"I gotta (sic) pick myself up and I have to tell myself that I'm a superstar every morning so that I can get through this day and be for my fans what they need for me to be."
Hey Lady Gaga! Wow! We have so much in common! I can't believe it! Every morning I have to tell myself I'm a superstar so I can get through this day and be for my fans what they need for me to be!
Yes! My blog fans! Where are my peeps! Give a holla!
Every morning I get up and shower, get dressed, have my coffee and then tell myself that I'm a superstar (blogger). And to think that Lady Gaga is doing the same! Makes me feel even more like a superstar (blogger). I'm sure it probably takes Lady Gaga longer to get dressed than this dyke...I mean..and I don't have a team of stylists and dressers either. And a personal assistant to keep track of what she wears.
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
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Happy Easter Peeps!
A blast from the past. 1965. Guess which one is me! Lmao!Lola's Diner ©2008-2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Sunday Stealing
Welcome back to Sunday Stealing which originated on WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud Weiser. Here we will steal all types of memes from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent memes. You may have heard of the expression, “honor amongst thieves”. In that age-old tradition, we also have our rules. First, we always credit the blog that we stole it from and we will “fess up” to the blog owner where we stole the meme. We also provide a link to the victim's post. (It's our way of saying "Thanks!") We do sometimes edit the original meme, usually to make it more relevant to our global players, to challenge our players, sometimes to select that meme's best questions, or simply to make it less repetitive from either this new meme or recently asked questions from a prior featured meme. Let's go!!!
Today we ripped off a blogger named Doug Spencer from the blog Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Doug does not credit where he got it. But, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft's thieves might take some time. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!
Cheers to all of us thieves!
1. Tell us who the last person that you took a shower with. Not a chance!
2. Tell us about your favorite tee-shirt. Extra points if you show a pic. (We know. What can you do with freakin' extra points?) Hmm, maybe my Smurf tee-shirt. If I could find it, I'd snap a photo, but I think one of my kids snagged it. Grrr! If it doesn't turn up soon, I'm stealin' my son's AC/DC tee-shirt with the album covers on it.
3. Has anyone ever hit on you even though they knew you were taken? Umm...yeah...Halloween party. I repeatedly said I was taken, but the hitting on continued. Let's just say alcohol makes you stupid.
4. Do you plan what to wear the next day? Whatever is clean!
5. How are you feeling RIGHT now? Why? Happy...but dog tired! Went to a club last night.
6. What's the closest thing to you that's black? My laptop.
7. Tell me about an interesting dream you remember having. Oh I think I've done this before. Tom Hanks was my gym teacher and basically illustrated "damned if you do, damned if you don't" . Tom Hanks + rifle + climbing rope + plus fat girl = damned if you do, damned if you don't. Lol!
8. Did you or might you meet anybody new today? Stayed home today.
9. If you could be doing anything right now (or perhaps after you finish this ridiculous meme) what would it be? Can't say. ;)
10. Can you think of a meme question that's never been asked? Nope.
11. What comes to mind when I say China? Dinnerware.
12. Are you overly emotional? Depends.
13. If you could listen to just one rock album (CD, vinyl or mp3) which one would you pick? Queen - The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits Vol. I, II, III.
14. Do you bite into your ice cream or just lick it? Buy me an ice cream and find out for yourself!
15. Do you like your car? Love it!
16. Do you like yourself? Yup!
17. Would you go out to eat with Charlie Sheen? If he's buying!
18. What was the last song that you listened to? "Whatever You Like" by T.I. I have it as a ringtone on my BB.
19. Are (or were) your parents strict? Yes they were.
20. Have you ever wondered what attending a wild orgy (if only to watch or...) would be like? Uhh, wondered, but never wanted to, never did.
21. I say cottage cheese. You say: Mmm, haven't had it in awhile.
22. Have you ever met a celebrity? Met Oprah Winfrey, Rosie O'Donnell.
23. What was the last movie that you watched at home? 5 Dollars a Day with Christopher Walkin and Sharon Stone. I've seen it twice. Hilarious! Definitely got my $4.99 worth from the Blockbuster closing sale.
