Kitchener now 100% better.
Dec. 12th, 2005 06:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
c9When we got here, Kitchener had only two things to offer. At least, that's what it seemed like. Everyone who discovered that we had just moved here told us about the Farmer's Market and Oktoberfest. Then they would stop telling us about things Kitchener had to offer. At first it was amusing, but then it got a little sad.
In my opinion, only the Market is really that great.
Tonight, my list of things doubled! Niko Niko opened today. This is a sushi restaurant just two blocks from our condo, and on my way to work. We had the Dinner for Two A: sixteen (!) pieces of tempura, twelve (!) pieces of sushi (nigiri, specifically), seven pieces of California Roll (a.k.a. maki), salads, and soups. We were their very first dinner customers, so we also got edamame for free, plus some tea. All this for $26. That's really good, FYI.
First night jitters: they forgot to give us our soup (and we forgot to ask for it), they forgot to bring us little soy sauce bowls, they were discovering how to serve multiple customers at one time... lots of fun. For those who dined at Jane's in the early days, you know exactly the combination of "first day" things and yummy food.
Best. Monday. Ever.
They're friendly, the food is tasty, they have lots of space... it is almost exactly what we needed to appear in our neighbourhood to really help us start to like Kitchener a bit.
Funniest item: realizing that we were in a German-ancestry city, in a formerly Italian restaurant, eating Japanese food, drinking from Swedish glasses (IKEA) that were made in Italy, under several Christmas wreaths. At least the soundtrack made sense (heartfelt Japanese pop ballads).
In my opinion, only the Market is really that great.
Tonight, my list of things doubled! Niko Niko opened today. This is a sushi restaurant just two blocks from our condo, and on my way to work. We had the Dinner for Two A: sixteen (!) pieces of tempura, twelve (!) pieces of sushi (nigiri, specifically), seven pieces of California Roll (a.k.a. maki), salads, and soups. We were their very first dinner customers, so we also got edamame for free, plus some tea. All this for $26. That's really good, FYI.
First night jitters: they forgot to give us our soup (and we forgot to ask for it), they forgot to bring us little soy sauce bowls, they were discovering how to serve multiple customers at one time... lots of fun. For those who dined at Jane's in the early days, you know exactly the combination of "first day" things and yummy food.
Best. Monday. Ever.
They're friendly, the food is tasty, they have lots of space... it is almost exactly what we needed to appear in our neighbourhood to really help us start to like Kitchener a bit.
Funniest item: realizing that we were in a German-ancestry city, in a formerly Italian restaurant, eating Japanese food, drinking from Swedish glasses (IKEA) that were made in Italy, under several Christmas wreaths. At least the soundtrack made sense (heartfelt Japanese pop ballads).
