- Romaine lettuce with some red cabbage, spinach, and cilantro mixed in for flavor.
- Sun dried tomatoes
- Fresh tomatoes
- Green, red, and yellow peppers
- Musrooms (fresh, not canned)
- Cucumbers
- Peas
- Chicken or salmon (if fresh). Those chicken “cubes” are too damn chewy.
- Almonds (if no chicken or salmon)
- Sunflower seeds
- Pepperocini’s
- Bernstein’s or Newman’s Own Italian dressing
Don’t like onions, bacon bits, beets (yuck), eggplant (the most gaggable “food” on the planet), hard boiled eggs, garbanzo beans, kidney beans, iceberg lettuce, or creamy dressings.
A good Chardonnay would help wash it down, but not on workdays. On weekdays, it’s plain old everyday water.
The only time I like soup is when freezing my buns on cold winter days…I run too hot otherwise.
…just the sight of eggplant jump-starts my gag reflex. If someone REALLYwanted to torture me, make me look at …Padma eating a big sloppy helping of eggplant whatever. OK, I’ll talk!!! Just make her stop!!!!
But yeah beets run a close 2nd. Even the color is nasty..that dark red juice (…shudders…).
…all that credibility built up over so many posts and comments…shot to hell by an inedible purple plant. D I S G U S T I N G !!!
That’s what would make it so tortuous with Padma…I couldn’t look at her, and I couldn’t look away! Turned on and revolted at the same time…it’s far more attractive when she eats a burger.
it’s incredibly versatile. Of course, it’s best when it’s fried (many foods are), but I like it in ratatouille, grilled and then drizzled with a bit of high quality olive oil and dusted with some pecorino or Reggiano parmesan.
Beets are wonderful, too -the fresh ones, not the picked, canned things found in salad bars and school cafeterias. Freshly roasted beets – a combination of red, yellow, and striped ones, with some goat cheese – wonderfully simple and delightful.
It can end up costing you about ten bucks, but I love making my own salads at whole foods…the secret to making it weigh less is to put the dressing in a side container.
Pulled chicken, spinach, red leaf lettuce, cherry tomatoes, a lil’ feta cheese, cucumber slices, mini corn, and whatever else my heart desires at the salad bar at the time.
In colder weather, soup is satisfying. Pho Tai at Golden Deli; ramen at Daikokuya or Orochon; General’s noodle soup at Sanamluang; matzoh ball soup at Langer’s or Junior’s; my grandmother’s (RIP) cabbage soup, which I’ve perfected; French Onion soup (try Church & State downtown). I make a darned good French vegetable soup (potage aux legumes), too. Oh, and my mom’s split pea soup (made with the leftover ham bone from Honeybaked).
Salad – I rarely have a salad as a main course, but I like a good Nicoise salad: the one served at the Disney Hall cafe (Patina Group) with seared ahi is nice. I liked the one at the Cafe Select (Paris).
There’s a salad place in California Plaza called Salads 2000 that does a good Chinese chicken salad. I also like the salad at Porta Via Italian deli in Pasadena. You select a variety of greens, veggies, etc., and they put it together. I like getting it with Italian meats & cheese (a hodgepodge of diced salamis and provolone), mixed greens, marinated peppers and whatever else looks good, with just a slight drizzle of their balsamic reduction and a splash of olive oil.
Good service = good tip.
average service = average tip
Lousy service = lousy tip (not no tip).
I’m a big tipper, I will generally tip about 20%, but have gone up to 40%.on occasion.
If there’s a problem in the kitchen, I won’t penalize the server for something beyond his control.
But if the service sucks… I will leave an insultingly small tip, so you don’t think I forgot.
…do you announce up front to the server that you give good tips, or do you “surprise” them (good or bad) at tip time?
I used to always announce up front that I was a generous tipper for better service. The odd thing is that it didn’t always lead to better service. Occasionally, I received an odd look or reaction…like I was really provoking their cynical side.
Anymore, I usually make no pronouncement whatsoever, then tip accordingly.
Their job is to serve me to the best of their ability, no matter what is on the line. I reward those who deliver, and reward highly those who deliver above and beyond.
But then, I do notice more attentive service if I go back and get the same server.
Heresy, I know, but I have work for two Massachusetts based corporations and have spent a considerable amount of time in New England. The worst lobster I have ever eaten has been when I have been in the Boston area. I have never been served a lobster that was not overcooked.
