Restaurant Review: Tea Rose Diner – Murray

tearoseMeeting friends for lunch in Salt Lake City, so asked them for a restaurant recommendation. They suggested Tea Rose Diner in Murray.

Klint thought that the heat levels were ridiculous. Overall, he didn’t think it was nearly as good as our favorite – Thai Ruby – but was “okay”.

Jen enjoyed the dishes overall, but thought that the level 3 heat was too hot on the Thai Sweet Basil. Totally not into eating hot stuff for the sake of eating spice… rather enjoy the tastes of the food. The Pad See Ew with tofu and heat level 2 was perfect.

One thing that was kind of weird is that they also serve burgers and shakes. Um, ok. Didn’t expect that from a Thai restaurant… Honestly, their name “Tea Rose Diner” doesn’t exactly scream Thai food. Pretty good little joint – maybe we’ll go back.

Restaurant Review: Carrabba’s – Orem

Something about the hustle and bustle of the holidays, just makes us want to eat! And being so busy, seems we’re never home. Luckily, there are some pretty good restaurants around so that we have a variety to choose from when we want to eat.

For a late lunch, we stopped at Carrabba’s in Orem, UT. Haven’t been out for Italian food in a long while… and don’t want to consider Olive Garden as real Italian food.

Klint had the Manicotti and about two loaves of bread with dipping sauce. (Note: Since this edible experience, Klint couldn’t get the dipping sauce out of his mind, so he researched and found the dipping sauce recipe on-line.) Jeanette, the fabulous waitress, even hooked him up with a loaf to go and a small container of the dipping herbs. Now, that’s service!

Jen had the Tilapia Nocciola, which is a hazelnut encrusted grilled tilapia fillet with steamed broccoli. Wow. Really flavorful dish, but also a light meat. Love fish, when it’s prepared right.

Mangia-mangia! (That’s Italian, for “let’s eat!”)