Penne for My Thoughts

A group of friends and I decided to go the The Vault which is a really neat downtown restaurant that has a modern spin on 70's decor. The Vault is really interesting on the inside in a good way. I love how it's called the Vault because it's location use to be a bank. So, we get there and are seated quickly. Normally, I would recommend making reservations because it is a smaller restaurant and can fill up quickly. I've found that the Vault has some tasty and interesting twists on drinks, so, I always get a drink when I'm here. I ordered Gin Tonica which is a gin and tonic with grapefruit, black pepper and star anise. One of my friends ordered a normal gin and tonic and another ordered a mai tai. Gin Tonica (left) and the Mai Tai (right) We got the drinks quickly. Man, mine was soooo good. It was like a traditional gin and tonic with more floral notes. I would drink this drink all day. My friend's mai tai came out in the best cup ever! I didn't try it b

I wanted to go to a new restaurant and then I read an article about Golgi Gui, so, I thought that I would snag a friend and would give it a try! Golgi Gui serves traditional Korean dishes as well as Korean fusion dishes (a mix of Korean food with other cuisine influences like American or Mexican food). First off, this place was in kind of an odd place, so, if you are going here and are wondering, 'am I in the right place?', you probably are. It's in the middle of a kind of run down looking shopping mall but the inside is not run down. We were quickly seated and we tried to order the Boba Tea (bubble tea). We were told that they were out. From what I gathered, they are out of it a lot. So, don't get your hopes up on getting Bubble tea here! We were then offered another alternative that was what the waitress said was 'similar'. She never said the name of this mysterious beverage but it was disgusting. It was sickly sweet and the flavors clashed and tasted wron