a funny thing happened on the way to l&l

we went a-walking for dinner to l&l hawaiian bbq, but i couldn't bring myself to eat at a place that was so obviously a chain, and, what's more, could not hope to stand up to the quality of the hawaiian place of yesteryear, which lasted far too not long enough before closing shop and being replaced by a lame-ass 10 dollar burger place.

anyhow, i couldn't do it, so we went a-walking again, to the thai place that i've avoided for the last decade, to give it the prescribed Second Chance. sadly for the thai, on the way, we noticed our local tapas place, and could not escape its gravity well.

the meal was excellent, and the wine, though not great, went well with the food. altogether a fortuitous diversion, though quite a bit more costly than our intended dinners. heh.