2013 09 27 FOOD FINDS FOR SEASONAL TASTE BUDS FROM PEPPERIDGE FARM

MY EYES OFTEN WANDER TOWARDS THE SEASONAL TREATS THAT IS STARING RIGHT BACK AT ME ON THE SHELVES FROM THE GROCERY STORES. ANYTHING THAT IS "LIMITED EDITION" ALWAYS MAKES ME STOP AND STARE.  

THERE ARE NOT MANY PUMPKIN COOKIES OUT THERE.  I'VE GOOGLED LOTS OF RECIPES BUT NOTHING PRE-MADE.  LOTS OF GINGER BREAD COOKIES BUT NOT PUMPKIN.  PERHAPS THE COMBINATION OF PUMPKIN AND CHEESECAKE SEALED THE DEAL!

$3.49 @ PUBLIX

PEPPERIDGE FARM'S  PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE, SAID THAT IT HAD "REAL PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE FLAVORED DROPS, BROWN SUGAR AND SPICES".

AT FIRST WHEN I WAS EATING IT, I THOUGHT THE CHEESECAKE PART WAS WHITE CHOCOLATE CHIPS.  BUT THEN, AS I TASTED IT SEPARATELY FROM THE DOUGH, IT WAS NOTICEABLY A SPICED UP WHITE CHOCOLATE CHIP.

A VERY STRONG PUMPKIN TASTE IN THE COOKIE PART.

LOTS OF PUMPKIN RELATED TREATS OUT THERE.  

BUZZFEED HAD A NICELY GATHERED COLLECTION OF PUMPKIN SWEETS FOR THE AUTUMN PALLET WITH THE TITLE OF "25 Pumpkin Desserts To Eat This Fall".

(TO BE MADE YOURSELF!)

2013 06 30 ORLANDO RESTAURANT MARLOWs TAVERN AND ATMOSPHERE

MARLOW'S TAVERN WINTER PARK

Address: 1008 S Orlando Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789

Phone:(407) 960-3670

Hours:  Friday hours 11:30 am–12:00 am 

MARLOW'S TAVERN

MY FIRST VISIT TO MARLOW'S TAVERN WAS INTERESTING. THE SET UP WAS TRICKY. DID NOT CIRCLE THE ENTIRE BUILDING TO REALIZE THAT THERE WERE TWO ENTRANCES.  IT WAS HARD TO TELL WHICH WAS THE MAIN ENTRANCE. AND, WE WERE PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK.  

WHILE WAITING FOR FRIEND IN PARKING LOT AND NOT SEEING HIS CAR, I WENT INSIDE TO PEAK AND DID NOT REALIZING THAT THE PARKING LOT SANDWHICHED THE RESTAURANT.

SO, WE WERE BOTH WAITING AT THE PARKING LOT AT THE SAME TIME ON OPPOSITE ENDS WITH THE RESTAURANT IN THE MIDDLE.  (IT WAS ENTERTAINING BECAUSE FOR A SECOND I THOUGHT I WAS IN THE WRONG RESTAURANT.) WE COULD HAVE JUST WAITED INSIDE. HA!

THE DOOR HANDLES ARE SOOOOO CUTE.
I THOUGHT THE OTHER SIDE WOULD HAVE A FORK HANDLE, BUT NOPE, ALL SPOON.

INSIDE WAS NICE AND DARK WITH HIGH COMFTY BOOTHS TO SIT IN.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT WAS SO DARK AND THE LIGHTS THAT WERE SHINING DOWN ON EACH TABLE WERE SO STRONG THAT IT WAS HARD TO READ THE MENU WITH THE GLARE.  I WAS CONSTANTLY SHIFTING MY MENU TO DODGE AND GET LIGHT AT THE SAME TIME.  OH BOY!

               

NOTICED THAT THEIR "WALL DECOR" WAS FULL OF BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT.  THE RED CEILINGS ARE BRILLIANT, GIVING IT THAT RED MOODY GLOW.  I ALSO LOVE THE SPLASH OF RED THAT ARE SPORADICALLY ACCENTUATED ABOVE THEIR DROP DOWN LIGHTS. MODERN CHIC!

2013 06 30 ORLANDO FOOD FINDS AT MARLOWS TAVERN

MARLOW'S TAVERN WINTER PARK

Address: 1008 S Orlando Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789

Phone:(407) 960-3670

Hours:  Friday hours 11:30 am–12:00 am 

DROPPED IN MARLOW'S TAVERN IN WINTER PARK ONE FINE, YET RAINY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  OVERALL, THE FOOD AND SERVICE WAS GREAT.

