Restaurants
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 8:03 pm
I sure wish there were more buffet type restaurants, like the Oriental Palace, in the Warren Village Shopping Plaza, or the Indian Garden, in western Lakewood on Detroit. where I could select and pick what looks good, fill my container, and enjoy it for dinner at home later. Guess they are not successful. I went to Aladdin's tonight, got some dish called "Aladdin's Favorite Combo", I got a little skinny piece of grilled chicken breast, (dry) a little sausage, like a breakfast sausage, and 4 or 5 pieces of grilled meat, cut in 1" cubes, and a salad, (salad was in the same container as the rice, it wilted from the heat), served over a big bed of rice, $14.00. oh yes, and came with pita bread. I guess this is now the norm. I wasn't impressed. You can get a great burger at many local spots in Lakewood, but if you don't eat it there, by the time you get home, it's a dried beef patty. So many processed foods, all delivered from a plastic container, reheated when ordered, I may as well shop at Gordon Food Service.
Giant Eagle, Bob Evans, nothing is made from scratch, everything is made in a big kitchen, generic, and delivered to the establishment, in plastic containers, portions are reheated and served. I always feel like I'm at a nursing home or in the hospital or still in high school. Is there an older grandma out there who enjoys cooking and can serve up some good grub? I used to visit "A Taste of Europe" on Madison, I tried there stuffed cabbage, it had more rice than cheap ground beef, when you cut into it, it fell apart, not enough beef to hold it together? No flavor, she should call it, "rice stuffed cabbage", I would gladly pay extra, why not make it the best you can instead of the most you can make, $$$$. Breakfast is the one meal which has to be made from scratch, almost, when ordered, eggs, bacon, home fries, pancakes, toast. Do I have to settle for breakfast all day long? At least at a buffet, I can select what I want, instead of taking what they offer on the menu, a hit and miss experience.
I know Bob, I like Bob, but when I went to the "Beer Engine" I ordered a naked burger with grilled onions, $7.50 and 1.00 for the onion, it arrived with a single slice of grilled onion, A SINGLE SLICE? for a $1.00, it wasn't even big enough to cover the patty, I can buy a pound of onions for 99 cents, I got one slice of onion,? really? Cheese was an extra $34.00 dollars, just kidding. But how much would it cost Bob to load up on grilled onions? .50 cents? He's charging a dollar for one slice?, I'm starving and have no decent, reasonable place to eat. I don't care if you know who I am or not, this is my review. I don't know if I should post this or not. I'm not condemning anyone, just making a point. my opinion.
Giant Eagle, Bob Evans, nothing is made from scratch, everything is made in a big kitchen, generic, and delivered to the establishment, in plastic containers, portions are reheated and served. I always feel like I'm at a nursing home or in the hospital or still in high school. Is there an older grandma out there who enjoys cooking and can serve up some good grub? I used to visit "A Taste of Europe" on Madison, I tried there stuffed cabbage, it had more rice than cheap ground beef, when you cut into it, it fell apart, not enough beef to hold it together? No flavor, she should call it, "rice stuffed cabbage", I would gladly pay extra, why not make it the best you can instead of the most you can make, $$$$. Breakfast is the one meal which has to be made from scratch, almost, when ordered, eggs, bacon, home fries, pancakes, toast. Do I have to settle for breakfast all day long? At least at a buffet, I can select what I want, instead of taking what they offer on the menu, a hit and miss experience.
I know Bob, I like Bob, but when I went to the "Beer Engine" I ordered a naked burger with grilled onions, $7.50 and 1.00 for the onion, it arrived with a single slice of grilled onion, A SINGLE SLICE? for a $1.00, it wasn't even big enough to cover the patty, I can buy a pound of onions for 99 cents, I got one slice of onion,? really? Cheese was an extra $34.00 dollars, just kidding. But how much would it cost Bob to load up on grilled onions? .50 cents? He's charging a dollar for one slice?, I'm starving and have no decent, reasonable place to eat. I don't care if you know who I am or not, this is my review. I don't know if I should post this or not. I'm not condemning anyone, just making a point. my opinion.