NEW THAI RESTAURANT

THAI FOOD – I love Thai food so I was excited to see that the new glass building next to the ABC Hotel housed the “Spice Road” Thai restaurant.  I could not get there for the opening but a couple of nights later I talked the wife into joining me for what we hoped would be a great food tasting.  The building structure is beautiful, inside and out, with it glass windows and great view.  I regret that that I will have to forego eating on the second floor.  I bet you are wondering if I thought the food was good and I would have to say what was available was delicious.  My regret is that only a limited menu was available.  I was told that more will be added as the cooks are further trained and I can understand that.  The lady in charge is a Filipina that did not undergo any formal training in Thailand but on each of her numerous trips there spent time observing and picking up tips on how to make various dishes.  I like the place and the location is convenient with off street parking.  I was pleased to be able to say hello to Gerard (ABC Hotel owner) who was enjoying a meal at a table across from me.

ITALIAN RESTAURANT – You guessed it, this old Horse likes Italian food too, that is why I always call Tony J’s when I get an urge for their great chicken Parmesan.  Another reason I like that restaurant is because they are one of the few places on Friendship that is not Korean.  Anyway, the place I am raving about today is on Malabanias Road.  It is owned by Dom, the very talkative Italian that has the Steakhouse in Hensonville.  This guy talks the talk, constantly and always claims he has the best steaks and ribs in town.  He is a first rate character and usually I only half listen to him.  I passed his little place many times, it is near NT Realty and you can see the cooks doing their thing from the street.  I waited a  long time before I finally ordered some food from him because there are so many places to get decent pizza and ribs I usually eat at the Envy Bistro near walking street.  But, last Mother’s Day, instead of eating out Mrs Horse (Vina) decided we would have the family at the “Stable” and treat everyone.  My thoughts were “here we go, pancit, lumpia, spaghetti again, and no way did I want to look forward to that”.  With that I thought, let me use this outdated menu that Dom dropped off months ago and order up some pizza and ribs.  I called 0915-179-3646 and gave my order to Dom himself and told him what time I wanted delivery.  I figured what the hell, they have to be better than what was on Vina’s menu.  Holy s–t was I surprised.  The pizzas and ribs were GREAT!  I was the hero of the day, no leftovers.  Advance now to yesterday;  I decided to check out the physical location and satisfy my hunger with a pizza.  I figured that at 15:30 hours the place would be empty.  Wrong!  It was packed with Filipinos and some Koreans.  I was lucky to get a seat because the place is small.  They were ordering plates of ribs and steaks and the wood fired oven was working at full blast.  Needless to say I was impressed and also ate too much.  Steak, ribs, pasta and a meatball sub are the menu items.  I was hoping to get a new take-out menu because mine was outdated but to my surprise he did not have any to give out.  Hey Dom, I liked your joint and your full use of the space available to you.  Nothing fancy, just down to earth and your food deserves a high five from me and all that check out the Cowboy Italian Restaurant.  Another # for take-out is 0915-327-9303, open from 11 AM to 10 PM.

BITCOIN – Hey there Mr Horse ,  (I promised Stephany I would post her info here and I like to keep my promises.  Plus, I appreciated her input.

I read your page here: jimmydhorse.com/category/political-rants/

It reminded me of this tool I found a few days ago that might be relevant to your users. It is a Bitcoin converter, and I think that – considering the news lately –  it is important to consider Bitcoins along with regular currencies.

www.vpnmentor.com/tools/Bitcoin-rate/

I’m sure your users will find it as a nice addition to the traditional conversion tools, if you choose to share it with them!

Hope I helped back,
Stephany.

Note:  I do not own any bitcoins, too expensive now.  Last year when I tried to get on-board the site I tried to sign up but, was sent a notice that they do not deal with the Philippines.   I missed the boat!

BRIGETTE GABRIEL – I am a big fan of this lady.  She tells it like it is.  I am also a fan of ‘The Brit” but it appears he has run afoul of Facebook which loves to censor bloggers they disagree with.  One person I disagree with in all respects is Cathy Areu.  I have stayed away from my political rants but I am close to losing control again.  Anyone who thinks members of the MS-13 gang are not animals live in a dream world.  I now finish by saying “Go Yankees” and win 4 ASAP, Golden State.

BRITAIN – I am reading a lot about the problems being encountered by British subjects these days.  I could not resist passing on this very appropriate cartoon.