WorldWide Munchies

We have a thing about ceasar salad and can’t find anything good after having some in Tijuana, where they make the ceasar salad right in front of you.   It was great stuff  and for years, we have been looking for something comparable and we chance upon a small eatery here off the coast where they served real anchovies in their ceasar salad, it was quite amusing but we were game to try anything new.  I have to say we prefer the ones smashed into the garlic instead of whole anchovies though.   I forsee a trip to Mexico soon.

The chinese restaurant owners in our town are good friends of the wife.  They go on and on when they meet, so whenever there is food for her at the Chinese restaurant, I am sent to pick them up, so she doesn’t get stuck.  Fried bread or bun you don’t even get to eat them here.  It is common in Chinese restaurants in Asia but not so common here in the West, so these are special treats that the wife gets every now and then.  How do they taste?  The wife said a little too oily for her taste buds and her health.

These were the ones we had in Hong Kong not too long ago, so you see how different they are.  Glutinous squares and fried bun and a tapioca jelly are all for desserts in Asia.

So the other day I went to the Subway drivethru to get a couple of sandwiches. A 6″ turkey for myself and a deli for the wife, this time she saw steak on the menu and decided to try that. I place my order and drive up to pay, the total was about $2 more than I thought it should be so I asked why. The conversation went something like this:

:That’ll be $9 something please.
:Why so expensive? Isn’t the steak only $3.19?
:We don’t have a deli steak so I had to charge you for a 6″ steak.
:But your sign says a deli is $3.19
:Oh, that’s a deli steak and egg, you asked for a steak so it’s the price of a 6″.
:Well how about you sell me a deli steak and egg without the egg.
:Oh… uhmm… sure, that’ll be $6 something please.

This happened 3 times before I smartened up and started ordering a steak and egg without the egg, which for some reason they get a kick out of.