Ever since the Happy Dog was purchased by Eric Williams (of Momocho fame) we’ve been eager to eat there. My friend and bandmate Dave also heartily recommended it. This visit was in fact our second attempt as we mistakenly assumed that they’d be open for lunch on Saturday (which might be a good idea). 

We arrived the following Friday afternoon (the one day they’re open for lunch), eager to try a hot dog ($5). We seated oursleves and picked up a menu, which consists of hot dog toppings on one side and french fry / tater tot toppings on the other. There are 50 possible topping for hot dogs, pretty much anything imaginable from Momocho habanero hot sauce and Carribean slaw to peanut butter and candy sprinkles. One can pick as many dog toppings as are listed with no extra charge. Our waitress said that once someone ordered all of them, which took her about ten minutes of prep time.

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After noticing the rib sampler on Sasa Matsu’s online menu, we decided it had been too long since we’d eaten there. Jonathan likes Asian food as well, so it seemed like a good choice.

We started with the Sunomono Salad and the Shrimp Shumai. The radish and cucumbers in the salad paired well with the sweet / sour lemon vinaigrette, and the seaweed added an intense fishy element. We all enjoyed this, and Jonathan commented that it tasted a bit like sweet pickles. We’re also all fans of seafood.

The shumai were very good as well, with a soft rice wrapper with perfectly cooked shrimp inside.

Our main course (and the motivation for our visit) didn’t disappoint either. My favorite were the fragrant and meaty lamb ribs, followed closely by the spicy Korean short ribs. We enjoyed the plum BBQ pork ribs as well, but they were less exemplary than the others. The sides–various pickled vegetables and sweet potato chips–were excellent and … continue reading