Muramoto

A new lunch place! Discovered! Across the street from work! It's Muramoto, which I would describe as (and quite accurately I think) Asian fusion. They have a great lunch special menu that includes a variety of tasty sounding entrees for $9 ranging from seafood to beef to tofu. I got the deep fried tofu, which was served with peanuts in a spicy coconut sauce with red onion and bell peppers.

It came piled high on a plate with rice. I would say that with the exception of the tofu, everything on the plate was excellent. The sauce was spicy but not too much so (at least for me) and the peanuts and vegetables had a nice kick. The tofu had some sort of funky texture, but perhaps I just didn't "get" the dish.

Overall, good lunch spot, feels fancy inside, tofu is kind of mushy. Try the chicken.

Taste of Madison

chocolate chip cookie dough egg roll.

falafel with yogurt sauce.

beer battered cheese curds with paprika dipping sauce.

frozen chocolate banana.

tuscan pork sandwich.

roasted corn.

Just a few of the delicious food items at the most recent Taste of Madison. Also, the ones we happened to eat. The perfect way to spend labor day weekend, the Taste of Madison features more than 75 local restaurants- all offering small portions of their signature (or just tasty) dishes. There was just so much more we wanted to try. But all we go through was the above. Really, there is something for everyone. It's a bit pricy but there's food, beer, and live music. A winning combo for most Wisconsinites.