24. Is there anything sparkly in the room you're in? Not left out. Lol!
25. What countries have you visited? Just here.
26. Have you ever made a phone call while you were drunk that you've regretted? If yes, do tell. Not that I can recall. Of course that doesn't mean that it hasn't happened. Lol!
27. Where were you going the last time that you were on a train? Probably going to work in Chicago. Been a long time.
28. Bacon or sausage? Bacon. Of course!
29. How long have you had a cell-phone? I had a bag phone for a short while, didn't use it much. Then I've had a small cell phone since probably 1998.
30. What other memes do you do regularly? Thursday Thunks.
31. Who is the craziest meme host? I have no idea.
32. Who invented chop sticks? Off the top of my head? Someone who was probably hungry and had no utensils, but didn't want to eat with their hands?
33. Who are you going to be with tonight? That's confidential. Lol!
34. Are you too forgiving? Yes. And I have no idea why.
35. When was the last time that you were in love? See number 33.
36. Tell us about your best friend. My best friend is awesome! Nuf said.
37. What was the stupidest thing you learned in high school? I don't recall.
38. What was the last thing that you cried about? See number 33.
39. What was the last question you asked? When am I going to be done with dinner.
40. Favorite thing to do this time of the year? Sit and chill and enjoy the cool weather. Although lately it's been downright COLD!
41. If you had to get a (or another) tattoo, what would it be? That's the thing...I'd like to get one, but I can't figure out what I would want. Hence the reason I currently have none.
42. How would your best friend describe you? Forgiving, honest, very giving and helpful.
43. Have you ever seen all three Twilight films? Nope. I've seen the first and second ones, and I'd like to have that time wasted back, thank you very much!
44. Ever walked into a glass door? Actually yes. When I was 7 years old. And I have the scars to prove it. I missed the door handle and my hand went through the glass.
45. Favorite color on that person that you are attracted to? Never thought about it.
46. Have you ever slapped someone? Sure, hasn't everyone?
47. What hair style (for you) would you like to see return? Beehive. Lol! Because it's so goofy looking. Lol!
48. What was the last CD you bought? Melissa Etheridge - Awakenings. I thought it sucked, and I usually love her music.
49. Do looks matter to you? Nope.
50. Could you ever forgive a liar? I do it all the time, and I hate that I do.
51. What's the hardest bill to pay every month? The ones that are due!
52. Do you like your life right now? Parts of it are pretty good.
53. Do you sleep with the TV on? Usually.
54. Can you handle the truth? Yes!
55. Do you have good vision? Nope. I need new eye glasses.
56. Do you hate or dislike more than 3 people? Probably.
57. How often do you talk on the phone? Daily.
58. What celeb would you like to come home to? I don't know that there is any I'd like to come home to. Aren't they all freaks?
59. What are you wearing? Slippers, socks, Levi's, camo tank top.
60. What is your favorite wild animal? See number 33.
61. Where was your facebook picture taken? Probably at my bff's.
62. Can you waltz? I can't dance for nothin'. And I pretty much proved that last night. Lol!
63. Do you have a job? Grrrr!
64. What was the most recent thing you stole? I don't recall.
65. Have you ever crawled through a window? I don't think so.
Thank you for playing this week on Sunday Stealing! Please leave a comment or link when you have posted. Feel free to stop back and visit other player’s posts. Have a great week. See you next Sunday!
Lola's Diner ©2008-2011
Today we ripped off a blogger named Doug Spencer from the blog Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Doug does not credit where he got it. But, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft's thieves might take some time. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing! Cheers to all of us thieves!
1. Tell us who the last person that you took a shower with. Not a chance!
2. Tell us about your favorite tee-shirt. Extra points if you show a pic. (We know. What can you do with freakin' extra points?) Hmm, maybe my Smurf tee-shirt. If I could find it, I'd snap a photo, but I think one of my kids snagged it. Grrr! If it doesn't turn up soon, I'm stealin' my son's AC/DC tee-shirt with the album covers on it.
3. Has anyone ever hit on you even though they knew you were taken? Umm...yeah...Halloween party. I repeatedly said I was taken, but the hitting on continued. Let's just say alcohol makes you stupid.
