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1221 Alhambra Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95816
(916) 731-4637

Cafe Morocco  

Category: Moroccan
Neighborhood: East Sacramento

4.0 star rating
1/20/2012 1 photo
Cafe Morocco has great food and customer service. It's really a gem of a place in East Sac.  I love their Chicken Sumac, Rich Man's Bread, and the Moroccan Mint Tea.

The Chicken Sumac is this heavenly dish with chicken and tzakziki sauce on top, served with pita bread, hummus, and tabbouleh salad. The tabbouleh salad is made with bulgar wheat, tomatoes, parsley, mint, garlic, and onions.  Rich Man's Bread is this decadent dessert called aish essaray which is toasted bread in sweetened rose water and topped with rich milk custard & pistachios. So yummy! The Moroccan Mint Tea is very refreshing and its the perfect drink on a cold day.

Cafe Morocco has great lunch specials and is perfect for lunch. Definitely check this place out if you get a chance!

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1112 2nd St
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 442-4772

The Firehouse Restaurant  

Categories: American (New), Venues & Event Spaces
Neighborhoods: Downtown, Old Sacramento

4.0 star rating
1/16/2012
I went with my family here for Dine Downtown Sacramento. We had a very nice dinner with good food and customer service.

My husband and I ordered  the following:
Mixed Greens with apples, blue cheese, spiced walnuts, and shallot cider viniagrette
Dungeness Crab, Potato, and leek bisque
Pork tenderloin wrapped with pancetta and pan roasted withe sherry peppercorn cream and chevre scallion mashed potatoes
Pan-fried plum wine miso glazed salmon with red rice in coconut lemongrass sauce
Chocolate mouse torte with rich chocolate cake, belgian chocolate mouse, and dark chocolate ganache
Mango marbled cheesecake in a graham cracker crust with mango salsa on top

The crab, potato, leek bisque was awesome! It was so flavorful and creamy. I actually was scraping the bowl with bits of bread so that none of it went to waste! The mixed greens was very good but nothing extraordinary. I did love the blue cheese and the dressing it came with. I'm not even a pork person and the pork tenderloin was great. It was nice, meaty, and tender and the mashed potatoes it came with were creamy and delicious. The salmon was also very tender. I was a little worried that the coconut miso plum mix wouldn't work. It was sweet but the whole salmon dish went together well. It vaguely reminded me of some Thai dishes I have had with coconut milk in the sauce. If I had to pick just one appetizer and one entree, I would go with the crab, potato, and leek bisque and the pork tenderloin.

The chocolate mouse torte was rich and decadent. It was so rich, I honestly couldn't finish it. The mango marbled cheesecake was heaven in itself. If you like cheesecake and mangos, you can't go wrong with this dessert.

My family and I liked the intimate, vintage setting. It's in an old building in Old Sac with a lot of history (as evidenced by the mahogany panels and the full sized portraits on the wall). Overall, Firehouse is a great place for an upscale meal in Sacramento. I left happy and full and will likely be back.

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622 E Adams St
Phoenix, AZ 85004
(602) 254-0600

Nobuo At Teeter House  

Categories: Japanese, Tea Rooms

5.0 star rating
1/11/2012
5 star review baby! My husband and I came here at the recommendation of friends who are fellow foodies. We were not disappointed!

We had the following dishes:
Shiromi Carpaccio
Yellowtail Ceviche
Seabass and Mushroom
Panko Fried Soft Shell Crab Sandwich
Pork Belly Buns

The Shiromi Carpaccio was basically a white fish with they poured this heavenly hot sesame oil with ginger yuzo and garlic all over the fish just before serving. The sesame oil lightly cooked the fish and it was sublime. It was served with homemade focaccia bread and we liked the focaccia bread so much we ordered more so we could dip it into the sauce. The Yellowtail Ceviche was served in Asian style spoons with sesame seed and shredded taro on top. It was a mouthful of flavorful goodness! The shredded taro was crispy and this added a nice texture. The Seabass and Mushrooms was unlike anything I've ever had before. It was baked in parchment paper with garlic butter, sake, and soy. The seabass was very very tender and almost melted in my mouth. The mushrooms were just succulent. I would say the Shiromi Carpaccio, the Yellowtail Ceviche, and the Seabass and Mushrooms were my favorite dishes.

