"Endless appetizers" at TGI Fridays
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Same pattern here. I live in Silicon Valley, and there's a TGIF about 6 miles away (Cupertino). I think the last time I ate there was 10 years ago. I have eaten a few times at other TGIFs since then-- typically while traveling on business in midwestern suburbs when I've settled in to my hotel for the evening and don't want to go more than a few blocks for dinner.
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Regardless of quality, back in my college days a few friends and I would've bankrupted the place.
ISTR reading that some dishes in Gordon Ramsay's London restaurants are also pre-cooked, boil in a bag.
Q: What's the difference between boi-in-a-bag and sous vide?
A: About $100 a plate.
Job market willing.
ISTR reading that some dishes in Gordon Ramsay's London restaurants are also pre-cooked, boil in a bag.
Q: What's the difference between boi-in-a-bag and sous vide?
A: About $100 a plate.
Job market willing.
And boil in the bag is no problem at all, it's cook-chill which is less than ideal.
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That's why I have the CMK10 chant!
Two more years til I'm a lawyer
Two more years til I'm a lawyer
Two more years til I'm a lawyer
Plus, this job is going to make it so I can graduate with zero debt and savings. And also, having consumed a lot of Pick 3 For All appetizers
Two more years til I'm a lawyer
Two more years til I'm a lawyer
Two more years til I'm a lawyer
Plus, this job is going to make it so I can graduate with zero debt and savings. And also, having consumed a lot of Pick 3 For All appetizers
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I'd be curious what the most creative interpretation (or strategic maximization) CMK10 has seen so far is. I started a contest for this on my blog too as I'm fascinated by it.
I don't think any of these are wheat-free, corn-free, MSG-free, nitrate-free so I don't think I'll be eating there so I won't be able to test them out, but I'm morbidly fascinated.
I don't think any of these are wheat-free, corn-free, MSG-free, nitrate-free so I don't think I'll be eating there so I won't be able to test them out, but I'm morbidly fascinated.
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I'd be curious what the most creative interpretation (or strategic maximization) CMK10 has seen so far is. I started a contest for this on my blog too as I'm fascinated by it.
I don't think any of these are wheat-free, corn-free, MSG-free, nitrate-free so I don't think I'll be eating there so I won't be able to test them out, but I'm morbidly fascinated.
I don't think any of these are wheat-free, corn-free, MSG-free, nitrate-free so I don't think I'll be eating there so I won't be able to test them out, but I'm morbidly fascinated.
Btw if you want to use the picture on your blog, you're more than welcome to.
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And I totally agree with your advice on treating servers well. That's tip #1 beyond all else and I 100% agree. I waited tables from high school to grad school - and also worked in management/audit along the way in a couple fast/fast casual spots - six places in all with five being national chains and one being a local test concept for a regional spot.
Two of those companies were local/regional with under 25 locations when I worked for them - Chilis and Jason's Deli - which I point out as an observation that most large chains were locals once and that you never know when your local place will be the next big thing.
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What do you think "boneless wings" are in the first place? They aren't wings. They're just a different type of nugget.
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Well obviously, but the usual product is a higher quality meat. We're talking school cafeteria style nuggets here. Several guests complained. I talked to the GM and he said that the people he sent to procure chicken did not get what he wanted them to get.
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Still amazed that one reopened after the murder...
(That's my hood.)
Given how much of the appetizer fare those sorts of places may be fried, it may just be a case where one is accidentally simulating biliary insufficiency by overloading the body with grease.
Here's a word many of you probably don't really want to know: steatorrhea
While I realize that's hyperbole, acute hypernatremia is unlikely to cause stroke.
Further, while there are certainly long term health risks (including hypertension which can lead to stroke) to having too much salt, the worst case scenario (say, 10g aka 10,000mg of sodium in a meal from two plates there) is nowhere near enough for acute salt poisoning in an adult with normal water intake and healthy kidneys.
Good place for frozen girly drinks; when my wife and I were in college, she liked the SF location for that.
Food was mediocre even by my standards back then, although I'll still eat at them occasionally when traveling if I can't find something better or am stuck at an airport where the alternative is fast food.
(That's my hood.)
Here's a word many of you probably don't really want to know: steatorrhea
Further, while there are certainly long term health risks (including hypertension which can lead to stroke) to having too much salt, the worst case scenario (say, 10g aka 10,000mg of sodium in a meal from two plates there) is nowhere near enough for acute salt poisoning in an adult with normal water intake and healthy kidneys.
Food was mediocre even by my standards back then, although I'll still eat at them occasionally when traveling if I can't find something better or am stuck at an airport where the alternative is fast food.
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They were out of mashed potato. ...!! How can a steakhouse run out of mashed potato..
uhmm, because it isn't a steakhouse!
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I ate at a Golden Corral in the late 90s in Mayfield, Kentucky. If you didn't want the surprisingly decent strip mall Chinese stuff or chain pizza, there weren't many other options. I remember getting a rotisserie chicken off the buffet that was essentially identical to rotisserie chicken you'd find at an average grocery store. So call the experience thoroughly average and surprisingly inoffensive.
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Last time I was at a TGI fridays there was a baby cockroach floating in my water glass. I pointed it out to my server and very nonchalantly she said "oh", and took it away. Guess it was a fairly common occurrence for her.
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Hilarious take on testing the limits of "endless" appetizers:
http://gawker.com/my-14-hour-search-...-ap-1606122925
http://gawker.com/my-14-hour-search-...-ap-1606122925