. In fact, it was quite good chinese. I found the Tropical Green Tea too vanilla scented for my liking and had to take a second option at the regular green tea, and their Shiraz was a 2003 as opposed to the listed 2002, but hey if one's in the mood for a wine with a bite then this wouldn't make you wince more than normal. We had scallops, shrimp and fish for the main and they were good enough to have us polish off the rather large helpings.
So if you're in Reno and you want American Chinese on a rather small table, with candlelight and soft hued lanterns, along with food that fits your wallet nicely (they even have a trainer's menu which lists carbs, proteins et al) you know where to go now :)
From there to Reno was quite a change, and dinner at the hotel didn't help matters any. The sheer contrast of the rugged sage, and the neonlit casinos was compounded by the pepper steak which was more pepper than steak truth be told.
Anyways midweek without Pete and off College Street was never going to hit the high notes. But when needs must ... There were four of us and we made a party of it at PF Changs, down which is a self styled Chinese Bistro. Well, if ultra chic waitresses, Australian Shiraz, Sierra microbrews, and dress for dinner kinda ambience is the recipe for success they've sure got it down pat here. The lighting was low enough to be romantic and red hued enough to put the scarlet into the women around. The food wasn't half as bad as the night before. In fact, it was quite good chinese. I found the Tropical Green Tea too vanilla scented for my liking and had to take a second option at the regular green tea, and their Shiraz was a 2003 as opposed to the listed 2002, but hey if one's in the mood for a wine with a bite then this wouldn't make you wince more than normal. We had scallops, shrimp and fish for the main and they were good enough to have us polish off the rather large helpings.
So if you're in Reno and you want American Chinese on a rather small table, with candlelight and soft hued lanterns, along with food that fits your wallet nicely (they even have a trainer's menu which lists carbs, proteins et al) you know where to go now :)
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