No posting tonight

Well, just this one... Spent today in town working for the sooper seekret project (more about this in a few days). Jen and I then met up for our weekly acupuncture treatments (these are working incredibly well!) and then had dinner at a new local restaurant. The restaurant is one of a Pacific Northwest chain of about eight and they are generally regarded as being very very good. Jen's was fantastic but I ordered a prawn cocktail and a (US Grown) Kobe Beef ribeye steak and was disapointed... The prawn cocktail was some weird mash-up between a chunky salsa and thick Ceviche with Cilantro, Bell Peppers, Avocado, Onion, etc... and although it was tasty, it was not what I was expecting when I ordered a Prawn Cocktail. There are some things that you just simply do not fuck with. A classic Martini, a Bach Fugue, a Miles Davis trumpet riff. And a Prawn Cocktail. You do not fuck with a Prawn Cocktail. Fresh Prawns, some chopped Celery and some Cocktail sauce with loads of Horseradish -- fresh Horseradish. Make the membranes on the inside of your sinuses bleed fresh Horseradish. That is it. Garnish with a lemon wedge, serve in a chilled glass and Bob's your Uncle. As for the steak, I have spent time in Japan and have eaten beef in Kobe, Japan. That stuff is ambrosia. Think Fillet Minion and make it even more tender but it still retains its integrity -- it doesn't turn to mush in your mouth. This was good beef but it did not have the fine, almost invisible marbling that Kobe has and although the taste was great, the texture was very grainy and I ran into a few pieces of gristle and membrane. Maybe their meat supplier is still getting the chain of supply worked out, maybe the new kitchen staff grabbed the wrong cut of meat but for $34, this should have been a better experience... set rant=off