Newber-Friendly

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Years ago I went to a restaurant on South Street called Jacks or Knave or something, it was decorated with Jacks (playing card images).

anyway soup came with the entree, and the waiter started telling us our soup options. it turns out they had like 30 kinds of soup. so after about 15 I started thinking how there is no way they are all fresh. then I started thinking about which would least likely be botulism laden. I eliminated the cold soups right off.

But because I was thinking about this I stopped actively listening and when he had finished reading them all I had to ask him for a do-over. He was none to happy.

Is this a Philly thing?

You seem to have no end of stories detailing your problems with waiters.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
My grandmother died recently, so I can't send you a piece of her chocolate cake with the warm, gooey caramel layer that would force you to change your opinion.

TM

I would like to note that sometimes chocolate cake is the superior choice for breakfast.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Apropos of Nothing, Sarah McLachlan has a holiday album that just came out called "Wintersong." Buy it with the LawTalkers' Amazon link.

No, no I will not. And you should be ashamed of yourself.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
They have a conveyor belt sushi place in NY.

On a first date when I lived in LA, I went to one of those floating-river-of-sushi places. After dinner we went back to my place, where we took turns puking in my one bathroom. He finally called his mom, an RN, who told us we had food poisoning and that we should go to the ER.

We wound up side by side with IVs in. It would have made a great story to tell our grandchildren. Unfortunately, I discovered things about him on the second and third date that doomed that possibility.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I would like to note that sometimes chocolate cake is the superior choice for breakfast.

For breakfast this morning I had two large pieces of pumpkin pie with Cool Whip.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
dark chocolate is proven to be better for you. Anti oxidants etc.

Yeh, and booze cures heart disease. You're almost as badly in the pocket of Big Chocolate as TM is in the hands of Big Flour.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I order a salmon skin salad starter, then 6 pieces salmon, 5 mackerel (not Spanish mackerel - yech), 2 white tuna and 2 fatty tuna. I drink one double vodka and one Sapporo 24 ounce beer with it.

Perfect.

I have no idea what it costs because my wife is with me and she orders a bunch of odd things (shumai and such) the price of which I don't know.

Toro's a bit expensive, but worth every penny. Also, if you can get that fatty salmon they sometimes stock, that is some tasty shit.

I'd like to eat sushi with you.

And, I owe you a "thanks" -- because of you, I had a cheesesteak for lunch yesterday. With killer fries (I almost ordered a salad, but was saved by a sudden rush of sanity).

Of course, it was a San Francisco cheesesteak -- jack cheese, grass-fed beef, and organic peppers picked by Native Americans under a Fair Trade arrangement, all on a 75-grain roll. But still.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
On a first date when I lived in LA, I went to one of those floating-river-of-sushi places. After dinner we went back to my place, where we took turns puking in my one bathroom. He finally called his mom, an RN, who told us we had food poisoning and that we should go to the ER.

We wound up side by side with IVs in. It would have made a great story to tell our grandchildren. Unfortunately, I discovered things about him on the second and third date that doomed that possibility.

Second date: Tiny little penis.

Third date: ????

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
I'd like to eat sushi with you.

And, I owe you a "thanks" -- because of you, I had a cheesesteak for lunch yesterday. With killer fries (I almost ordered a salad, but was saved by a sudden rush of sanity).

Of course, it was a San Francisco cheesesteak -- jack cheese, grass-fed beef, and organic peppers picked by Native Americans under a Fair Trade arrangement, all on a 75-grain roll. But still.

How the heck did you find an organic, ethical feel good cheesesteak?

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I would like to note that sometimes chocolate cake is the superior choice for breakfast.

The Chocolate Bar has become quite the date place in Houston. They have something like a dozen different varieties of chocolate cake and another dozen varieties of chocolate ice cream (half a pint of truffle chocolate is in my freezer right now). One of their cakes is seven layers of moist cake and chocolate icing and takes at least two people to eat a slice. (Reviews of people gushing about the cake.)

I avoid that place like the plague. I keep apologizing about it to the owner, who works out with me on Mondays. He says he gets that a lot, but no one can stay away for too long. True, enough. That's how the truffle ice cream ended up at my house.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Second date: Tiny little penis.

Third date: ????

Uncoordinated tongue?

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Uncoordinated tongue?

Probably right. If it was braces she'd have figured that out sooner.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Uncoordinated tongue?

Un-fun drunk.

Honestly.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
The Chocolate Bar has become quite the date place in Houston. They have something like a dozen different varieties of chocolate cake and another dozen varieties of chocolate ice cream (half a pint of truffle chocolate is in my freezer right now). One of their cakes is seven layers of moist cake and chocolate icing and takes at least two people to eat a slice. (Reviews of people gushing about the cake.)

I avoid that place like the plague. I keep apologizing about it to the owner, who works out with me on Mondays. He says he gets that a lot, but no one can stay away for too long. True, enough. That's how the truffle ice cream ended up at my house.

My plane doesn't land in Boston next Friday until about 10:30. I am thinking that may be too late for dinner, so I might just head here.

http://www.finaledesserts.com/index.html

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Un-fun drunk.

Honestly.

If you say "Honestly" to suggest that we might have a hard time believing there is such a thing as an "Un-fun drunk," please remember that Hank often posts here while intoxicated.