Friday, April 18, 2008

Fast Food

Sounds like an oxymoron. When your are fasting, you don't have food.

What is it with fast food joints wanting to be all things to all people? You can go to McDonald's or Burger King and get fish or chicken. You can go to Long John Silver's and get chicken or burgers. They have menus that stretch across the room, but a burger joint should serve burgers, a fish place should serve fish, and a chicken place serve chicken. So far KFC and Popeys have managed to stay away from fish and burgers, but for how long? Speaking of KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken), it really is kentucky fried chicken here in kentucky. It's false advertising in all other states. One of the more successful burger joints out west is the In-N-Out Burgers. Their menu? Hamburger, Cheeseburger, Double-double cheesburger, fries, drinks. That's the whole menu. That's it, and they're always busy. Their fries are really fresh too. You can watch them cut the potato just before it goes into the deep fryer, and they have a great burger. Service is just a little slower, partly because there is usually a crowd, but also because they do not start anything before it's ordered. No heat lamps, hot trays, warmed over or (?), just fresh, jucy, delicious. I like a burger joint that serves burgers, a fish place that serves fish, a chicken place that serves chicken, and I don't expect to get a roast beef manhattan at a Mexican restaurant, or a prime rib dinner at the Chinese restaurant. Don't confuse me. I can do that all by myself.

3 Comments:

Blogger BB-Idaho said...

Some years back in Minneapolis, I would dash out from work for a
fastfood lunch: McDonalds and Burger King were side by side, and
I would pick the one with the shorter customer line. ..committed the ultimate fastfood faux pax as I reached the head of the line,
"Big Mac and fries!" [silence]
"Did you mean WHOPPER, sir?"
[snickers & chortles]

11:33 AM  
Blogger Pamela said...

my kinda fries

10:14 PM  
Blogger Fish-2 said...

Idaho, It's a wonder the clerk didn't run next door to fill your order.

5:56 AM  

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