4. Do you plan what to wear the next day? Whatever is clean!
5. How are you feeling RIGHT now? Why? Happy...but dog tired! Went to a club last night.
6. What's the closest thing to you that's black? My laptop.
7. Tell me about an interesting dream you remember having. Oh I think I've done this before. Tom Hanks was my gym teacher and basically illustrated "damned if you do, damned if you don't" . Tom Hanks + rifle + climbing rope + plus fat girl = damned if you do, damned if you don't. Lol!
8. Did you or might you meet anybody new today? Stayed home today.
9. If you could be doing anything right now (or perhaps after you finish this ridiculous meme) what would it be? Can't say. ;)
10. Can you think of a meme question that's never been asked? Nope.
11. What comes to mind when I say China? Dinnerware.
12. Are you overly emotional? Depends.
13. If you could listen to just one rock album (CD, vinyl or mp3) which one would you pick? Queen - The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits Vol. I, II, III.
14. Do you bite into your ice cream or just lick it? Buy me an ice cream and find out for yourself!
15. Do you like your car? Love it!
16. Do you like yourself? Yup!
17. Would you go out to eat with Charlie Sheen? If he's buying!
18. What was the last song that you listened to? "Whatever You Like" by T.I. I have it as a ringtone on my BB.
19. Are (or were) your parents strict? Yes they were.
20. Have you ever wondered what attending a wild orgy (if only to watch or...) would be like? Uhh, wondered, but never wanted to, never did.
21. I say cottage cheese. You say: Mmm, haven't had it in awhile.
22. Have you ever met a celebrity? Met Oprah Winfrey, Rosie O'Donnell.
23. What was the last movie that you watched at home? 5 Dollars a Day with Christopher Walkin and Sharon Stone. I've seen it twice. Hilarious! Definitely got my $4.99 worth from the Blockbuster closing sale.
24. Is there anything sparkly in the room you're in? Not left out. Lol!
25. What countries have you visited? Just here.
26. Have you ever made a phone call while you were drunk that you've regretted? If yes, do tell. Not that I can recall. Of course that doesn't mean that it hasn't happened. Lol!
27. Where were you going the last time that you were on a train? Probably going to work in Chicago. Been a long time.
28. Bacon or sausage? Bacon. Of course!
29. How long have you had a cell-phone? I had a bag phone for a short while, didn't use it much. Then I've had a small cell phone since probably 1998.
30. What other memes do you do regularly? Thursday Thunks.
31. Who is the craziest meme host? I have no idea.
32. Who invented chop sticks? Off the top of my head? Someone who was probably hungry and had no utensils, but didn't want to eat with their hands?
33. Who are you going to be with tonight? That's confidential. Lol!
34. Are you too forgiving? Yes. And I have no idea why.
35. When was the last time that you were in love? See number 33.
36. Tell us about your best friend. My best friend is awesome! Nuf said.
37. What was the stupidest thing you learned in high school? I don't recall.
38. What was the last thing that you cried about? See number 33.
39. What was the last question you asked? When am I going to be done with dinner.
40. Favorite thing to do this time of the year? Sit and chill and enjoy the cool weather. Although lately it's been downright COLD!
41. If you had to get a (or another) tattoo, what would it be? That's the thing...I'd like to get one, but I can't figure out what I would want. Hence the reason I currently have none.
42. How would your best friend describe you? Forgiving, honest, very giving and helpful.
43. Have you ever seen all three Twilight films? Nope. I've seen the first and second ones, and I'd like to have that time wasted back, thank you very much!
44. Ever walked into a glass door? Actually yes. When I was 7 years old. And I have the scars to prove it. I missed the door handle and my hand went through the glass.
45. Favorite color on that person that you are attracted to? Never thought about it.
46. Have you ever slapped someone? Sure, hasn't everyone?
47. What hair style (for you) would you like to see return? Beehive. Lol! Because it's so goofy looking. Lol!
48. What was the last CD you bought? Melissa Etheridge - Awakenings. I thought it sucked, and I usually love her music.
49. Do looks matter to you? Nope.
50. Could you ever forgive a liar? I do it all the time, and I hate that I do.
51. What's the hardest bill to pay every month? The ones that are due!
52. Do you like your life right now? Parts of it are pretty good.
53. Do you sleep with the TV on? Usually.
54. Can you handle the truth? Yes!
55. Do you have good vision? Nope. I need new eye glasses.
56. Do you hate or dislike more than 3 people? Probably.
57. How often do you talk on the phone? Daily.
58. What celeb would you like to come home to? I don't know that there is any I'd like to come home to. Aren't they all freaks?
