Islamic Tranquility

What do you get when you take all the pork out of Chinese food? This!

The vegetable spring rolls had a tinge of curry in them. Mediocre.

The chicken with chilli [sic] sauce was meh.

The sliced fish with peanuts in pepper sauce was marginally better than the chicken.

I didn't have any vegetable chow mein, but it looked normal enough.

The eggplant with spicy sauce was probably the best dish at lunch. But that's not really saying much. However, for only $6.50 a dish, plus soup, spring roll, and steamed rice, it's still not bad.

My destination for dinner -- Tranquility Base -- was nothing like lunch.

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I had some weird lemon-drop-ish drink made with raspberry vodka.

Solar fries and dipping sauces (chipotle mayo, ranch, and ketchup). Tasty but not incredible.

Spring rolls. Better than the ones I had at lunch.

Mini burger with bleu cheese. Very good.

Fried macaroni and cheese balls. Delicious.

Beef satay. Tender and flavorful.

Little steak sandwich. Good eatin'.

Creme brulee. Sadly, downright terrible. Yes, terrible. The "creme" was not creamy enough, and the sugar top (usually my favorite part) was too thick and overdone. It was like a muddy windowpane on top of chunky pudding. Blech.

Berries and cream. My friend's choice. Looked nice.

Fun server. She rocked!

Tranquility Base is a great place to go for happy hour. Everything is only $4 between 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Once you get past that time, however, the food doesn't really warrant the prices being charged, so I recommend hitting this place for just happy hour, or else you and your wallet may be a bit surprised.

I had such a great time nonetheless. As my friend and I walked down the street, she summarized the night perfectly -- it was like our very own meeting of the Five Families of the Scranton Business Park.

Except there were seven of us. Downtown.