120376 Wed Dec 12 11:31:46 -0800 2001 12 8 Midwest 0 656274 Question 1) Is Sri Lanka Curry House a) in business/out of business b) still serving the REALLY hot stuff? Have heard various rumors closed/new management etc. (I live in Oklahoma but am visiting soon: still remember one of their "hot" (could not handle xtra hot) entrees.) Question 2) Tried once to locate aviation=themed restaurant somehwere near Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie but could not find it. Is it still in business & does anyone know the place I am going on about? Question 3) Am maniac for good pickled herring. Anywhere in TC's noted for it as appetizer etc.? Recommendation: Being from UK I revisit TC's primarily to drink Bishops Bitter at Sherlock's Home in Minnetonka. Any Brit's not aware of its existence & within 600 miles need to head there. It's REAL real ale. All British ingredients except the H20. Not standard brewpub (murky-sop) product. Served cellar temp. Imperial pints. Good food there too (Brit). Recommendation: Ponca City Oklahoma. The little Ponca City (NW of Tulsa) airport has the best hand-made Mexican you'll find in Oklahoma~not necessarily a stellar claim . . . but it's good-Family run-"Real" food. A plus: a no-compromise table salsa that's deep brown & ANYTHING but standard. Packs a punch. "Enrique's" is the name. Fun plane watching too. (Pilots fly in from all over to eat there: restaurant is right in the terminal.) Thanks for any replies. Hope some rec's may be of interest in return. All the best. Mike Thanks, Mike Wed Dec 12 11:31:46 -0800 2001 0 Mike Larke 1 656275 As a p.s. Any "fly in" airport restaurants pilots in MN might share? Any part of the state. Thanks, Mike Wed Dec 12 11:33:13 -0800 2001 656274 0 Mike Larke 1 656276 1. Sri Lanka IS still in business, but at a new location. It has moved to the Calhoun Village shopping center just west of Lake Calhoun. I have no idea if they still serve really HOT food, because when I ordered food there the last time, I asked for a low degree of spiciness. They did provide a side of sambol to sprinkle onto my entree in case I wanted it spicier. The entrees are huge even by American standards, so either arrive with an appetite or expect to take food home. There's no way the typical Sri Lankan could eat the whole entree at one sitting. 2. Pickled herring? Try Aquavit in the IDS center. Wed Dec 12 13:51:28 -0800 2001 656274 0 Michael Penfield 2 656277 Sri Lanka still serves VERY hot food if you ask for it. Right now one of their cooks is back in Sri Lanka and so Evan, the chili head owner is in the kitchen most of the time. I had to change my order from hot to medium :-) Wed Dec 12 14:44:12 -0800 2001 656276 0 Orik 3 656278 I found this pearl of wisdom on citysearch's user review page of Aquavit: Rip-Off Posted by An Anonymous User on Aug. 13, 2001 What a rip-off. I went to Aquavit after just returning from Italy. This is not REAL Italian food. Italian food is fresh, simple with just a few fine ingredients combined. This is just an overrated, overpriced 'rip-off' of what Italian food is not. Save yoru money and a Geno's Pizza. Link: http://twincities.citysearch.com Wed Dec 12 14:49:29 -0800 2001 656277 0 Orik 4 656285 I couldn't find the user review page on this site, and a search of it turned up nothing. Thu Dec 13 08:44:34 -0800 2001 656278 0 ironmom 4 656312 Aquavit is too expensive for my freelance artist's budget, but I thought it was Scandinavian, not Italian. Perhaps that's the 'funny' thing about the review? ...I'm lost... Tue Dec 18 22:37:31 -0800 2001 656278 0 Kate 5 656315 Bingo! Yes, it is Scandinavian, and that is what was funny. Wed Dec 19 11:20:27 -0800 2001 656312 0 Deven Black 3 656286 Great news on SLCH!! Herring sounds more porblematic. Like finding a good pickle in NY. Should be easy: isn't. Thu Dec 13 09:50:53 -0800 2001 656277 0 Mike Larke 1 656300 Thanks for the Sherlock's home tip. I'm sure I would never have considered going there (it being in a suburban commercial center and all), but the bitter was truely as good as in the UK (at least the first two or three glasses, afterwards it's all a blur ;-)). We also tried the venison pie (very good and gamey) and an ok-ish shepherds pie. Mon Dec 17 21:12:00 -0800 2001 656274 0 Orik 1 656341 Your avaition resturant is Doolittles Air Cafe. There are a few of them sprinkled throughout various burbs. I don't know if it's national or local. The food there is standard theme-bar fare: Big burgers(pretty good, actually), sandwiches, etc. The only difference between Doo's and any Champps you've been in, is one has model airplanes hanging from the ceiling, while the other has sports banners. I include the map link because it's utterly impossible to give simple directions to ANYWHREE in EP. That city has the most convoluted street system anywhere on earth. I've worked in EP for six years, and I still get lost. Link: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?size=big&mapdata=afbX8DbyAoczkPL7nm8M93qyw1qlaRo%2fxAQaTrI3MGJvf%2fORt1UgL0cfD7q9W%2fO4Ur8LpRddKTCmbduZZZ5jV17iZ3lSngzBAl9guf%2b3PTk4Ba2%2f3OM5pWGW3qDes9mrjBjTzKz6eGbtp4E2qvRYRXfzWtkThBg8VQuU38k7l2xnolPVRCM9Or%2fLE4r4Z%2bg7v7MhJLp%2bkEpliQp3PrEHDdcZNCqoq%2bq4fqK83DiZC1g%2bTpAz9TS6q36HMtNZgcYOTHj9KwQ3bCOjGEQlEHNtoF72y%2fhc3SGs333EYvfyCGHxJ3W4sBW4SsgNBCAHlfbp2pNeNPllldUj%2f4XIEI%2bAr6cKurOpu%2bhcgD4i4IANr7leoVO69t9qObEV2w583Jjb4FQQIhmDlv4%3d Mon Dec 24 10:00:42 -0800 2001 656274 0 RandallE 2 656356 Thanks! Perhaps the model airplanes will slightly improve the experience (?) Mike Thu Dec 27 10:33:19 -0800 2001 656341 0 Mike Larke 3 656597 Dooolittles in Eden Prairie is no more. (Thank God!) Wed Jan 23 16:29:17 -0800 2002 656356 0 RAC