Originally Posted By mele Ah, love Guinness. In fact, I think we're going to the pub (Wilde Rover) tonight to have a few. Well, I am, anyway. My husband has to run some tests for work at 7 pm. I'll need a designated driver anyway. (Just gave notice to one of my clients today. She's a micromanaging, abusive hell-beast. I want to celebrate! Mmm, Guinness.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Enjoy the celebrations Mele. I just hope you guys get to taste Guiness in Dublin some time. It does taste very different, as it does not transport well. Guiness in the US is very disappointing. Also, yes, in my experience, very few Italian places serve real Italian food. There used to be a few in san Francisco that were close as the local produce and climate are similar to Italy, but that is it. I cannot wait for this summer. We are going to Venice and then Tuscany and the wine and food will flow!
Originally Posted By utahjosh The Red Iguana IS good, but so are a dozen other mexican restaurants in our area, ecdc.
Originally Posted By mele That's what my friend's have told me, dave. I can believe the taste is different just by tasting the big difference in bottled vs. draft. (Draft!) Someday we'll visit Ireland. Someday!
Originally Posted By TomSawyer Beer is a grain product and therefore in the same category as bread. Thus, you should have 6 - 11 servings a day according to the food pyramid.
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 Hey, I like that...it goes nicely with my chocolate-comes-from-a-plant-therefore-it-counts-as-a-vegetable theory. Nice!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Everything's a vegetable. Don't you remember Mufasa's talk? "The antelope eats the grass, then we eat the antelope." Substitute cows for antelope, if you prefer.
Originally Posted By EdisYoda My mom and I ate at Olive Garden last night. While I was satisfied with my meal, my mom, who had the Seafood Portofino, said it had no taste. Also the shrimp deserved their name. I'm surprised that they were old enough to be considered legal catch. The scallops weren't any better. They have definitely gone downhill.
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 "Everything's a vegetable. Don't you remember Mufasa's talk? "The antelope eats the grass, then we eat the antelope." Substitute cows for antelope, if you prefer." I don't actually eat cows, but I get you...at least, when it comes to the things I want to eat.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <Part of the problem is the ingredients. In my experience it (Mexican food) just doesn't taste the same here.< I've got a place for you - and a chef- in case ou'venever heard of him... right here in Chi Town- he lived in Mexico for a long time and has shows on the cuisine..best I've ever had <a href="http://www.rickbayless.com/restaurants/grill.html" target="_blank">http://www.rickbayless.com/res...ill.html</a>
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 There are a few places here in the NYC area that are as good as I've had in Mexico. It's certainly not common, but it can be found. Also, I grew up in Southern California and there are quite a lot of "hole in the wall" Mexican restaurants that are as authentic as anything I've eaten in Mexico as well. I just think that there is a proliferation of "generic" Mexican places that give people the wrong idea of what Mexican food is supposed to taste like. I guess, in that respect, it's kind of like Olive Garden. I certainly hope nobody goes to Italy thinking that the food should taste like that...
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Wow! vbdad and I agree on something! Rick Bayless is a great chef. I purchase his Frontera line of products all the time. The Green Enchilada sauce is excellent, as well as the Carnitas marinade. Put a pork shoulder in a crock pot with the Frontera Carnitas sauce and cook it overnight. Absolutely delicious!
Originally Posted By Labuda Rick Bayless is one of the main reasons I want to someday go to Chicago. I've gotten to taste some of his creations courtesy of my local Whole Foods.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <Wow! vbdad and I agree on something! < there is always common ground- just hard to find sometimes
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Hey vbdad... did you have any great Italian meals "on the hill" when you were in the Lou? I would LOVE some great Italian and they just don't have any in my part of Missouri. Would love to hear your recommendations!
Originally Posted By ecdc NBC had a report tonight about Darden Restaurants, owner of Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Longhorn Steakhouse, and others. I complained about Olive Garden's food throughout this thread, but this was a very cool story. Darden saves and donates all of their uneaten, unused food. So say someone orders a dish but changes their mind after it's been prepared, the restaurant bags it, freezes it, and donates it so it can be eaten in shelters. Or a cut of meat that's fine but doesn't meet the restaurant's standards might be saved. It's quite a process, obviously, with health and safety standards, and it would be much cheaper for them just to throw it away, even with the tax break they receive for donating. Serious props to these guys, it was a great story.
