Madelines, Redmond Oregon

It was really dark inside the restaurant and super loud. I hate noisy restaurants. I was with my grandma and grandpa. It was a Mexican restaurant and I really wanted an enchilada for some reason. Something just clicked, and I knew that a chicken enchilada was going to taste real good. There was also this super loud old guy that was super annoying. We ate chips with two types of salsa, and that was good. But the chips were pretty stale. He annoyed all three of us. I got a coke along with a chicken enchilada, of course, and a burrito with ground beef. When the dinner was served it reminded me of Taco King in Fairbanks. I bet they had very similar foods. It was a lot of food. The enchilada and the burrito was completely covered in beans. It tasted really great except the chicken was super watery if that makes any sense. The beans were awesome, they tasted like beans. The rise, good too, but cold. I was very surprised how much I had. I was really full, like 81% full. And that is super full. 100% is where you can't stuff any more in. And you might end up throwing up past that. I finished my coke too. But there was sooooo much ice that there was only 2/3 of the can in my cup. She asked if I wanted a refill, but I said no. And actually she asked a second time too and I said no. Then I actually did want more, so I asked her. I bet she was annoyed. So after we angered her we all told each other how full we were. She did rush us too. Because there were people waiting. It was kind of unpleasant but I did love to eat with my grandparents. It was fun though.
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LZ Chinese, Eugene Oregon

It was a new type of meal I have never eaten before. There was a pot of soup in front of us with a  burner, and you get to add what you want to it. It was new and interesting, but I think I could only eat this meal once a year. Inside was a little weird. There was brown liquid that had gone down the wall and stained it like that. It was already like that, it didn't happen while we were there. They brought out a few meatballs, and skinny noodles. My Dad and Helen (his wife) both told me they didn't like the  meat ball, so I tried one and they were right it tasted like a soggy ball of bread. It made me shudder with disgust. There were too types of soup in the pot. It was cut in half, one side had mild soup, and the  other was super spicy. It was a good mix when I added a little bit of the spicy soup to a bowl full of mild soup. There was as huge plate of meat. And it seemed ridiculous how much there was. It made me sick. The soup was so salty and spicy that I had a huge stomach ache later that night when I was trying to go to sleep. Later I noticed that there was a weird shining light on the wall from across the room. ALIEN ACTIVITY. The waiters and waitresses didn't speak very much English so Helen had to give a lot of sign language or pointing to communicate to them what she wanted added to the soup. After eating the soup, I was heating up a lot. My whole body was becoming a volcano. Spicy food is so good, but it hurts too. And that's part of the reason we like spicy food. It's weird that we like hurting our selves. It's kind of like flossing your teeth. It hurts but it feels good at the same time. Well at least if you haven't flossed in a while. I give it a
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Tacovore, Eugene Oregon

It was cold outside, and I really wanted TACOS. It was warm inside and refreshing. It was a little to crowded. But then when I sipped my horchata I got cold again. I got two tacos. One of them tasted okay, but the other was super cheesy, WAY too cheesy. It was like they put a cheese stick and Mel ted that inside the taco. It was like a stuffed taco instead of a stuffed pizza. DISGUSTING. Maybe cheese lovers would like it, but I didn't even finish it. And I was plenty hungry to eat more, better tacos. I'm sure if I were to have gotten a different taco it would have been fine. And I can't even remember the name of the taco so I can't warn others to stay away from it. I shuddered. But drank some more horchata to wash it down. A,

