2 new tries today Cafe Mimosa and Al Watan

Doing the 2 new tries each weekend. Cafe Mimosa was so bad, I hate to review it. Tofu Pad thai was spicy with red pepper flakes, but that's about it. No flavor. Thick gooey noodles, a few sprouts. A couple green onions. No cilantro, lime, peanuts, veggies. Daughter #1 had the rather expensive eel roll; she spit it out...tasted very fishy. To me it smelled old. She eats sushi/sahhimi around the country and has a great palate. Hot and sour soup had odd flavor and canned mushrooms and stringy pork.

Thank goodness we had Al Watan for dinner. Baba ganoush ( 2 varieties) incredible hummus, fresh pita...flavors were sublime and the prices were so reasonable. I can't wait to go back and sample more. Many options for vegetarians, very helpful and friendly people at the kitchen for carryout. The place is definitely a bit off the beaten path (Klondike lane) but the food is just incredible!

Cafe Mimoso in my experiences has always been very very poor. I seriously try to talk people out of that option when its brought up.

Al-Watan, is always awesome. Their hummus is my favorite

I think Robin covered said something similar though. I am slow.

Cafe Mimoso in my experiences has always been very very poor. I seriously try to talk people out of that option when its brought up.

The thing is that they're so inconsistent. I've had fairly decent meals there -- not terrible, but not bad enough to not want to go back. The last two times, though, sheesh. I don't think I'll be back, not with Lemongrass Cafe just as close to my house.

Cafe Mimoso in my experiences has always been very very poor. I seriously try to talk people out of that option when its brought up.

The thing is that they're so inconsistent. I've had fairly decent meals there -- not terrible, but not bad enough to not want to go back. The last two times, though, sheesh. I don't think I'll be back, not with Lemongrass Cafe just as close to my house.

They are quite consistent with me. ha!

It's also a small-enough chain that I'm not certain there's 100 percent consistency among the locations.

Yeah, it's been our experience that there isn't a lot of consistency. We'll go to different locations based on which dishes we're craving.