  

Location : 1008 S. Orlando Avenue (17-92) Winter Park, FL 32789

AND FOUND GREAT FOOD, LOW LIGHTING ATMOSPHERE, AND SOME FUN CHEERY STAFF INCLUDING ONE OF THEIR CHEF THAT STOPPED BY THE TABLE TO GREET AND INTRODUCE  NEW FOOD THAT I DID NOT EVEN SPOT ON THE MENU.

STARTED OF WITH LIGHT APPETIZER OF THEIR HUMMUS ($6.00).

PRETTY AVERAGE HUMMUS.

Grilled, Toasty Pita Points, Crisp, Fresh Veggies and Marinated Feta ($6.00)

THE STEAK CAME OUT AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF: IT LOOKED PRETTY TINY.  LATER, A CHEF CAME OUT TO GREET US FOR WHATEVER REASON.  PERHAPS HE KEPT ON SEEING MY CAMERA FLASHES FROM HIS OPEN KITCHEN.  HE TOLD US THAT THIS IS A REALLY GOOD PRICE FOR THIS SIZE OF "CENTER CUT FILET".  DID HE READ MY MIND OR IS THAT A POPULAR QUESTION ASKED BY CUSTOMERS?

Grilled "center Cut" Filet - crispy wild mushroom potato cake, baby broccolini, garlic tomato fondue, harvey's bristol cream, scented veal jus and crumbling gorgonzola ($19)

THEN COMES MY PLATE.  WHERE EVER I FIND SHRIMP AND GRITS, I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO TRY AT LEAST ONCE.  EVEN AFTER EYEBALLING THE MENU MULTIPLE TIMES, MY DECISION ROLLS BACK TO.....SHRIMP AND GRITS!

Shrimp & Grits - white cheddar grit cake, spinach, tomato, shallot and sauce beurre blanc ($15)

I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER TRIED GRITS IN CAKE FORM, NOR WHITE CHEDDAR. WHITE CHEDDAR GRIT CAKES WERE DEFINITELY DIFFERENT.
DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THE GRITS WERE IN CAKE FORM AND THAT PIECE WAS BROKEN OFF UNTIL THE CHEF WHO CAME OUT TO GREET US, POINTED IT OUT.  YOU CAN TASTE THE WHITE CHEDDAR BUT IT WAS NOT STRONG.

THERE WERE A DECENT AMOUNT OF SHRIMP, GIVEN THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TO FLUFF IT UP.  I SORT OF WISHED THE PLATE WAS STEEP TO GIVE THE ILLUSION OF A HUGE $15 PLATE OF FOOD.  OR, MAKE THICKER GRIT CAKES.

I THINK THIS CHEF CAME OUT TO CHAT WITH US MORE THAN 3 TIMES.

AFTER DISCOVERING THAT WE'VE NEVER TRIED THE JALAPENO GRITS, HE CAME BACK WITH A LITTLE SAMPLE PLATE.  THE SAMPLE PLATE WAS AS BIG AS THE PLATE OF HUMMUS.  I OVER LOOKED THIS ON THE MENU.  OF COURSE! BECAUSE THEIR SIDE ITEMS WERE LITERALLY LISTED VERTICALLY ON THE SIDE OF THE MENU! I'M REALLY GLAD HE MENTIONED ABOUT IT.

IT WAS GOOD THOUGH.  WAS NOT SPICY LIKE I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.  INSTEAD, IT JUST HAD A HINT OF JALAPENO FLAVOR TO IT (WITHOUT THE SPICE).

REALLY SURPRISED THAT THIS JALAPENO GRITS IS A SIDE ITEM.

IT SEEM LIKE IT SHOULD BE SERVED AS MAIN DISH WITH SOME SORT OF BEEF.

Jalapeno Corn Grits - nora mills stone ground grit cakes with a hint of jalapeno

I WONDER WHAT I WILL BE TRYING NEXT TIME, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A NEXT TIME.  THERE IS ONE ON INTERNATIONAL DRIVE.  HOPING TO HAVE SAME TYPE OF PLEASANT AND VIBRANT STAFF AT THE I-DRIVE LOCATION AS WELL.  UNTIL NEXT TIME.....

