Esox
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I'm not a big fan of chain restaurants or their advertising. The commercials typically make the food look much better than it really is, and usually the quality doesn't justify the price. I've always felt Red Lobster the most blatantly offensive. Those succulent lobsters, crab legs, and shrimp you see on TV? Not what you get on your plate.
Howevahhhh....when I see the commercial advertising the Endless Shrimp special, I take it as a personal challenge. They're taunting, "come on in, sucker, pay the $16.00 for our crappy shrimp. You can't eat enough to hurt us."
I do not back down from such a challenge. Today, by promising some post dinner shopping time in the mall across from Red Lobster, I convinced my females to accompany me for an assault on shrimp. They brought their patience to Red Lobster, I brought my appetite.
We took our seats in a tight booth and all three of us ordered the shrimp. They try to fill you up with their cheddar biscuits and cole slaw or salad. Fine. Bring 'em on. I scarfed two biscuits, and a goodly bowl of slaw before the first batch of shrimp hit the table. Just to mess with them and let them think they had a chance, I asked for a side of langostino mashed potatoes to go with the scampi and parmesan crusted shrimp I ordered first. After they were gone, I ordered hand breaded and wood grilled. Boom! Inhaled those and ordered scampi and wood grilled. Down the hatch. See you tomorrow shrimp.
Since none of the shrimp are fantastic I settled in and just kept ordering the scampi. Little shrimp in a hot butter garlic wine sauce? How bad can it be? Oh sure, they take their time bringing them. They bring more of those biscuits for "while you're waiting". Okay, bring more biscuits. I'll eat the damn things "while I'm waiting". They're good.
By the time the mountain of tails was finally built, I had eaten six or seven cheddar biscuits, the order of langostino mashed potatoes, the bowl of cole slaw, and their little stinking shrimp easily into the triple digits. Washed it all down with four Diet Cokes. I could have eaten more just to stick it to them, I did nail them with a $4.00 off coupon, but the females wanted to get to the shopping. The waitress was chuckling by the end. I tipped her well.
Take that Red Lobster. Now you know how Olive Garden felt when I crushed it for the Never Ending Pasta Bowl a couple of weeks back. Stupid chain restaurants.
Kevin
Howevahhhh....when I see the commercial advertising the Endless Shrimp special, I take it as a personal challenge. They're taunting, "come on in, sucker, pay the $16.00 for our crappy shrimp. You can't eat enough to hurt us."
I do not back down from such a challenge. Today, by promising some post dinner shopping time in the mall across from Red Lobster, I convinced my females to accompany me for an assault on shrimp. They brought their patience to Red Lobster, I brought my appetite.
We took our seats in a tight booth and all three of us ordered the shrimp. They try to fill you up with their cheddar biscuits and cole slaw or salad. Fine. Bring 'em on. I scarfed two biscuits, and a goodly bowl of slaw before the first batch of shrimp hit the table. Just to mess with them and let them think they had a chance, I asked for a side of langostino mashed potatoes to go with the scampi and parmesan crusted shrimp I ordered first. After they were gone, I ordered hand breaded and wood grilled. Boom! Inhaled those and ordered scampi and wood grilled. Down the hatch. See you tomorrow shrimp.
Since none of the shrimp are fantastic I settled in and just kept ordering the scampi. Little shrimp in a hot butter garlic wine sauce? How bad can it be? Oh sure, they take their time bringing them. They bring more of those biscuits for "while you're waiting". Okay, bring more biscuits. I'll eat the damn things "while I'm waiting". They're good.
By the time the mountain of tails was finally built, I had eaten six or seven cheddar biscuits, the order of langostino mashed potatoes, the bowl of cole slaw, and their little stinking shrimp easily into the triple digits. Washed it all down with four Diet Cokes. I could have eaten more just to stick it to them, I did nail them with a $4.00 off coupon, but the females wanted to get to the shopping. The waitress was chuckling by the end. I tipped her well.
Take that Red Lobster. Now you know how Olive Garden felt when I crushed it for the Never Ending Pasta Bowl a couple of weeks back. Stupid chain restaurants.
Kevin
