Posts Tagged restaurants

What The Flying F People?

Ok, can no one in New Jersey drive?

First off, you are worse at merging than any other place I have ever been, there is a lane for you to get up to speed with the rest of the road for a reason, USE IT! and drive more than 10MPH in it!

Second, What the hell is up with everyone stopping at the end of an on-ramp onto the highway? I can see once in awhile being stuck behind someone who does, but I have witnessed it at least 5 times and i have not even been in the state 24 hours yet!

Third, I just saw 4 accidents in less than 3 miles on Rt 17, and not just fender bender bumps either, 3 of the 4 were real accidents with 3 or more vehicles!

Fourth, Where the hell are the Chinese food restaurants?!?!?

, , ,

No Comments

Here Is How It All Went Down

I apologize if any exact details are left out but you get the idea….

Friday night, my sister and BF went out for dinner to a Thai place they go to all the time.

They are having their dinner and have been making jokes and comments about the “crazy guy” in the kitchen through the course of the night.

So they are talking about their up coming trip to Jamaica and her BF throws out a question to her.

“What if while we were down there we just ran over to Grand Cayman and got married?”

My sister responds “We can’t do that, you know my family, they would kill me if I ever did something like that”

“Ok, but you did not answer the other part of the question about us getting married”

“Well, we can cross that bridge when we come to it”

“What bridge?”

“You know, that bridge, the one really high up over a deep dark precipice that is shaky and make of planks and rope and sways a lot in the wind. That bridge”

“Oh, ok….. What the hell is he doing in there?” *Looks towards kitchen*

She turns around to look at the kitchen and says “What are you talking about?”

She turns back around to face him and sitting on her plate of noodles is a small little wrapped up box….

and well, that is all of the story that I got…

I think it was a pretty smooth way for things to go down!

, ,

No Comments

Small Town Benefits

Food and Drink.

Small towns, although I think this technically qualifies as a city, they have a WalMart and a Target, and more than one Grocery Store.

but still, for example…

I went out to dinner tonight at a place called The Drake – Willie Maze Sports Bar, I had a small 8 oz fillet, Texas toast, and a Caesar salad for dinner. Then on top of that I had 2 tall Citron and Sprites with enough booze in each for 2.5 drinks and then finished it off with a piece of caramel apple pie with a scoop of ice cream(yes, I remember my blog, I have been good so I splurged a little) but the total for all that was only $16. $$16 that is practically unheard of to get all that for that money!!

And it was really really good too! I can do without the pie next time, but I think I will be back to The Drake again while I am here.

I talked to a nice old guy who was next to me at the bar, gave me a heads up on where to check out for lunch and breakfast while I am here….

and yeah… Prop planes suck….. way too much lateral movement on a take off and landing for my tastes….

, ,

No Comments

Joe’s in Natick

ok, went here for dinner last night.

We got seated right away which was nice, but the table we had was very small, and in a corner, not terrible but if the table had been 4 inches wider it would have been much better, trying to fit everything on the table at once was kind of tricky at a couple of points in the meal.

For an appetizer we got the calamari, it was good, however there were way too many red peppers and pepperoncini mixed in with the calamari, but it was still good overall. The fresh baked bread was warm and tasty though, and the whipped butter was firm yet easily spreadable.

Caesar salad was a bit of a disappointment, lettuce was kind of wilty and not many croutons, but not terrible either.

I had the Prime rib, I went with the 12oz cut instead of the tempting 24oz cut, although right now the leftovers of the 24 oz cut sound really good. It was cooked to near perfection and had little to no fat and gristle on it, the baked potato that came with it was awesome though, it was giant and nice and soft all the way through.

I had a granny smith martini which was acceptable, except the slice of apple the gave me was kind of skanky looking. They should have cored the apple and then sliced it thinner than they did before placing it with the drink.

All in all a decent experience, and I will probably go back at some point.

,

No Comments

Hagan’s Grille – Hampton, NH

Went to dinner here on Friday night, spur of the moment kind of thing since I was up there anyway, needed dinner, did not want to get Domino’s like the group of people at the house were planning on and it was just mentioned to my friend Jenn by the hairdresser she had been at just a short time earlier.

So Jenn went on her date, so me and her roomate Kelly went to check it out, it was either that or go to the same restaurant as Jenn and her date and harass them, we decided to save that for another time when we can go as a group of 5 or 6 to harass her and her date.

The prices were a tad higher than expected for somewhere in Hampton, however the atmosphere, and food blew our minds! Very much worth the money!

They start you off with bread and butter like most places, except they definitely bake this bread themselves and the butter was no ordinary butter, it was whipped with red pepper and sage(I think). Very tasty.

Appetizers looked good, but we passed on them, maybe another time.

I had a cup of the mussel and roasted corn chowder – excellent!!

Then for my main course I had the spinach and garlic raviolis in a lobster citron sauce which was absolutely awesome as well.

Kelly had the haddock wrapped in parchment, which was a nice slice of haddock wrapped in parchment paper along with julienne vegetables and steamed. It was very good as well, very tender and sort of unique to eat with the way it was prepared. It came with grilled zucchini and garlic mashed potatoes which were quite good as well.

Portions were good sized, enough to make you feel full without the feeling of busting a gut if you finished your entire plate.

There was a live band playing while we were there, 2 guitarists and a stand up bass, it gave it some nice atmosphere and was much better than any canned music from a speaker system.

Long wine list and a full bar, but we only had water and sodas.

$40 for 2 people, probably $60 if you each have a real drink and an appetizer, but well worth it in the end.

Also, not a place to take children to.

,

No Comments