Posted on 05/07/2020 10:00:57 PM PDT by fluorescence
“I’m done with all restaurants until they change the mask and glove routine....”
With the keto diet and the coronavirus shutdown...I’ve become a pretty good cook. Quick, simple, usually pretty good meals. The Weber grill is taking a beating (hardly used previously). The wife appreciates my efforts...and does the cleanup. The dogs love the leftovers. Plus, we’re saving money like crazy.
Win-win-win.
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I don’t care to cook as a single man but, damned if I’ll have my food handled in a petri dish so, back to eating like I did in my 20’s.
Already lost 4#
keto.....just don’t think I can go that far.....
luckily no one is forcing you eat at a buffet....but that is OUR choice...and I like buffets....of course one is careful....
General Tso Tsung-t’ang (1812-1885) was a distinguished soldier & provincial ruler, but the dish named in his honor is a recent creation, as you point out.
Said to have been invented by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s personal chef after he came to these shores. Unknown in Gen. Tso’s Hunan province home to this day.
It’s next on my list of “hey, I can do this at home” Chinese dishes.
We’d been there a few times, but not since going low carb. I remember their muffins were good.
My issue with the places that you mentioned, and likewise, Boston Market is that they are carbs carbs carbs. Huge starch joints.
Why bother with restaurants if we’re going to be treated like Lepers? I mean, if it is that ‘dangerous’ then why go? The useless contaminated mask routines, the 10 patrons per restaurant, the standing 6 magical feet away and handing you your credit card slip using an extended grab tool, all that, is just simply stupid and not the experience I want to pay for.
I lived in San Diego in the mid-late `80s. LOVED Souplantation. Ate there frequently!
After that anything the Babylon Bee publishes today will be a distant second.
With plantation in their name it’s surprising they haven’t already been social justiced into closing.
Too bad. The “Sweet Tomatoes” near us was a cheaper and faster alternative for our before movie dinner on Fridays. I’ll miss the chicken noodle soup, just for the memory of watching my parents’ friend load up his soup bowl with chicken, noodles, and maybe a tablespoon or so of the actual soup!
Well, it will probably be another 6-12 months before movie theaters open under Emperor Gruesome’s mandates, so no big loss.
The end of the salad bar?
Sweet Tomatoes is an average restaurant. Had good meals there, but nothing outstanding.
How is the restaurant’s name not considered racist?
Over-regulating something out of business isnt the same as letting the customers decide which types of restaurants succeed or not succeed.
Customers ought to decide, not government.
There are a few Sweet Tomatoes in the Tampa area... Hope someone buys the naming rights...
Funny... That’s our usual place for enjoyment. Again average food, but nothing bad about it.
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