59. What are you wearing? Slippers, socks, Levi's, camo tank top.
60. What is your favorite wild animal? See number 33.
61. Where was your facebook picture taken? Probably at my bff's.
62. Can you waltz? I can't dance for nothin'. And I pretty much proved that last night. Lol!
63. Do you have a job? Grrrr!
64. What was the most recent thing you stole? I don't recall.
65. Have you ever crawled through a window? I don't think so.
Thank you for playing this week on Sunday Stealing! Please leave a comment or link when you have posted. Feel free to stop back and visit other player’s posts. Have a great week. See you next Sunday!
Lola's Diner ©2008-2011
Ssssweeeet!
I discovered I made $10.07 this month from Adgitize.com. Well...not exactly "made" this month...but I got paid this month! That means my blog has made a whopping $20.60 cash money! Ok, that's not a lot of money, but I'm I'm writing anyway, right? Might as well get some ca-ching!
Lola's Diner ©2008-2011
Lola's Diner ©2008-2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Sunday Stealing
Welcome back to Sunday Stealing which originated on WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud Weiser. Here we will steal all types of memes from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent memes. You may have heard of the expression, “honor amongst thieves”. In that age-old tradition, we also have our rules. First, we always credit the blog that we stole it from and we will “fess up” to the blog owner where we stole the meme. We also provide a link to the victim's post. (It's our way of saying "Thanks!") We do sometimes edit the original meme, usually to make it more relevant to our global players, to challenge our players, sometimes to select that meme's best questions, or simply to make it less repetitive from either this new meme or recently asked questions from a prior featured meme. Let's go!!!
Today we ripped off a blogger named Leo from the blog Leonine's Journal. He was tackling a meme that his blogging site, Live Journal, hosts. It has 5,000 questions. He did a hundred. So, we will break it up into parts. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!
Cheers to all of us thieves!
76. Do you prefer Disney or Warner Brothers? Definitely Warner Brothers. Love the characters!
77. What is the first animal you would run to see if you went to the zoo? I always like to see the penguins and watch them. Especially since I heard that there are homosexual penguins. I mean, don't you just wanna watch them just to see if you can figure out if there are any gay penguins at the zoo? You know, which ones are couples
78. Would you consider yourself to be romantic? Most definitely!
79. If the earth stopped rotating would we all fly off? Well...since the rotation probably helps us keep gravity...I would tend to agree, that we would all fly off.
80. What is the one thing that you love to do so much that you would make sacrifices to be able to do it? Can I plead the 5th on this one?
81. If you (and everyone) had to lose one right or freedom, but you could pick which one everyone had to lose, what would you pick? I am going to claim exemption from this question, because as a lesbian, I have already lost considerable freedom just by virtue of that fact.
82. If you had to choose would you live on the equator or at the North Pole? I like it cool, I'd go for the North Pole. I hate the heat, so no way on the equator.
83. Would you rather give up listening to music or watching television? I think I've already given up watching television. I don't have cable or satellite. I have one of those !@#$% HD converter boxes. Sometimes I'm lucky if I can get a signal for 2 channels.
84. What do you think makes someone a hero? Someone who thinks quickly, and makes the correction decision.
85. What cartoon would you like to be a character in? In the old looney tunes Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. I want to be a character in it because I really feel I can help Wile E. either overcome he obsession with Road Runner, or finally give him some really good, fool proof ideas to finally get Wile E. And of course if he tried the same scheme, I'd tell him how it ended, so he could improve on it. Cuz it's like every week Wile E. would not remember the lessons learned. And I'd be there for him!
86. Name one thing that turns your stomach: Lots of things.
87. What was the last thing you paid for? Groceries.
88. Are you a coupon clipper? Yup. I saved $10.30 today. Actually that's awesome, because I mostly bought meat.
89. Get anything good in the mail recently? Does the 2 pair of Khaki's from Old Navy that are a size small than my last purchase(...and they fit) count?
