Vik's 5-Star Dinner on 12/28/2009

What a great dinner with friends and family! French Chef Vikram "Vic" Patel prepared a superb 5-Star dinner of Coq au Vin with Creme Brulee. It was also visiting University of Iowa Professor Sun Qian's birthday. Sun Qian is here this year from China. She and Elizabeth Shores were roommates in Shanghai last year and have become good friends. Attending were Chef Vikram Patel, Elizabeth Shores, Sun Qian, Paula Fields, Carissa Fields, Gator J. Gaynor, and Diana Shores. Chef Vic is in great demand but plans to be back soon with more gourmet meals and cooking lessons! Elizabeth will also be back to give us more in-depth knowledge about the fantastic gourmet cheeses that she selected from around the world.

Iowa City Ecocabs - WOW! What a Concept!

The brother-sister team of ic Ecocabs, Vikram and Veena Patel recently opened a "green" cab company in downtown Iowa City. Their cabs are operated by "pedal power", and are basically rickshaws pulled by bicycles. There is seating for up to three depending on the size of the riders. They can be found in the downtown area of Iowa City on Thursday-Friday-Saturday nights operating from 9:00 pm to 3:00 am. You can reach them at this site ic Ecocabs .

Click this link, IC ecocabs, Daily Iowan, to view a neat audio/video by David Scrivner and Patrick Larkin, copyright The Daily Iowan 2009.