Lorraine and I ate at a Chinese restaurant that was in a strip mall that was next to a store that was called:
Ask me how it went.
Well, we went into the restaurant, despite the signage next door, because of the menu posted in its window. Here is the free-standing version, to double entice prospective patrons who make it through the front doors:
Special No. 2 is the ketchup sauce.
Here are the very important atmospherics that help create the enveloping experience of eating something you don't commonly cook in your home kitchen:
Oh. I'm sorry. These are items likely found in a big Rubbermaid container in my home basement.
Lorraine's heart-stopping meal:
Clockwise, from bottom: Sesame chicken, egg roll, steamed rice, absolutely no idea.
We were trying to beat Lorraine's husband in uncovering really good, unsung Asian restaurants in Aurora, Colorado strip malls. (It is a somewhat narrowly defined competition, but we are competitive and particularly enjoy the odds of a very narrow playing field and really small group of contestants).
But I think we should re-jigger the contest: really bad restaurants with really bad signage, really bad food that is even worse than what-could-be-worse-than-ketchup-sauce, really bad decor, and really bad Christmas trees.
Lorraine and I win!
Ask me how it went.
Well, we went into the restaurant, despite the signage next door, because of the menu posted in its window. Here is the free-standing version, to double entice prospective patrons who make it through the front doors:
Special No. 2 is the ketchup sauce.
Here are the very important atmospherics that help create the enveloping experience of eating something you don't commonly cook in your home kitchen:
Oh. I'm sorry. These are items likely found in a big Rubbermaid container in my home basement.
Lorraine's heart-stopping meal:
Clockwise, from bottom: Sesame chicken, egg roll, steamed rice, absolutely no idea.
We were trying to beat Lorraine's husband in uncovering really good, unsung Asian restaurants in Aurora, Colorado strip malls. (It is a somewhat narrowly defined competition, but we are competitive and particularly enjoy the odds of a very narrow playing field and really small group of contestants).
But I think we should re-jigger the contest: really bad restaurants with really bad signage, really bad food that is even worse than what-could-be-worse-than-ketchup-sauce, really bad decor, and really bad Christmas trees.
Lorraine and I win!
OMG that is hilarious!!! i love it.
ReplyDeletethe picture of the sesame chix looks good actually.
I have a funny story about chinese restarant decor unfit for print.
It's funny that you say 'hilarious', because I truly felt as if I were speaking/writing in Lex Loci Lori tongue!!
ReplyDeleteI am sorry to tell you Lori that you are going to have to endure yet another blog about Ta Ling on my Denver Dives series...Melissa is trying to steal my blog-thunder!!
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