90. Which would you rather take as a gym class...dancing, sailing, karate, or bowling? I think sailing would be awesome. (That is so long as the waters were calm. I've been on a small boat when the waves were choppy and I just can't stomach it. It would have been awesome if it was calm.)
91. In Star Trek people 'beam' back and forth between different places. What this means is they stand in a little tube and their molecules are deconstructed and sent to another tube somewhere else where they are reassembled. Only problem is when the molecules are deconstructed the person is dead. When they are put back together it is only a clone that has all the dead person's memories. Is the person who gets beamed the same person on both ends? Dumb question...next!
92. What insects are you afraid of? Bees, wasps. I'm not fond of mosquitos either, after camping last year and getting huge welts wherever I had mosquito bites.
93. If you could print any phrase on a T-shirt, what would it say? Support gay marriage!
94. What's the most eccentric thing you have ever worn? I don't think I own anything eccentric.
95. If you could pick one food that you could eat all you wanted but it would have no effect on how much you weigh, what food would it be? Seefood. And that would encompass everything, cuz when I seefood I eat it.
96. What are your parents interested in? My parents passed away when I was in my twenties.
97. Have you ever caught an insect and kept it as a pet? When I a kid I caught fireflies. Actually, I've done it was an adult too...teaching my kids how to catch them.
Have you ever caught and tamed a wild animal? Yeah right!
98. What is more helpful to you, wishes or plans? Plans. I don't have to a strict itinerary, but an outline of a plan is my preferred way of doing things.
99. When do you feel your life energy the strongest? Bah!
100. You are spending the night alone in the woods and may bring only 3 items with you. A certain someone, shelter, and food.
Lola's Diner ©2008-2011
Today we ripped off a blogger named Leo from the blog Leonine's Journal. He was tackling a meme that his blogging site, Live Journal, hosts. It has 5,000 questions. He did a hundred. So, we will break it up into parts. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!Cheers to all of us thieves!
76. Do you prefer Disney or Warner Brothers? Definitely Warner Brothers. Love the characters!
77. What is the first animal you would run to see if you went to the zoo? I always like to see the penguins and watch them. Especially since I heard that there are homosexual penguins. I mean, don't you just wanna watch them just to see if you can figure out if there are any gay penguins at the zoo? You know, which ones are couples
78. Would you consider yourself to be romantic? Most definitely!
79. If the earth stopped rotating would we all fly off? Well...since the rotation probably helps us keep gravity...I would tend to agree, that we would all fly off.
80. What is the one thing that you love to do so much that you would make sacrifices to be able to do it? Can I plead the 5th on this one?
81. If you (and everyone) had to lose one right or freedom, but you could pick which one everyone had to lose, what would you pick? I am going to claim exemption from this question, because as a lesbian, I have already lost considerable freedom just by virtue of that fact.
82. If you had to choose would you live on the equator or at the North Pole? I like it cool, I'd go for the North Pole. I hate the heat, so no way on the equator.
83. Would you rather give up listening to music or watching television? I think I've already given up watching television. I don't have cable or satellite. I have one of those !@#$% HD converter boxes. Sometimes I'm lucky if I can get a signal for 2 channels.
84. What do you think makes someone a hero? Someone who thinks quickly, and makes the correction decision.
85. What cartoon would you like to be a character in? In the old looney tunes Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. I want to be a character in it because I really feel I can help Wile E. either overcome he obsession with Road Runner, or finally give him some really good, fool proof ideas to finally get Wile E. And of course if he tried the same scheme, I'd tell him how it ended, so he could improve on it. Cuz it's like every week Wile E. would not remember the lessons learned. And I'd be there for him!
86. Name one thing that turns your stomach: Lots of things.
87. What was the last thing you paid for? Groceries.
88. Are you a coupon clipper? Yup. I saved $10.30 today. Actually that's awesome, because I mostly bought meat.
89. Get anything good in the mail recently? Does the 2 pair of Khaki's from Old Navy that are a size small than my last purchase(...and they fit) count?
