Food stop for MB

[r_w]

I don't care how big it is I'm not paying $27.95 for a mixed drink.

unless it includes a happy ending.

[TAB]

unless it includes a happy ending.

thats all in your date selection.

 

[kmitch200]

No...not going to either.  Most of it around here is supermarket sushi and that's just asking for food poisoning in my opinion.  It's way too expensive for my tastes anyway.  I do love Thai food though, probably more than Chinese takeout.
I'll take my food cooked regardless of where it comes from, vegetables and fruits aside.

I've had it. Overpriced and under cooked.
I've never left a sushi bait shop feeling full.  I've never left a steakhouse feeling like I didn't have a full meal.

[fightingquaker13]

I've had it. Overpriced and under cooked.
I've never left a sushi bait shop feeling full.  I've never left a steakhouse feeling like I didn't have a full meal.

Broaden your horizons, the stuff is wonderful. I've always hated overcooked meat. I generally have to club my steaks into submission and dried out fish is inedible. One of the perks of living in South Florida is that you don't need to buy sushi, or in this case sashimi, you catch it. Out of the live well, onto the cleaning table, and into your mouth. It doesn't get fresher.
FQ13 who may be suspect around here when it comes to my political opinions, but I do know my food. Trust me on this one.

[kmitch200]

Broaden your horizons, the stuff is wonderful.

Been there, done that. It's just not my fave.
Some people, like my wife, love it. (and she has had food poisoning from some VERY well known sushi resturants up and down the west coast)

I've always hated overcooked meat. I generally have to club my steaks into submission and dried out fish is inedible.

I don't like overcooked meat either and won't pay for sh!t. I much prefer melt in your mouth beef or fish. Cooked to perfection is what I'm talking about!
You need to find a better steakhouse! 

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[fightingquaker13]

I don't like overcooked meat either and won't pay for sh!t. I much prefer melt in your mouth beef or fish. Cooked to perfection is what I'm talking about!
You need to find a better steakhouse! 

You misunderstand. When I say I have to club a steak into submission, its because its still trying to run around on the plate and moo. Veal carpaccio and steak tar tare are faves, as is tuna Poke Hawaiian style, escabeche, and raw oysters on the half shell. I'm all in favor of applying heat to meat, but you need to understand that it changes the texture and flavor. That can be good thing like applying a crust, imparting a spice rubbed flavor, putting some smoke to the meat or tenderizing a tough cut in a braise or stew. I love a well cooked piece of fish, sauteed, fried or grilled. But, there is a lot to be said for a raw and chilled piece of fresh caught salt water fish. I cook them as well, but eating a fish that was alive thirty minutes ago with nothing done to it, but maybe a squeeze of lime or a bit of soy sauce? Its hard to beat.
FQ13

[jaybet]

Knock off the horns, wipe it's ass, and throw it on the plate, please.

[Pathfinder]

They talked a lot about the "atmosphere", ambiance, interior decorating, and the prices seemed awful high.
I figured the food probably sucked since they didn't dwell on it much. 

Dude!! It's BBQ and sushi! Two words that should never be in the same sentence together, let alone sharing a plate. Of course it's not that great.

[Pathfinder]

The chain is also owned by some Hollyweird fave, so you know going in it is going to suck , as they try to stay "trendy" and that means messing with the food, usually inappropriately.

I went to a restaurant in Lancaster, PA, Amish country, a couple years back when I was working in Harrisburg. They had buffalo on the menu, but being a "trendy" restaurant catering to the NYC crowd on day jaunts to buy a quilt or see horses and buggies or something, they had to adulterate the heck out of it. In this case, the proudly announced how each buffalo steak was tenderly rubbed with a combination of spices and - wait for it - coffee!!! Abomination.

I made Skippy the waiter go into the kitchen and ask if I could get it plain, which, to his credit, he did. And yes, they would do it without the frou-frou crap. When it came, it was perfection - cooking buffalo right is no mean feat. When cooked, buffalo can go from grunting (they don't moo) to shoe leather faster than FQ can emit some libtard faux libertarian BS non-sequitor.

So I sent Skippy back into the kitchen with my compliments, mentioning that I was a buffalo producer at the time - and suggest that the chef make it a menu item on its own. Never found out if he did, but I don't really care, it was excellent.

[Timothy]

The sushi I see is a lot more rice and seaweed with a small bit of protein in the middle.  Spending 25-30 bucks on lunch is a bit over the top!

I've had oysters, they made me sick.  I've had abalone sliced fresh and raw, it was sweet and tasty but not something I care for.  I've had steak tar tar but that's got to be beef that I generally can't buy locally without spending a fortune.  Seafood needs to be cooked for me but then only "just" cooked and most restaurants I frequent cannot manage that.  I'd much prefer to drag out the skillet, throw in four or five scallops and pan sear them while I'm grilling a steak to perfection.  I can do that without spending an arm and a leg.

The arm and a leg goes into the gas tank of the car and truck!