Our Dinner Out
There's a new Spanish restaurant up the street from where we live. My husband and I took a friend of ours to test it out. I have to say that I didn't walk away stunned with great awe and adoration for the place.
The food was really good, but getting to the point of eating it was rather comical.
My husband and I showed up a little early so we could enjoy a drink or two and an appetizer before our friend arrived.
We placed an order for a couple tapas: Gambas al Diablo (Shrimp with spicy sauce), and Grilled Steak with Poblano Peppers and Melted Cheese. Both were delicious. We also placed an order for a couple Pacifico beers. Upon further investigation, I thought it might be more fun to try a more ~what I thought~ to be a more ~Spanishy~ beer and wanted to change my order from a Pacifico to a Hatuey beer.
Not 90 seconds after we placed our original order, my husband goes to change my beer order. The waiter says, "Oh you can't change it..I've already placed it! I've already put it into the computer..."
"What? You can't change my beer order?"
"No, it's too late. But you can have a Hatuey beer for your next beer."
Mind you, the bar is not but 10 feet from the computer where the order was placed, and we still didn't get our beers for another five minutes later.
Who ever heard of not being able to change a beer order? Strange if you ask me!
We peruse the menu...
For me it was a toss up between: Solomillo Seville and Solomillo con Champi'nones.
The first being grilled steak with salseado and the latter being grilled steak with mushrooms.
So I call the waiter over and ask,
"What is salse-e-ah-do?"
"You mean salse-A-do..."
"Ok, What is salse-A-do?"
"It's like a salsa sauce salsa-ie salsa type sauce and it's on steak...a grilled steak with salsa, a salsa-ie sauce...salseado..but you might also like this one which is a grilled steak with mushrooms. You see, mushrooms...it's a steak with mushrooms on top where this one is a grilled steak with a salsa type sauce on top, so you might like this one with mushrooms on it instead too."
About all I could respond with was a simple, "Thank you."
He told me nothing the menu didn't already state. Thank.gawd.for.helpful.waiters.or...
I.might.not.ever.have.figured.out.those.dishes.
On the good side, the food was fantastic...the Pacifico was far better than the Hatuey (which we did order for our second round of beers)..and the dessert was to die for.
Mmm Mmmm Mmmmm....
4 comments:
What was for dessert? Bananas and chocolate ice cream? - John
A pyramid of chocolate mousse surrounded by carmelized banana slices with chocolate and orange liquer drizzled over the top.
How silly that they wouldn't let you change your beer order - after all it is you who's paying and it was only a drink! Maybe the waiter was new?
At least you enjoyed the food, even if you did have drink the pacifico beer :)
No kidding. 90 Seconds and you can't change your order. You must have been really hungry not to tell them off. They hadn't even poured your drinks yet. - John
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