90. Which would you rather take as a gym class...dancing, sailing, karate, or bowling? I think sailing would be awesome. (That is so long as the waters were calm. I've been on a small boat when the waves were choppy and I just can't stomach it. It would have been awesome if it was calm.)
91. In Star Trek people 'beam' back and forth between different places. What this means is they stand in a little tube and their molecules are deconstructed and sent to another tube somewhere else where they are reassembled. Only problem is when the molecules are deconstructed the person is dead. When they are put back together it is only a clone that has all the dead person's memories. Is the person who gets beamed the same person on both ends? Dumb question...next!
92. What insects are you afraid of? Bees, wasps. I'm not fond of mosquitos either, after camping last year and getting huge welts wherever I had mosquito bites.
93. If you could print any phrase on a T-shirt, what would it say? Support gay marriage!
94. What's the most eccentric thing you have ever worn? I don't think I own anything eccentric.
95. If you could pick one food that you could eat all you wanted but it would have no effect on how much you weigh, what food would it be? Seefood. And that would encompass everything, cuz when I seefood I eat it.
96. What are your parents interested in? My parents passed away when I was in my twenties.
97. Have you ever caught an insect and kept it as a pet? When I a kid I caught fireflies. Actually, I've done it was an adult too...teaching my kids how to catch them.
Have you ever caught and tamed a wild animal? Yeah right!
98. What is more helpful to you, wishes or plans? Plans. I don't have to a strict itinerary, but an outline of a plan is my preferred way of doing things.
99. When do you feel your life energy the strongest? Bah!
100. You are spending the night alone in the woods and may bring only 3 items with you. A certain someone, shelter, and food.
Lola's Diner ©2008-2011
Restaurant Review - Zuki Japanese Steakhouse
Saturday we visited Zuki Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi in Mokena, IL to celebrate my daughter's 18th birthday with friends. This is a chain with several locations in Indiana, South Carolina, and Ohio.
It's a restaurant similar to Benihana, in that they have chefs table side that cook your food on an iron plate and artfully slice, dice and flip your food, even flipping food into diner's mouths.
I had visited Zuki last weekend, and ordered sushi, but did not sit at the chef tables. The sushi was excellent, fresh and well prepared.
Our visit on Saturday was highly disappointing. The chef tables were crowded and diners were quite loud with the cheering and laughing at their chef's showmanship. It definitely seemed like a fun a place to go with a group of people and enjoy the show. However, our chef was not a particularly good showman, and between the waitress and the chef, our dining experience was sub par. Our chef blamed the waitress on messing up our orders. Another diner and I had ordered steamed rice, rather than fried rice to go with our meal, but the chef put fried rice on our plates. When he saw he did not have enough to go around, he questioned us as to who had fried rice. When the other diner and I said we ordered steamed rice, he unceremoniously took our plates, scooped off the fried rice, mixed it with what was left on the iron plate and served it to other people in our group, completely forgetting about our steamed rice. We had to remind the chef about our steamed rice and we weren't served it until after our entrees were plated and 1/2 eaten. My kids ordered 2 types of sushi rolls each and Red Bean Miso Soup. They were served their soup, but after the chef had completed cooking our orders on the iron plate, their sushi was nowhere to be found. They sat there with empty plates, while the rest of our party was finishing their food.
As we dined, we heard other tables celebrating birthdays with the staff singing happy birthday. This unnerved me and I went to the hostess stand to complain and mentioned several times that it was my daughter's 18th birthday celebration and this was no way to celebrate with her and her brother not being served their food, while the rest of us ate our meals. The hostess apologized and swiftly walked to the kitchen to get their sushi orders going. She came back quite awhile later with their sushi orders (my daughter's was wrong, but she didn't mention it until we left the restaurant...she was seated at the other end of the table and was unable to let me know because of the distance and noise.) The hostess said she would be sending over another sushi roll, complimentary to make up for the error. Awhile later the complimentary sushi roll was delivered. It was a very spicy tuna roll. It was so spicy, my son was sweating bullets after eating his 1/2 of the portion. Why would you serve kids such a spicy dish? And moreover, why would you choose a spicy sushi roll as the complimentary sushi roll in the first place?
