Little Shop of Horrors

We got to see Little Shop of Horrors at the Cleveland Playhouse!  Let me start by saying this is one of my favorite musicals of all time.  It's darkly humorous and the music is fantastic! You can see a video preview here.

This production is a little different from your standard version of Little Shop.  The urchins (the girls) are also the band/orchestra this time.  They interact with the other characters and carry their instruments around on stage.  It's a great effect!  Plus, there are 2 more than usual.

The puppetry on the stage is also impressive.  I thought that Seymour was controlling the plant but you could see both his hands.  The actor who voices the plant is excellent!  You'd swear he was Levi Stubbs!   Please go see this show, it's amazing!

pHuel Cafe

We went to pHuel Cafe for dinner last Thursday.   Yes, I know the capitalization is irregular.   I think it's supposed to invoke thoughts about pH balance and health food.   It was yummy and reasonably priced.   I looked at the menu early in the day expecting to order dinner, but it turns out that they have breakfast available all day!  Pictured above is my mushroom, onion, and goat cheese omelet.   Yummy!

Steve had steak with macaroni on the side.   The menu online is a little different from what they have in the cafe right now.  I can't recall the exact name of the dish.   Nice portion sizes too.

We each had blended drinks to go with our meals.  Mine was peanut maple.   That was very dessert like and of juice consistency.  Steve had the strawberry pineapple.  Both were very tasty.

Parallax

We went to Parallax last night for dinner.  We had been meaning to go, and we just happened to be in the neighborhood.  Pictured above is the pork shank Steve ordered.  The meat was very tender and falling off the bone.  It was served with spicy egg noodles.

 We also had calamari as an appetizer.  This was really delicious!   It had a marinara sauce and a sweet and sour type of sauce served with it.

I went with salmon rolls because I had a snack before going out.   These were nice.  I would have tried one of their specialty rolls if I had more appetite.

Overall, no leftovers with very nice portion sizes.  We'll probably visit again and try the dessert menu.

Jack Frost Donuts

I stopped by Jack Frost Donuts after I got a lovely picture of them from Steve, who happened to try them at work.  These are huge with tons of icing on top.   I got all of the yeast raised type.

Top row left to right: Peanut butter chocolate with nuts, apple, maple frosted
Bottom row: Trix, Cookies and Cream, Pineapple

These were quite tasty.   They are moving into their new building on Valentine's Day.   Worth the visit.

Miega Korean BBQ

Tonight we went to Miega for Korean BBQ.  It had been on our list for a while and we finally got to go.   It was a lot of food, but everything was so delicious!

The table we sat at had a heating element built into it.   The waitress just exchanged the flat top for a slanted metal piece with drains for fat.

The food comes with unlimited side dishes, as well as rice and lettuce.  Pictured below are all the various pickles and sauces with the seafood pancake appetizer (small size).  The pancake is very much like okonomiyaki.

We ordered the two most popular items:   thinly sliced pork belly and barbecue beef ribs.

They cooked the pork first because it was plain and would be affected by the sauce on the beef.   Only after all of it was off the griddle did they start in on the beef.

Pictured above is the uncooked beef.

This is what it looks like when it's all done.   Be wary, there are bones in the meat.   

Note the metal chopsticks.

There was a yogurt drink for dessert.

I really enjoyed myself tonight.   Two orders of meat equals four meals (two in the restaurant and two for leftovers).

Cleveland Vegan

Hi everyone.  I decided to have a leisurely brunch this morning at Cleveland Vegan.  I got the pick 3 items for brunch deal at twenty dollars.  No animal products were used in the making of my food, but it looks too decadent to be true!  Pictured above is a banana peanut butter chocolate chip waffle with coconut whipped topping.   It felt like dessert to me!

I usually don't eat much fruit, but today I ordered the seasonal fruit bowl.  In today's selection, there was a mix of pineapple, bananas, apples (I think), and some citrus with seeds.  I think an orange.

Lastly, I had some smashed avocado toast.  It had some sort of sprouts on it.   I really enjoy savory stuff at breakfast, so this really balanced the fruit and waffle.

Try The World: Holiday Box

Hello food aficionados!   I know it's been a long time.  I have the pictures from our holiday Try the World package. Rather than give one country the spotlight, the box is tasty stuff from several countries.  As of this posting, the only thing we have tried is the chocolate.   On to the photos!

The box this time is rectangular and slightly larger than the other packages.

This time, there was a hay type thing instead of the paper shreds.

The item guide!

Dried berries from Finland.

Panettone from Italy.

Yerba mate tea from the UK.   This should be very caffeinated.

Cookies from Morocco.

Extra virgin olive oil from Israel.   I wonder how it will taste compared to the bottle we got from the Spain box.

Acai fruit sauce from Brazil.

Cocoa truffles from France.  I didn't have high expectations because I've had the type from the big box stores.  The taste is slightly different although they look nearly identical.   Yummy!

Lastly, ginger snaps from Sweden.

Then we packed everything back in the box, nice and tidy.

There are so many delicious treats available this time of the year.  This box will slowly be consumed as a result.