The Panko Fried Soft Shell Crab Sandwich was very good with housemade focaccia and kanzuri aioli. It all tasted very fresh. It was very filling and I really liked the crunchy texture of the crab. The Pork Belly Buns with braised pork belly, pickled mustard greens were tasty and also very filling. I loved the chewy flavorful goodness of the pork belly.

My husband and I ordered 5 things and we honestly couldn't finish everything. We were so full and happy! I also had a very good flower tea that I enjoyed. My husband ordered a beer that he had never heard of and enjoyed it immensely.

The atmosphere is quaint. Nobuo is intimate and quiet in a little old house and you can tell they put a lot of thought into the decor. It's the perfect place for a date.

I was quite impressed with both the food and the service and the chef even came out of the kitchen to shake our hands and say hello. I would highly recommend Nobuo if you are looking for an upscale, quiet meal, with awesome food and service. I hardly ever come to Phoenix because I'm from Cali but I will make a point of coming back to Nobuo whenever I get a chance!! Definitely go for the Shiromi Carpaccio, the Yellowtail Ceviche, and the Seabass and Mushrooms!

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7887 Lichen Dr
Citrus Heights, CA 95621
(916) 726-5425

Extreme Martial Arts Centers  

Category: Martial Arts

1.0 star rating
1/8/2012
This place sucks. Customer service sucks and they only care about making a buck. Don't expect them to be quick about getting back to you. They will be really aggressive about trying to get you to sign a one year contract for like $200 a month.  I have no reservations whatsoever about not recommending this place and I would advise all families and concerned parents to steer clear!

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San Francisco International Airport
San Francisco, CA 94128
(650) 821-8833

Tomokazu Japanese Cuisine  

Category: Japanese

1.0 star rating
1/1/2012
This place has crappy service and are way too slow.  We asked the guy making sushi if he could get someone to please bus the tables since we had a plane to catch. We got a blank stare.

They were slow and we had to cancel our order because they didn't make it in time for us to eat before the flight! You'd think if we ordered an hour before our flight we could at least get the food to go before boarding right?!

If you're the owner, you need to hire more staff, teach your staff to be polite, and crank out the meals faster!! Don't go here!!

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8900 Pocket Rd
Sacramento, CA 95831
(916) 392-9434

Pocket Road Shell  

Category: Gas & Service Stations
Neighborhood: The Pocket-Greenhaven

1.0 star rating
12/15/2011
This place has TERRIBLE SERVICE! So I was there at night and it was freezing cold. The credit card machines didn't work and I really needed gas. So I went to the little window because it was late and you can only pass your money through this window rather than go in. The guy at the counter was counting money. I politely knocked at the window and tried to tell him the credit card machines weren't working. It was 10 pm and the guy told me to come back at 10:30! He completely ignored me afterwards and waived me off. Again, I was FREEZING, and their credit card machines weren't working and all I wanted was to hand him my cash so that I could get my gas and go! Needless to say that I left.

I have been going to to this Shell for years now and I had such a bad experience this time I will never go here ever again!!

If you own a business and don't deliver the goods or services, I generally don't give you a second chance. If you piss me off a lot, I launch a freakin boycott. DON'T GO HERE!!

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1001 S Van Ness Ave
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 821-2134

Limón Rotisserie  

Category: Peruvian
Neighborhood: Mission

4.0 star rating
12/14/2011
I was quite impressed by this place. I was driving up from Sacramento to meet some friends here and I kept calling them, bumping back the reservation, and adding people. They were really really nice about it.

We had a group of six people so we ordered a bunch of things to share. Except for the mac and cheese,  everything was awesome. You can't go to Limon Rotisserie without ordering their signature dish the pollo la braza which is rotisserie chicken roasted over an open flame served with their house sauces. I'm not sure honestly what were in the house sauces but I liked all three of them. The ceviche mixto was refreshing and very light. The lomito saltado  and the chicharron de pollo were very tasty. I really like the flavor and texture of the carne de parilla and enjoyed eating the fries that came with it. The yucca fries were different than I expected, perhaps a little sweeter, but they were good. I wanted a fruity drink and our waiter recommended the pa brava yo made with Pisco Peruvian brandy, fresh oranges, passionfruit, diced strawberries, elderflower, and soda water. It was the perfect fruity drink and I drank the entire thing.

