I have only been in the culinary field for a little over a year but I have
experienced many new flavors and tastes which I guess you could say have
made me a little more food taste savvy. I am shocked regularly when I
prepare something fairly extravagant for family or friends only to have the
best comment be "oh, it was good", usually only after I ask. Then they will
flip over a chocolate cake made from a box mix and some canned frosting. I
guess its just what you get used to.


"Monika1945" > wrote in message
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> The chain restaurants have just about driven out the small restauranteer.
Food
> has gone from freshly prepared cuisine to junk that's served "enmasse"
from a
> food service counter hidden from the customer's view. The food served is
close
> to be AWFUL in terms of preparation, taste and freshness. Its gotton so
bad I
> can no longer find a decent place to dine out. Here's just an example to
> illustrate my point. My wife and I went looking for a dine out tonight
and I
> stopped at a Bennigan's Pub and Grill on North May Ave. in Oklahoma City.
The
> atmosphere was nice but the tables were crowded and uncomfortably close.
We
> rejected several seatings because the air conditioning was blowing cold
and the
> corners were drafty. A cute college age waitress named Heather waited on
us.
> We told her of several special requirements and to be sure to write down
our
> comments for the chef. She complied with a smile. My wife ordered baby
back
> ribs (full rack) and I ordered fish and chips, substituting a side salad
for
> the fries. We also ordered an appetizer. The appetizer was properly
prepared
> and enjoyable. Our main entrees were anything but good. My wifes rack of
ribs
> was as cold as if it had been sitting out all day or refrigerated all day
and
> not cooked at all. This type of meal is prepared in advance and of course
came
> off a steamer table or somesuch kitchen table. The cook made no attempt
to
> heat these before delivery hence the barbecue sauce was greasy and cold.
The
> meat was no where near eating temperature. She ordered green beans as a
> vegetable and these were cold, and rubbery. My fish sticks were anything
but
> fish! A ton of tempura batter surrounded fingers of fish. There was so
much
> breading I couldn't taste the fish. The "fingers" tasted like fish
flavored
> Twinkies. I peeled the Tempura batter away from the fish and each of five
> fingers has a hint of fish inside about the diameter of a woman's pinkie
> finger. The rest was tempura. These were the worst fish sticks I ever
ate!
> Far worse than supermarket "Grotons" which are also awful. The last time
I was
> in Ireland the fish and chips was far better fare. In total there was
less
> fish inside all of the fingers than served in one fillet at Long John
Silvers.
> I would have been better off if I'd gone there instead of Bennigans. Both
my
> wife and I were served cole slaw. I don't know who made it but all I can
say
> is it was shredded cabbage and it tasted like dry shredded cabbage. There
was
> very little if any liquid, mayonnaise, vinigar or whatever is used to make
cole
> slaw edible. Now Bennigans wants feedback as evidenced by their website.
> However they have no complaint form and no e-mail address. They expect me
to
> call them during regular business hours to tell them how screwed up they
are.
> Bottom line is Bennigan's and lots of other like restaurants really suck!
> Peanut butter is better!
>
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