In the future

Eager to try the following soon:

Rise and shine and waffle brothers

Gastrocart

To celebrate the day before my big test, i ventured down to 18th and curtis behind the ritz carlton not for a $45 lunch but rather a $7 gyro at the gastrocart. I had read about this place in both westword and 5280 and was excited to give it my own review. The "chefs" originally cooked at Table 6 but decided to venture out on their own and started their own street food cart. I ordered the roast lamb, tzaziki, napa cabbage, tomato guajillo mint foam on naan. The lamb was shredded but was a little bit too salty and the naan was atypical....the texture more like fried pita than the normal soft chewy indian naan. I ate the entire thing quickly but i can't say it was anything spectacular.........perhaps my expectations were too high

Plate score: 6

Tables

Aside for the unusually slippery floors, the food at Tables was delicious and worthy of 5280's pick as one of the Top restaurants in Denver. The menu caters to all palates and groups as there was a mixture of couples and families all happily enjoying the season's freshest local ingredients. I ordered medium rare colorado lamb loin served over grilled ciabatta, with almond pesto, manchego, fava beans, lamb jus and WAY TOO much bacon. Normally bacon is used to enhance the flavor profile but in this case there were 3 large strips of bacon..... Aside from the bacon, it was fantastic, not too gamey and grilled to a perfect medium rare. Jess ordered the pan seared scallops with basil mint risotto, mushrooms and arugula, the scallops were perfect and was a nice complement to the risotto.

The dessert....WOW. Normally not a fan of marshmallows, but the double chocolate smores with graham cracker, chocolate cake and sauce was blanketed with housemade marshmallow that was flamed with a nice char.....it was amazing, way too big for one person

Plate score:9

Oshima Ramen

Tucked in the same shopping center as the most amazing whole foods ever, Oshima ramen attempts to serve up the traditional noodles you would find in a side street in Tokyo. To celebrate my last MCAT class off of Hampden Avenue, i decided to try a bowl of shoyu ramen for myself. The house made ramen was a little thin for my liking but the broth was a balance of sweet and savory but just a little too oily. Slices of pork, seaweed, beansprouts and a soy cooked hardboiled egg floated a top the small serving of noodles. I can't say it was the best i ever had but nonetheless satisfying. I would probably stick with the den deli version in the future

Plate score: 6