Quick Hits

First off, I have to say that I absolutely love going to KO Fusion now, but again, only for the sushi. Chatting with some folks, they agree with me about the rest of the menu being sort of discombobulated. And I even had someone talk about how the plating there out of the kitchen (not the sushi bar) was like that of a normal diner, not a place charging $20 a plate. However, the sushi chefs there are great. They really take care of me, and I've gotten to know them a bit. The cool part is that they already know my order before I sit down. I love that I get a little side salad to open up the meal, and that when they've got time, I can get some stuff off the menu. The other day, I got a great little sashimi appetizer - cubes of yellowfin tuna with a nice sweet miso dressing and scallions - to go along with the usual order there.

All of this speaks to the value of becoming a regular and having loyalty for the places that you want to stay open.

Another similar place for me has become Harold's Chicken, which stands on the opposite end of the spectrum from KO Fusion. Most of the time, it's me and a bunch of black dudes hanging out there. Which is sort of my natural state, really. Chilling out, talking hoops, eating fried chicken. I could do that every day, and I would if I wasn't trying to avoid dying young from my heart exploding. But I will say that fried chicken cooked to order at Harold's here on campus is wonderful. It's probably good that they're not open late at night this summer. I've probably lost 5 pounds by not eating fried chicken at 2am once or twice per week :-)

The third place that I want to give a shout out to is Milo's. They deserve a full writeup, which they haven't gotten. Probably one of the best kept secrets in the CU area. They still consistently have phenomenal food. Great goat cheese and roasted red pepper strudel. Good crabcakes. Solid fries with great homemade ketchup. Reasonably priced entrees that are legitimately good. They've got a little homey feel, and really good food. What can you say?

In any case, for those of you who are familiar with the area, Pickles (a local family restaurant) is no more, and is now Papa George's, a local family restaurant with more of a Greek feel to it has replaced it. Which, gives me an article to write here. Papa George's vs. Pasha for Mediterranean food. Which reminds me that another one that I've been sitting on is Silvercreek vs. Jim Gould's for brunch.

Anyway, let's see if I can't actually deliver on a couple of these in the near future.

-foodgeek