And, yes, I have eaten at Legal Seafood. And, yes, I have eaten at Anthony’s. And, yes, I have eaten at places that were NOT tourist traps…
I’ll put Fisherman’s Grotto on my list next time I’m visiting Monterey, but I have to say the chowder at Louie Linguini’s on Cannery Row is tops for me.
Soup
Why: Lettuce is bland
Favorite soup: Gumbo
Where: Louisiana
robbiesqp - June 2, 2009
I love salads...
- Romaine lettuce with some red cabbage, spinach, and cilantro mixed in for flavor.
- Sun dried tomatoes
- Fresh tomatoes
- Green, red, and yellow peppers
- Musrooms (fresh, not canned)
- Cucumbers
- Peas
- Chicken or salmon (if fresh). Those chicken “cubes” are too damn chewy.
- Almonds (if no chicken or salmon)
- Sunflower seeds
- Pepperocini’s
- Bernstein’s or Newman’s Own Italian dressing
Don’t like onions, bacon bits, beets (yuck), eggplant (the most gaggable “food” on the planet), hard boiled eggs, garbanzo beans, kidney beans, iceberg lettuce, or creamy dressings.
A good Chardonnay would help wash it down, but not on workdays. On weekdays, it’s plain old everyday water.
The only time I like soup is when freezing my buns on cold winter days…I run too hot otherwise.
sothball - June 2, 2009
Oh yeah...location.
Soup Exchange or Souplantation are fine. Sometime, I make my own and bring it in to work.
sothball - June 2, 2009
Soup Exchange is still in business?
Only one I knew of was on PCH in Torrance about 15 years ago. I think it’s a Chinese restaurant now.
scareduck - June 2, 2009
Beets are the grossest food in existence
I would rather eat worms out of a stick like that slobbering idiot on TV
Higz - June 2, 2009
No way, eggplant is worse.
It has to be the closest thing to eating a rubber tire.
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - June 2, 2009
I almost agree...
…just the sight of eggplant jump-starts my gag reflex. If someone REALLYwanted to torture me, make me look at …Padma eating a big sloppy helping of eggplant whatever. OK, I’ll talk!!! Just make her stop!!!!
But yeah beets run a close 2nd. Even the color is nasty..that dark red juice (…shudders…).
sothball - June 2, 2009
I love eggplant
And I would look at Padma no matter what she’s eating!
Higz - June 2, 2009
Oh Higzy...
…all that credibility built up over so many posts and comments…shot to hell by an inedible purple plant. D I S G U S T I N G !!!
That’s what would make it so tortuous with Padma…I couldn’t look at her, and I couldn’t look away! Turned on and revolted at the same time…it’s far more attractive when she eats a burger.
sothball - June 2, 2009
hehehe
I love that commercial
Higz - June 2, 2009
Oh yeah...
…I also liked the babe riding the mechanical bull to Foghat’s “Slow Ride”…mighty stimulating.
sothball - June 2, 2009
egglpant is good
it’s incredibly versatile. Of course, it’s best when it’s fried (many foods are), but I like it in ratatouille, grilled and then drizzled with a bit of high quality olive oil and dusted with some pecorino or Reggiano parmesan.
Beets are wonderful, too -the fresh ones, not the picked, canned things found in salad bars and school cafeterias. Freshly roasted beets – a combination of red, yellow, and striped ones, with some goat cheese – wonderfully simple and delightful.
And Padma….rowr!
jjackflash - June 2, 2009
Lima beans
scareduck - June 2, 2009
Get both at Sweet Tomatoes
Love that place…
gorams77 - June 2, 2009
The Waldorf salad at Dorsia
Followed by squid ravioli in a lemon grass broth with goat cheese profiteroles
Higz - June 2, 2009
Oh yeah...
TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT DORSIA NOW YOU FUCKING STUPID BASTARD!
Wytelitning - June 2, 2009
NICE
But you’ll have to excuse me, I have a lunch meeting with Cliff Huxtable in 30 minutes.
