Comments on: Wait, Don’t You Hobbits Serve Meatpies Here? http://www.angerburger.com/2009/10/terroir-restaurant-craggy-range-new-zealand/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:31:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Sunday http://www.angerburger.com/2009/10/terroir-restaurant-craggy-range-new-zealand/comment-page-1/#comment-1460 Sunday Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:31:20 +0000 http://www.angerburger.com/?p=1037#comment-1460 It <i>shouldn't</i> be, but nevertheless often is. If you're in a steakhouse, you shouldn't order a plate of pasta. If you're in an Italian restaurant, you shouldn't order fried rice. But what happens when you're in a sort of typical (and I mean that in a nice way, actually) upscale vineyard restaurant that features one fish, one chicken, one lamb, one beef, etc. etc.? Well, you can never tell. And I just mean this from a practical level, and as a life-long serf who occasionally gets to eat with the lords and ladies - very fancypants places seem to occasionally suffer from having to conform to wide palates, whereas a BBQ joint just makes BBQ and sometimes throws in a salad on the menu so that your anorexic cousin Steffie has something to pick at, but no one really orders it expecting to eat it. I'm overthinking this aren't I? It shouldn’t be, but nevertheless often is. If you’re in a steakhouse, you shouldn’t order a plate of pasta. If you’re in an Italian restaurant, you shouldn’t order fried rice. But what happens when you’re in a sort of typical (and I mean that in a nice way, actually) upscale vineyard restaurant that features one fish, one chicken, one lamb, one beef, etc. etc.? Well, you can never tell. And I just mean this from a practical level, and as a life-long serf who occasionally gets to eat with the lords and ladies – very fancypants places seem to occasionally suffer from having to conform to wide palates, whereas a BBQ joint just makes BBQ and sometimes throws in a salad on the menu so that your anorexic cousin Steffie has something to pick at, but no one really orders it expecting to eat it.

I’m overthinking this aren’t I?

]]> By: Mrs. Melons http://www.angerburger.com/2009/10/terroir-restaurant-craggy-range-new-zealand/comment-page-1/#comment-1451 Mrs. Melons Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:53:27 +0000 http://www.angerburger.com/?p=1037#comment-1451 It should never be a gamble ordering meatses in a fine-dining establishment. A well-trained chef or cook, or kook! Ha!, whether working at a steakhouse or a fru-fru place, should know how to cook a piece o' meat. But then, I'm kind of a nazi at times. It should never be a gamble ordering meatses in a fine-dining establishment. A well-trained chef or cook, or kook! Ha!, whether working at a steakhouse or a fru-fru place, should know how to cook a piece o’ meat. But then, I’m kind of a nazi at times.

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