Originally Posted by madamekelly
I tend to avoid 'corporate food'. My favorite place is 'New China Buffet in Corvallis Oregon. Good fresh foods, no cornstarch, no MSG, lots of veggies! My second favorite is 'Emmons Meats' also in Corvallis. They have fresh Buffalo Burgers, Mmmmmmmmmmm!
Worst place I ever ate was in Columbus, Texas. The food was good, the wait staff was efficient, and the prices are average. So, what was wrong? you ask, let me tell you a story......
I have always like to find 'mom and pop' restaurants to try. Years ago, My sister and I were just moving to Columbus, TX, and had been unpacking all day. Neither of us wanted to cook so we went out to eat. We walked into this pretty little restaurant and were seated. As we looked at the menus, we decided to have a chili burger. We were in Texas after all, the home of the worlds best chili cooks. When I asked the waitress if they had chili burgers,(since it wasn't listed on the menu, but burgers and bowls of chili were.) She smiled sweetly and said" why yes dear we do". Great! We each ordered one. When she brought it to us, it looked like a burger and fries. I asked about our chili burgers. The waitress said "Why it's right there darlin'". "If you lift the bun, you will see the chili". We looked, and sure enough, there was chili sauce smeared on the top bun! We looked at each other, and 'lost it'. We started laughing so hard, my sister made a 'snort' sound" and we laughed all the harder. There we were, in the chili capital of the world, and they had never seen a real chili burger, we had to tell them what a chili burger was! To this day, I can make her laugh by just suggesting we "go find us a chili burger"! :lol: