78 going up to 90 today, then surprisingly it cools off a bit, nice to have it get below 70 at night, give the a/c a break.
Headed off early to next town over to see surgeon who operated on my thyroid, still quite a lump there, was told by another friend it will be as much
as six months before I get my voice back.
ok, quick report on last night's steak. Very tender, salty, rubbed with something, and came in well done when I ordered medium. My friend's came in medium well when she ordered medium rare. We almost sent them back but didn't. Best part of meal honestly was salad bar, and it was good, but not great; I just wanted a big salad.
They made a big deal in the beginning about how the chef would come out and talk to us. Well....after I pleasantly showed the waiter the overcooked meat, and he offered to do absolutely nothing, just sort of agreed with me it was cooked too much, sure never saw the chef after that....
Let's see, house wine, fine, steak good if salty, side dishes few and uninteresting (they really don't cook anything here, they just broil and reheat), salad bar fine, three choices of frozen desserts, all standard and served in every chain restaurant like this, everything here is frozen, portion controlled and possibly even pre-seasoned.
So no surprises, enjoyed the meal but won't go back. The country club I used to belong to here had the same steaks, same salty rubbed flavor, and all they knew how to do was reheat also.
Food services much be doing quite well providing all those portion controlled frozen steaks.
If the restaurant would do something, anything, to add value to a frozen hockey puck, something to add a unique flavor, I'm fine with frozen.
But if all you know how to do is reheat, then one is barely a cook and for sure not a chef.
And if you are a steak house and you cook the steaks way too much, first thing you do is offer to cook another. That option was apparently not on the menu.
What was on the menu was nice staff, every one thanked me for coming including the dishwasher outside coming back from a smoke.
They sure got that part right. New restaurant, they have to get the kinks out.
Have roadside mowing to do today, thankfully in a/c, and if the weather cooperates, I need to spray for caterpillars after the sun goes down.
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