Each day is a different adventure; I tend to find myself adventuring more often than your average person. As an adventurer, I require adventure fuel; and this week I stopped in Vienna based sushi and Asian restaurant, Sweet Ginger. This happens to be one of my long time favorite spots to eat for a two reasons. First, they make this awesome dish called “spicy tuna donburi” which consists of raw tuna with an orange spicy sauce dubbed “spicy mayo”, mixed in with some crunchy tempura bits, with vegetables on top of rice. That being said this dish is not cheap, get over it. The secondary reason is because I happen to have become acquainted with the owner, he hooks me up with excellent little freebies each time I come in. For example, on a cold snowy day this past Sunday, I stopped in and picked up a hefty order for my family, he sent me home with a whole pot of tea on the side. Which happened to be pretty awesome on a day with 5 inches of snow on the ground. The owner, Pete, treats a lot of his regulars this way(he even gave out Christmas presents, they were chocolates). This not only affirms the idea that I would still eat at this place even if it was named something as unappetizing as “Pete's Sushi”. But it also puts forth the notion that while we might want the end product to be fantastic, we also need to value the service that we give and receive on a daily basis as well. I strongly urge that people get to know the proprietors of the local food places that they regular. This can sometimes serve to get you tons of awesome extras. Maybe those 2 orders you just made actually totaled out to equal one, maybe you don't have to pay at all, maybe you just have an interesting conversation. Finally, I don't believe that Pete's sushi serves coffee, so the quest continues...
Scores:
food: 4/5
service: 5/5
coffee: 0/5 (that was tea damn it!)
cost: expensive
The above picture was not from sweet ginger, it was just really awesome
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