In article >, rms > wrote:
>Harry Demidavicius wrote:
>The worst transgression I have ever experienced at a restaurant
>was after ordering the "swordfish special" at the Landmark on
>Chincoteague Island. ...

I've had two particularly bad ones - one, (using the word
"restaurant" loosely) was at a Sizzler. I've never liked the
place. Everyone else wanted to go there, so, grumbling, I
allowed myself to be dragged along. They had a baby-back ribs
special, so I ordered that. It was smallish ribs, but *not*
baby-back, and they were not barbecued. They had been baked in
what seemed like, heaven help me, Shake-n-Bake with Lowrey's
Seasoned Salt.

I have since laid down the law: No I Will Not Enter A Sizzler.
If You Must Go There Take Me Home First.

The real worst one was at a brand new Hungry Hunter on its
opening day: (1) order the advertised prime rib special, wait
for over 30 minutes to be told they were out. (2) order filet
instead; after my wife was done eating, it arrived, a lump of
gristle I couldn't even saw through with the steak knife.
(3) Try for scallops. Get cold, raw scallops. Very cold.
Crunchy un-thawed ice crystals in the middle. It was a couple
of years before I would consent to enter any Hungry Hunter
again, but they've been fine every time I've been to one since.
That one must have been going through some very bad opening-day
problems.

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