Text 18033, 52 rader
Skriven 2007-07-18 13:12:34 av Michael Loo
     Kommentar till en text av Dave Drum
Ärende: beef eater 841
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 DD> One of the venues I use pretty heavily around here dumps a ladle of
 DD> all  sluice over anything containing non-sandwich meat that is not
 DD> breaded.  Pork, liver & onions, chicken breast, beef of various
 DD> descriptions. It's  all from a packet and all from the same pot .... I
 DD> have learned to  specify NO AU JUS!!!! loudly when I order my meal.

Chicken breast I can understand. Something wet out of a packet
might improve it unless it's medium rare. Liver and onions au
jus creates a distressing image, though less distressing than
kidneys and mushrooms au jus.

 DD> If my order is cooked correctly (as I ordered it) the natural juices 
 DD> from the pork chops or steak are sufficient. And I don't have the over
 DD> salted liquid to deal with - I like a lot of salt compared to many.
 DD> But,  the sodium levels in that batch of nastiness could equal or
 DD> exceed the  Dead Sea or the Great Salt Lake.

I don't understand how the stuff evolved.

I went to Houston's 'tother day with my brother (I was going
to go to Bacchus of Lebanon by myself, but he showed up and
wanted a meal, so why not make it our meal of the day). He
got the double-cut pork chop, which was extra salty, having
been brined; I got prime rib on the bone, which was not
extra salty, as the "au jus sauce" was on the side - I had
one taste of it and found it one step up from out of a
packet - it was probably out of a 55-gallon drum. The big
seller at the place is the roast beef sandwich (for $16);
for $9 more, you can get the dinner, the "prime rib on
the bone," which I did. Probably a mistake for the simple
reason that how do they get the beef for the sandwich?
Obviously, in retrospect, by cutting close to the bone.
So it was a big bone with a relatively little cut of beef
attached to it. What there was was fine. I asked for dirty
rice as my side (for $25 you get one side) and got shoestring
fries, at which Jonathan's eyes lit up, so I didn't send the
plate back but merely gave them to him - he got couscous with
his; he ate both. A Dominion ale was a relative bargain at $5,
and drinking it with the beef brought out an intriguing
hazelnutty taste. The cost of the meal was roughly equal to
my plane ticket (one way).

This was Houston's in Bethesda, where the rents are high;
I don't think we'll be going again. The food was pretty
good, but there were far too many corners cut. The one
in Rockville serves better portions at better prices in a
better atmosphere.

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