Mizu Asian Fusion Sushi & Grill, Dallas TX [Restaurantes]

Este pasado día de las madres lo celebramos en un restaurante nuevo para nosotros: Mizu Asian Fusion Sushi & Grill y déjame decirte que estuvo re-güeno, desde la entrada hasta.. bueno, esta vez no pedimos postre, pero digamos que desde la entrada hasta los platillos de niños, todo muy bueno. Solo les falló una cosa: no tenían udon!! Si, claro que a mí se me ocurrió querer pedir el único platillo de udon que tienen en el menú, así que gran, gran falla no es. 

Comencemos con el desfile de platillos:

Tuna bites - cubos de atún cubiertos en pistaches molidos con "salsa" de mango

Ensalada con aderezo japonés, muy similar a la de cualquier hibachi al que hayas ido

 
California roll - tan bueno que "la que no come" se comió 2 rollos!!

Curry rojo thailandés -- porque no hubo udon :(

Teriyaki de pollo para niños

Hibachi de res y camarones, con camarones "de los buenos"

Un tinto que le iba muy bien al hibachi

Ephesus, Dallas TX [Restaurantes]

Pero cómo? otra sugerencia de groupon? pues... si... debo admitir que algunos lugares son un poco menos recomendables que otros, digo, uno siempre puede dudar de las razoneas por las que un restaurante o un negocio en general quisiera estar haciendo promociones a través de groupon. En el caso de este lugar parece ser porque acaban de abrir, desgraciadamente en el local donde está ya hemos visto mas de un restaurante poner su anuncio para mese después quitarlo... esperemos que este restaurante esté destinado a muchos años porque está muy bueno como para que lo quiten luego luego. 

En fin, en nuestra primer visita estos son los platillos que pedimos:

Calamari fritti - debo admitir que son pocas las veces en que no pedimos calamares si están en el menú.

Para la primogénita una orden de shish de res, que es algo así como el abuelo palestino/mediterráneo de los tacos de pastor/adobada en México

Kebab de res básicamente una brocheta de carne sazonada, muy, muy buena; al grado que esto es lo que voy a querer pedir la siguiente vez que vayamos.

Las órdenes vienen con arroz pilaf.

No, no todas traen espinacas, pero pues algo aprenden las crías de sus padres ;)

Y el kebab de camarón tambien, po. ca. madre.

Más shish, pero.. el de adulto, con verduras asadas

El café turco NO DEBE FALTAR

 Y para el postre: kazandibi, que es un flan turco que al menos ellos lo hacen mas denso de que que los mexicanos hacemos el flan.

Ephesus resultó ser un lugar muy agradable donde la comida cumplió nuestras expectativas y más. El servicio es amable y se esmeraron por hacernos sentir como en casa.

Flaming Burger, Garland, Tx [Restaurantes]

No es de lo más, más seguido que los fines de semana visitemos restaurantes de hamburguesas, pero... Digamos que eso es lo que pasa por dejar que las niñas escojan la comida del día :).

Tienen una buena variedad de platillos mas o menos típicos, entre lo que me llamó la atención fueron los corndogs que no son muy típicos. 

Lo bueno: Las papas parecen ser naturales y recién hechas al igual que todo lo de la hamburguesa. El sabor de toda la comida estuvo muy bien, tienen ese "sazón" que hace que quieras comer y comer y comer.

Lo malo: usan pan con "poppy seeds" o "dormilonas" no me desagrada del todo, pero se pegan por todos lados y caen por todos lados, las carnes (porque pedí la doble) están un poco flacas para que se haga una buena tasa de pan:carne.

Regresaremos? por supuesto!!

AnimeFest 2016 Schedule

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Guests and Members,

ANIMEFEST 2016 IS HERE!!! Find us at the Dallas Sheraton Hotel today, Saturday,Sunday & Monday for all things anime!

Here are some highlights of what you can expect to see over the weekend.

Guests of Honor

Fumi Hirano: Voice of Lum in “Urusei Yatsura and Keito in “Tsuritama”

Panels: Saturday 3pm in P4 & Sunday 11am in P4
Autographs: Saturday 6PM; Sunday 4PM and Monday 12PM

Toshio Furukawa: Voice of Ataru Moroboshi in “Urusei Yatsura, Piccolo in “Dragon Ball Z"

Panels:Friday 4PM in P4, Saturday 3PM in P4, & Sunday 11AM in P1
Autographs:Saturday 6PM, Sunday 4PM & Monday 12PM

Shino Kakinuma: Voice of Naru Osaka in “Sailor Moon” and Videl in “Dragon Ball Z”

Panels: Saturday 3PM in P4, Sunday 11AM in P1
Autographs: Saturday 6PM, Sunday 4PM & Monday 12PM

Akemi Takada: Character Designer & Illustrator in “Magical Angel Creamy Mami” and the animes of “Urusei Yatsura”, “Maison Ikkoku” & “Kimagure Orange Road”

Panels: Saturday 4PM in P4, Sunday 3PM in P4, Monday 11AM in P4
Autographs: Saturday 6PM, Sunday 4PM & Monday 12PM

