Thursday, January 5, 2012

Tag Raw Bar – Denver, CO

by fli on January 5, 2012

Been trying out a lot of restaurants in Denver (as you may already noticed) and Tag Raw Bar is one of my favorites. Not only because the food is great, the services here are excellent!

TAG Raw Bar34 reviewspowered by Yelp

Last time I was here was before the summer. This restaurant just opened and I saw only a few reviews from Yelp about it. The menu was really appealing so I have it a try. The place is pretty small and it is literally just a bar. I have been to Tag, which is another restaurant on the same street and it was recommended by my client.

The first time I was here I noticed a $35 chef’s menu. Went for it no doubt. Sitting at the bar I could see the chef working his magic.

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After a few month, I went back and looks like the prices have changed.  The chef’s menu increased to start from $50.  This time I decided to pick my own dishes.

I need to point out that the free appetizer tasted great.  It’s popcorn and some seaweed looking crispy munchies.

First came the salmon roll.

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Fresh oysters.

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I tried to order the kangaroo tartar but the chef suggested me with his new creation.  Raw kangaroo with crabmeat roll.

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Another night of super satisfied dinner.

 

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Reading zip files in Java using ZipInputStream

by fli on January 5, 2012

Someone was asking a question about reading files in a zip file without storing and unzipping on the local drive in my work mailing list.  I found the answer quite interesting and will be really useful later in the future.

Here’s sample code to do it:

import java.io.*;

import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
public class UnzipDemo {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
  String zipname = "data.zip";
  try {
    FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(zipname);
    ZipInputStream zis = new ZipInputStream(newBufferedInputStream(fis));
    ZipEntry entry;
17.// Read each entry from the ZipInputStream until no more entry found
18.// indicated by a null return value of the getNextEntry() method.
 
  while ((entry = zis.getNextEntry()) != null) {
  System.out.println("Unzipping: " + entry.getName());
  int size;
  byte[] buffer = new byte[2048];
  FileOutputStream fos = newFileOutputStream(entry.getName());
  BufferedOutputStream bos = newBufferedOutputStream(fos, buffer.length);
  while((size = zis.read(buffer, 0, buffer.length)) != -1) {
  bos.write(buffer, 0, size);
  }
  bos.flush();
  bos.close();
  }
  zis.close();
  fis.close();
  } catch (IOException e) {
  e.printStackTrace();
  }
}
}

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