2012 12.24 ETHNIC ICE CREAM FINDS AT INTERNATIONAL FOOD CLUB

INTERNATIONAL FOOD CLUB

Address: 4300 L B McLeod Rd, Orlando, FL 32811

Phone:(321) 281-4300

Hours:  Friday hours 9:30 am–7:00 pm

BACK IN DECEMBER I MADE MY 2ND TRIP BACK TO THIS GROCERY STORE THAT IS HIDDEN IN THIS AREA THAT I WOULD NEVER HAVE GUESSED TO BE AN ETHNIC GROCERY STORE.  

  

ONE OF THE ITEMS I PICKED UP OUT OF CURIOSITY WAS THIS ICE CREAM/SHERBET WITH RICE NOODLE.

ROSE WATER INFUSED SHERBET WITH RICE NOODLES WAS THE DESCRIPTION.
AFTER TRYING, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY......"ICK".
THE NOODLES WERE VERY SOFT AND THE OVERALL TASTE  WAS VERY BLAND.  YOU CAN DEFINITELY TASTE THE ROSE WATER. IT WAS LIKE TASTING PERFUME WITH NOODLES.  DUH! I DONT EVEN LIKE THE ROSE TASTE IN WINES. 

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT I WOULD NOT LIKE THIS COMBINATION.

2012 12.25 ORLANDO FOOD FINDS_COOKIES COUSINS XMAS TREE

Address: 2322 Edgewater Dr, Orlando, FL 32804

Phone:(407) 420-7940

Hours:  Friday hours 10:00 am–5:30 pm

COOL COOKIES FROM COOKIES COUSINS.  AND THE FUN PART IS THAT THEY CREATE  AND DAZZLE THESE SIMPLE SUGAR COOKIES WITH VARIOUS THEMES.  FOR TODAY, THE THEME IS CHRISTMAS.  SO THERE WE GO WITH A XMAS TREE!

ON AVERAGE, EACH COOKIE IS AROUND $3.00.

2012 11.30 ORLANDO FOOD FINDS_TWIST ASIAN FUSION

TWIST ASIAN FUSION
45 West Crystal Lake Street  Orlando, FL 32806

WOKE UP AND DECIDED TO GO CHECK OUT SODO.  WHAT ON EARTH IS SODO.  

LOOKED IT UP AND DUH! IT STANDS FOR SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN ORLANDO.I REMEMBER COMING HERE ON THE FLY ONE DAY AND TWIST ASIAN FUSION CAUGHT MY EYE.  SO  I HAD TO COME BACK!  

ALTHOUGH THE NAME GAVE ME A DIFFERENT IDEA OF WHAT THE MENU WAS GOING TO BE LIKE, I FOUND THE SELECTION TO BE A YAWN.  I DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANY "TWIST" TO THIS PLACE. AND THERE WAS NOTHING FUSION ABOUT THE FOOD WITH THE EXCEPTION  THAT IT INCORPORATED CHINESE AND SUSHI, AND A LITTLE CURRY AS THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF ASIAN FOOD IN THEIR MENU.  THE DECOR WAS AMAZING.  THE AMOUNT OF CUSTOMERS ON A THURSDAY LATE AFTERNOON WAS SAD.  BUT THAT GAVE ME ROOM TO TAKE PIX WITH NO CLUTTER OF VISUALS, AKA PEOPLE!

THE PRICES WERE SLIGHT ON THE HIGH END, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT SOME OF THE RAW FISHES IN THE SUSHI FROM OUR ORDERS WERE EXTREMELY FRESH!  SCANNED THROUGH THE MENU A FEW TIMES AS ALWAYS AND THERE WAS NOTHING NEW NOR ENTICING AT THE MOMENT. 

EVEN THOUGH I HAVE HAD SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS IN THE PAST AT A DIFFERENT RESTAURANT, I DECIDED I WAS IN THE MOOD TO HAVE IT AGAIN.  THEY LABELED THIS THE MALAYSIAN FRIED RICE $10.

WE ALSO ADDED A TUNA/CREAM CHEESE ROLL $6.


























THE TEXTURE OF THE RAW TUNA WAS RIGHT ON TARGET.  REALLY LIGHT, YET FRESH ENOUGH WHERE YOU CAN TASTE THE SWEETNESS OF A FRESH RAW TUNA.  
MY BROTHER GOT THE CHICKEN TERIYAKI $20, IN WHICH I THINK IS A WASTE BECAUSE IT IS BASICALLY GRILLED CHICKEN WITH SWEET SOY SAUCE (TERIYAKI) ON TOP OF IT WITH A BIT OF OTHER SIDE ITEMS. BUT, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT THE SUSHI WAS REALLY FRESH!

