Restaurant and Food Blog May Archive

Hens; Chicken Gizzards, Necks and Feet

By Wilbur Corncob at 05/28/07 07:09

On the way to the Salt Church (a church 200 meters below the surface of the earth in a salt mine) a little ways north of Bogota, we stopped at a restuarant and were a little disappointed that the only food on the menu was chicken.

We left and went to one across the street. The light bulb turned on, the name of the first restaurant was "Gallina" or "Hen" in English. The new restaurant had pretty much the same menu: chicken!

My friend was delighed that they offerred gizzards, necks and feet. What is shown here is just the start of his meal, which included the grizzle parts of the chicken, soup, and a big plate of rice and lots more chicken meat.

All for a few bucks.

Health Food at Burger King

Last night I happened to visit Burger King, though I didn't make a purchase. I saw a nice display case out front that showed a couple of "healthy" salads.

However, right next to them a couple of cans of Budwiser beer was featured. They make it so easy to wash away any health benefits!

Dinner in Costa Rica... opps.. I mean... Costa Rica Insects..

Leaf Eating Ants in Costa Rica

After living in Costa Rica a while you start to realize that all the food is pretty bland and cooked so much that you really can't tell what it is.

Now I read in a blog about some guy that finally went after his insects with some super toxic bug killers. A pitty when you read so much about ecotourism in Costa Rica. Back to the topic at hand... food and Costa Rica.

I think there are some great ways to spice up your meals in some delicious and nutritious ways. My first suggestion would be a leaf eating ant salad.

Here you see a photo a leaf eating ant, carrying a chunk of plant leaf larger than itself away. Can you image a salad of these. You can just pull them off any large tree near by. You'll get plenty of greens and some extra protein from the ants themselves.

Be extremely careful not to try this near any poisonious plants, or where someone has been using the toxic bug killers.

A few large leafing eat ant green salads every day should help keep the annoying ant population down and provide you with an tasty meal. If you eat them life, the ants crawling in your mouth should be a great change from the usual bland mixture of rice and beans without any salt or other spices.

Crunchy and great flavor too!

Maybe you can offer your suggestions for other insect meals in Costa Rica here...

Super Size it Because You want to be FAT!

Brian's post inspired my thought that instead of "fries with that" you are now asked if you want to super size something.

My wife noticed that in Fast "Food" Restaurants in the United States a "small drink" is similar to the size of a "large drink" in South America. But they don't stop there... they want to make it even BIGGER.

Now what is the point of "super sizing" grease and sugar? Less is probably better! Yet, we are all convinced at the check out counter that MORE is better and not much more expensive.

The only clue must be that our subconscious goal is to become fat and not just a little fat, but SUPER SIZED FAT.

Now, my mother told me not long ago that Detroit Michigan had a new name... FAT CITY. I think if you step back and have a close look, its not just Detroit, but really FAT COUNTRY USA and we're not talking about everyone riding around in super sized SUV's (though pretty soon no one will fit in a compact car).

Now, I realize you can guzzle down a 32 oz (or maybe two) glass of sugarred up soda pop (or drop the sugar and add a bunch of chemicals) with no problem as you swollow your grease burger and grease fries without even chewing.. that river of brown liquid makes it easy to slide down. Did you check if the grease was rancid?

My question is whether you could chugg 32 oz of pure filtered water with that same disgusting "food"? I think not, because deep down you really do want to be FAT!

Your Lunch on Wheels Interview

Name of your website?

Your Lunch on Wheels

Your name?

Nassry

Your Location (city, etc)

miami

When did you start your website and why?

2006 business

Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc

We are a catering company who offers an Organic Ethnic Food from the best Chinese, Italian, Middle Eastern and Japanese Cuisine with over 200 different variety of entrees,appetizers,salads and desserts

What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?

created traffic

What has been the easist part of operating your website?

design and operability

What was your biggest mistake?

don't create a link back page

Who maintains your website and why?

myself more easy and dependable

Tell us how your business has benefitted from your website?

less congestion over the orders by phone

What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?

Great future everything now is doing online

What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

very important to create friendly pages who easily crawled by the robots of the search engines

What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?

helped

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

flyers and add in magazines

What method has been least successful for promoting your website?

pay per clicks

What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?

spam policy and successfully tools to combat it.

You can enter a question of your choice and the answer here: how to promote your website?

get good back links from sites related to,

What is your website address?

Your Lunch on Wheels

People Know Your Age Thanks to Would You Like Fries with That? Question

Remember the old joke you used to blast one another for getting degrees in less-than-useful fields like sociology or philosophy, the one where you'd cap it off with "Would you like fries with that?" It was funny because it implied your friend would be flipping burgers until long after the degree was paid off. It doesn't work any more, it just makes you seem old.

You may not realize it, but nobody has asked you if you wanted fries with the ubiquitous "that" in the last fifteen or twenty years.

Value combos have killed the joke, and nobody sent me a memo. It could have been updated to "Would you like that super-sized?", but people from that era don't find the humor intrinsic to the insult.

So if you don't want to feel over 30 (or over 40, for that matter,) pick a new joke, the time came and went and you weren't even aware of it yet… now you are.

Deep Fried Apples at McDonalds?

I noticed that McDonalds is selling apples. I can't imagine that customers of McDonalds would be the health conscious types that would want to a crisp, natural apple that is good for them.

You know an apple a day keeps the doctor away. I just can't see those kind of people eating at McDonalds, whether they serve apples or not.

So I had a dream that these apples must not be served fresh and crisp as you see them lined up ready to be eaten... I think they must be deep fried first to fit in with the rest of their product line.

I could be wrong, but i'm afraid to buy one to find out.

Everything Tastes Like Chicken

I went out to eat the other day and ordered a regular salad. After a few bites I thought... hmm.. tastes like chicken. They must be having a bad day. I sent the salad back and told them I wanted a hamburger. I can't stand hamburgers in Costa Rica because they cook them into a piece of cardboard and then some more. It was a long wait for the hamburger, they really tried hard to make sure it was a cooked as it could be plus some without burning it. I think they might have deep fried it and then run it through on old style clothes ringer to get the grease out and then cook it some more. Ok, finally I have my food. A greaseless hamburger and cold soggy french frieds that were "cooked" in a deep frier full of luke warm oil. Hmm... tastes like chicken! Damn! I'm fed up and very hungry now. They have feed the hamburger to the rats but I suspect they won't be any more interested than I was. Now, I'll order beef liver. No way can that taste like chicken. Beef liver comes out and I almost gag on my first bite! Still tastes like chicken. I must have been hypnotised by the Dicovery Channel into thinking everything tastes like chicken. I might as well go catch an iguana and eat that as its supposed to taste like chicken! And, no this is not a funny food story! Index for Costa Rica Costa Rica Tags: tastes like chicken • hamburgers • 0 Comments. - Permalink

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