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Sushi Station, Eugen Oregon

It kind of caught me off guard when we entered the restaurant, because I didn't know it was so close to the train station. I guess it made sense being right near the train station. I don't have very much experience with eating sushi so that was exciting. The walls were bordered with photocopies of sea animals colored in by kids. My first thought was that it was very unprofessional but I grew to like them, after noticing many of them were colored well. The first sushi roll my dad grabbed from the rotating sushi machine was amazing, it was kind of random, but it's called the Spicy Rainbow roll with spicy mayo, avocado, and imitation crab. I loved it. It really was like eating a Rainbow. Even the imitation crab was good. The different flavor's all mixed up into a huge bite sized bun. The rice makes the crazy flavors calm down and is tricky so it all stays together. The seaweed is thin but still noticeable. I liked it. I would marry it if I could. And eat it on my birthday, or every day. I wish I knew how good sushi was before. I mean I wasted 12 years of my life not eating sushi. That was probably one of the biggest mistakes I have ever made. I want to travel back in time and tell my past self to start eating sushi now while my tastebuds are still in mint condition. I'm sure my taste buds are getting weaker as I age and sushi won't taste as good when I'm older. NOOOO!!! I'm living a tragedy. Even though they were imitation sea foods, it was still flippen amazing-zing-zing. I also got a Coca-Cola like usual and I grabbed a second Spicy Rainbow roll bundle and a Deep Fried California roll with breading from the rotating sushi. I think it's super cute that the rotating sushi machine is kind of like a train station where it goes in a circle until it gets to you where it reaches it's destination to be eaten. The Garlic Namenda, was peas with garlic and a lot of salt. It was an addicting food. Our main course was the Udon Soup with thick noodles and seaweed, and fried tofu. There was a Chinese man (I think he was Chinese, pretty sure, I'm sorry world if I'm wrong) infront of me that looked like a boss when he was cutting an orange. He looked like he had been cutting oranges one after another since he was 6. He was so focused and was like a pro. But at the same time it looked like he wasn't taking it seriously, like as if he's out a million oranges before. There were awesome lamps and chandeliers. The lamps had amazing patterns on them. I sat in a shwifty chair. -1 point for the crappy kid drawings, but otherwise it was a thumbs up performance. I feel like food gets to point where it can't be any tastier, it's just different categories of food that people think tastes better because they have different preferences. Wow, a

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Spicy Rainbow roll 

Udon Soup

Garlic Namenda 

Toshi's Ramen, Eugen Oregon

I'v been here before. The man at the counter, Devin asked what we wanted, I got cha-han rice and my Dad got Butter Niniku Miso Ramen. The rice was pretty ordinary stir fry rice. And I didn't really want anything amazing, so I was glad on how simple it was. The rice should have been stickier. It was too dry and kinda hurt my throat. There should have also been more peas and eggs within the rice. It was cute how the rice was in the shape of a little hill, so when I stabbed my fork through it it was like an earthquake, and all the peas were little people terrified of the monster above. I also got a coke which for some reason I seem to always end up getting when I do one of my reviews. The coke was super bubbly and it tasted fresh. I wasn't very hungry going in so it felt weird to eat when my body really didn't need it, The Ramen was SOOOOOOO BUTTERY. It was like there was a centimeter of butter coating the top of it. There is no such thing as too much butter. Devin has an insane personality and could cheer anybody up on the spot. Without him, Toshi's wouldn't be the same. I remember being pretty depressed or just kinda out of it, and Devin got me back up in spirits. The inside had many warm colors, like orange and yellow. Then the shadows from the tables and chairs created contrast so it was a balanced color scheme. We could also see the cooks making the food. And I always love that affect. It really shows how much work was put into the food and you begin to enjoy it more. Toshi was one of the cooks, and he kept on glancing back at me. He seemed nice. And I couldn't help it but look back at him, and a second later he looked at me for the third time. He looked straight into my eyes, then I decided to no longer look in that direction. But it was fine. I was overreacting. I give it a
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Vanilla Jill's, Eugene Oregon

Ice Cream is Awesome. This ice cream was very natural and fatty. The cream was so fatty that the top of my mouth was coated in the stuff. It wasn't very pleasant. But still it was good ice cream. I had chocolate sauce and whip cream on plain vanilla ice-cream. It was really cold and had ice flakes in it, so it kind of tasted like it was ground up ice cubes with flavoring, but I won't be too mean. I would have preferred Hot Licks (in Fairbanks) or store bought ice cream really. I'l give it a crucial
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