Time for the semi-monthly casino restaurant review! That's all you'll get this time. The Pony and I both lost our shirts on the slots last week. Hick, with his current penchant for falling backasswards into money, left with an $80 profit. It's a thorn in my side that he sat down next to where I was losing (on the slot that gave me my previous $8,600 bonus), and asked how to play the Wonder 4 Spinning Fortunes slot. Of course I showed him, and he started hitting bonuses right away. He's WELCOME! Not that he thanked me...
Anyhoo... at least the lunch was tasty. Surely you're not bored with hearing about our casino lunches! Who doesn't like looking at food pictures? Food prepared by others, and eaten inside an establishment that is not YOUR HOUSE! It costs you nothing to look, and you don't expose yourself to the cooties of the general population. So, you're WELCOME!
We'll start with Hick's appetizer. I mean PIE! Hick always has a slice of pie, and he always eats it first, before the meal is brought to the table.
Dang it! Every time I look at Hick's pie, I wish I had gotten some for myself! It's just as well that I didn't. I'm always the last one finished eating, anyway. The Pony abandons me, but Hick sits sentinel, playing around with his phone.
Hick had his usual cheeseburger.
That's a double patty, with pepper jack cheese, I think. And curly fries. Hick had a crescent of the burger left over (to make room for pie), and I had a taste. Nom-nom!
The Pony also went for pie. The little apple fried pies.
They looked even better this time. The Pony left about 2/3 of one. I had a bite, courtesy of Hick cutting off a portion when I asked. Of course, it was hollow crust, devoid of gooey apple sweetness. Hick polished off the rest. That man can never get enough pie!
The Pony went for the foot-long corn dog again.
The Pony couldn't wait for my photo before chomping about two inches off the end of his foot-long corn dog. He also chose the "basket" option, and had some fries.
I chose my old favorite, the grilled chicken club, which I take without lettuce.
They were a bit light on the chicken this time, and heavy on the onions! The tater tots were about half the usual amount, but that's okay, I couldn't finish them anyway. As you can see, this chicken club is almost impossible to eat! Two slabs of Texas toast make it hard to wrap Val's mouth around. Even though Val has been told before that she has a big mouth!
And another thing... there was no shortage of bacon on my chicken club, but the bacon was contorted! Remember the 80s? I'm sure you do. Remember those slap-bracelets that were all the rage with the youngsters in middle school? Perhaps you don't, if you weren't in the classroom with 180 of them per day, watching and listening to them fiddle with those accessories. The thing with a slap bracelet is, at least you CAN straighten it out, before poking the metal to make it coil up again.
I tried to straighten my bacon, but I could not. It was crispy and twisted. I took off a couple pieces, trying to make my sandwich flatter and biteable. Hick and The Pony were both on alert. "Aren't you going to eat your bacon?" "Why are you taking off your bacon?"
"You can have a piece if you want. I'm just trying to fit it on the sandwich better."
They both declined. I guess they were full of pie. Even breakin' my bacon didn't make it fit very well. In addition, The Pony had declined my offer of the crunchy crust of the Texas toast. So I was on my own to unhinge my jaws and try to swallow that sandwich like a python eating its prey.
Still, we had a delicious lunch. 2/3 of us won money. We didn't have any arguments going or coming in A-Cad. So it was a pleasant day.
Hick has to go back down to Casino Town on Monday (today) because the gun he bought from a guy doesn't work. HICK IS NOT GOING TO TAKE IT APART! The guy said he'd fix it, or return Hick's money. The Pony and I won't be going along this trip. We can't afford it right now!
I would read your post on an empty stomach.
ReplyDeleteIt was a feast for the EYES. Your stomach is on its own!
DeleteYou make that casino food look appealing. I did a ok this week.
ReplyDeleteI think they should give me free play to hawk their food on my blog with 10 (on a good day) readers!
DeleteI haven't done okay since I had a $100 scratcher the day after the casino trip before this one. Even Steven should swing the pendulum the other way before too much longer!
That pie looks delicious! Just the right ratio of lemon to meringue. I've seen some where the meringue is piled so high you'd think it was a slice of Mt Everest!
ReplyDeleteBy the look of your sandwich, your delicious sandwich, one slice, sorry, SLAB, of Texas toast would feed a third world family for a whole day. I'd be cutting off all the crusts for later nibbling just so I could eat the middle section without breaking my jaw. even The Pony's Fries look terrific, so everyone had good food this time :)
The pie was a thing of beauty! I didn't get to admire it for long. I prefer my crispy tater tots over The Pony's fries. I think they had some seasoning on them, and he adds pepper. I DID have to tear off some of the crust on my sandwich. Usually The Pony would love to have it, but I guess he was full of a foot of corn dog, and those fries. Hick didn't offer to make a pie-purse to take home my crust and tots!
DeleteI love lemon meringue pie. I prefer mine without the meringue. I guess that would make it lemon pie.
ReplyDeleteI'm pickin' up what you're layin' down! That's your way of telling me you're an anti-meringue-ite.
DeleteWish I had a corn dog now. I am eating the tasteless crap of HeWho's diet. I don't know why I feel guilty when I eat something good in front of him. I know he would not feel the same way. I just read what I wrote, who's the martyr now?
ReplyDeleteEat like a bird when you sit down for a meal with him. Prepare yourself something tasty when he's out and about. What he doesn't know won't hurt him!
DeletePony's fries look especially good. I guess I'm just hungry for a decent fry which you cannot get unless you cook it yourself, and where is the fun in that? And lemon meringue is my favorite pie. Of course I enjoy seeing your casino food! (I don't get out much, you know, so hearing about gambling along with food is about the best thing I can think of.) Any good that I don't have to prepare is always a winner to me! When my husband asked why my ham sandwiches even taste better than the ones he makes for himself, I try to point out the obvious -- anything someone else makes is better just because we didn't have to do it! I am a good cook,but that doesn't mean I have a good time doing it. There is a difference!
ReplyDeleteI think you all have really gotten lucky with Ponytail Guy - I think I'd try to remain friends with him!
The Pony's fries DO look good, if the tater tots were not an alternative. They look like they've been fried in extra fatty fat, perhaps twice!
DeleteYes, I even enjoyed hospital food on the times I was laid up, because I got to choose from a menu, and I didn't have to cook or wash dishes.
Ponytail Guy is a regular customer of Hick, so I think we're good.