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Eaters outing: l'orchid

on sunday some of the eaters got together to try out l'orchid. i'd been there before with alice and really recommended it to everyone. it was a rainy stormy day turned night and our party was at first small, then decent in size. in attendance was juju, wes, carolyn (in a special guest crossover appearance), chris, alan (i think that was his name), katy, randall and i.

randall and i were the first to arrive (although i guess wes & juju were downstairs in the party store waiting as to not be the first to arrive) and started with the ginger tea. i enjoyed it as it had a bit of a bite, but also wanted to add a bit of lemon to it. once juju, wes & carolyn arrived we began with the mushroom soup (which eduardo told me was to die for, or perfect meal, or something sing-song praising like that), the standard spring rolls (with shrimp & pork) and the veggie tofu crepe.

once the appetizers were served katy, chris & alan arrived (30 minutes late). we all went to town on the apps. the mushroom soup was light and refreshing, very lemongrass heavy (in a good way) and i would also give it some sing-song praise and say you gotta try this. the spring rolls were standard but tasty. the veggie crepe man, that was delicious. it had some faux meat in it, and some tofu and the whole thing was super crisp. a great meal alone would be the mushroom soup and the tofu crepe and hello, i'm not even a vegetarian.

for the main course i ordered the lemongrass chicken. it wasn't flavorful enough, and as juju (who had the tofu version that i really liked) put it, "it had too much stuff on it". randall had the shaking beef (which were lucious cubes of beef that just about melted in your mouth). carolyn who wanted ocean & farm had the claypot, she said it was tasty but needed more ocean. but wes scored with the 5 spice chicken. man that tasted good.

oh and did i mention the menu is divided into "ocean" "farm" and "garden" ?! so cute!

the atmosphere is nice, sorta romanty, but maybe too quiet. also it is on the 2nd floor of this shopping centre and maybe it was the rain causing the outside lights to smear, but it felt like we were in another city.

sidenote: while there katy mentioned this tshirt she saw and we all wondered outloud, "how would jesus roll?"

Posted by pocketpig at March 10, 2006 09:37 AM

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