2012 11 22 TURKISH COFFEE, ANYONE?

ALWAYS INTRIGUED WITH THE TASTE OF THE WORLD, MY EYES CAUGHT THIS IN THE COFFEE AISLE AT THE INTERNATIONAL FOOD CLUB STORE (4300 L B McLeod Road  Orlando, FL 32811.  

AND I QUESTIONED WHAT TURKISH COFFEE TASTED LIKE.

AND I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT IT WAS REALLY DISGUSTING.  IT TASTED LIKE NASTY WATER THAT HAS NOT GONE THROUGH THE FILTER WAS MIXED IN WITH SOME COFFEE TASTING DISASTER, BLENDED WITH SOME TASTE THAT WAS RELEVANT TO NUTS.  IT MADE ME WONDER IF THE WATER THAT I HAD JUST BOILED WAS THE PROBLEM TO THIS DISGUSTING TASTE.

POUR THE FRESH BOILED WATER IN ANOTHER CUP AND DECIDED THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.  REGARDLESS OF THE BRAND OR THE FACT THAT THIS WAS INSTANT COFFEE, I'M GLAD THAT I DID NOT SPEND MORE THAN $1.50 FOR THIS INSTANT COFFEE PACKET.

MY TASTE BUDS HATED IT!

2012 10/07 FOOD FINDS: TASTE OF YOPLAIT YUMS

SO  I WAS RANDOMLY GROCERY SHOPPING AND SPOTTED SOME YOPLAIT YUMS!
I'M NOT THE NORMAL YOGURT EATER BUT WHEN SPOTTING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT THE REGULAR STRAWBERRY AND BANANA OR THE SOMEWHAT NEW "VELVET CAKE" FLAVOR. HENCE, THIS PUMPKIN YOGURT AND APPLE CRISP FLAVORED YOGURT WAS VISUALLY JUMPING OUT AT ME.

THE PUMPKIN PIE HAD ITS PUMPKIN GLOW IN TASTE AND WAS NOT AS SWEET AS THE APPLE CRISP.  ALTHOUGH THE PUMPKIN PIE WAS NOT MY PREFERENCE, IT REALLY GREW ON ME AFTER A 2ND TRY.

TIS THE SEASON WHERE THESE FLAVORS ARE SUITABLE FOR THE THEME!
AND THEN I FOUND SOME MORE YUMMIE FLAVORS THAT SETS MY INQUISITIVE TASTE BUDS IN THE MOOD............ TO INQUIRE!  HOPE TO FIND OTHER FRESH FLAVORS OUT THERE BUT MAY NOT ALWAYS SEE GROCERY STORES WITH NEW ITEMS, (SUCH AS THE WATERMELON YOGURT FLAVOR). GUESS THE BUYERS ARE PLAYING IT SAFE WITH THE "NOT SO SHOCKING FLAVORS". BUT, I LOVE TRYING NEW THINGS AND HOPE TO COME ACROSS NEW ITEMS SOON IN THE LOCAL MARKET PLACE!

LUV HOW THESE FLAVORS ARE ALPHABETIZED!

VARIOUS YOPLAIT FLAVORS

2012 10/7 FOOD FINDS: COCO CAFE WITH COCONUT WATER

THIS IS DIFFERENT. DIFFERENT BEING THAT I'VE NEVER COME ACROSS THIS UNTIL TODAY.  CAFE LATTE ESPRESSO/COCONUT WATER @ TARGET FOR $2.29.  I GENERALLY DRINK THE PINEAPPLE COCONUT WATER BY VITA BECAUSE IT IS THE CLOSEST FLAVORED COCONUT DRINK THAT I LIKE AND ONLY DRINK THESE BEFORE A REGATTA TO HYDRATE.  

NEVER DO I DRINK BOOZE THE NIGHT B4, NOR COFFEE THE MORNING OF TO PREVENT FROM INCHING TO THE DEHYDRATION SIDE.  BUT THIS CAFE/COCONUT WATER IS DEFINITELY FOR PRE-NON REGATTA TIMES.

