Dinner thread...What's cooking...

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Kind of funny, there's only 1 Red Lobster in all of New England. There was a point in time where they used to try and open them here, but everyone I saw went out of business in year or two.

What's the chain right near the Maine Mall??? I know they have seafood because I had scallops au gratin there. Tonight will be Hibachi food..

 

[severine]

Enjoy your birthday dinner!!!

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Enjoy your birthday dinner!!!

Thank You..I'm going to try to get pretty loaded tonight..starting with a few happy hour drinks..a few drinks at my parents house..and then more at the restaurant..I know the Japanese restaurant has some potent mixed drinks with an umbrella in the,..

 

[deadheadskier]

What's the chain right near the Maine Mall??? I know they have seafood because I had scallops au gratin there. Tonight will be Hibachi food..

The Weathervane

for whatever reason they seem to be able to survive. I know that there used to be a Red Lobster at the mall, but it went out of business pretty quickly. Actually numerous chain restaurants have closed around the mall lately.

 

[Moe Ghoul]

Happy Bday, GSS. Start drinking at lunch, wadda they gonna do, fire you?

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Happy Bday, GSS. Start drinking at lunch, wadda they gonna do, fire you?

LMBFAO...maybe my Dad will get stoned with me tonight..lol

Right now I'm drinking Diet Coke..

 

[Moe Ghoul]

New skis and laptop.....b-day........coincidence?

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

New skis and laptop.....b-day........coincidence?

No those were gifts to myself...my sister gave me a Run DMC shirt and a Steve Urkel shirt, my grandma gave me $200...and I get my parents present tonight..

 

[o3jeff]

Turkey burger, cheddar brat and a salad

 

[bvibert]

Cheddarwurst, potatoes, and some veggies.

 

[snoseek]

. Actually numerous chain restaurants have closed around the mall lately.

This is awesome for so many reasons. I personally think there's gonna be a big quick-service restaurant shakedown and hopefully a lot less will remain. I think people are starting to wake up to the idea of eating wholesome good food even when they go out. Personally my money is too important to me to spend on food that doesn't nourish.

Fried green beans, fried mac and cheese.....WTF, I'll pass.

 

[drjeff]

Decided to enjoy the nice summer weather this evening by grillin' up some burgers along with some fresh beans and squash from the garden. Then some good 'ol chocolate jello pudding for dessert.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

This is awesome for so many reasons. I personally think there's gonna be a big quick-service restaurant shakedown and hopefully a lot less will remain. I think people are starting to wake up to the idea of eating wholesome good food even when they go out. Personally my money is too important to me to spend on food that doesn't nourish.

Fried green beans, fried mac and cheese.....WTF, I'll pass.

All the chains around me are always packed..

 

[snoseek]

All the chains around me are always packed..

That's the part that baffles me, I guess we are a society of mouthbreathers.

 

[deadheadskier]

That's the part that baffles me, I guess we are a society of mouthbreathers.

I personally don't understand it either. Perhaps it's because I started working in restaurants at 18 and quickly adopted a stance that I would rather support independent family run businesses than chains. Unfortunately, a lot of those independent restaurants don't practice what they preach. The owners preach support of local independent restaurants yet when it comes to their purchases for what they serve, they utilize the same crap products from the big suppliers like Sysco, US Foods etc, just like the chains do instead of supporting independent food suppliers. Not all of them do, but many. If they expect their customers to spend a bit more to dine at their restaurants instead of down the street at Chili's, they should spend a bit more themselves on higher quality products.

ce le vie. America has become one giant homogenized consumer black hole. Not much you can do about it.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Last night I had a high sodium meal at one of the local Japanese steakhouses. Clear soup, salad with ginger dressing...steak and chicken combo..with vegetables, shrimp and fried rice...followed by Chocolate ice cream..I skipped my BDAY cupcake at my parents house. All that salt made me retain water like a pregnant woman..lol..

Tonight: I have leftover smoked Salmon(Lox), onions, capers, tomatos....I'm going to pick up a bagel or two and maybe something else to go on the side.

Time to start dieting..

 

[snoseek]

This is awesome for so many reasons. I personally think there's gonna be a big quick-service restaurant shakedown and hopefully a lot less will remain. I think people are starting to wake up to the idea of eating wholesome good food even when they go out. Personally my money is too important to me to spend on food that doesn't nourish.

Fried green beans, fried mac and cheese.....WTF, I'll pass.

http://health.msn.com/nutrition/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100187534&page=1

Saw this article this morning and thought it was a good read. Outback's aussie cheese fries 2900 calories per order-even shared that's pretty an insane amount of empty calories. To be fair most fine dining establishments are pretty liberal with butter, cream ect.... my pastry chef last summer measured the calories for one of her creme brulee's and it came out to 1200 calories. I think the answer is to eat out only occasionly for a special night or whatever. Restaurants are not in the business of making people healthy, it's really competitive and consumers go with what they perceive as the best tasting food. Many dishes start with a big chunk of butter and finish with a big chunk of butter. Don't even get me started about the salt....

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

http://health.msn.com/nutrition/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100187534&page=1

Saw this article this morning and thought it was a good read. Outback's aussie cheese fries 2900 calories per order-even shared that's pretty an insane amount of empty calories. To be fair most fine dining establishments are pretty liberal with butter, cream ect.... my pastry chef last summer measured the calories for one of her creme brulee's and it came out to 1200 calories. I think the answer is to eat out only occasionly for a special night or whatever. Restaurants are not in the business of making people healthy, it's really competitive and consumers go with what they perceive as the best tasting food. Many dishes start with a big chunk of butter and finish with a big chunk of butter. Don't even get me started about the salt....

My Mom gave me a book which shows nutritional info for basically all the chains...and for each one..a really fattening choice along with a healthy alternative. I know most of the hamburgers at Ruby Tuesdays are over 1,000 calories and that doesn't even count the fries. Luckily I can't stand ranch sauce and mayo..so I steer clear of those options..

 

[deadheadskier]

I personally think there's gonna be a big quick-service restaurant shakedown and hopefully a lot less will remain.

can I borrow your crystal ball? I'd like tomorrow's lotto numbers so I can open my own independent healthy restaurant

http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/29/news/companies/bennigans_bankruptcy.ap/index.htm?cnn=yes

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

The funny thing is that I just saw an ad banner for Chilis on this very page...lol..

Chilis is freaking good though..