Well, I’m going to catch up on a couple of memes. I know, I know, a lot of you don’t enjoy these, but I do, and as I’ve said before – it’s MY BLOG and therefore, I do the ones I like! 😀
Dining out
“The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.” -Peter DeVries
1) Do you enjoy eating out and why? Oh. My. Goodness. Yes. We love to eat out, although I actually think Tim likes it more than I do, but we both love to go eat at different places. We have lots of favorites, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, BBQ, etc. Tons of places we like to go, and we like to try new places too.
2) Where is your favorite restaurant? Can’t pick just one. I might be able to narrow it down to one per category, but that would also be difficult. For Mexican, I would probably pick either Cinco de Mayo in Madison or El Torero in Flowood. For Chinese, either King Buffet in Jackson or Hong Kong Buffet in Madison (for convenience). For Japanese, I’d probably pick Little Tokyo. For Italian, it would either be Panino’s or Fratesi’s. And for BBQ, I would pick Haute Pig in Madison, but I think Tim likes the new place Ubon’s better. And the list goes on and on! 
3) What are your standards for tipping? We tip 10% if the service is marginal/just ok, 15-20% if it’s good to outstanding.
4) Do you have one entree, appetizer or dessert that you specifically go out to get at a restaurant from time to time? Well, I love desserts, but when I go to an Italian place, I love, love, love to get tiramisu. I love any kind of stuffed or fried mushrooms for appetizers at any place.
5) Describe a horrific experience that you had while dining out. Well, not horrific, but memorable. We went to eat at the Cuco’s on County Line (which is no longer in business), and we sat down, and then got ready to order, and still no chips and salsa. They brought out water, but no chips. So we flagged down our waiter and asked if we could get chips and salsa, and he says “we ran out”. What kind of Mexican place runs out of chips and salsa? We were a little put out, but hey, if they ran out, they ran out. Then, we proceeded to watch other waiters walk by time and time again with chips and salsa on their serving trays, taking them to other tables. We finally flagged down another waiter to bring us chips and salsa. Another person brought out our entrees. Finally, after we had eaten and waited about 10-15 minutes on the check, our waiter finally shows up. He makes a joke about how he was out on break, he had to go take a smoke, and hoped we didn’t have to wait long. Geesh. He lies about the chips, then disappears, then jokes about it. Tim left him one penny on the table. Needless to say, the place closed down months or years later. We didn’t notice. We never went back!
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