THE DRINK IS KINDA LIGHT, NOTED THAT IT IS GLUTTON FREE.
SORTA TASTE LIKE LIGHT SWEET MOCHA WITH SOY MILK.

2012 08 10 YELPING: ALE HOUSE IN HUNTERS CREEK

OK SO I'VE NEVER REALLY BEEN A FAN OF THE ALE HOUSE, BUT LIKE GOING TO ALL PLACES ONCE IN A WHILE JUST IN CASE, BY CHANCE SOMETHING DIFFERENT COMES UP ON THE MENU THAT I ELECT TO TRY THAT TURNS OUT TO BE THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD.

DATE ON LOCATION :  8/10/12 6PM-ISH
(LOCATION) 13536 John Young Parkway Orlando, FL 32837
2 OF 5 STARS
((((((((((((((((SKIMMING SIZE AND TASTE))))))))))))))))))))))))
(SERVICE) = LIKE!
(FOOD) = AVERAGE/EXPECTED, YAWN AGAIN
UNLIKE BIG BROTHER, I SHOULD JUST EXPECT THE EXPECTED AND NOT BE TOO HOPEFUL AT TIMES SO THAT I COULD BE OVERLY ECSTATIC WITH JOY WHEN SOMETHING GREAT APPEARS.
HAD THE B-52 ($5.95) IN WHICH MY FRIEND SUGGESTED, AND I'M HITTING THE "LIKE" BUTTON IN THE AIR.  THE ONLY SLIGHT DISLIKE WAS THAT IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE SERVING SIZE OF THE SHOTS ARE GETTING SLIMMER COMPARED TO THE OLDER DAYS.
SCANNING THROUGH THE MENU FOR OVER 10 TIMES, I THINK  I NARROWED DOWN MY SELECTION BETWEEN THE SOUTHWEST BISTRO SALAD AND THE SEAFOOD MAC AND CHEESE.

LETS COMPARE:
SOUTHWEST BISTRO STEAK SALAD All Natural, Marinated, Thinly Sliced Beef over Fresh Greens with Monterey Jack & Cheddar Cheeses, Fire Roasted Red & Green Peppers, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Black Beans and Corn. Topped with Vinaigrette Dressing. $9.95
SEAFOOD MAC & CHEESE A Five Cheese Homemade Macaroni & Cheese with Pan Seared Shrimp, Scallops and Mushrooms. Topped with Scallions. Too Good to Be True! $11.99

I WENT WITH THE SOUTHWEST BISTRO STEAD SALAD BECAUSE I WAS CURIOUS WITH THE SAUCE ON THE PICTURE THAT WAS POSTED ON THE MENU WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE HORSERADISH SAUCE, AND THEIR VINAIGRETTE DRESSING TASTED LIKE BASIC ITALIAN DRESSING. OVERALL, IT WAS OKAY.  DECENT PORTION IN SIZE.
THE THIN FRIED ONIONS ON TOP WAS A AWESOME COMBINATION WITH THE BEEF AND GREENS.  I GUESS FOR ME, THE BEEF NEEDED SOMETHING BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE DRIED SIDE AND DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY TASTE IN IT, SO THE FRIED ONION STRIPS AND THE HORSERADISH SAUCE WITH THE ITALIAN SAUCE WITH IN THE GREENS GAVE IT A NUDGE IN TASTE AND TEXTURE.  I'M JUST NOT FALLING OVER THE SEAT OVER IT.
HAD A SIDE OF THE LOADED POTATOES FOR $1.95.
IT WAS LITERALLY A SCOOP SMALLER THAN MY FIST AND WAS SEMI WARM SLASH COLD.  THEY WERE NOT AS CREAMY AS THE ONES AT CHILLIS AND CHILLIS SELLS THEM FOR $1.79 AND YOU GET A PLATE FULL INSTEAD OF A DELICATE SCOOP FULL.
(JUST SAYING)
MY DEAR FRIEND NARROWED DOWN BETWEEN THE STEAK FAJITA AND THE CAJUN CHICKEN PASTA.
LETS COMPARE:
FAJITAS Served on a Sizzling Bed of Red & Green Peppers and Onions with Warm Flour Tortillas, Shredded Lettuce, Pico de Gallo, Cheddar Cheese & Sour Cream. Add Guacamole 99¢
STEAK Choice Flat Iron Steak Cooked to Perfection and Smothered with Onions & Peppers.  $11.95
CAJUN CHICKEN PASTA Blackened Chicken, Mushrooms, Scallions & Tomatoes Tossed with Linguini in a Spicy Alfredo Sauce. $11.99
FRIEND SELECTED THE STEAK FAJITA WITH ADDED GUAC AND ADDED MUSHROOMS.

