The caller to the Aurora Sentinel was quite insistent.
“I want to take my girlfriend to the best restaurant in Aurora? Where should we go?”
I answered with another question: “How much do you want to spend?”
“About $30 each,” he said.
What kinds of food do you like?
“I like meat. You know, American food. She likes weirder stuff.”
“How weird?” I asked.
“Man, she eats sushi and strange Chinese food,” he said.
“Well, where did you eat the last time you went out?” I asked.
“I think it was Outback Steak House,” he said.
“How about something new, like Filipino or Thai?” I suggested.
“No way. I won’t touch that stuff,” he said.
“Maybe you should just stick with a nice Italian or Mexican place?” I interjected.
“She really doesn’t like spicy stuff,” he said.
“I have an idea? Why don’t you ask her where she wants to eat?” I said.
“Yeah, sure, I’ll check with her,” he said.
“By the way , what’s the occasion?” I asked.
“Oh, I’m going to propose. Thanks for the help,” he said.
The caller e-mailed me a few days later.
“I asked her and we went to a sushi place. She said ‘Yes’”
Smart man, I thought. Sometimes finding the best restaurant isn’t a tough question.
FOOD NEWS UPDATE
China Jade, the fine Szechuan eatery, has reopened after renovations and expansion at 12203 E. Iliff Ave. in Aurora. … Runners Roost stores including the Aurora location now carry one of the finest chocolate bars made in Colorado, Nova Monda Chocolate from Lafayette.
EAT THIS QUOTE
“It’s a neat kind of barbaric feeling to get a hundred pounds of meat and have it for a whole family for a season.” – Holly Williams, songwriter, granddaughter of Hank Williams, hunter
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