Test Tube Meat?

What is this? PETA has offered $1 million (US) to the first person to successfully develop In Vitro meat. PETA and I don't always agree, but this seems so sci-fi and ridiculous I can't believe it's legit. I have a feeling this is going to stir things up in the animal rights community. I can see it now, Chia pets that grow meat instead of herbs. That would be something.

Bruised Ribs & a Scraped Elbow

Converge played last Sunday and as the Utahns say "Oh my heck". Mayhem, complete mayhem. I've seen Converge play 5 times or so now, and last weekend was by far the best show they've put on. There were bodies flying, people screaming, bleeding, moshin' hard, and mad as hell - it was great. I made it relatively unscathed, just some bruises by my ribs and a scraped elbow from jumping off the PA. It was that kind of night.

I'm the goof in the video taking pictures with the small digital camera at the left of the stage. I'm no photographer, hopefully SLUG likes the pics I took. Anyway, this is how the show opened. Intense.



Did a lot of eating this week too. Limon on 17th was great last night, the vegetarian cebiche was really tasty, and the quinoa "risotto" was also very good. I ate at Stella Trattoria in the Highlands for lunch today. The service was mediocre and the portion sizes were uneven. The vegetarian focaccia sandwich was good as was the pasta salad. I'd say it's the best in Colorado, but nothing is going to touch the pasta salad at the Desert Edge Brewery in Salt Lake. That stuff is Bobby Flay Throwdown worthy.

Tomorrow night I'm going to give veggie meatball stuffed Chicago Pizza a shot. Too much? We'll soon find out...

It Looks Like Sputnik!

We ate at Sputnik a week or 2 ago. I've been there in a bar sense, usually just meeting up with some people and ordering a Coke. We decided to try the grub, it's quite good. After an obscenely long wait (45 minutes for some sandwiches?! Come on!) we got our food. I had the vegetarian Vietnamese sandwich. The fake pork wigged me out because on the menu it says tofu, but it's actually some of that crazy fake meat you can only get at your local Asian store. I also had a couple of bites of the homemade veggie burger which was also good. To top it off the sweet potato fries are delicious. They are fried perfectly crisp and come with a delicious dipping sauce. Barring the wait, everything was flavorful and original.

Recently I also hit Sushi Sasa the Riverfront/Platte/? area of Denver. While the sushi was decent I also had a ridiculously long wait for my food here. 50 minutes for a few sushi rolls? Seriously?! Seriously. There were 5 sushi chefs and only 4 tables at the time. If I wasn't there on a business meeting I probably would have left. Difference between Sasa and Sputnik: Sputnik has a small kitchen. Sasa has no excuse. Oh well, I must have some kind of restaurant curse. We'll see how this week's adventures go.