Red Robin

The meal was delicous. I had a bacon burger with cheese and fries. The Quality was good and they brought it out relatively quick with endless amounts of strawberry lemonade that was amazing! the cost was 14.95 for my food and strawberry lemonade. I went to Red Robin because it was the only place open after my late baseball game.

What I look for in a meal is the home made quality with the fast food speed. I think Red Robin tries to do this with there overly friendly service and there catchy sayings on all of there flare. Overall Red Robin was a great place place to eat, with fast polite service and tasty food.

Ricardo's

On Saturday night I took my friend Stephanie to Ricardo's, about a block away from Saint Martin's. It was a pretty nice place, very small but wasn’t too small. There was a bottle of wine on our table from 1808, probably extremely expensive. I got one of the cheapest things on the menu and so did my date, about fifteen dollars each. I got the Alfredo Russo, which was a plate of noodles with alfredo sauce, sliced mushrooms, and pieces of sausage. The food was very good, I couldn’t finish the whole plate though, partly because I filled up on the free bread before my actual meal came. Overall, including the five dollar tip, I spent forty bucks on the meal, and that was without getting anything to drink, besides water which is free.

One issue that this meal brings up is the price. It probably cost the restaurant a couple dollars to make our meal, but they charge so much for it. I could have gone to the store, bought all the ingredients, and made the same meal for about ten dollars. The portions of the meals were also a little large, I felt like I was wasting my money because I couldn’t finish all of it. I would have felt better about it if it was a smaller portion and I finished the whole thing, that way it wasn’t wasted. I also like how it was a smaller restaurant. I paid them a good amount for good quality food that isn't made by a large corporation, it’s a small restaurant, and that’s part of what adds to the experience.

Sorry, the picture of the food is kind of dark and hard to see, it was dark in the restaurant for mood lighting, which made it difficult to get a good picture.

restaurant

1) Go to a restaurant in Olympia and have a delicious meal there. Be adventurous. Try something special that you’ve never had before.

I go to Tofu Hut, and I eat famous katsudon.

2) Tell us what your meal is like. What did you eat? What was the quality of food like? What is the size? What is the cost? Give us the specific who, what, when, why and where’s of what you are eating.

I go with my friend, and the price is about $8. The content is egg, tofu, onion, and mushroom on rice.
it is delicious and health.

3) Tell us what your meal represents for you. What is one issue related to food that you’d like to explore and discuss? What is the larger picture underlying your outing to this restaurant? Is it the ethical question of organic, local food economies, the marketing of food, the treatment of animals, or the challenge that obesity poses in the United States? Choose one issue to address and explicate.

In Japan, Katsu is fried pork, and don is rice ball. But the Katsudon does not have Katsu. I am surprised that how Japanese food in America is different to the Japanese food in Japan. For example the chicken teriyaki is not famous in Japan. We do not eat Chicken Teriyaki like that.

the Japanese food in America is not real Japanese food. I think that the Japanese food in America is Americanized.

Bread

Sometimes you want to sit to a good meal of steaks, crab cakes and just plain bread. Last week at Budd Bay café, my husband and I shared one of those moments.
I had the following:
Baseball cut petite top sirloin 6 oz
asparagus
Caesar salad
Baked potato with sour cream and chives and bacon
Bread rolls

My husband had:

3 Dungeness crab cakes with roasted bell pepper sauce
Rice pilaf
Asparagus
Clam chowder
Bread rolls

Needless to say we enjoyed ourselves and were filled with the quiet glazed over calm that settles when one’s belly is happily full.

Which, when contemplating scrumptious food or just any topic related to food in general, brings me to another matter— this question actually: What makes a yummy meal a nutritious meal and how can we eat for our health? Just how much food should one ingest for a meal, or better yet, for an entire day? And what types of foods constitute healthy eating choices? MyPyramid.gov recommends that adults, depending on their activity level intake anywhere from 1,600-2,200 calories. The food guide pyramid also recommends daily servings from the vegetable, fruit, milk and cheese, meat and fish and bean, and bread and pasta food groups. What is striking about these recommendations is the diversity and range of food stuffs we see here. Perhaps the old adage “a little bit of everything” is the best advice. Bread anyone?

Spicy Tuna Sushi

This past weekend, I went to Koibito's restaurant on Pacific Avenue. I ordered a spicy tuna roll. It was delicious. It included seaweed, rice, tuna mixed with spicy sauce. The taste of this spicy tuna roll has been breathtaking. I also eat my spicy tuna roll with some soy sauce for an extra bit of flavor. However, this roll is slightly hot so water was a necessity with this meal.

