(Continued from “Plants and Planters” below…)
After we left Lowe’s, we headed down Lakeland to the new Stix restaurant that has been open for several months, but we had not yet been to. It’s similar to other Japanese places around here, of which there are many. Nice having the Nissan plant here, it has really helped the explosion of Japanese food places! So far, we have tried Kyoto, Little Tokyo, Nagoya and Bonsai. Now, we can add Stix to the list. Stix is larger, I think, than most of these places, with the exception of maybe Bonsai.
Tim ordered steak and chicken and I ordered shrimp and scallops. I’d like to say that I enjoyed it as much as I do the food at Little Tokyo and Nagoya, but it wasn’t quite up to what I was used to. It was good, no doubt about it, but not great/excellent. It was standard Japanese teppanyaki fare – soup, salad, then the chef cooked fried rice, vegetables and our entree. I did like the vegetables better. The other places we go to normally have just zucchini and onions for the veggies, but Stix had broccoli, carrots and mushrooms in there as well. The veggies were very good.
I hate to sound “down” on the place – it was good, but I think I will vote for Little Tokyo or Nagoya next time. They are both closer to us, I think they are comparable in price, or maybe a little cheaper, and I enjoyed the food more. As Tim said, this place’s “pink sauce” was not very good! And, anyone who has eaten Japanese with us before should have noticed – Tim LOVES his pink sauce! 😀
Of course, it goes without saying that this was another enjoyable Friday Night Date Night. I’m getting rather used to these! (I wouldn’t have minded cooking, but I can always move it to another night!) The nice part about date night is the company – I love getting to go with Tim; I enjoy his company so much! It’s so wonderful to me that after all of these years, we still have such a great time together. I still love going on dates with him. He’s a really good date! 😀
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