>"Master Chef Richard Campbell" >
wrote in
: >message . ..
: >> Hi all,
: >>
: >>
: >> Tonight I went to the East Peoria Texas Roadhouse with my
wife, child, and
: >> in-laws. I ordered a T-bone rare; I told my waitress "That I
meant
: >'RARE.'"
: >> Our dinners arrived and my steak was on the far side of med
well almost
: >> well. It was a skimpy 1/4" thick and looked to have been
cooked only one
: >> side. I sent it back and then received a steak cooked to the
proper
: >doneness
: >> of rare. But the filet side of the steak was about the size
of walnut and
: >it
: >> was about 1" thick. The tail of the second steak was all fat
and gristle,
: >at
: >> least a 1/5 of the steak went into trash. The rest of my
party had already
: >> finished their meals and I need to eat it. If I had been
alone or just my
: >> wife I would have sent it back again.
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Bummer! I've eaten at that same T. Roadhouse a few times. We've
always received good food - although most times there is
something about the order that gets messed up... loaded potato
came plain...fries or something else on the plate after
requesting whichever NOT be on the plate... <shrug>

For those of you that don't know... the Peoria area is KNOWN for
typically having Crappy service and mediocre food.

I have no idea why this is so... perhaps because most of the
people in the food service business around here don't care and/or
maybe don't know any better... I too, am constantly complaining
about similar experiences. Don't even get me started about the
lack of or the going overboard on seasoning...!! Many of you
have seen my occasional tagline of "living in Armpit, Illinois".
Folks, we're * not * kidding... there is a weird cloud of apathy
and even stupidity surrounding this area. Hmmm, maybe I should
be getting more excited about returning to Florida...! At least
the food is good down there. <G>

Cyndi
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