My wife and I essentially never eat out...

[Green Lantern]

Speaking of new places....has anyone tried that small Belgian Waffle shop downtown that's right next door to Caputo's and Carlucci's Bakery? It's where a small sushi shop used to be.

http://www.brugeswaffles.com/main.php

Bruges! That place is great. Is there a better meal than waffles and fries? If there is, I don't wanna know about it.

[falafel]

Speaking of new places....has anyone tried that small Belgian Waffle shop downtown that's right next door to Caputo's and Carlucci's Bakery? It's where a small sushi shop used to be.

http://www.brugeswaffles.com/main.php

I've eaten there twice. I think the waffles are excellent. The waffles are made with more of a bread dough than a batter (as I understand it). The guy who runs it started out with a booth in the farmer's market and then turned it into the shop b/c it was so popular. The waffles with the fresh cream and strawberries are delish!

[RockyBalboa]

Bruges! That place is great. Is there a better meal than waffles and fries? If there is, I don't wanna know about it.

Sounds like a great date idea. Especially now that it's getting chilly here.

[Fiyero]

Speaking of new places....has anyone tried that small Belgian Waffle shop downtown that's right next door to Caputo's and Carlucci's Bakery? It's where a small sushi shop used to be.

http://www.brugeswaffles.com/main.php

I met some people there for lunch this summer but passed on the food because the only thing on the menu were fries topped with mayonnaise, and hard waffles (like Dutch stroopwafles) served dessert-style.

However that being said, I've walked past two other times and there are always people in line, so maybe there's a secret animal-style menu that I'm not privvy to.

[falafel]

However that being said, I've walked past two other times and there are always people in line, so maybe there's a secret animal-style menu that I'm not privvy to.

There is. Its called "breakfast."

[cougjunkie]

There's a good burger joint on Main in Lehi too. As you're driving up to Saratoga Springs. Good malts. Serves malt vinegar with fries, which was my first indication that it was a solid joint. Forgot the name, but I remember the location. I will eat there again.

Emmetts? It is pretty solid, they were in a little shack but now they have opened a full fledged restaurant because they became so popular.

[falafel]

Sounds like a great date idea. Especially now that it's getting chilly here.

Actually, that might not work. They don't have any indoor seating, IIRC.

[RockyBalboa]

Actually, that might not work. They don't have any indoor seating, IIRC.

Ahh..thanks for the tip.

[Solon]

I know by your reputation that you're a really good cook, and I've saved several of your food posts, but... The Mandarin???

I've only been to the Bountiful Mandarin once. I was with a friend who's Japanese-American and she wanted to go there. It was a Friday or Saturday night and totally packed, with people waiting outside, but I walked in there with this cute Asian girl and the Asian hostess seated us within 20 seconds. It was nice to be in the club, if only for a night.

[Pheidippides]

Emmetts? It is pretty solid, they were in a little shack but now they have opened a full fledged restaurant because they became so popular.

Yup, I think that's the one. It has received the Nikuman Seal of Approval.

[falafel]

I've only been to the Bountiful Mandarin once. I was with a friend who's Japanese-American and she wanted to go there. It was a Friday or Saturday night and totally packed, with people waiting outside, but I walked in there with this cute Asian girl and the Asian hostess seated us within 20 seconds. It was nice to be in the club, if only for a night.

I ate at the Mandarin with my girlfriend and her family while I was in high school. At the time, I had some major food issues (I basically didn't like anything "ethnic," including mexican food - I know!) and I didn't like Chinese food, but I didn't want the family to think I was a jerk. Everyone ordered their favorite Chinese dish, and I ordered a chicken sandwich - the only non-Chinese dish on the menu. When it came, it was a few slices of compressed chicken on two pieces of wonder with a piece of lettuce. The side was potato chips, or tiny fragments of potato chips. I am positive that they had to empty the bag onto my plate just to make it look like a respectable serving size.

[MartyFunkhouser]

Bingo. this is the essence of food tourism....and you can do it right in your home town. You don't need to fly to Paris, France.

There are loads of places to try out there.

One example.....this past weekend I was running errands for my MIL to help get ready for my SIL's wedding Sat night. My MIL sent me off to Lehi Bakery (I think that is what it is called) to pick up a few hundreds rolls that she had ordered. It smelled so good in there that after I dropped off the rolls, I bundled up the Puffy CHeck and we drove back to the bakery. We bought some apple fritters, some milk chugs, and sat outside on the curb and ate them. we even had the classic pink box action going on...the kind you get at a bakery. My son said, "dad, these are good! I want to eat here for dinner!"

I will bet you anything that he remembers that for years to come. That cost me about $8 and now we have a memory to last a long time.

Food is fun.

Lehi Bakery is good. I am walking distance from there. If it wasn't for the diet I would wander over for food on a frequent basis.

[RockyBalboa]

I still haven't been to The Mandarin to this day. I must correct this sin.

[Portland Ute]

I still haven't been to The Mandarin to this day. I must correct this sin.

Don't build it up in your mind, too much. It is good. Probably the best "americanized" Chinese I've had anywhere.

However, I don't make any claim to it's authenticity. I've tried "authentic" chinese a couple of times and it's just not my cup of tea.

The Mandarin is so far ahead of strip mall chinese places or Pei Wei or PF Changs. It really is good stuff. For me, that's good. Good is good, right?

[MarkGrace]

I still haven't been to The Mandarin to this day. I must correct this sin.

You're not missing much. Not worth going out of your way to get Chinese food for white people.