| Thursday - February
2, 2012:
I learned just this morning that a Laotian, Thai, and Vietnamese restaurant
had opened last sumer in Olathe, so I went to Pho 2 for lunch. Pho 2 is
s fairly small neighborhood restaurant.
The service was prompt
and friendly, though they didn't clear away dishes when I was through with
them. The lunch menu includes 16 complete meals including soup or salad,
egg roll or crab rangoon and rice for $5.99. The egg roll was a bit greasy,
but very good. The chicken in red curry with red bell peppers, basil leaves,
and mushrooms was pleasently spicy - real comfort food.
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| Tuesday - January
31, 2012: Added a new review of the Trading
Post Museum in the Trading Post ghost town, 4 miles north of Pleasenton,
Kansas.
For lunch, I revisited
Master Wok in Olathe. It is one of three locations for the Chinese restaurant.
I believe this is the most attractive Asian restaurant in Olathe and the
people working here are very nice and do an excellent job on the food.
At noon they offer over 20 complete meals for $6.50 or less.
The food here is old
school, the kind of food I found in Chinese restaurants 30 years ago.
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Master Wok
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| Monday - January
30, 2012: A noon today I tried the Minsky's Pizza Cafe & Bar in
Olathe. The 36 year old Kansas City based chain has changed over the years
and is now as much about other food as it is about the pizza.
I began with $7.49
order of hot wings. It was a large serving, with 6 complete wings, not
the thirds of wings which so many places serve. They looked a little better
than they were, but they were pretty good with crispy skin and a slightly
spicy sauce. I think a little more sauce would have made all the difference.
I completed the meal
with a second appetizer, the $4.49 Red Pepper Hummus with Toasted Pita
Wedges. The hummus was better than I find in the grocery stores, but not
as good as the Mediterranean restaurants in the area. Still, it went well
with the hot pita bread.
Linda joined me for
supper at Chosun Korean Barbeque
in Overland Park. I had the bulgogi, think slices of rib eye which were
prepared on small gas grills built into the center of our dining table.
Linda had the chicken bulgogi. It was prepared in the kitchen and was much
more garlicky.
The side dishes were
so much better than those I had at the nearby Choga
Korean Restaurant last week!
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Minsky's Pizza Cafe & Bar
rib eye cooking at the table at Chosun Korean Barbeque
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