Cake Cake

A slice of moist, rich cake layered with creamy frosting and topped with a delicate dusting of powdered sugar.

Ranch 45 Local Provisions

Ranch 45 Local Provisions

512 Via De La Valle, 92014, Solana Beach, United States

Cafés • American • Breakfast • North American


"Best dinner of the year! AND we eat out every night, so saying this was the best dinner this year... that's saying something. Came here last night for a date night. We have been a few times previously. My wife wanted the surf and turf for two. So, that's what we ordered. At $60 it seemed like a bargain. It featured ribeye steak, crab cake, cauliflower, green beans, rainbow carrots and garlic mashed potatoes. It was served with sides of remoulade, bearnaise and demiglaze. First off nothing was pedestrian about this plate of food. I have no idea what kind of green beans they were. They were long, flat and wide. Kind of like a Lima beans in its shell, but tender and sweet. There was cauliflower that had bright white tops but green stems. Never seen that before. Carrots were rainbow colors. The steak was seasoned perfectly, maybe had even been brined. Tender to the point I didn't need a knife. The star of the show was the demiglaze. Literally the best I have ever had. So good that I asked the chef if he made it himself. I was disappointed to find out the answer was yes. I was hoping it was something that I could procure from some specialty shop. But no. Only a chef with extreme pride in the craft would go to all the effort to make a demiglaze like that. That same pride echoed throughout the plate. The mashed potatoes as included. Not too rich or fat laddened, yet full of flavor and a perfect accompaniment to the veggies and the steak. We ended up having an apple crisp for dessert. It came straight from the oven with a big scoop of creamy vanilla ice cream. It gilded the lily. Everything was amazing. And, I got a small amount of demiglaze to go. In the end, I found the specialty shop I was looking for. ?"

Shish Kebab House Of Afghanistan

Shish Kebab House Of Afghanistan

36 LaSalle Road, West Hartford, 06107, United States Of America, East Hartford

Kebab • Indian • Afghani • Middle Eastern


"It 's Sunday and we have just come from the Polish Festival in New Britain. 'Twas a blast, but now we need food and we want a good deal. Well, Shish is one of the places on the planet that offers a Sunday happy hour. Can you believe it?! So here we are! Atmosphere/Appearance: This is a restaurant of many different faces and it 's pretty cool. The outside is very inviting with a few tables and chairs to dine out in the sunshine. Inside transports you to a world of where all of this wonderful food comes from. The decor is amazing and something you truly have to see for yourself. The bar itself is enormous with every kind of liquor you can imagine available. I have no idea how they set this up, but there are so many separate dining areas that it 's easy to get lost inside, but each area different from the last, but still represents the culture. It 's super cool. For this occasion we dined in the bar, being it happy hour. Service: I think his name was Mark or something, but my memory was hazy seeing as I had a few cocktails before my arrival. He was the bartender and our server. He took excellent care of us and put up with our drunken shenanigans. We appreciated him. Food: We started off with their chicken pita burger. It was so good and it 's hard to describe. It 's a thin pita with lettuce, tomato and ground chicken that 's been grilled with a whole lot of spices. Freaking delicious. I wound up eating 2 of those. We also tried their pumpkin puree. Who serves pure pumpkin puree by itself?! These guys and they 've earned their right to do so! It was so good. Sweet, spicy, thick and it just balanced out the flavors of the other foods with it. We ordered one more thing, but looking at the menu I can 't ever recognize what it was comparing it to my picture. Lol. It was okay though. Chicken burgers and pumpkin puree ALL DAY. Value: From 4:00pm to 7:00pm every day of the week they offer several options for $3.00 a piece and a few others for $5.00 a piece. A great deal. The chicken burgers were $5.00. The pumpkin puree was $6.00. Even looking at their regular menu the prices seem extremely reasonable for it being West Hartford Center. I will definitely come back here... sober and have a real meal. This place has earned it and I look forward to that day!"