nothing much is going on today other than going for dinner later. we're going out to celebrate ch's bday, but just for dinner. no rossco's afterward for beer and wings. hey, ch can go if he wants, but i'm steering clear of beer until maui. i'm firm about that, even tho i know there will be significant pressure put upon me in a month or so when my friend-not-friend gets back from jamaica and is off her "no booze in january" phase. gee, i cant wait for the beer pressure to start in.
christ, that's what i hated with that group of people...constant beer pressure.
anyway, we are planning to go to the beefeater, a dated restaurant. i could stay away from it easily without any regrets, but ch is a slave to red meat. the last time we were in there was 2008 for his bday and it was a shitty experience. the restaurant is moderately priced and wants to maintain the illusion that it's a decent place to eat. so we ordered our prime rib and got up to get salad from the salad bar. we get back to the table and not even 5 mins later, our food arrived.
most people wouldnt complain about that, but i did. fuck, if i'm paying $25 per plate, i want them to fucking well give the appearance that the meals are fresh, rather than microwaved a la mcdonalds. could they not at least let me eat my fucking salad first before shoving the side of beef, blood and all, in front of me? i like the idea that they took my order and THEN cooked my food, rather than just warmed my selection in a microwave.
it could have been the atmosphere or the evening. who knows. ch didnt take his jacket off last time so he sat there looking as if he wanted to be anywhere but there. i was highly annoyed by his behaviour and it was exaserbated by the speed in which our prime rib arrived. all in all, it was definitely not worth the $80+ to sit there and be done eating in 15 minutes.
i want my dining experience to be prolonged. i mean really, when you are paying for fast food, you get it. when you pay a big chunk of change for what is peddled as a gourmet meal experience, you should get that experience, no? i dont want to be hustled in and out and i do think that the amount paid should reflect the amount of time you take to experience your dining pleasure. there's a reason there is a salad bar...to tide you over till the big meal. if they bring it to you quickly, it kind of takes away the wow factor of the meal. if memory serves me correctly, our bill was brought to us at the same time.
maybe i'm a skeptic, but i really think that meals shouldnt be consumed as if they want you out the door asap. if i want a trashtastic dining experience, i will go to the golden arches.
if this same shit show goes on tonight, i'm going to complain. i just wish they never closed the doors to di carlo. now THAT was pasta.
nothing much is going on today other than going for dinner later. we're going out to celebrate ch's bday, but just for dinner. no rossco's afterward for beer and wings. hey, ch can go if he wants, but i'm steering clear of beer until maui. i'm firm about that, even tho i know there will be significant pressure put upon me in a month or so when my friend-not-friend gets back from jamaica and is off her "no booze in january" phase. gee, i cant wait for the beer pressure to start in.
christ, that's what i hated with that group of people...constant beer pressure.
anyway, we are planning to go to the beefeater, a dated restaurant. i could stay away from it easily without any regrets, but ch is a slave to red meat. the last time we were in there was 2008 for his bday and it was a shitty experience. the restaurant is moderately priced and wants to maintain the illusion that it's a decent place to eat. so we ordered our prime rib and got up to get salad from the salad bar. we get back to the table and not even 5 mins later, our food arrived.
most people wouldnt complain about that, but i did. fuck, if i'm paying $25 per plate, i want them to fucking well give the appearance that the meals are fresh, rather than microwaved a la mcdonalds. could they not at least let me eat my fucking salad first before shoving the side of beef, blood and all, in front of me? i like the idea that they took my order and THEN cooked my food, rather than just warmed my selection in a microwave.
it could have been the atmosphere or the evening. who knows. ch didnt take his jacket off last time so he sat there looking as if he wanted to be anywhere but there. i was highly annoyed by his behaviour and it was exaserbated by the speed in which our prime rib arrived. all in all, it was definitely not worth the $80+ to sit there and be done eating in 15 minutes.
i want my dining experience to be prolonged. i mean really, when you are paying for fast food, you get it. when you pay a big chunk of change for what is peddled as a gourmet meal experience, you should get that experience, no? i dont want to be hustled in and out and i do think that the amount paid should reflect the amount of time you take to experience your dining pleasure. there's a reason there is a salad bar...to tide you over till the big meal. if they bring it to you quickly, it kind of takes away the wow factor of the meal. if memory serves me correctly, our bill was brought to us at the same time.
maybe i'm a skeptic, but i really think that meals shouldnt be consumed as if they want you out the door asap. if i want a trashtastic dining experience, i will go to the golden arches.
if this same shit show goes on tonight, i'm going to complain. i just wish they never closed the doors to di carlo. now THAT was pasta.
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