A good restaurant just makes me giddy. I can go all day with anticipation just knowing where I'm going to eat. ~Gayle King
I do have a thing for eating out; that's one of life's great middle-age pleasures. ~Rick Astley
I have a thing for eating out too. It's one of my favorite things. Unfortunately I don't have the budget to eat out as often as I'd like. Eating at a restaurant is like a brief vacation, and when you think about it, it is rather a luxury - someone else prepares the food, brings it to you, and cleans up afterwards. Restaurants that focus on an ethnic cuisine have that vacation feel as well. I can't travel to Greece or Italy every month, but it's only a short drive to some really good Greek and Italian restaurants. I'm a picky eater, so I know I'd struggle to find foods I'd be willing to eat if I was visiting anywhere in Asia, but good Asian restaurants offer me menus I can understand and sample.
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| fish n chips at a Gaelic-theme pub |
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| shawarma platter at a Greek cafe |
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| Korean barbecue |
For me to go to a restaurant and eat something that is not only good, but totally new, is a double thrill. Double the enjoyment. ~Ferran Adria
While there are quite a few chain restaurants I like, we tend to prefer locally owned restaurants rather than franchises. We especially like barbecue, and when we travel we always look for local barbecue joints. We like "sit-down" places, counter order places, and food trucks, and everything from coffee shops to pizzarias, burger joints to buffets, and diners to fine dining.
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| A Kentucky Hot Brown at the Brown Hotel in Louisville |
I judge a restaurant by the bread & the coffee. ~Burt Lancaster
Food trucks give creative entrepreneurs the ability to cook with freedom and make what they love, meaning that they can create highly specialized meals without having the high overhead costs of running a restaurant. ~Homaro Cantu
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| food truck festival in Newark |
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| frybread pizza |
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| shawarma |
That's what it all comes down to. Good food. And good service is important too.
I totally did not plan this but this is Restaurant Week in Columbus! Technically, it was last week, but due to the extreme cold and the snow, many of the restaurants extended their Restaurant Week offers an extra week. We've gone out with friends to try something new during Restaurant Week a couple times before, and we have plans to go to a burger place on Thursday night. Does your area have an event like this? Or a food truck festival? We've gone to the food truck festival in Newark and it was really good.
What kind of restaurant is your favorite? Leave a comment and let me know!
If I could have dinner with anyone who lived in history, it would depend on the restaurant. ~Rodney Dangerfield
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You made me hungry. ;-)
ReplyDeleteHaha I got a little hungry too, remembering some of those good restaurants we enjoyed. Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteWhat a FUN post!!!!! I love this. I loved all the quotes you shared. We don't have a restaurant theme week or anything like that here that I am aware of. We have food festivals here and there for sure. Crawfish festivals are big in my area.
ReplyDeleteSome of the food you shared looked FANTASTIC. You are so right, it really is a luxury and like a little trip to another place when you do not have the budget to travel.
My husband and I tried Korean BBQ place for the first time for our Anniversary in December. We cooked our own food. It was a neat!!!
I like a lot of different cuisines. I am not an Indian food fan though.
I like to visit a good Italian place or pizza place!! I love a cute cafe or bakery!
The food truck festivals and the Greek festival are highlights. I Love the Greek festival
DeleteWe were introduced to the Korean BBQ place a few years ago, of course I can't think of the name of it now, but that one is located in Maryland. It was a place where you cooked your own food and we all liked it and went there for a few birthday celebrations.
Trying different cuisines is a bit of a challenge when you're a picky eater like I am, but I've surprised myself with some of the things I've enjoyed
Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
I loved the "I judge a restaurant" quote! Mine would be that I judge a Mexican restaurant by their salsa and margaritas haha! We live in Birmingham, AL and we are actually really blessed with amazing restaurants and James Beard award winning chefs!
ReplyDeleteI definitely judge a restaurant by its coffee and often by its bread so that quote could be my eating out motto! And I agree on judging Mexican restaurants by their margaritas! Our list of restaurants to try and restaurants we really enjoy is SOOOO long because Columbus has lots of great places! Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
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