Shingo Natsume: Director and Animator in “Space Dandy” and “One-Punch Man

Panels: Saturday 4PM in P4, Sunday 7PM in ME, Monday 11AM in P4
Autographs: Saturday 6PM, Sunday 4PM & Monday 12PM

Chikashi Kubota: Animation Director & Character Designer for "One-Punch Man"

Panels: Saturday 4PM in P4, 7PM in ME, Sunday 10AM in P4, 2PM in P4Monday 11AM in P4
Autographs: Saturday 6PM, Sunday 4PM & Monday 2PM

Shuhei Morita: Director of “Tokyo Ghoul”, “Kakurenbo” & “Possessions”

Panels: Saturday 2PM in P4, 5PM in P4, Sunday 10PM in P4, 2PM in P4 &Monday 11AM in P4
Autographs: Saturday 6PM, Sunday 4PM & Monday 12PM

Kazuhiro Miwa: Character designer and Chief Animation Director of “Tokyo Ghoul”

Panels: Saturday 2PM in P4, Saturday 7PM in ME, Sunday 10PM in P4,Monday 11AM in P4
Autographs: Saturday 11AM, 6PM, Sunday 4PM & Monday 12PM

Ayana Nishino: Animation Director for “My Hero Academia”, “Tokyo Ghoul√A”

Panels: Saturday 5PM in P4, Sunday 10 AM in P4, 2PM in P4, Monday 11AM in P4
Autographs: Saturday 11AM, 6PM, Sunday 4PM & Monday 12PM

Special Guests

Amelie Belcher: Creator of “The Real Life Adventures of Ami Chan” and “Bounty Haunters”

Panels:Friday 10PM in P2, Saturday 1PM in W1, 10 PM in P1, Sunday 11 AM in P1, 2 PM in W1, (Art Auction) 8PM in P4. Monday 1PM in P1

Apphia Yu: Voice of Rio Nakamura in “Assassination Classroom”, Laki Olietta in “Fairy Tale & Writer for Sakevisual”

Panels: Friday 12PM in P1, 5PM in P6, Saturday 1PM in P4, 4PM in P5, Sunday 10AM in P6, 1PM in P6, Monday 12PM in P5
Autographs:Saturday 10AM, Sunday 3PM, Monday 11AM

Austin Tindle: Voice of Karma in “Assassination Classroom”, Kaneki in “Tokyo Ghoul”

Panels: Friday 5PM in P6, Saturday 2PM in P4, 6PM in P1, Sunday 10am in P6, 1PM in P6, Monday 2PM in P5
Autographs: Saturday 10AM, Sunday 3PM, Monday 11AM

Erica Mendez: Voice of Ryuko Matoi in “KILL la KILL”, Nico Yazawa in “Love Live”

Panels: Friday 5PM in P6, Saturday 11AM in P4, 1PM in P4, Sunday 1PM in P6, 4PM in P1, Monday 12PM in P5
Autographs:Saturday 4PM, Sunday 11am, Monday 11AM

Gilles Poitras: Author of “The Anime Companion” “Anime Essentials”

Panels: Saturday 12:30PM in P5, 9PM in P1, Sunday 10AM in P1

Greg “Greggo” Wicker: Game Show Host

Panels: Saturday 2PM in P5, 8PM in P5, Sunday 6PM in P5, 9PM in P5, Monday 11AM in P6

Kristen McGuire: Voice of Hinano in “Assassination Classroom”, Chiyo Kurihara in “Prison School”

Panels: Saturday 10AM in W1, 1PM in P4, Sunday 10AM in P6, 11AM in P1, Monday 2PM in P5

Lindsay Seidel: Nagisa in “Assassination Classroom”, Angel & Romeo in “Fairy Tale”

Panels: Saturday 1PM in P4, 2PM in P4, 4PM in P1, Sunday 10AM in P6, 1PM in P6, Monday 10AM in P1, 2PM in P5
Autographs: Saturday 10AM, Sunday 11AM, Monday 11AM

Lisle Wilkerson: Nina Williams in "Tekken", Sarah Bryant in "Virtua Fighter”

Panels: Saturday 1PM in P4, 5PM in P1, 4PM in P1, Sunday 8PM in P1, Monday 12PM in P5
Autographs:Monday 11AM

Mark Crilley: Manga Creator of "Miki Falls" & "Brody's Ghost"

Panels: Saturday 11PM in P1. Sunday 11AM in P1, 5PM in W1
Autographs: Saturday 10AM, Sunday 3PM

Melissa Ng: 3D Artist of "Dreamer Regalia" and "Sovereign Armor

Panels:
Saturday 10PM in P1, 3PM in P1 Sunday 12PM in P1, Monday 11AM in P1

Micah Solusod: Soul Evans in "Soul Eater", Gakushu Asano in "Assassination Classroom"

Panels: Friday 5PM in P6, 9PM in P1, Saturday 1PM in P4, 2PM in P4, Sunday 10AM in P6, Monday 12PM in P5
Autographs: Saturday 10AM, Sunday 3PM, Monday 11AM

Robert Woodhead: Founder of AnimEigo, Riding Bean Kickstarter

Panels: Saturday 12:30PM in P5, Sunday 12:30PM in P5, 5PM in P1

Opening Ceremonies

We are ringing in the Opening Ceremonies Today at 8PM with Taikodelic! Taikodelic is a wholly American exploration of the Japanese style of drumming called Taiko. The group consists of performers from many backgrounds, musical and theatrical, and melds the influences within a traditional framework to express & manifest a playful sense of the power of community. If you want to find out more about playing Taiko check out theTaikodelic Panel Sunday at 9AM in P4.