THE STEAK STRIPS WERE DRY FOR A WELL DONE.

PERHAPS WE BOTH SHOULD HAVE GONE WITH OUR 2ND ALTERNATIVE.

VEGGIES WERE NOT REALLY GRILLED TO PERFECTION.   AND VISUALLY I COUNTED A TOTAL OF 2 MUSHROOMS WITH THE EXTRA MUSHROOMS REQUEST.  LETS JUST SAY THAT THERE WERE 2 MORE EXTRA MUSHROOMS TUCKED UNDERNEATH THE PILE OF FOOD, IT WOULD HAVE MADE IT 25 CENTS PER SLICE OF MUSHROOM SINCE THEY CHARGED 75 CENTS FOR THE ADDED VEGGIES.

2012 08 12 YELPING ABOUT BURGER KING ON JOHN YOUNG PARKWAY

IMAGES ABOVE FROM BURGER KING WEBSITE

REPOST FROM YELP
DAY AT LOCATION- 8/3/12_TIME AROUND 3:30PM
LOCATION  = 8409 South John Young Parkway Orlando, FL 32819-9039
2 OF 5 STARS VOTING FOR  - BK OF JOHN YOUNG PKWY

FALSE ADVERTISEMENT VS STAFF COMMUNICATION INEFFICIENCIES.
ALL THE HYPE OF THIS NEW PRODUCT
(SERVICE)
THEIR SERVICE WAS NOT THE GREATEST AND BRIGHTEST GIVEN THAT THERE WERE ABOUT 2-3 CUSTOMERS IN LINE, ALONG WITH 2-3 CARS FOR DRIVE THROUGH.

EXCITED ABOUT THE NEWLY ADVERTISED SWEET POTATO FRIES, AND THEN WAS TOLD THAT THE SWEET POTATO FRIES WERE DISCONTINUED.
STAFF RECOGNIZED THAT THE POSTER OF THE PRODUCT WAS STILL ON THE WINDOW WITH THE LISTED DATE OF THE TEMPORARY PRODUCT LASTING UNTIL SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER.  HOWEVER, THEY COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY IT WAS DISCONTINUED.  PERHAPS SHE MEANT THAT THEY WERE SOLD OUT?
STAFF ALSO POINTED TO THE SIGNAGE ON THE WINDOW AND ADMITTED THAT IT WAS FALSE ADVERTISEMENT WITHOUT MY MENTIONING OF THAT IDEA.

I THEN ORDERED ONION RINGS INSTEAD WITH ANOTHER STAFF.
QUESTIONED IF THE ONION RING SAUCE WAS STILL AVAILABLE AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A .25 CHARGE. REALLY? WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN.
THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LANGUAGE BARRIER WITH THIS PARTICULAR STAFF. I RE-PHRASED MY QUESTION, AND SHE STILL NOTED THAT THERE WAS AN EXTRA CHARGE WITH THIS SAUCE.

BETWEEN THE SLOW SERVICE WITH THE LOBBY THAT WAS NOT FULLY OF PEOPLE AND CONFUSING COMMUNICATION, IT WAS REALLY TAKING TOO MUCH OF MY TIME FOR A FAST FOOD JOINT.

TIME TO PEACE OUT WITH A DISAPPOINTED VIEW WITH BK.

WENT HOME AND COMMENTED ON MY FACEBOOK, AND IT TURNED OUT THAT MORE PEOPLE HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCE!

2012 07 19 YELPING: AN ECONOMICAL TASTY NITE AT ORLANDO'S HAMBURGER MARY'S

DATE: 7/19/12 
LOCATION: HAMBURGER MARY'S
                      Church Street Station  110 W Church St, Orlando, FL 32801
                      (321) 319-0600
                      Fax (321) 319-0601
                      THEIR EVENT SCHEDULE: http://hamburgermarys.com/orlando/events/

