Superbowl - the Bears Lost

As many of you know, I am a Bears fan. I feel I must comment on the Superbowl. Who cares. This picture about sums up how they played.

At the least the party at Kevin and Vicks was a good time.

Now back to the regularly scheduled Roberts Family updates.

Duane

55 Degrees -- Tres Chic

Located in Sacramento's power corridor (my term don't anybody steal that) just down the street from the Capital, this is a top establishment all the way. This is one of the spots that Sac's elite come to enjoy a drink, play and schmooze. Now I'm not saying that we are part of that elite crowd but if they eat this good all the time, where do I sign up...

Service, impeccable -- water glass never less than half full.
Food exquisite. I'll get into that in a sec.
Host and waitress - on top of their games.

Margaret and I both started with a beet salad with goat cheese. Classy, small in size, but very tasty. The girls had their usual - mussels. Kali had Thai flavored mussels served in a Japanese style sushi boat; the kind that traditionally would sushi and a main course. Melia had the beer flavored mussels in a steel serving tray. In a word they were VERY GOOD!! I know that's two but one word would not due them justice. The girls each ate about 20 or so mussels and were very happy with their dinner choices.

My salmon was served with mashed potatoes and a light Thai coconut sauce, or something similar. I almost licked the plate but my darling wife was giving me the eagle eye in between bites of her perfectly prepared steak. 55 Degrees features petite fritters (french fries for the less civilized who may read this) that put McDonald's to shame. The happy clown dude at the yellow and red establishment would serve a whole lot more than a billion if he featured these bad boys on his dollar menu...

All in all we experience and excellent meal, great service that was not over the top and a great atmosphere at a place that I'd love to go back to... as soon as my commissions kick in.

Duane

Kabul Kabob - a nice little find...

Its been a while since I've been active on the blog but now it's time to get back to the dinner table. I was honestly surprised by this spot.

I called to make reservations --

Hello, do you have room for 4 tonight at 7 pm? Silence...

I'd like to make reservations if you do. More silence.

I know someone was there because he said hello and announced the name of the restaurant when he answered the phone.

Yes, we have room. We'll see you tonight. Click; ominous start.

The food was much better than the introduction.

The space was about as big as my closet with the doors taken off. I have a big closet but when you have more than 4 people in there you know it's a packed party. The decor, hmmm, let's just say it was a little better than the tables we have in our backyard.

The food made up for not only the lackluster reservation process, but also the holly hobby decor, tables and chairs.

The ground beef kabobs were perfectly seasoned. Not too salty but enough to know it was there. The steak and chick kabobs were also good. The chicken was a little too done but not chewy.

The lamb curry and "spicy" beef (Melia's dish) were excellent. We ordered all of our food mild instead of spicy and it was perfect.

At the end of the night I got the impression that our waiter, host, chef, dishwasher extraordinaire, would best be served to take a couple of etiquette lessons, or swallow a couple of happy pills. Even though he only spoke 3 words to us all night, "Here' s your check" it did not take away from the fact that this was actually a pretty good place. In the end the service was "fine" and I'll definitely be back.

Duane

Softball Fever!

Following a rocky start to the season we have logged our first win - blow out really - 20-6 vs. the Bluebirds. Our team is sponsored by Uncle Mike's restaurant here in Elk Grove. My cousin Brian is in the photo with team representing "Mike's Diner".