On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:56:27 -0700, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

>Generally are you impressed or disappointed with most restaurants?
>
>If you are in a new place are you adventurous with your order or do you
>order an old standby to gauge the place?

Guess I'm adventurous.

>
>For me if I go to a new Italian place the first time around if it is
>convenient to come back to I order the Spaghetti & Meatballs. My logic (if
>I have any) is if they screw this up I ain't coming back for their veal
>piccata.

I'd order piccata over spaghetti every time, not as a gauge but
because I like it better. Piccata is pretty hard to screw up too.
>
>How about you?
>
>How do you gauge a new place?

I read the menu and take my best shot. Dive in and order. If it
sounds good, I'll go for it.... I usually order something I don't make
at home (no matter how simple). What I hate is a menu that goes on
for days. Limit the choices and make each one well. Make a new menu
daily, but *limit* the choices.


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I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West