THURSDAY NIGHT$3 LONG ISLAND ICE TEA ALL NIGHT HAD THE FIRECRACKER HAMBURGER AND IT WAS SO GOOOOD.  I THOUGHT THAT THE SAUCE WAS THE MAIN CONTRIBUTOR OF THE GREATNESS IN TASTE, THE BURGER WAS TOPPED WITH A DARK COLOR SWEET SAUCE (SLIGHTLY SPICEY), MELTED CHEESE IN WHICH I THINK IT WAS WHITE CHEDDAR, CRISPY WONTON NOODLE BITS, AND COOKED ONIONS. THE TASTE WAS CERTAINLY DIFFERENT IN A GOOD WAY.  I ALSO TASTE A BIT OF THE MEATLOAF AND ALTHOUGH THE TEMPERATURE OF THE MEATLOAF WAS NEITHER HOT NOR COLD, AGAIN THE TASTE OF THE SAUCE WITHIN THE MEATLOAF MADE ME THINK THAT MAYBE A HINT OF SWEET SAUCE WERE PRE-MIXED AND ALREADY COOKED IN IT.  THE ATMOSPHERE WAS PRETTY LIVELY WITH KARAOKE NIGHT IN PLACE.  ALMOST FELT LIKE THEY WERE STALLING THE OTHER PERFORMERS EXTEND THE NIGHT A LITTLE BIT WITH LOTS OF TALKING AND LESS CALLING PEOPLE ON STAGE TO SING.  OR MAYBE IT WAS JUST THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER THEIR NATURAL TALENT.STAFF WERE SUPER NICE. 

2012 07 19 YELPING FOR CLUB 23 ORLANDO

LOCATION:  23 West Church St Orlando, FL 32801 
                      407.641.4706

1 OF 2 STARS VOTING FOR CLUB 23 ORLANDO.
PROBABLY NOT A DESTINATION TO RETURN TO ON OUR END.
WENT ON A THURSDAY NIGHT.SLOW NIGHT AS THE GUYS DOWNSTAIRS ARE TELLING US THAT IT IS FREE MARTINI NIGHT.(SERVICE)THE SECOND TIME WE DECIDED TO PAY FOR A DRINK ASIDE FROM THE FREE MARTINI, THE BARTENDER TOOK FOREVER, AGAIN WITH NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WHILE WE ALL STARED AT THEM (THERE WERE 2 BARTENDERS).ONE OF THE BARTENDERS FINALLY MADE THE EASILY MADE RUM AND COKE DRINK AND OFFERED IT TO THE GIRLS NEXT TO US WHO CONFUSINGLY LOOKED AT THE BARTENDER AND TOLD HER THAT THEY ORDERED FREE MARTINIS INSTEAD.THEN THE OBVIOUSLY CONFUSED BARTENDER STARTED ARGUING WITH THE GIRLS NEXT TO US THAT THE RUM AND COKE WAS NOT PART OF THE FREE MARTINI DRINKS.FRUSTRATED AND ANNOYED, WE JUST WALKED OUT.(DECOR)WE WOULD HAVE STAYED LONGER WITH A PAID DRINK IF THE STAFF WAS ABLE TO GET THE DRINK ORDERS IN FASTER AND CORRECTLY WITH THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF CUSTOMERS ORDERING FROM THE BAR AS RECOGNIZING WHO THE REQUEST BELONG TO.THE PLACE WAS LITERALLY EMPTY WITH 8 PEOPLE MAX.  AND THEY ARE NOT ALL AT THE BAR ORDERING THEIR DRINKS.  THIS WAS FINE SINCE THAT MEANT THAT THERE WERE ROOM TO WALK AROUND.  HOWEVER, WHEN ORDERING OUR DRINKS ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS EVERYTHING TOOK LONGER THAN EXPECTED.  NO EYE CONTACT UNTIL WE WAVED OUR ARMS IN THE AIR, AND IN RETURN THEY SIGNALED BACK THAT THEY WOULD BE WITH US IN A MINUTE.
DID THEIR LACK OF RECOGNITION OF OUR FACES IN RELATION TO OUR SIMPLE ORDERS CONFUSED THEM?WELL BIG DUH! THAT IS BECAUSE WE ORDERED THE DRINKS!THE GUYS DOWNSTAIRS SEEM TO BE WORKING REALLY HARD AT REELING THE CUSTOMERS IN, ONLY FOR THE BARTENDERS UPSTAIRS TO PISS PEOPLE OFF.DECOR WAS GREAT, WALKING UP THE STAIRS LEAD TO BACK LIT BOTTLES WHERE THE AMBIANCE GAVE A COOL,YET DARK VISUAL FEEL.