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Abraham wrote:steveincowtown

Did your drinks cost more than your meal?

Of course they did. That's the other reason she is an ex-girlfriend.

Ok, so I'm on the road at the moment (currently in Charleston, SC) but two nights ago, I went into the Hard Rock Casino in Biloxi. I can't stress enough that I am not, repeat, am not, a gambler. I passed the Ruth Chris on my way through the lobby area, and thought that'd be a nice treat, but I also told myself that I was gonna try my luck for a few minutes. So, I put two bucks into the first dollar machine that talked to me, and hit bars for $40.

I cashed out and went to the bar at RC and had a steak, with creamed spinach. With tip, that came out to about $15. Sure beat the hell out of the buffet!!!

Happy Anniversary, and bon a petit!

SATX-Scrub wrote:Ok, so I'm on the road at the moment (currently in Charleston, SC) but two nights ago, I went into the Hard Rock Casino in Biloxi. I can't stress enough that I am not, repeat, am not, a gambler. I passed the Ruth Chris on my way through the lobby area, and thought that'd be a nice treat, but I also told myself that I was gonna try my luck for a few minutes. So, I put two bucks into the first dollar machine that talked to me, and hit bars for $40.

I cashed out and went to the bar at RC and had a steak, with creamed spinach. With tip, that came out to about $15. Sure beat the heck out of the buffet!!!

Happy Anniversary, and bon a petit!

Good story! Can't beat that price!

steveincowtown wrote:I am headed to the one in TST

IMO, Eating Western food in HK is a lost opportunity to eat something local (well.. Asian, anyways)...
Unless of course some rule of etiquette demands otherwise. (I know how that goes)

Thai: Right across the bridge in Central.. https://www.facebook.com/chachawan.hongkong" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Xiao Long Bao at Din Tai Fung .. also in Central - Tripadvisor Link

I try my best to eat "hole-in-the-wall" when I'm over there.
My suppliers offer to take us for Western food and my standard reply is "let's go to where the locals like to go".
Always turns out to be memorable.
I wind up craving McDonalds eventually, but I do my best to resist.

Travel safely.!

RoyGBiv wrote:

steveincowtown wrote:I am headed to the one in TST

IMO, Eating Western food in HK is a lost opportunity to eat something local (well.. Asian, anyways)...
Unless of course some rule of etiquette demands otherwise. (I know how that goes)

Hong Kong is an international city, with so many things to offer. When I was with my Japanese hosts, I would eat at the Asian restaurants. Fried jellyfish was a different and unique appetizer.

When I was on my own, I would check out the Swiss and French restaurants, which were outstanding. I even found a couple of "UK influenced" favorites for lunch. One was of my favorites was the "Eggs Mayonnaise" sandwich. There was another place I tried, but I can't remember the name, that had some of the best BBQ ribs I have ever tasted. I even visited the Hard Rock Café, which yielded my prized souvenir shot glass. I never did crave McDonald's.

WildBill wrote:I never did crave McDonald's.

After 3 weeks of eating nothing but Asian food, mostly Cantonese, for breakfast/lunch/dinner (with mostly those big business dinners of pick-your-own live fish, served around the lazy Susan while drinking too many toasts), we were in a working meeting when it came time for lunch. It was our last day in Doumen before heading over to HK for 2 days then home. All the Americans turned pale at the thought of another Chinese 2 hour lunch and we begged (literally) our hosts for something quick and Western.... McDonalds. I hadn't had a Big Mac in forever. It was absolutely awesome after 3 solid weeks of nothing but Chinese (and I LOVE [REAL] Chinese food).

RoyGBiv wrote:

steveincowtown wrote:I am headed to the one in TST

IMO, Eating Western food in HK is a lost opportunity to eat something local (well.. Asian, anyways)...
Unless of course some rule of etiquette demands otherwise. (I know how that goes)

Yup. Most of my customers only come here once a year so they almost all demand Western Food.

RoyGBiv wrote: ...
I try my best to eat "hole-in-the-wall" when I'm over there.
My suppliers offer to take us for Western food and my standard reply is "let's go to where the locals like to go". ...

When I was stationed in Germany near the Dutch border, I liked to eat at various small ethnic restaurants on both sides of the border - German, Indian (especially Indian), Greek, Turkish, etc. But one day when I was out with a large group of Dutch friends and we got hungry, I of course let them pick the venue. They all wanted to go to McDonald's. But being a Dutch McDonald's, it served beer.

But even with beer, McDonald's doesn't quite measure up to Ruth's Chris.

It's Tuesday, December 17th. I'm still waiting for Wheelgun1958's review of his dinner at RC.

WildBill wrote:It's Tuesday, December 17th. I'm still waiting for Wheelgun1958's review of his dinner at RC.

Me too. Have an anniversary coming up.

jmra wrote:

WildBill wrote:It's Tuesday, December 17th. I'm still waiting for Wheelgun1958's review of his dinner at RC.

Me too. Have an anniversary coming up.

I'm hoping he brought enough money and isn't still washing dishes.