The death of OJ Simpson
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That 1990s moment when the entire world came together to watch a slow speed
car chase on a beautiful summer day.. when America came together to
collectivel...
6 days ago
Friday, September 25, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
As a server, and also an observant customer, I see people moving their plates. The server puts them down, and the customer moves them because they don't like where the server places them. Why don't you just take the plates from the server instead of letting the server put them on your table? There are tons of etiquette for servers, but what about customers? Why are they permitted to rudely move their plates?
Thursday, September 17, 2009
SHE GOT A $29,000 TIP.. NOW NOTRE DAME SUES TO GETS ITS TIP BACK..
The University of Notre Dame has a new tip for a catering employee they mistakenly gave a $29,000 gratuity check: Give it back.
A lawsuit filed by the Indiana university claims Sara Gaspar used the accidental check to pay bills and buy a new car, MyFOX Chicago reported.
Notre Dame claims the check, which was supposed to be for $29.87, not $29,387, was issued on April 17 and alleges caterer Gaspar never notified university officials about the blunder.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Yes, I said "fat duck"..But say it fast ten times and you're not saying fat duck anymore..Back in March of this year, Soup on my Fly reported on some rumblings in the tumblings in Britain at an expensive restaurant called the Fat Duck -- it was prestigious and pricey. And Soup on my Fly's ending observation concluded that the food from the Fat Duck gave the most expensive and explosive diarrhea on earth..
The New York TIMES is now reporting how it all happened at the Duck: Bad shellfish and bad hygiene.
Lots of bang for the buck at the Duck..
Porcelain thrones lined with gold .. ridding the body of that Foi Gras and shrimp salad..
The HPA report from Britain concluded, " These included a delayed response to the incident, staff working when they should have been off sick, and the wrong environmental cleaning products being used"
The report also mentioned oyster problems and clams.
But it doesn't end there for the vomit lined with gold.
Fat Duck's oyster supplier, Colchester Oyster Fishery, said, "The HPA inspectors have found traces of norovirus in our oysters, and in other produce at the restaurant which we did not supply. It happened in January and February when winter vomiting disease is quite common" Graham Larkin from the oyster company also said his company was a victim too, because of water contamination at a sewage treatment plant in Colchester. Incidentally, Larkin from the oyster company is allergic to oysters...
Whether the rich and famous stop eating at the Fat Duck remains to be seen, but just weeks ago, the Fat Duck for a perfect 10 out of 10 rating from the Good Food Guide 2010 .. Maybe just about the oysters for a bit?
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
..It's interesting. A part of my memory of that brutally cruel day eight years ago actually involves a restaurant. I worked the evening of Tuesday September 11 2001. It was a Rotary party at 5:30 at a now defunct restaurant called Henry's Family Dining. I remember some vague things .. I don't recall if they ate or not, but I do recall a dismissal early of their meeting due to the tragic events of the day ..
Time goes by so fast..
Time goes by so fast..
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Saturday, September 5, 2009
It's not enough that the wedding was late because the limo got pulled over by cops on the way to the reception -- although it was a 'practical joke' .. (One that the limo driver, however, was not in on....)
It was still not enough that the groomsman during dinner chose to dry-hump the running water fountain in front of the both families ..
It still, after all that, wasn't enough that someone in the bridal party decided it was funny to get a fire extinguisher and spray it all over the hallways and bathroom area of the reception hall..
With all these tacky wedding moments, the most tacky was still to come.. The moment when the DJ, at the request of the bridal party, dedicated a song to the bride: A unedited version of the song "Crazy Bitch" by Buckcherry.
The song played during the prime time of post-dessert dancing.. The reception lit up with excitement .. Dry humping ensued.. and pole dancing.. And respectable people suddenly became sexually perverse caricatures of themselves...
As grandma looked on..
Break me down, you got a lovely face
We're going to your place
And now you got to freak me out
Scream so loud, getting f--- laid
You want me to stay, but I got to make
There was little shock, besides the wait staff and kitchen staff that overheard the outside antics. They had to listen a few times before the conclusion was made: That is the unedited version!
But you f--- so good, I'm on top of it
When I dream, I'm doing you all night
Scratches all down my back to keep me right on
The white haired senior members of both families looked a little stunned. Their faces twitched and moved.. Their eyebrows raised..
You're so fine, it won't be a loss
Cashing in the rocks, just to get you face to face
Baby girl
You want it all
To be a star
You'll have to go down
Take it off
No need to talk
You're crazy
But I like the way you f-- me
Yes, indeed.. the most tacky moment of all...
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Have you ever been told by people you worked with or friends that there's a "great place" that gives you a lot of food? Ever been led down that path? Have you ever been informed of "really good steaks" at the local "hole in the wall"?
I work pretty far from where I live, and where I live ..? Eh some good places but not as many as you'd hope for. But the place I work has a lot of places -- minus the adjective "good" before "places" ..
One such place, which will remain nameless, was attended the other evening for my birthday dinner with my wife Tara and a friend.. I was told, of course, of reasonable prices and really great steak--and a bang for the buck.
Besides the dead flies on the table my wife noted existing when we got there, it was dark and bar-like. I had hope still, though.. even though I swept dust and debris from the table in front of me.
The waitress was overly giddy--almost to a point where it appeared she was on a hallucinogen. No joke, it even appeared that she floated with a tray in her hand.
I ordered my NY Strip steak medium well.. My wife got a steak with mushroom and onions, and my friend got baked fish..
The salads were first. It appeared as though each of us had a head of lettuce along with 15 sliced carrots on top. By the time we got the meals the only thing from the salads eaten were the carrots. We never even got to the lettuce.
My friend's fish was a sizable portion, it looked OK. My steak was gigantic to the point where it was disgusting. It had the slight appearance of a horse's appendage. And finally, my wife's Delmonico, as noted by her, had so many mushrooms and onions on it that it looked like a severed head with a wig on top!
We tried plowing through the steaks..we attempted to get halfway done. The food was so-so.. but the over sized portions got to the point where each of us got sick.. It was so much that it was pointless to even keep eating. It stop being quaint. The cocaine-waitress stopped by cute. The flies stopped being funny. It all became way too much and too disgusting..
While I'll admit I'm cheap and can appreciate a bang for the buck, there's something to be said about correct portion sizes.
Incidentally, Tuesday night (the night I went) was all you can eat crab legs night. The table next to me was being served their crab legs in gigantic red buckets along with hot mugs of melted butter.
Way too much for the buck. If there is a such thing. This *nameless* restaurant had just that.
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