The curse of being a good cook is that when you eat out, you tend to judge the food by the best you can make. My son took me, and his youngest son to a posh restaurant the other night. I had ribeye with compound butter, fries, and wonton wrapped brie. The steak was tender, but had very little beef flavor. The fries were too dark taking on a slight bitterness, and were limp, not crispy at all. The won ton wrapped brie was tasty, but expensive for the portion size. My son's New York strip was no beer.
The blessings of knowing how to cook well - I can choose better steaks, with better flavor, and cook them just as I want them. My fries are crispy on the outside, and fluffy on the inside, with great potato flavor.
Now I'm not saying that I'm an amazing cook, but if I'm paying good money for a meal, I expect the establishment, especially if it's supposed to offer fine dining, to be able to serve me something that tastes great, and even better than I can make..
I know two restaurants in my home tow, Sault Ate. Marie, MI., that make the best burgers ever. The fries are hand cut, and cooked in house, and are everything a french fry should be. Both places are excellent, and definitely not posh restaurants. The malts, Sundays, burgers, their famous cold cut subs, deep fried shrooms, pizza burgers, well, you get the idea, have made both of these places so popular that people visiting the area make sure that they stop at one, or both of these places. By looking at either place, you would not expect the quality you get there. My hats off to Wicked Sisters, and the West Pier Drive-In. Honorable mention to Clyde's Drive-In.
Does anyone else have this problem with eating out?
Seeeeya: Chief Longwind of the North
The blessings of knowing how to cook well - I can choose better steaks, with better flavor, and cook them just as I want them. My fries are crispy on the outside, and fluffy on the inside, with great potato flavor.
Now I'm not saying that I'm an amazing cook, but if I'm paying good money for a meal, I expect the establishment, especially if it's supposed to offer fine dining, to be able to serve me something that tastes great, and even better than I can make..
I know two restaurants in my home tow, Sault Ate. Marie, MI., that make the best burgers ever. The fries are hand cut, and cooked in house, and are everything a french fry should be. Both places are excellent, and definitely not posh restaurants. The malts, Sundays, burgers, their famous cold cut subs, deep fried shrooms, pizza burgers, well, you get the idea, have made both of these places so popular that people visiting the area make sure that they stop at one, or both of these places. By looking at either place, you would not expect the quality you get there. My hats off to Wicked Sisters, and the West Pier Drive-In. Honorable mention to Clyde's Drive-In.
Does anyone else have this problem with eating out?
Seeeeya: Chief Longwind of the North