Minerva's - Yankton, South Dakota

Well, let me first introduce Brad King, who was instrumental in bringing me out to SD for the Combined Chief of Police/Sheriff's conference in Yankton. We stayed at the Best Western there where Minerva's was attached to the Conference Center.

I must say that I was not expecting to find such a place in Yankton, SD but I'm so glad I did. Brad was telling me how good their food was in the other locations so I thought this would be great and that assumption was correct.

A quick side-note regarding beer: I ordered a 312 Wheat on tap. I love wheat beers and this one was great. I'd never tried it and now I will be looking for this one again.

Brad recommended the crab cheese bake as an appetizer. This stuff was awesome! Obviously made with lots of FRESH crab.

I ordered the grilled porkchops with asparagus and a loaded baked potato. Brad ordered the manicotti with chicken. My pork chop was huge and cooked and seasoned perfectly. This meal was most awesome! This restaurant is first rate and I would recommend it to anyone.

Sekisui Sushi - Memphis, TN

Another adventure with Ron Coffman at a Sushi Bar. I'm lucky to have the likes of Ron Coffman to travel with on occasion since we both love sushi. This is a place he has spoken of before and this is my first visit. This place is attached to the Holiday Inn Select in Memphis, TN.





This is actually the place where Ron lost his "sushi virginity" some years ago so I was pretty eager to eat here and have some drinks.

The atmosphere in the place was great and the chef was friendly and recognized Ron from his past visits here.

The menu offers a huge selection of sushi for all palates. Ron seems to think that it's foolish to order the roe type sushi, but I really like some of those selections. The little eggs just explode in your mouth. We ordered a huge variation of sushi at this place and all of it was real good. First rate.

All and all, this was a great experience. Ron never leads me astray. I'd recommend this place if you find yourself in downtown Memphis.

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