Cosplay @ the Majestic

This Sunday at 7:30pm we will hold the classiest of cosplay contests in the historic Majestic Theater! The Majestic is an iconic Dallas landmark, a 1,700 seat theatre billed as "one of the most elegant performing arts venues in the southwest".

The Strut Your Stuff, Cosplay Runway and Cosplay Contest shows will all run on the Majestic’s stage. Participants will put on short skits, and show off costumes of their favorite characters on this classic stage. At the end of the evening, the Judges will make their selections and award prizes for performance and craftsmanship!
For more information click here!

Art Show

Welcome to the world of fan art. Whether you are starting your collection, just saw a picture you like, or are looking for that one piece to finish out the media montage on the west wall, the AnimeFest Art Show will have what you need. We have a collection of artists ranging from first time local sketch artists to nationally recognized professionals, plus jewelry, textiles, mixed media, and 3D.

Art Show Hours

• Friday Noon-7pm
• Saturday 10am-6pm
• Sunday 10am-6pm
• Monday 9am-2pm

Dances

Dance all night, every night to our fantastic DJ line up!

Friday night: 11PM-3AM with DJ RNZO

Saturday night: 11PM-3AM with Melee Max

Sunday night: 11PM-3AM with Basshead Society, Miss CJ and DJ Sickone

We are providing bag check at the Dances this year, so dance to your hearts content!

AnimeFest 2016

August 12-15
Friday - Monday
Sheraton Dallas Hotel
https://animefest.org

Click here for hotel reservations or Call 1-888-627-8191.

Check us out on Twitter @AnimeFestOrg or Facebook for more updates on events.

Sincerely,
The AnimeFest Team

Nosh Euro Bistro [Restaurants]

1. nosh  

   /näSH/
   

   Noun Food.

   Verb Eat food enthusiastically or greedily: "you can nosh to your heart's content"; "noshing my favorite food".

   Synonyms food - chow - grub

So, while visiting this restaurant today, after a few weeks hiatus from "quiet" dining.. I remembered that we promised to compile a list of eateries to visit in Dallas. Not because we're experts in the matter, but we do try and get out of the house from time to time and enjoy the various dishes from our multicultural city. Today as treat day, once again, thanks to groupon, this, I believe is the 4th time we've been to Nosh, and every time has been worth it. Yelp has it categorized as one of the $$$ places, and yes, it is on the expensive side; didn't I just say that today was treat  day? 

When you get there, well, funny enough, some of the best places we've been to in Dallas are hole-in-the-wall strip mall places, we've learned not to judge a place by it's exterior appearance. When you come in, there's a bar on the left where, I would assume that if you don't have a reservation you'd have to wait for your table and to the very front of you is a view of the kitchen in all it's steaming, frying, sauteing glamour. Unfortunately, today we were greeted by what we assume was some relative of the chef/owner that was severely under-dressed, and, much to out non-surprise looks like she speaks Spanish, but guess what? "doesn't".. anywhoo.. reservation? yes... ok, come this way. Seated at our tables we scanned what we already knew was on the menu (from the page above), but even after debating one way or the other, scallops? well, ok, oh, a wagyu  hamburger? no, you know what? I didn't put on a nice shirt so I would eat with my hands, and hell no, I will NOT eat a hamburger with knife and fork, that's just wrong ಠ_ಠ.  Escargot? yes, of course! we've also had the ahi tuna tartare that is very good.

Main dish from the specials menu.. rabbit confit with canellini beans, call me beaner, but God dayum those frenchies know how to cook good bean casseroles!

Entreé #2: Gnocchi with lobster and wild mushrooms, ok, us westerners get so excited about lobster and then the o'l lobster comes and... hommard... not OUR rock-lobster... it's not bad, but, in our minds at least, it's definitely not lobster. Potatoe potato..

 And the desert! A ricotta pana cotta... damn good! we especially like the non-americanness of the dish, it's not overly sweet like if you were at chain restaurant and ordered apple pie a la mode or something, no, it's slightly sweet, and in every smooth spoonful you can actually taste that it's made out of cheese, not a friggin' sugar cane.

All in all, Nosh has yet to disappoint, yes, I would recommend that you try to go before the dinner rush because in my case, some of the beans were a bit undercooked. And our waiter was a bit of a socially awkward penguin, not noticing that we were there to enjoy our food and dining experience; all is forgiven because he was noticeably embarrassed for trying to take our plates away too soon.