Tag: dining guide
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DINING REVIEW: Some like Thai hot
It is almost as if the good Thai restaurants in Colorado Springs are in cahoots. They are perfectly spaced like rival mob families in neighborhoods around the city: Arharn owns the east; Bhan Thai, the southeast; Taste of Thai Spice, the southwest; Wild Ginger, the west side; and NaRai Thai in the northwest. The only…
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DINING REVIEW: At Cold Fusion, the pieces are there; art is gone
At Fusion World Cuisine, Chinese favorites like chicken stir-fry and hot and sour soup sit next to lamb chops and sea bass on the menu. The national dish of Thailand, pad Thai, sits next to Indian-style vegetable curry. The Web site of the restaurant, which opened in Monument in September, says the theory is “balanced…
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DINING REVIEW: Pho-getaboutit – Vietnamese soup perfect on cold day, but not here
It seems unlikely that a country as hot and humid as Vietnam would come up with a dish that is as perfect on an icy winter day as pho.But walk into Pho 54, Colorado Springs’ only pho-specific restaurant, on a brisk December day and you’ll see it is true: steaming broth, golden and translucent like…
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DINING REVIEW: Sushi-licious
If you are going to steal an idea, you might as well steal from the best.So when our server at Bara Sushi, the new raw-fish den in the Promenade Shops at Briargate, told us that their treatment of yellowtail tuna sashimi ($12) was lifted straight from Nobuyuki Matsuhisa’s fleet of trendy high-end Nobu restaurants (London,…
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DINING REVIEW: Rumi’s Kabab borrows from several countries, including Afghanistan
The menu at Rumi’s Kabab is emblazoned with a photo of the Buddha of Bamiyan, a 121-foot statue carved from the raw rock of an Afghan cliff in the sixth century. In this central Asian country along the Silk Road, the statue’s flowing robes were influenced by the ancient Greeks and Persians. The Buddha came…
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DINING REVIEW: Rumi’s Kabab borrows from several countries, including Afghanistan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The menu at Rumi’s Kabab is emblazoned with a photo of the Buddha of Bamiyan, a 121-foot statue carved from the raw rock of an Afghan cliff in the sixth century. In this central Asian…
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DINING REVIEW: A slice of rivalry
New York vs. Chicago.It is the classic rivalry when it comes to pizza.Sure, there are other regional contenders: San Francisco with its thin, crispy crust and zest for adding inventively weird toppings; New Haven, Conn., with its mozzarellaless but delicious tomato pies. But in Colorado Springs, The Big Apples’ floppy, foldy, flat slices dominate and,…
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DINING REVIEW: La Casita locations come and go, but original appeal — circa 1986 — remains
View La Casita locations in a larger map There are few more indulgent delights than ruffling open the foil wrap on a bundle of fresh, handmade La Casita flour tortillas, tearing off a steaming warm piece of the thick, spongy flatbread, and chewing the rich, slightly salty bite without adornment.I like to…
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DINING REVIEW: Pasta-farians
Rasta Pasta, a new restaurant on Tejon Street, sounds like something my college roommates would have cooked late one night, probably while high.Roommate No. 1: “Dude, you know how Rasta and pasta, like, rhyme?”Roommate No. 2: “Huh?”Roommate No. 1: “Wouldn’t it be sweet if there was a place that served pasta with all kinds of…
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REVIEW: New cafe does crepes Manitou style
Anyone expecting to find erudite French refinement at Coquette Creperie, a restaurant that opened late this summer in Manitou Springs, is bound to be surprised. So will those hoping for the simple, economical ham and cheese or Nutella snack crepes served on practically every corner in Paris. In the folds of these crepes you may…