http://www.arktimes.com/EatArkansas/archives/2012/12/21/food-feedback-friday Comments On: Food Feedback Friday by Daniel Walker en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:45:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Kat Robinson]]> Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:33:42 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by What'sthat?]]> Tue, 25 Dec 2012 10:27:55 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by EY]]> Tue, 25 Dec 2012 10:24:33 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Raven]]> Mon, 24 Dec 2012 23:20:42 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Michael Roberts]]> Sun, 23 Dec 2012 20:36:58 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by 50to49]]> Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:31:08 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Daniel Walker]]> Sun, 23 Dec 2012 15:22:19 -0600 Arkansas Times
Had brunch at B-Side last Saturday and while the food was good, I'm not in a hurry to go back. Expected to wait to be seated, but not to wait to at least get some drink orders filled. By 10:15, they were out of certain items but you did not find that out until you ordered it and then several minutes later, the server showed up to say it was gone. Rather than give me a menu to make a change, the server just stared at me. Hmmm...requested the menu, made a change, server left, then showed up again a while later to say friend's order was out, so another change was made. We did finally get food and it was good, but all of our group ended up wishing we'd gone to Delicious Temptations instead.
Posted by numbernine]]> Sun, 23 Dec 2012 14:57:16 -0600 Arkansas Times Is brunch that difficult to get right? The House seems to be plagued by mixed reviews, but we figured we would give them another chance after a mediocre dinner experience several months ago....big let down.
Posted by drsabateur]]> Sun, 23 Dec 2012 14:24:42 -0600 Arkansas Times
I wrote a little piece about them a while ago:

http://www.arktimes.com/EatArkansas/archiv…
Posted by Daniel Walker]]> Sun, 23 Dec 2012 10:17:22 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by KevinS]]> Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:30:52 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Mother Earth]]> Sun, 23 Dec 2012 06:49:08 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by cecil]]> Sun, 23 Dec 2012 04:45:39 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Michael Roberts]]> Sat, 22 Dec 2012 20:41:08 -0600 Arkansas Times
Tonight we went to David's Burgers. Just an excellent all-American classic. Everyone felt it was in the styling of 5 Guys and Mooyahs, but better than both. And endless hot fries? Yes please.

Everyone is already planning out their orders for Zaza on Monday. Merry Christmas to us.
Posted by Daniel Walker]]> Sat, 22 Dec 2012 20:32:26 -0600 Arkansas Times
We had US Pizza tonight, and it was tasty...but for a buck twenty per extra topping, I really would have liked there to be more feta on what we ordered. Also a little disappointed there was no Diamond Bear on tap, but the Schlafly's we had was good and cold.

@Big Fun -- I think Brave's stuffed quail is one of my favorite dishes in Little Rock. It's just a delightful little bird.
Posted by Michael Roberts]]> Sat, 22 Dec 2012 20:03:33 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Arkhobbit]]> Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:30:03 -0600 Arkansas Times
@Kat, that's too bad. Hope they reopen...for the root beer's sake at least.
Posted by Daniel Walker]]> Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:09:23 -0600 Arkansas Times
PS...I've had those frozen potstickers MR speaks of...addicted.
Posted by KevinS]]> Sat, 22 Dec 2012 06:29:09 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Big Fun]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:27:59 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Kat Robinson]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:21:46 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Michael Roberts]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:01:32 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by cecil]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:37:11 -0600 Arkansas Times
I treated myself to a holiday lunch at Ashley's in the Capital Hotel today after finding a crowd too big to wait out at the bar. First disappointing meal I've had at the Capital in the "new" era.

Fried oysters with fennel was a single fried oyster, topped with a bit of fennel, floating in a pool of fennel-scented cream soup. Soup was lukewarm. The pan-fried oyster was fried so quickly that the oyster itself was cold enough at the core to earn a compliment for iciness on a plate of raw ones, but not for the fried version, which should explode with hot essence of the sea.

The main course, house-made fettucine with mushroom, asparagus and heirloom tomato, turned out much different than I expected. Decent pasta, a few shards of crunchy asparagus, a few slices of mushroom, a tomato bit or two and a sprinkling of parmesan. But it was all awash in what, by any other name, would be called tomato soup. And a not very flavorful, acidic one at that.

The setting, the service, the iced tea and a free dish of the nonpareil pimiento cheese with a nice pile of cracky homemade crackers redeemed the experience. As did the bag of world-class seasoned pecans I bought to take home.

Again: This was a real outlier for me in my personal experience at the Capital, but given all the raves I've bestowed over the years, it seems only fair to pass this along.

And I also note this down-home touch: The fellow who owns the place, Warren Stephens, came in with a small party, their necks craning around the room for a spot to light. The bar was packed and Ashley's nearly so. But it didn't appear he got moved to the head of any line on account of his considerable eminence. He seemed like one of us. I hope he didn't order the oyster.
Posted by Max Brantley]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:51:31 -0600 Arkansas Times