Strip dining

Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis

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Candy, I feel the exact opposite way. I want to try food that isn't prepared the same way as "back home." That way, I quite often find some amazing stuff. And yes, I quite often find some horrible swill as well. But if I find something amazing, I can repeat it again and again, whereas if I'm served some terrible food, I can spit it out on the floor, scream at the waiter, go back and beat up the cook, and run out the front door without paying.

 

This may have something to do with my upbringing. My mother learned to cook during the Depression, and in general subscribed to the American "cook it till it's tasteless" mantra. So for instance, I learned to loathe vegetables because no matter what they were before cooking, they were all eventually transformed into a gooey, shapeless mass that tasted like some farm animal had pooped it out. Later in life, I tried those various vegetables and found, to my great surprise, that when prepared properly, they could be delicious. In particular, Asian food showed me that veggies didn't have to be farm poop.

 

As far as patronizing a restaurant where I haven't eaten before--well, one metric is the greater the hype, the worse the food (or at least, the worse value--like three delicious scallops that cost $57). When I lived in Vegas, I made a point of poking my head into every little joint and dive where you wondered if the roof might cave in. Those places often had all seven or ten members of the same extended family working there. The food was always amazing and usually a bargain. I'll take that over a $165 meal at the Le Palace du Snobby Fromage at Caesar's any day.

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Originally posted by: EllenMonster

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Do you know if they accept Total Rewards or Diamond Level anniverary voucher for payment at Le Palace du Snobby Fromage?

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