We went to the circus yesterday afternoon downtown and went to Noodlecat on Euclid Avenue and East 4thish after the big show. Noodle Cat is The Greenhouse’s Jonathan Sawyer’s noodle shop that is right around the corner from the Greenhouse. There is also a Noodlecat stand that opened recently at the West Side Market.
The restaurant is a bare bones, hipster sort of place. Courtney and I got Sapporo on draft and the girls go sodas. We had 4 different kinds of steamed buns: 2 each of pulled pork; fried chicken; tempura vegetable; and the chef’s special of the night: smoked sausage. All were excellent, the tempura vegetable was my favorite. We all ordered bowls of noodles also – I had spicy short ribs with beef broth and scallions, Sophie and Grace had chicken, Claire had spicy shrimp and Courtney had pork with a 6 minute egg. Courtney’s pork had the best flavor. Fun, quick and cheap place to go. The steamed buns are especially good.
In the early 1960’s a beautiful American woman arrives on the dock of a tiny island off the coast of Italy and the twenty something Italian owner of the small hotel falls in love at first site. This triggers many overlapping, jumping around stories set in Italy, Hollywood, Florence, Portland and others covering over 50 years. A beautifully written novel that was very hard to put down. Funny, romantic, suspenseful and very moving. Best book I’ve read in a long time.
Courtney and I haven’t been out by ourselves in quite a while so we decided to go to Flying Fig. Flying Fig is a small place off West 25th that concentrates on local food and everyone say’s it’s a great place. We stopped at Great Lakes Brewery first for a beer. Even though it was a bit chilly out we still sat outside and enjoyed the weather and people watching.
A nerdy girl’s experience as a freshman at Harvard. Not sure if the novel is 100% tongue in cheek but feel sorry for these kids if just a little bit of this is factual. A kind of annoying book.
Eat On Edgecliff 