Karen L.'s Profile

I got this place recommended to me by a classmate of mine who's been in the area for a while and am happy that I did! April understood what I wanted and cut and styled my hair wonderfully! She also does a fabulous scalp massage on you when she's shampooing your hair. I think the cuts start at around $35 from what I am remembering. It's either $35 or 40, and if you're a first time customer she'll give you a coupon for next time you come back. Definitely will be going back to her. =)

This place is AMAZING. Definitely my favorite breakfast place in town!

The Chuck Norris breakfast consists of 2 huge pancakes, turkey, pork and chorizo patty sausage on the side. These pancakes were the yummiest pancakes I have ever laid my tongue on!! They must sprinkle some cinnamon or something inside the batter, b/c it's got a certain taste to it. You can order the pancakes a la carte as well. They're just $2.25 each and one is plenty enough for me!

This morning when we went, we tried the chicken fried steak and eggs. The gravy they use for their chicken fried steak is an orangey goodness that words cannot describe. SO GOOD! And their hashbrowns are like no other either. They are made just PERFECT. Crunchy on the outside and warm goodness on the inside. Parts of it is so soft, it's almost like a mashed potato hasbrown. It's amazing. They also had toast and jelly with the dish... and I mean.. how can a restaurant make toast and jelly amazing?! Their jelly is liquid jelly that is put in a little dish for you to dip your toast in. To turn jelly into a liquid dip is ingenious.

Oh, and I heart their dishware....

This is one of the newer restaurants in small town Manhattan, and I love that we finally have another restaurant in the city that could actually be considered an up-scale restaurant. There is one other place that I might consider more up-scale, and that would be 4 Olives, but other than that... these two may be it. Both I have to say, are amazing places to eat! As much as I love ribs and BBQ, it's nice to have a little diversity around.  

So yesterday was Valentine's Day, and I went to Della Voce for dinner. They had a Valentine's Day special where they had a 3-course meal where you could choose what you wanted from the appetizer, main-course and desert section. For my appetizer I had the insalata spinaci (baby spinach, strawberries, toasted pine nuts, smoked gouda, champagne vinaigrette), which was very very tasty! It would have made for the most amazing salad had it been larger. But I have to admit, I stole a few bites off Mike's appetizer, which was carpaccio classico (thinly sliced beef tenderloin, lemon-caper emulsion, parmesano-reggiano shards) and THAT was truly amazing. It is the sushi of beef! It's raw.. so if you're a fan of sushi.. you will LOVE this!!

For my main course I had the filet mignon with mushrooms and switched out my creamed spinach for lobster mashed potatoes. I'm definitely a potatoe-addict. Anything with potatoes, I will eat and love. Combine that with something else I love, like, lobster!! It was really something special! It didn't have too much of a seafoody taste. It was creamy and just wonderful...

Mike had the duck breast with blackberry coulis, goat cheese risotto and asparagus, which was also amazing! It had the duck flavor, but it wasn't overdone. Somehow they managed to get the meat on the outside just slightly crisp, and that made it all the better.

We wrapped it up with some desert.. we got the ravioli de cioccolato and amaretto cheesecake. The cheesecake was superb of course. The ravioli de cioccolato was a really creative desert. It was like a cookie-shaped ravioli which had chocolate and peanut butter inside, drizzled with chocolate over it. Really interesting. I'm going to have to say that it wasn't my favorite, but I think if you are a big shortbread cookie person, this desert would be for you! But I'll stick with the cheesecake. ;)

Overall the food here was pretty amazing. I definitely want to come back on a night where I get the whole menu to choose from. I'm really excited to see what I'll find here next!

The BEST ribs I have ever had.

Sweet potato fries are a must have with the ribs...

It is more of a bar than it is a restaurant from the looks of it. But don't let looks decieve you. Their food is absolutely amazing!

An old school theater transformed into a bookstore couldn't be more appreciated here. It's in Aggieville, so it's close in proximity to many small shopping stores as well.

They sell tons of KSU school gear of course, so this is where I venture out to when I want to get some more Wildcat spirit!

My only wish is that they would sell vet school apparel here too. ;)

Wow! A Thai restaurant in Manhattan, Kansas?! I'm impressed that one even exists here. Thank God I found this place. It's a cute restaurant. Their decor is a bit funky and overdone, but it's cute and interesting nonetheless.

We tried their pad thai and their pat see yoo and both were pretty decent. The waitress was very friendly and accomodating. We'll definitely go back when we're craving Thai food!

I'm in love with this coffee house. This is my first time living in a small college town and so far I'm loving it! If you are staying to have your coffee here, you won't get it in a plastic cup, but you'll sip it out of these wonderful mugs that make you feel like you are at grandma's house. To me that was a big change coming from the city life in California!

Wonderful staff, free WiFi, fabulous coffee.. what more can I ask for in a coffee house?

I finally got to try out this dumpling house that I hear is all the rave... so yummy!!! We went on Sunday between 5 - 6 pm, and the wait was not that bad. Actually, when I went yesterday (another Sunday), we were seated almost immediately! It might be because they opened up their new area so that might have speeded things up a bit.

Things I LOVED there:
Juicy Pork Dumplings
Shrimp and Crab Shiaomai
Shrimp Fried Rice
String Beans

NOT a fan of:
Pork and Rice Shiaomai
Vegetable Dumplings

Definitely will go back for more yummy bite-sized dumplings!! =)

Very decent Indian food! Prices are within normal price range as far as Indian restaurants go. The interior decor is very interesting... and they appear to have a full-bar. I've always had EXCELLENT service here, and they are oh so good about filling up your water consistently... and you know this stuff can get hot! If I'm in the mood for Indian around my place, this is the place I venture out to.

Two things I got last time that were yummy yummy: Chicken Korma and Chicken Tikka Masala of course!

This place is the exact same replica of Pinkberry, and for half the price! I love the yogurt flavor that both places have to offer, and really, it's because they taste like those tiny Japanese yogurt drinks that I think every Korean kid had tons of when they were little. Just brings me back to my childhood. =)