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August 14, 2006
MWB Doesn't Pick Outback Steakhouse
As my friends know, I am thoroughly baffled by the popularity of the restaurant Outback Steakhouse. My bewilderment has been reinforced by a recent horrible meal I was forced to suffer through at this restaurant which continues to make me believe the food is borderline poison, but somehow the place is as popular as ever.
In previous visits, I have tried the steak (an overpriced filet mignon cooked rare has the texture of beef jerky and the flavor of cardboard), the chicken (to describe the chicken breast as rubber would be generous), and now the shrimp "griller". The shrimp were essentially chewing gum, and had the seasoning of a fish salted so much that it would be preserved for two millennia in King Tut's tomb without rotting.
Oh let's talk about the service; given the salted mackerel posing as shrimp that I was attempting to eat, I drank my entire bottle of Perrier pretty quickly. My attempts to make eye contact with one of the purple-shirted servers did not succeed; it was 10 minutes or more before anyone was able to get another drink... iGanja had to stand up and flag someone down since the purple shirts were running by us as though we were contagious.
Why did I eat there once again? My sissie picked this restaurant to celebrate my niece's 5th birthday; it's a clamorous place, and children can be as rambunctious as they want and it's hardly noticeable.
So let's summarize Outback Steakhouse:
--Terrible food whether from land or sea
--Terrible service
--A loud, raucous atmosphere which masks even the ranting of a two year old
Anyone see any redeeming value here whatsoever? No? Then why is this place crowded even on a Sunday afternoon?!?!
Posted by Michela at August 14, 2006 12:26 PM
Comments
you promised sex!
Posted by: oh, i ganja at August 14, 2006 01:48 PM
I did; I said...here's the SEX...and I typed the word...SEX... you want MORE?
Posted by: Michela at August 14, 2006 02:51 PM
tease!
Posted by: oh, i ganja at August 15, 2006 02:06 PM
tell us how you really feel mo!
Posted by: fruit at August 16, 2006 01:52 PM
but not before you brign on the sex
Posted by: Fruity2 at August 16, 2006 01:53 PM
Been to the local Outback exactly once, had a drink, waited over an hour, finally was seated, looked at the menu for 5 minutes, then left digusted and hungry. Been there, done that, never again.
Posted by: BigDog at August 17, 2006 10:00 PM
I hear ya BigDog. If anyone ever wants to have a party there again, I'll either bow out, have the party with them during the one hour wait to get a table, or bring my own food. But $15 for rubber chickens and cardboard cows no mas!
Posted by: Michela at August 18, 2006 12:22 PM
the beer was acceptable...
Posted by: oh, i ganja at August 21, 2006 10:25 AM
still waiting for your compare and contrast of Mortons v. Ruth Chris
Posted by: oh, i ganja at August 28, 2006 04:43 PM
thank you,
your comments speak the truth. i will never return to the 'outhouse' steakhouse again. service did not exist. the cardboard steak, the 'warm' iced tea, the rotten baked potato (shredded cardboard with a dash of sour cream) and the 'ghost' waitress did not delight my epicurean taste buds.
why it stays in business, i'll never know!
Posted by: bobj at September 7, 2006 09:49 PM