Text 35183, 114 rader
Skriven 2016-01-15 19:50:52 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 35120 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: spendy food 813
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Hi Michael,

 ML> > Those are the only two horror stories of the latest trip.

 ML> That's good. The fewer the better.

Agreed; I wouldn't want to be the truck driver in either case tho,
explaining how things happened to headquarters.


 ML> > Probably no surprise, especailly if you're on the road a lot.
 ML> Truckers > probably see a lot more incidents than most drivers, if
 ML> only from the > sheer distance they cover. We covered a lot of ground
 ML> so I'm surprised > we had as few incidents as we did.

 ML> Well, the amount of driving a professional trucker
 ML> does would put regular folks in the dust. Same with

A trip like the one we just had is probably a regular occurance for
some.

 ML> flight attendants, despite their working only half
 ML> the days in the month - they still are on airplanes
 ML> a bunch more than all but the most fanatical frequent
 ML> flyers.

And they cover a lot more miles than truckers do. Truckers, as a rule,
have access to better food than the snacky type things available on most
airplanes tho.


 ML> > We've yet to try the place that replaced The Fire Pit (bbq place in
 ML> > town) this past summer. New place concentrates on grilled sadwiches,
 ML> > mostly with soup--not really a place that intrigues us enough to
 ML> make an > effort to try it out.

 ML> I'd go out of my way to avoid such a place. Not that
 ML> I want any restaurant to fail, but, well, maybe I'll
 ML> make an exception and hope that BBQ place gets a worthy
 ML> successor.

Time will tell. The bbq place seemed to be doing quite well. It was
sometimes hard to get a table in there--they didn't have many tables and
those they had were kept full.


 ML>  Other places we try, then try to get back to as
 ML> > often as we can.. BTW, saw that our favorite place for prime rib is
 ML> now > up to $14.95 now; they started at $9.95, then inched up to
 ML> !12.95 and > have jumped two more dollars. It's a really good meal,
 ML> just pricing
 ML> > themselves out of our range.

 ML> The same price evolution at both of my prime rib go-tos.
 ML> 'tis too bad. No wonder my bank account is hard to see
 ML> without a magnifying glass these days.

We don't go out for prime rib as often as we did when it was cheaper.
Then too, when it was $9.95, they sold out fast. When they raised the
price, they also started cooking more. It was hard to get in to the
place (very limited parking and seating) but the food was worth it.

 ML> >  ML> Best with the shellfish done to order, the sauce
 ML> >  ML> perhaps already done.
 ML> > Worth the bit of a wait for really fresh shellfish.

 ML> Really fresh shellfish is worth a lot, but it's getting
 ML> a bit too costly for me itself. I hope I'll find something
 ML> here that's reasonable in price but won't give me Sultan
 ML> Ismail's revenge.

Don't want that.

 ML> >  ML> in NOLA and more elsewhere. An eyeball indicates probably Luke
 ML> >  ML> or August, possibly Domenica - all outside my price range
 ML> >  ML> except for very special occasions. I guess he's smiling as
 ML> >  ML> he counts the take.
 ML> > It was August; I was almost but not quite sure of the name. Unless
 ML> he > lowers prices or we inherit the lottery winnings, we won't be
 ML> able to > eat there.

 ML> I doubt he'll lower the prices. Maybe your situation will
 ML> allow you to make the mark. On the other hand, will you
 ML> want to even so.

I don't know if we'll ever get back to the area. If so, there are lots
of other interesting places to try for a meal so we don't neccessarily
have to go to Besh's. Appetisers there were pricier than what we paid
for meals at both Mother's and Mulatte's.


 ML> >  ML> I enjoy them. In NOLA, the good ones have been sussed out,
 ML> >  ML> which makes them marginally less appealing, but they can
 ML> >  ML> still be good.
 ML> > We didn't have the time or spare change to hunt the really good
 ML> places > down when we were there. Maybe have to do a return trip when
 ML> we've more > time and money.

 ML> A judicious winnowing of the Internet crapola might yield
 ML> some useful guidelines. Or you could just ask me.

To be considered, when, and if we ever do return. At this point, it
doesn't look too promising.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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