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Tortillas, Trivia, and Tasting
Feb. 18th, 2006 09:39 pmSo today I spent most of the day with probably two of my three most rabid--ahem--loyal journal readers. And now they are wondering what I'm going to say about them. Eek!
We met at a favorite Tex-Mex place, which T misses in Denver. But they charged $0.99 extra for a small container of sour cream, and $0.15 each for two (stacks of?) tortillas. And this is when three people ordered fajitas, which to my knowledge always come with tortillas, and when the extras included enough guacamole for 1/2 of the fajitas and no sour cream or cheese. Those tortillas were quite good, except that some were overcooked. So El Chile just made someone's "never again" list. So sad.
Then we went to S and R's house where I manfully refrained from falling asleep with my very full stomach, even though I was on the floor, with double carpeting, and pillows, and later even a blanket.
Then we played the home video version of a trivia game that Robin and S used to play in bars. It was more fun than I expected, with use of reflexes and attention added to the usual requirement for trivia knowledge. I learned that Malcolm X's autobiography wasn't published until a year after he died.
We went out to eat supper, too, which isn't that easy to do efficiently on a Saturday night. However, we left a bit after six, which should have been early enough to have things not be too insane. Yet, East Side Cafe had a two-hour wait! After continued negotiations, we ended up at Hunan Lion, which did not subsequently make anyone's "never again" list. We did that thing where we decided to all order something different and then share, and then we actually shared, substantially. That's so cool.
I liked mine best (sesame chicken, which had a very interesting mix of flavors, and which was on their own list of most recommended dishes), but it was nice to taste so many other things as well.
The best part of the day was the conversation, which I wish I could remember snippets of to share with you. Sorry. Sleepy.
We met at a favorite Tex-Mex place, which T misses in Denver. But they charged $0.99 extra for a small container of sour cream, and $0.15 each for two (stacks of?) tortillas. And this is when three people ordered fajitas, which to my knowledge always come with tortillas, and when the extras included enough guacamole for 1/2 of the fajitas and no sour cream or cheese. Those tortillas were quite good, except that some were overcooked. So El Chile just made someone's "never again" list. So sad.
Then we went to S and R's house where I manfully refrained from falling asleep with my very full stomach, even though I was on the floor, with double carpeting, and pillows, and later even a blanket.
Then we played the home video version of a trivia game that Robin and S used to play in bars. It was more fun than I expected, with use of reflexes and attention added to the usual requirement for trivia knowledge. I learned that Malcolm X's autobiography wasn't published until a year after he died.
We went out to eat supper, too, which isn't that easy to do efficiently on a Saturday night. However, we left a bit after six, which should have been early enough to have things not be too insane. Yet, East Side Cafe had a two-hour wait! After continued negotiations, we ended up at Hunan Lion, which did not subsequently make anyone's "never again" list. We did that thing where we decided to all order something different and then share, and then we actually shared, substantially. That's so cool.
I liked mine best (sesame chicken, which had a very interesting mix of flavors, and which was on their own list of most recommended dishes), but it was nice to taste so many other things as well.
The best part of the day was the conversation, which I wish I could remember snippets of to share with you. Sorry. Sleepy.