I love old timers.

Gyro Omelets and hot tea, Rx for a cloudy head.

Baron-brand Masala soda and Jal Jeera. I bought the Jal Jeera because I heard it tasted like salty lemonade; not so. Baron's was on a dare of sorts, and as Pie Dude described, it tasted like something you'd put on meat, like a curry gravy. This, somehow, was a compliment. Give me Dr. Pepper any day.

Trader Joe's house-brand frozen soy ice cream (non-dairy), chocolate:

An insult to frozen desserts.
An insult to chocolate.
An insult to food.

A new Red Robbin opened near where I work (Skokie), and we tried it out on Friday. It was awful! Aside from the insanely high-prices, the burger was one of the greasiest things I've ever eaten; to the point where I didn't feel right again until the following afternoon. I'm certainly not oppose to greasy food (I actively enjoy McDonalds from time to time), but this was just too much. And the fries (which I hear people raving about) were terribly undercooked. Such a disappointment.

After that very much less than stellar experience, we won't be back in a hurry.

Cameron.

Cameron wrote:A new Red Robbin opened near where I work (Skokie), and we tried it out on Friday. It was awful!

Try a milkshake at Red Robin. Calling it mediocre would be a compliment. Straight from a machine. Terrible.

Worst thing I've eaten in the past 30 days -- The awful thing they call La "Vraie" Salade Niçoise at Bistro 110.

Rocklands BBQ in Northern Virginia. Made me sad and a little sick.

Worst thing I've eaten in the past 30 days -- The awful thing they call La "Vraie" Salade Niçoise at Bistro 110.

What was wrong with it?

What was wrong with it?

The only thing done right was the eggs. Everything else was overcooked. The haricots verts, especially, were disappointing. They got my hopes up (with the name) just to have them dashed. For that kind of money (for a lunch salad, that is), I was hoping to get something a lot more flavorful. Nice canned tuna packed in olive oil would have been better than a small, dry, overcooked piece of fresh tuna they gave me.

Chef Klaus
9238 W 159th St, Orland Park

I have been here before and had an impression of a nice atmosphere with uninspired comfort food and fantastic service.
My breakfast yesterday was a the German Sausage Skillet which consisted food service hash browns - well browned but utterly devoid of flavor, two deli slices of unimpressive swiss cheese, a cut cut up hot dog / german sausage, all topped by two slightly overcooked eggs. All in all the worst breakfast in recent memory.

The greek rye was good and the service wonderful.

Limburger cheese

I found myself in Monroe, Wisconsin this past weekend. We went to lunch in Baumgartner's in downtown. It is a fantastic bar. Bowl of chili was good (but it had beans). Atmosphere is everything you want in a tavern.

Anyway, I was dared to eat a sample of Limburger cheese. So, like a dumbass, I did.

It tasted like (vulgarity redacted). I couldn't get the taste out of my mouth. I smelled it on my breath until I had a chance to brush my teeth. Even my hand smelled vaguely of (vulgarity redacted).

Protip: When someone dares you to eat the smelliest cheese in the world and you do not particularly like smelly cheese, don't do it just because your server tells you to "man up."

Although supposedly limburger was on the verge of extinction a few years ago, you will be glad to know that not one, but two varieties can be purchased at Woodman's in Pleasant Prairie, WI!

AngrySarah wrote:Limburger cheese

I found myself in Monroe, Wisconsin this past weekend. We went to lunch in Baumgartner's in downtown. It is a fantastic bar. Bowl of chili was good (but it had beans). Atmosphere is everything you want in a tavern.

Anyway, I was dared to eat a sample of Limburger cheese. So, like a dumbass, I did.

It tasted like (vulgarity redacted). I couldn't get the taste out of my mouth. I smelled it on my breath until I had a chance to brush my teeth. Even my hand smelled vaguely of (vulgarity redacted).

Protip: When someone dares you to eat the smelliest cheese in the world and you do not particularly like smelly cheese, don't do it just because your server tells you to "man up."

I had that very sandwich last September, except mine came with a piece of liver sausage, too. It was really a waste of liver sausage, because the limburger really took over. I definitely like the limburger, though I nice piece of raw onion would have been terrific on top, too.

One person's awful, is another person's acceptable.

Regards,

I am with Cathy2 on this one, I buy it at Caputo's Cheese Market on 15th in Melrose Park along with my favorite Kemen Liver Sausage

Mike G wrote:Although supposedly limburger was on the verge of extinction a few years ago, you will be glad to know that not one, but two varieties can be purchased at Woodman's in Pleasant Prairie, WI!

Now there's some information I won't be needing!

the burger at "Theory" on State and Hubbard. I am not sure why i was eating there in the first place but the meat had no flavor, the patty took up half of the grotesque stale and oversized bun. The swiss cheese was overcooked. The sweet poatato fries might have been even worse...a soggy mess. I went for a drink with a few coworkers and will most likely never be going back. good thing it was a $5 Monday special b/c I could not imagine paying the regular $12 for that disaster.

Mint Chocolate from berry chill. After a few bites, I thought I was getting used to it, but I had to toss most of it b/c it was so disgusting. On top of that, I couldn't even taste any chocolate. Berry Chill is no Pinkberry.

