Oh I love to eat all kind of fried goodness, especially wings and Chinese food. My girlfriend knows all about that last part
Ever had a fried twinkie? Fried Mars Bar? When I was in college we had a fryer and we used to get drunk and fry anything and everything. I am trying to think of the more crazier (and good) things we tried.
Fried Snickers, amazing. My friend has a fryer and does just that, unfortunately it looks like the same grease he's had for years so I wont go anywhere near it. Well that and Ive been trying to get fit again
I saw a fried Oreo once when I was in Nashville. And I agree, get me some freaking pasta and I'm set.
Pasta is always great and can be made so many ways it never gets old, as long as I have some kickass bread too. My new obsession is steamed dumplings. Cant get enough. Im a decent enough cook, but my brother in law(who I learned90% of it from) makes amazing homemade steamed dumplings and eggrolls from scratch.
I took her to a nice dinner last night. Her Mom always makes her whatever she wants for her birthday. My wife hates red meat but she likes chicken fried steak. Though I learned today that my mother-in-law's version is not fried. It's breaded steak that is baked. I didn't take as much joy out of it.
Anyone here enjoy Menudo? No Eddie not the music group (you boy band enthusiast), I'm talkin' the soup. Better question, is anyone here Mexican? Am I the only brown around here? I don't look the part but if having Menudo every Sunday morning with a Tecate is any evidence...well then color me Campos. I'm convinced that we're related.
Menudo is the most disgusting "thing" ever. It can not even be classified as food. Danny, you are NOT brown. Sorry to break it to you.
I have to be honest - I'd never want someone to cook for me on my birthday. I know its nice and all, but I'd much rather sit at a nice restaurant, enjoy a nice bottle of wine, be served by waiters and not worry about anything. Plus, I'm sad to say, I've never met anyone who cooks as well as the cooks in Bouley's kitchen.
I love eating out too but I will always take a home cooked meal over a restaurant meal. I've eaten at a lot of places (and many fine ones) and I always prefer my wife's spaghetti and meatballs with a bottle of cabernet over going out. I just like the please of sitting at home with family at home. I get too distracted at restaurants because so many people are doing things to annoy me. Being as I waitered for the better part of 10 years, I know the kinds of things that happen in EVERY kitchen except my one at home.
I'll take a restaurant (If it's a good one) over having someone fuss over me. My birthday is coming up soon and at best I just want to go to this pizza place at U of M's campus. That's it really. As for waiting tables, don't have the patience for it.
I saw on TV this burger place in Ann Arbor. It looked amazing and I've been bugging Catherine to take a weekend trip to Detroit/Michigan to go there.
People annoy you at restaurants? Really? If I'm going out for my birthday, the idea is that the restaurant is going to have good enough service that I won't be bothered. That instead it will be seamless and I'll enjoy the meal. In my mind its not even close.
Ann Arbor is very nice, and I say that as someone who has, shall we say, less than neutral feelings about The School Up North. Also has the most shrinks per capita of any city in the US. (Years of Lllllloyd Carr will do that to you, apparently.) Still, our tastes in birthday food slightly differ. I didn't do anything for my birthday last year (was wiped out from a horrific week of work), but the year before went to Gordon Ramsey, which, for Eddie's sake I can assure everyone, had phenomenal service.
I'm with Eddie here in the sense that a well-cooked home meal takes the cake...............but, I also agree with Nice that if you go to a nice-enough restaurant, you won't be bothered unless you want to be bothered. Also, it depends on how many people are attending your birthday.
Ohio State fan I take it? I grew up a lone UM fan in a sea of Michigan State fans. As for birthdays, simply went to this local restaurant that I've always loved last year. The bread there is amazing.
It's not usually the waiters, it's the patrons. People become douches when they enter restaurants. It's a fact. I see people do things like send back a steak after they've eaten the whole thing and then want their money back and cause a big scene, people hassling over making sure they leave exactly 12% or 15% (you should always tip atleast 20% unless the wait staff sucked balls). Just things like that in general send me bonkers. Plus I am anal when I go out. Everyone has to know what they want soon as the waiter comes, you can't customize your order when you're out with me, etc. And God forbid if someone spills their drink. I am weird, I know.
I have almost never seen any of the problems you describe at the type of place I'd go for my birthday. So I think that's where the divergence is
You've never waitered so you don't know what to look for! Honestly waitering is the single worst (and best) job a human can possess. It makes you crazy.
Well, what kind of places were you a waiter at? It does really make a difference. I cannot imagine seeing anyone sending back a steak at Dylan Prime after eating it.