Comments on: Recipe: Citrus Broiled Shrimp and Fresh Asparagus-Outdoor Dining

By: Coco Carmichael

Coco Carmichael — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:10:43 +0000

Sheree, I often do the same thing too — order the same item at a particular restaurant time-after-time.

I have one restaurant where I consistently order steamed mussels in their shell served in a wonderful boullibase with crunchy french toast. At another restaurant, I always order their tofu vegetarian dish with peanut sauce.

The method to my madness is simple. I look for a dish that:

1. I won’t make for myself at home
2. Looks to be healthy

By: Sheree

Sheree — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:05:21 +0000

Grilled Broiled Shrimp and Fresh Asparagus! Love this recipe! The first time I tried it was last year and love it. It’s just enough and the flavors blend so well together. I was disappointed when I returned to find out that the season was over and this dish had been discontinued. I wrote Mimi’s corporate office and raved about how wonderful this dish was. Much to my surprised, this summer as we went to Mimi’s Cafe for dinner….there it was again! Needless to say, I think we ate at Mimi’s twice that week and both times I had the Citrus Broiled Shrimp and Fresh Asparagus! It was and still is awesome.

By: Karyn Zoldan

Karyn Zoldan — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:18:59 +0000

I rarely eat at Mimi’s or any chain for that matter. Their PR person sent me the recipe for another column I write. I didn’t use it there so decided to use it here. It looked kind of good actually.

I prefer to eat locally vs. the chains. I believe the only chain I go into with some regularity is Starbucks.

I do believe that chain restaurants have a place in the dining scene; I just rarely patronize them.

By: Coco Carmichael

Coco Carmichael — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:00:33 +0000

A Mimi’s Cafe just came to our area. I have not visited it yet. Someone said it was owned by Bob Evans???

There is something about the outside that I just don’t like. They have several different-colored canopies over their windows and it looks tacky. It would have been much better if they coordinated it so it did not look so chopped up.