Higz - June 2, 2009
Chili's Chicken Enchilada Soup
red floyd - June 2, 2009
that soup is amazing!!
howiestheman - June 2, 2009
It sounds funny
But even though it’s a huge cheesy chain restaurant, Chili’s has seriously good food
Higz - June 2, 2009
they do
Missus HTM loves the chips and salsa there… have no idea why. their salsa is basically tomato sauce with some seasoning. no spice.
howiestheman - June 2, 2009
Salad and cheese bread
from North Woods Inn
Monkeyspanked - June 2, 2009
that's some good stuff, too
howiestheman - June 2, 2009
Whole Foods Salad Bar
It can end up costing you about ten bucks, but I love making my own salads at whole foods…the secret to making it weigh less is to put the dressing in a side container.
Pulled chicken, spinach, red leaf lettuce, cherry tomatoes, a lil’ feta cheese, cucumber slices, mini corn, and whatever else my heart desires at the salad bar at the time.
jtkelly86 - June 2, 2009
Soup: creamy tomato basil from Fresh & Easy.
Salad: caesar w/ caesar dressing from Paul’s.
Zoe Necrosis - June 2, 2009
Every soup I have tried there is really good.
44FAN - June 2, 2009
Depends on the Weather
In colder weather, soup is satisfying. Pho Tai at Golden Deli; ramen at Daikokuya or Orochon; General’s noodle soup at Sanamluang; matzoh ball soup at Langer’s or Junior’s; my grandmother’s (RIP) cabbage soup, which I’ve perfected; French Onion soup (try Church & State downtown). I make a darned good French vegetable soup (potage aux legumes), too. Oh, and my mom’s split pea soup (made with the leftover ham bone from Honeybaked).
Salad – I rarely have a salad as a main course, but I like a good Nicoise salad: the one served at the Disney Hall cafe (Patina Group) with seared ahi is nice. I liked the one at the Cafe Select (Paris).
There’s a salad place in California Plaza called Salads 2000 that does a good Chinese chicken salad. I also like the salad at Porta Via Italian deli in Pasadena. You select a variety of greens, veggies, etc., and they put it together. I like getting it with Italian meats & cheese (a hodgepodge of diced salamis and provolone), mixed greens, marinated peppers and whatever else looks good, with just a slight drizzle of their balsamic reduction and a splash of olive oil.
jjackflash - June 2, 2009
Wow
This reads like a Zagat’s guide. What, no mention of Sizzler?
Higz - June 2, 2009
I'm with you on those picks
Nothing like a bowl of good pho on a cold day. And a good Nicoise salad on a hot day.
Brew Angel - June 2, 2009
i really like Caesar salads
and they’re even better with chicken. doesn’t really matter from where…. actually, the Caesar at the ESPN Zone in Anaheim is really freaking good.
i really love clam chowder too. (the only good thing to come from the east coast.) The Crab Cooker in Newport makes a good clam chowder
howiestheman - June 2, 2009
Well i like soup because thats when you usaully get Bread-sticks.
WillGoAngels27 - June 2, 2009
Kind of like Ernie Banks and playing two...I say, "why not both?"
soup and salad (and breadsticks) at Olive Garden! YES!
K3YEROUT - June 2, 2009
Agrrrrrrrrrreed!
WillGoAngels27 - June 2, 2009
i work at a local OG
and i want you to know how much we all hate bringing you that crap.
so you better enjoy it. ;)
howiestheman - June 2, 2009
I do enjoy it. And I tip very, very well.
(I worked 10 years in the biz. All jobs. I understand the gig.)
So you better enjoy bringing that crap to me!
: )
Stirrups - June 2, 2009
in that case
i like you. :)
it’s the people that get 18 refills of soup, 12 salads, then tip $2 that we really hate.
howiestheman - June 2, 2009
For me, it all depends on the service
Good service = good tip.
average service = average tip
Lousy service = lousy tip (not no tip).
I’m a big tipper, I will generally tip about 20%, but have gone up to 40%.on occasion.
If there’s a problem in the kitchen, I won’t penalize the server for something beyond his control.
But if the service sucks… I will leave an insultingly small tip, so you don’t think I forgot.
red floyd - June 2, 2009
Great service = 25%
Good service = 20%
Fair or average service = 15%
Bad service = 10%
So you got a decent shot at getting 25% out of me, as long as you care and pay attention!
Stirrups - June 2, 2009
Here's the question...
…do you announce up front to the server that you give good tips, or do you “surprise” them (good or bad) at tip time?
I used to always announce up front that I was a generous tipper for better service. The odd thing is that it didn’t always lead to better service. Occasionally, I received an odd look or reaction…like I was really provoking their cynical side.
