I can't believe it's been more than a month since I last wrote. Time
sure flies when you are discovering all the fun things to do around
Houston. I discovered a cheap buffet place off I10 called Hibachi Grill. It was truly value-for-money for the quality and amount of food that you can eat, it costs a whopping $10.89 per person. It was packed on the Saturday night that I was there, no doubt, all of Houston has discovered this all-you-can-eat place.
We've also discovered Karbach brewery. On a Friday evening after work, they have some sort of Happy Hour brewery tour where you can have 4 pints for $12. The caveat was you had to drink this all in 2 hours. Needless to say, we didn't drink 4 pints. We did try the IPA and the wheat beer; they were good. I am looking forward to Karbach being more widely available in Houston's food establishments.
We also went to a Houston Dynamo game at the brand new BBVA soccer stadium. Houston was playing Toronto that day, and though Toronto came out strong. Houston played better in the final 20 minutes to tie the game 3-3.
We celebrated our first 4th of July in the USA by going for a run in the morning. We then met some friends at Empire Turkish Grill for dinner. We had some Efes Pilsener beer from Turkey, which turned out to be quite delicious.
The Empire mixed grill was super delicious. I haven't had such good meats for a long time. The appetizer of eggplant soslu was really superb as well. Finally, we had keskul and turkish tea for dessert, and they really hit the spot.
After dinner, we made it to a park south of Washington Avenue where we could watch fireworks that were being launched at Eleanor Tinsley Park. It was supposed to be the largest fireworks show in the nation. It was very grand, all in all, a good finale to our first 4th of July in America.
