IC LAN 2008 - Post LAN Wrapup
Another big part of the LAN every year is the Tastes of Detroit Food Tour. This year had its ups and downs, mostly due to construction and one rude restaurant manager. The food tour stops this year were:
- Passage to India (a repeat)
- Xochimilco Mexican Ristorante
- Sala Thai
- Hu Hot Mongolian Grill
- The Blue Nile Ethiopian Restaurant
Passage to India is always a favorite. They let us BYOB, so we had bottles of wine and our own delicious beers to taste along with our amazing food. The service is always great here. Xochimilco was the least favorite this year - due to massive construction on I-75, many people had a very hard time getting there. The manager was pretty rude and impatient, and we all got the feeling that they were in a rush to get us out of there. Despite that, most people I talked to enjoyed the food. The margaritas and sangria were also popular.
Sala Thai was probably the most popular stop. The service was incredible. The manager and staff were very happy to have us. The food came out amazingly quick with a very attractive presentation. Of course, being stunningly delicious doesn’t hurt their reputation either. I’m pretty sure we’ll be going back to Sala Thai soon.
Hu Hot was another IC favorite. I don’t think anybody had a bad time here. The only minor complaint was that the service was a little slow (but that could have a lot to do with the fact that we had one waitress for 45+ people). The cooks were excellent and the food was great.
The Blue Nile was the last stop. This was a “love/hate” thing - there was no middle ground. It’s definitely a unique experience, but overall I think most people who went at least moderately enjoyed at least some aspect of their meal.
The IC crew at Sala Thai in Eastern Market, Detroit, MI
Awesome article, takes me back. I typically write journals of events like this on my laptop to help me remember way down the line and I never got around to writing one for ICLAN08.
Now I don't need to.
Thanks for that awesome write up. Is it 2009 yet?
nice wrap-up
can we has farm animals at the expo next year?
WTB pictures of the whole ICHQ crew with their dyed hair!
Lets keep it that way too. fatcat with hair is strange looking fatcat.
Yummy....deep-fried whitecastle burger. Oh man, I can't wait another year for one of those.
It'll take a year to clean all of that out of your heart :/
Anyways, nice write up. Good times, good times
Great write up Brian!
cheers
Very nice article. I might have to see if magic will let me join him next year. I want to go just for the taste of detroit!
Maybe I'll even have to bring a couple of strawberry pies, or make some there! We'll see when it gets closer to next year. Magic might want that weekend as time to get away from me. hah.
omg hi2u. Pls be coem 2 party, thx.
wags, if you bring more of those strawberry pies, **** magic. He can sit one out - he's been to every one
PIE > LOYALTY
But pie loyalty > *