A restaurant review

My manager at work took my department out for lunch last Friday to a place I hadn't been to before, and I was impressed with it. The place is Nugent's Fishgrille http://fishgrille.com/ - the web site also calls it Firegrille; uncertain which of them is accurate.

It is family owned and operated. There is an emphasis on seafood, but they offer several other types of dishes (steaks, sandwiches, soups, pastas, etc.)

I don't know if they take reservations. Our manager did not make reservations - we arrived about 11:40, I think, and were immediately seated.

The lunch atmosphere was quiet and relaxed, though a pretty fair number of customers arrived while we were there.

A small loaf of warm sourdough bread is provided to every table, with butter packets. This is served partly sliced, which I thought was a little odd. A knife was provided to complete the slices.

Our manager ordered calamari as an appetizer. I recall from previous experience that calamari can be rubbery, but this was crispy and real tasty.

I ordered the charbroiled shrimp Greek salad. The salad was huge (I couldn't finish it), and came with 6 shrimp on a skewer. The shrimps tasted great.

Of the three others in the group, two ordered other seafood entrees, and one ordered a rib eye steak entree. Everyone said they were pleased with what they ate.

Definitely recommended!

"Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" - A Movie Review

I have a weakness for British comedy, both visual comedy (Monty Python's Flying Circus, for instance), and written (such as the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett, one of which I have previously reviewed on this blog.)

A new British comedy film I have seen recently is "Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit". It was made by part of the team that had created 2000's marvelous "Chicken Run", so I was keen to see this new movie based on having a great time seeing that earlier one.

That these movies were made by stop-motion animation (minute frame-by-frame adjustments of physical figures to show, for instance, walking, talking, and changes in faces) is nothing short of amazing.

The characters Wallace and Gromit have previously appeared in short films; this is their first feature length movie. They operate a humane pest-control company called "Anti-Pesto" in a British village. Wallace, the human half of the pair, is an inventor of highly bizarre and wacky gadgets, some of which are used in the pest-control business. Gromit, his dog, though always completely silent, readily comes across as the generally brighter and more reliable half of the pair.

As the new film opens, the village is preparing for it's annual giant vegetable contest, which is a major passion for everyone. But the place has many rabbits that are wreaking havoc with the vegetables and Anti-Pesto is scrambling to collect them all.

Then what seems to be a giant rabbit starts rampaging through the village only during nights. That is when the fun really starts.

And yes, I am leaving this review at that!