The service at Koibito's was excellent. The waiters were very friendly and made the costumers feel very comfortable. They also guaranteed good service by refilling waters whenever needed and checking on the costumers often to make sure their costumers were comfortable. The chefs cooked the food in the open area allowing the costumers to watch their food being made and it looked fascinating from the beginning.

The cost of this spicy tuna roll was around $10. It was expensive because of the rareness of the fish. It rose the issue of the extinction of certain animals because they are being killed to be used as our food. Using animals as food is lowering the amount of animals that are living.

Ranch House

I went out to lunch with an old friend from high school the other day. We went to a small restaurant almost in the middle of no where that serves mostly BBQ and good ol' fattening American food. I decided on a bacon burger with a pile of house fries. My burger was topped with lettuce, cheese, and BBQ sauce. My meal was quite tasty! The cost of my meal was about $11.85. A little on the pricy side for a burger but I believe that we were paying for the great service that was practiced. Our waitress was friendly and joked with us the whole time. Also, the owner came out and walked around the restaurant to ask everyone how their food was.

I believe this is a great example though of how fattening a meal can be. I think that there are many issues that arise with the issue of food, especially fast food in the US. People are worried about being over weight and obese in todays society. Today many fast food restaurants are being asked to change their menu to make it more health friendly. But what about choice? A person chooses whether or not they go out to eat. They could ask for smaller portions or make sure to work off the calories they burn. There is a line that is not understood in this situation...To be fat, or not to be fat? Most of the time the question is for oneself, but, if there was a way to make restaurants healthier, would it really help?

Red Robin

On April 19th, 2010 (my birthday), I went to Red Robin. This is typically a very busy restaurant since it is on the west side of Olympia, right next to the mall. When I went there, there was a short line but things were moving pretty quick. I wasn't even waiting for 5 minutes until I was seated. When I looked around, I saw a bunch of people and the employees singing happy birthday to groups. I didn't want them to sing to me so I didn't let anyone know it was my birthday.
Once I was seated, the waitress came right up and asked us if we wanted any drinks or appetizers. I was with my girlfriend so I decided we could share some mozzarella sticks. As busy as it was I was expecting it to be a while until I would get my drinks and appetizer. The mozzarella sticks and drinks were on my table in about 4 minutes. I ordered a prime rib dip for my meal and my girlfriend ordered the gourmet burger. Our meals came out in pretty good time but it wasn't until I started eating that I finally had a problem. The table we sat at was a little two person booth. I have fairly broad shoulders so I found it difficult to manage eating in a tight spot. My meal was prime rib with onions on a French bread roll with a side of garlic fries and coleslaw. I finished my prime rib dip very quickly and then got to the garlic fires. It was all delicious but I had become full because of the mozzarella sticks before. My girlfriend couldn't finish her burger either. Although my meal tasted very good, I found the fries to be greasy. I typically don't eat greasy food so it was hard on my stomach.
When the waitress brought out the bill, I noticed that book the bill was kept in was also a dessert menu. My first thought was, good marketing idea. Then, this made me realize how our American culture is used to large amounts of food and very unhealthy food. It is nice to eat out every once in a while but I couldn't eat like this every day. When I got back to my dorm I had to take a nap because I was so full. Another downfall of this restaurant is that it is a little bit on the pricey side. For just my girlfriend and I the bill came to $32.63 and I left a tip on top of that. It isn't that much money but just for two people it seems kind of expensive. All in all, my outing made me realize that our culture spends a lot of money on large meals that are nothing more than grease.

Restaurant review assignment for English 102

For this blog assignment, please do the following:

1) Go to a restaurant in Olympia and have a delicious meal there. Be adventurous. Try something special that you’ve never had before.

2) Tell us what your meal is like. What did you eat? What was the quality of food like? What is the size? What is the cost? Give us the specific who, what, when, why and where’s of what you are eating.

3) Take pictures of your food.

4) Tell us what your meal represents for you. What is one issue related to food that you’d like to explore and discuss? What is the larger picture underlying your outing to this restaurant? Is it the ethical question of organic, local food economies, the marketing of food, the treatment of animals, or the challenge that obesity poses in the United States? Choose one issue to address and explicate.

5) Post your blog here.