Shortly after the complementary dish was served, the check was delivered. No birthday song...nothing. I don't know if the hostess thought I was scamming her about the birthday celebration, or what, but my daughter did have several gift bags of presents, so I don't know how they could have missed that it really was her birthday celebration.
To add insult to injury, my credit card was charged twice for our portion of the check. I let my friend who paid the other portion know so she could check with her bank to find out if hers was also charged twice. I haven't yet heard from her if that was the case.
I really wanted to like this place. The food was very good, but the service we was received was very disappointing.
I don't think I can honestly recommend this restaurant based on our experience Saturday night. I highly doubt that we will return. I did not feel that the complimentary sushi roll was adequate to compensate us for the poor service and lack of professionalism of the chef and wait staff. Our party of eight was very disappointed that my daughter's birthday celebration was ruined.
Lola's Diner ©2008-2011
It's a restaurant similar to Benihana, in that they have chefs table side that cook your food on an iron plate and artfully slice, dice and flip your food, even flipping food into diner's mouths.
I had visited Zuki last weekend, and ordered sushi, but did not sit at the chef tables. The sushi was excellent, fresh and well prepared.
Our visit on Saturday was highly disappointing. The chef tables were crowded and diners were quite loud with the cheering and laughing at their chef's showmanship. It definitely seemed like a fun a place to go with a group of people and enjoy the show. However, our chef was not a particularly good showman, and between the waitress and the chef, our dining experience was sub par. Our chef blamed the waitress on messing up our orders. Another diner and I had ordered steamed rice, rather than fried rice to go with our meal, but the chef put fried rice on our plates. When he saw he did not have enough to go around, he questioned us as to who had fried rice. When the other diner and I said we ordered steamed rice, he unceremoniously took our plates, scooped off the fried rice, mixed it with what was left on the iron plate and served it to other people in our group, completely forgetting about our steamed rice. We had to remind the chef about our steamed rice and we weren't served it until after our entrees were plated and 1/2 eaten. My kids ordered 2 types of sushi rolls each and Red Bean Miso Soup. They were served their soup, but after the chef had completed cooking our orders on the iron plate, their sushi was nowhere to be found. They sat there with empty plates, while the rest of our party was finishing their food.
As we dined, we heard other tables celebrating birthdays with the staff singing happy birthday. This unnerved me and I went to the hostess stand to complain and mentioned several times that it was my daughter's 18th birthday celebration and this was no way to celebrate with her and her brother not being served their food, while the rest of us ate our meals. The hostess apologized and swiftly walked to the kitchen to get their sushi orders going. She came back quite awhile later with their sushi orders (my daughter's was wrong, but she didn't mention it until we left the restaurant...she was seated at the other end of the table and was unable to let me know because of the distance and noise.) The hostess said she would be sending over another sushi roll, complimentary to make up for the error. Awhile later the complimentary sushi roll was delivered. It was a very spicy tuna roll. It was so spicy, my son was sweating bullets after eating his 1/2 of the portion. Why would you serve kids such a spicy dish? And moreover, why would you choose a spicy sushi roll as the complimentary sushi roll in the first place?
Shortly after the complementary dish was served, the check was delivered. No birthday song...nothing. I don't know if the hostess thought I was scamming her about the birthday celebration, or what, but my daughter did have several gift bags of presents, so I don't know how they could have missed that it really was her birthday celebration.
To add insult to injury, my credit card was charged twice for our portion of the check. I let my friend who paid the other portion know so she could check with her bank to find out if hers was also charged twice. I haven't yet heard from her if that was the case.
I really wanted to like this place. The food was very good, but the service we was received was very disappointing.
I don't think I can honestly recommend this restaurant based on our experience Saturday night. I highly doubt that we will return. I did not feel that the complimentary sushi roll was adequate to compensate us for the poor service and lack of professionalism of the chef and wait staff. Our party of eight was very disappointed that my daughter's birthday celebration was ruined.
Lola's Diner ©2008-2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Happy Birthday to my daughter
My daughter turns 18 today. I can hardly believe this much time has passed since she was born. It seems like just yesterday she was running around in diapers.
Happy Birthday! Hope you have a great day!
Lola's Diner ©2008-2011
Happy Birthday! Hope you have a great day!
Lola's Diner ©2008-2011
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