Anymore, I usually make no pronouncement whatsoever, then tip accordingly.
sothball - June 2, 2009
I make no upfront announcement.
Their job is to serve me to the best of their ability, no matter what is on the line. I reward those who deliver, and reward highly those who deliver above and beyond.
But then, I do notice more attentive service if I go back and get the same server.
Stirrups - June 2, 2009
i dont think i've ever had someone tell me upfront about their tipping habits
but i do my job the best i can in hopes that they’re like Stirrups… great service = great tip. unfortunately, that’s not always the case.
some people are just classless.
howiestheman - June 2, 2009
I would love to see the expression on your face...
…if you had a large party of Dodger fans that did the above. Look out for flying salad plates!
sothball - June 2, 2009
i've had it
and i was effing pissed… not just because of the bad tip, but because it was paired with pencil mustaches, crappy blue jerseys and stupid hats.
howiestheman - June 2, 2009
FTW
red floyd - June 2, 2009
Tropical turkey salad from the Vons grocery deli.
It has pineapple, cranberry and raisins in it. Soup would be Andersen’s split pea.
44FAN - June 2, 2009
When I was still in the air force at Travis AFB our chow hall had the greatest salad bar ever.......
Romaine lettuce
cheddar cheese
black olives
croutons
bacon bits
green bell peppers
shredded carrots
blue cheese dressing…..
FTW
all for 85 cents…….yum.
norcaliangelsfan - June 2, 2009
Compressed salad at Catal's, Downtown Disney
Arugula lettuce
carmelized walnuts
dates
Manchega cheese
shredded green apple
tossed in a pomegranate vinaigrette and served compressed on the plate.
Brilliant. Frickin’ brilliant. And I eat at least one salad as a meal every damned day, so I know my salads.
(When in need of soup, I seek out the tortilla soup at Coco’s, or any corn chowder.)
Stirrups - June 2, 2009
Soup... Clam Chowder
Here’s the best of the best (and BTW, none of them are in Boston)…
Duke’s Chowder House (Seattle)
Pike Place Chowder (Seattle)
Fisherman’s Grotto (Monterey)
Opah (Irvine)
Honorable MentionChef Bill’s Chicken Corn Chowder (Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel, Anaheim)
3rd Echelon - June 2, 2009
Concur re: clam chowder in Boston
Heresy, I know, but I have work for two Massachusetts based corporations and have spent a considerable amount of time in New England. The worst lobster I have ever eaten has been when I have been in the Boston area. I have never been served a lobster that was not overcooked.
And, yes, I have eaten at Legal Seafood. And, yes, I have eaten at Anthony’s. And, yes, I have eaten at places that were NOT tourist traps…
Stirrups - June 2, 2009
Yeah, I ordered some chowder from Legal a while back
Having no real desire to go to Boston, I ordered it via mail. It cost an arm and a leg and I almost bought into the hype. It really wasn’t all that.
3rd Echelon - June 2, 2009
Kings Seafood has some pretty good Clam Chowder
red floyd - June 2, 2009
agreed
It’s pretty great
vlad IS my man - June 2, 2009
If you're talking about King's on Katella (near the Honda Center)...
then yeah. Pretty tasty. Bowl of chowder and a cold Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. (Burp!)
3rd Echelon - June 2, 2009
It's a chain.
I go to the one in Calabasas
red floyd - June 2, 2009
I’ll put Fisherman’s Grotto on my list next time I’m visiting Monterey, but I have to say the chowder at Louie Linguini’s on Cannery Row is tops for me.
Zoe Necrosis - June 2, 2009
I prefer Manhattan-style chowder
Much better for the cholesterol levels.
Brew Angel - June 2, 2009
My dad and I had that argument for years
HaloDutch - June 2, 2009
Dude, what's wrong with you?
3rd Echelon - June 2, 2009
New England Clam Chowder, in the sourdough bread bowl, from Northwoods Inn
HaloDutch - June 2, 2009
you know...
the Clam Chowder in a bread bowl from Disneyland is actually really good, too
howiestheman - June 2, 2009
I keep wanting to try that clam thing in abreadbowl AT RUBYS
at Angel Stadium … any reviews?
Rev Halofan - June 3, 2009
mmmmmmmpphh...
it’s not as good as King’s..
vlad IS my man - June 3, 2009
But it's probably a hell of a lot cheaper
even if it’s at the ballpark
red floyd - June 3, 2009
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