My wife and I stopped in at Napoli Italian Market on Harlem recently. We split an Italian sub sandwich which was very good and also bought a container of "gravy" with meatballs. I was really looking forward to our dinner the next night at home. All day at work I really developed my taste buds for spagetti and meatballs in gravy made by the pros. Got home, my wife said try the meatball. It was the worst thing I had ever put in my mouth. Needless to say we ate something else that night.

I had been to Hopleaf before and enjoyed it, however the last time I ordered the Smoked beef brisket which came out very dry and extremely tough and chewy, when I mentioned it to the server her response was "oh, that is how it is suppose to be." I think the correct answer should have been" I am sorry, did you want to order something else."

Gyros from Greektown Gyros on Halsted in Greektown. Should have known better, should have just ordered carryout from Pegasus or Roditys...but was hungry and lazy and required immediate Gyros.

You know that lack of tastebudding that occurs after a good bout of Winterfresh Listerine? Where for a couple bites of breakfast, your numb to all but texture? That's how every bite of this sandwich was. Even ordered the gyros extra crispy. The meat was flavorless, the tzatziki tasted like industrial sour cream and NOTHING else. Even the pita was lacking that greasy, salty goodness. Throw in 2 flaccid onions, and I felt like I was just violated.

So, I don't know WHAT it is, maybe I'm a glutton for punishment, I dunno. Every once in a while, I'll try something that I know I don't like, just to see if maybe my tastebuds have changed, or maybe I will gain a new perspective. I'm a fairly adventurous eater, very few are the things I really don't care for. Most of the things I don't like are pretty surprising: Polish sausage, hot dogs, most Italian sausage, most chorizo. I really dig on good greezy food, and thank heaven I've been blessed with good cholesterol genes, because frankly, my eating habits are horrendous. I tend to stick with things that are actual food (no margarine - butter only, please) maybe that has something to do with it. But anyway - I just got done with a trip to Portillos for lunch. I'm in a food wasteland where I work, so don't judge. I find the 2/3lb double burger for $4.55 at Portillos to be a pretty good bargain among their other overpriced
offerings. They do a damn good onion ring as well. For some reason today, I added something to my order - something that I can't even remember the last time I had: the greasy spoon tamale.

The worst thing I've eaten in probably three years.

This thing was larger than the regular tom-tom or that other brand, but I have a feeling they are made special for Portillos by one of those mfrs*. The masa was like half cooked cornbread batter, and the "filling" was just some kind of brown paste. There was no distinguishable meat product in this thing. I took one bite, and my office mate asked me what was wrong because of the noise I made. He poked his head in, and we both started laughing, as I told him how absolutely disgusting this thing was, and pointed at the brown sludge in the center that is "100% beef." I took another bite just to put an exclamation point into my brain to never, EVER, get one of these again. I then found the office "Mikey" who not only ate it, but sent me an im telling me it was pretty good.



* Bet you thought I was abreviating the word "manufacturers," huh? Think again.

seebee wrote:* Bet you thought I was abreviating the word "manufacturers," huh? Think again.

LOL!

I think these are, as they say, an acquired taste. Either that, or you probably weren't stoned (enough)!

=R=

I made a terrible mistake and had a concoction for lunch that made me throw up. It was a hot tuna melt with cheese and mayo and it looked fried, but for some reason it looked ok. Boy was I wrong.

Hot mayo, tuna and cheese is not a good thing.

Made a stop at Jim's Original for the Black History Month special and everything started out great. No problem parking. Lines of happy, in-the-know people ordering from smiling, busy, wise-cracking staff. The smell of grilled onions, the fries in the bottom of the bag. The first snap of the casing as I bit in. Then, disaster. The whole Polish was filled with what my sister refers to as "hard things." Big, white, solid pieces of what - bones, gristle, snout? Completely inedible. Thank Ja it only cost $1.50 so I wasn't too bummed out. But it's tuned me off to Jim's Original from now on.

alisonmackenzie wrote:Made a stop at Jim's Original for the Black History Month special and everything started out great. No problem parking. Lines of happy, in-the-know people ordering from smiling, busy, wise-cracking staff. The smell of grilled onions, the fries in the bottom of the bag. The first snap of the casing as I bit in. Then, disaster. The whole Polish was filled with what my sister refers to as "hard things." Big, white, solid pieces of what - bones, gristle, snout? Completely inedible. Thank Ja it only cost $1.50 so I wasn't too bummed out. But it's tuned me off to Jim's Original from now on.

Some people love that crap...

alisonmackenzie wrote:The whole Polish was filled with what my sister refers to as "hard things." Big, white, solid pieces of what - bones, gristle, snout?

This is why I've stopped eating breakfast sausage; it seems to be in all of them.

PS, alisonmackenzie, if and when you ever find out which one it is, please don't tell me!

Maybe sausage isn't for you guys.

cheffjeff wrote:Throw in 2 flaccid onions, and I felt like I was just violated.

Um, no thank you.

A microwaved chocolate molten cake from Crabby Bill's in Indian Rocks Beach Florida.

I had to work late last night in Brown Deer WI; the only thing I found open @ 1045 was Denny's. I thought I remembered the Moons over my hammy to be somewhat satisfing. My memory is poor. Perhaps I was hypnotized by Nannerpus.

Additionally, I wasn't willing to take one for the team, but they have pancake bites. They look like hushpuppies, but I guess they are fried pancake batter.