Who Took Mom Out To Dinner?

[FCollinsBuckeye]

HOw do you guys feel about Bass?

It's good beneath a half pint of some creamy Guinness...

 

[DubCoffman62]

When do you bump Trilla?

First thing every morning.

 

[AKAK]

It's good beneath a half pint of some creamy Guinness...

Yeah, well, that's shitty processed prepackaged in a keg beer.

 

[BUCKYLE]

Someday we're going to have to take you to a real restaurant. Olive Garden is good when compared to some local greasy spoon but the truth is it's mostly processed goop that been cooked somewhere else and nuked before serving. Cheesecake Factory too, all those big chains prefab almost of of their food somewhere else so their restaurants can hire cheap labor to reheat it and make it look nice on a plate.

I'm aware of what it is. It's not fine dining. Were you tricked into thinking it was? Is that why you're so angry? Burger King is not fine dining either, yet they're double cheeseburgers on a good day are pretty good for what they are.

When the majority of your food, whether that be entrees, sauces, breads, salads.... whatever, comes to you frozen in vacuum-sealed bags and is mostly just reheated on the spot, you're not eating at a real restaurant.

It's shocking to watch shows like No Reservations or Bizarre Foods where they travel the world and eat out of roadside stalls, and they're getting real, fresh, quality food that has beautiful color and tastes great, while in America the majority of us feel like Olive Garden is a "real" restaurant. It's not. It's crap. We just don't know any better.


The more I watch shows like that, or read books by chefs, the less I eat out. I would guesstimate we eat out at an actual restaurant once a month, maybe. We eat at roadside stalls where we can watch our food prepped and cooked maybe two-three times a month. The rest, I'm making it at home.

Were you also under the assumption that OG flew in Michelin starred chefs to prepare your $12.45 seafood alfredo?

I eat at a pizza place where I know every thing is made fresh at the location. The dough is made there from scratch as is the sauce, the use quality cheese and toppings. They only have salads, a caprese and anti-pasta as appetizers and their desserts are made fresh on location. I also eat at an Indian restaurant that I know makes everything from scratch. You won't catch me at a chain restaurant and if you do it's because I was invited and didn't want to be rude. I've eaten at some of the finest restaurants on Earth and once you tasted that food you just can't go back to the hash houses.

I eat at local joints that make everything from scratch too. I like them. Sometimes I also like to get a fried shrimp meal from Red Lobster too.

 

[DubCoffman62]

I'm aware of what it is. It's not fine dining. Were you tricked into thinking it was? Is that why you're so angry? Burger King is not fine dining either, yet they're double cheeseburgers on a good day are pretty good for what they are.



Were you also under the assumption that OG flew in Michelin starred chefs to prepare your $12.45 seafood alfredo?



I eat at local joints that make everything from scratch too. I like them. Sometimes I also like to get a fried shrimp meal from Red Lobster too.

Heathen

 

[knapplc]

Were you also under the assumption that OG flew in Michelin starred chefs to prepare your $12.45 seafood alfredo?

Until I started watching No Reservations, I thought "Michelin" was pronounced like the tire company. When Anthony kept saying MEESH-lawn I had no idea what he was talking about.

I also used to wonder why a tire company was going around ranking restaurants. So I guess I'm a heathen, too.

 

[AKAK]

Until I started watching No Reservations, I thought "Michelin" was pronounced like the tire company. When Anthony kept saying MEESH-lawn I had no idea what he was talking about.

I also used to wonder why a tire company was going around ranking restaurants. So I guess I'm a heathen, too.

Well.. it is pronounced like the tire company... you know. I have a feeling Tony Bourdain just sounds extra snooty when he's at NTB*



*I have no idea if they carry Michelin or not, and I'm not checking

 

[BUCKYLE]

Until I started watching No Reservations, I thought "Michelin" was pronounced like the tire company. When Anthony kept saying MEESH-lawn I had no idea what he was talking about.

I also used to wonder why a tire company was going around ranking restaurants. So I guess I'm a heathen, too.

Umm...it is. They're both French. It's just that auto mechanics don't use the French pronunciation to avoid sounding douche'. That's the French pronunciation of "douchey".

 

[knapplc]

Maybe it is in your neck of the woods buster, but around here we speak American.

 

[AKAK]

Umm...it is. They're both French. It's just that auto mechanics don't use the French pronunciation to avoid sounding douche'. That's the French pronunciation of "douchey".

Who is "both"

 

[BUCKYLE]

Who is "both"

Both divisions of the same company? Honh honh honh! /french laugh

 

[AKAK]

Both divisions of the same company? Honh honh honh! /french laugh

I don't see what's so hard to understand. If you ain't got no place to go, you won't drive your car so you need a guide. So, if you don't drive your car, you ain't gonna need new tires. If you don't need new tires, Michelin goes out of business. If Michelin goes out of business, you won't have a guide to tell you where to go, and besides you won't be able to get new tires anyway, so it tends not to matter.

 

[BayBuck]

Until I started watching No Reservations, I thought "Michelin" was pronounced like the tire company. When Anthony kept saying MEESH-lawn I had no idea what he was talking about.

I also used to wonder why a tire company was going around ranking restaurants. So I guess I'm a heathen, too.

You'll actually find that same chubby white guy on your Michelin red and green guides to fancy restrawnts and otels. Michelin = Michelin.

 

[BUCKYLE]

You'll actually find that same chubby white guy on your Michelin red and green guides to fancy restrawnts and otels. Michelin = Michelin.

Bullshit. Different pronunciation = different company. One is FRENCH for fucks sake. The other is tires. American. Cars. Gas. Kick the tires and light the fires. Think about it.

 

[BayBuck]

Bull[Mark May]. Different pronunciation = different company. One is FRENCH for [censored]s sake. The other is tires. American. Cars. Gas. Kick the tires and light the fires. Think about it.

What I meant was, same marshmallow man, but with a beret. Kind of an evil twin thing going on.