We were a bit disappointed by the mediocre mac and cheese. Other than that all the other menu items were incredible.

Awesome menu items:
pollo la braza
ceviche mixto with fish, calamari, and tiger shrimp
lomito saltado
chicharron de pollo
carne la parilla
carne empanadas
yucca fries
pa brava yo (drink)

I highly highly recommend making a reservation as this place gets packed. We saw plenty of people waiting outside the door. Overall, I am happy with my experience at Limon Rotisserie. They get high marks for being pleasant on the phone, for the good customer service, and the yummy food.

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2550 W El Camino Ave
Sacramento, CA 95833
(916) 921-6898

Sushi King  

Categories: Japanese, Sushi Bars
Neighborhood: Natomas

2.0 star rating
12/2/2011
I didn't like this place. Tasteless food and inattentive service=2 stars.

I ordered the nabeyaki udon but asked for udon with chicken instead of tempura and miso broth instead of the regular broth. They didn't use miso broth and the broth they did serve me was bland. When I asked the waitress about it, she simply insisted it was miso broth and walked away. They didn't come to check on us during the meal. It was really hard to get their attention. The servers need to learn to come and check on tables.

I'm really disappointed because the reviews made this place sound awesome and I was thinking about how cool it would be to have good Japanese food in Natomas. The tasteless udon and bad service sticks out in my mind. It seemed rude of the waitress to just walk off after I asked about the miso broth. A refill of my tea, and a simple "How's everything going? Can I get you anything?" would have gone a long way. Had the service been reasonably good, this place would have gotten 3 stars despite the tasteless food. I really don't understand all the good reviews on here. I do not want to go back and will not be giving this place another shot.

I have no reservations whatsoever about not recommending this place.

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8355 Elk Grove Blvd
Elk Grove, CA 95758
(916) 478-9590

Loving Hut  

Category: Vegan

4.0 star rating
11/9/2011
I went here for the first time with a vegan friend. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food here. I wasn't really sure what to expect. I was willing to give this place a shot but I was a bit skeptical since I really love my meat.

We had the crispy wontons as an appetizer. It was great dipped in the sweet sauce. I think it was stuffed with tofu but it actually had bold flavors. For dinner we shared the spicy cha cha and the bun bo hue. The spicy cha cha was sooooo good! It's basically breaded yam and tapioca flour tossed with onions, garlic, and lettuce. I loved the flavor and seriously, if I didn't know it was a vegan place, I would have assumed I was eating shrimp! I think the spicy cha cha was my favorite dish. We also shared the bun bo hue. If you have ever had this Vietnamese noodle soup you know that this usually has meat in it, and sometimes blood. There were actually pieces of textured soy in the bowl and I couldn't tell the difference between it and real meat. The flavor of the broth was yummy.

The waitress was attentive and helpful and I really felt taken care of. Overall, I had a positive experience at Loving Hut and will definitely return to try more dishes.

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336 Highway 179
Sedona, AZ 86336
(928) 282-3300

Oak Creek Brewery & Grill  

Categories: Breweries, American (Traditional)

4.0 star rating
10/10/2011
My family and I really liked this restaurant. We were looking for a good place to have a family dinner and this place was recommended by one of the locals.

I tried a very good Hefeweizen and a very good 10 year anniversary ale. We all shared a Dudley's Delight pizza, which had Canadian bacon, ricotta, gouda, basil, and Red Rock sauce. This pizza was quite good and honestly better than you would expect for brewery. My husband had the Black and blue burger with bleu cheese and black cajun spices. I am not even a burger person and I have to say that the bleu cheese made this burger quite tasty. The fries were average but the homemade cole slaw was good. Cole slaw generally is a hit or a miss for me. This one was a hit. I myself had the full rack of ribs. The ribs were tasty and the sauce was exactly what you'd expect, a bit sweet with a bite to it.

Overall, my family and I thoroughly enjoyed our meal here. I would highly recommend this restaurant to anybody seeking a good, reasonably priced family restaurant.

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