Tag: Eating Out

Sisig

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While in Columbus, OH for a convention, of course I tried the Hyatt Regency’s lobby restaurant.

I was very surprised that, thanks to an exchange program for culinary students at a nearby cooking school, the Hyatt offers their own versions of several Filipino dishes. The one I tried is called “Sisig”. In this case, it’s made with slow-roasted pork in a hoisin-soy glaze, served over brown rice, with a fried egg on top and roasted corn on the side. It was delicious and complex and a delightful departure from the typical American fare you usually find in hotel restaurants.

And, no, you don’t want to know which parts of the pig they use in the original version back in the Philippines.

Sisig

Down In The Dumps

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(at food court)

Me: (dumps trash)

Me: “Oh crap! I just dumped trash into the recycling slot. I didn’t see the signs until it was too late.”

Custodian: “Don’t worry, it all goes to the same place.”

Me: “What.”

Custodian: “What.”

Steaks are Low

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Bobbys_Colorado_Sirloin

Early bird gets the steak. — at Bobby’s Colorado Steak House.

We’ve got this great locally owned steakhouse that just gets me, man. They have great steaks at great prices, plus a phenomenal salad bar that includes all the usual salad bar stuff plus several soups, fried biscuits and apple butter, even caviar.

But they also have Early Bird specials Monday through Thursday, 4pm to 6pm. Here you can see the 7 oz. Sirloin (Medium Rare, naturally). This bad boy plus the all-you-can-eat salad bar cost me a whopping $12.50.

And here’s where it gets crazy. The kids beg to go here because the kids meals are $6.75 and include the salad and an ice cream sundae. They literally beg to go here at least once a week.

And… wow… then it gets just off the charts amazing on Wednesdays. Kids eat free with adult meal purchase. I ate the steak pictured above, with a giant salad bar, and the two kids each got cheeseburgers and fries and salads and fruit and ice cream… and the bill was a ridiculous $20.15 after taxes.

Wha?

That’s just crazy. I honestly don’t understand how there isn’t a line of people out the door all day every day at this place.

(No, I am not compensated in any way for this opinion. I have no relationship with Bobby’s other than they recognize us because we come in so often.)