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Today the kid’s school had their quarterly spirit night, where we were asked to patronize a local eatery that donated a portion of proceeds to the school. Ms. Caliente and I didn’t care to cook, and the restaurant was a seafood place here in the Houston area, so we were game.
We took the kids, and 3 of the kids ordered chicken strips while the other ordered macaroni and cheese with crab, Ms. Caliente ordered a salad with crab meat, and I ordered a shrimp poboy. The 3 kids who ordered chicken strips probably had the best meal.
Both the salad and the macaroni had little crab meat, and that’s fine as both of them eat like rabbits.
The Poboy though. Oh, the poboy. I swear, if my wife came out to me over dinner that she was a tranny and leaving me with the kids so that she could join the circus I wouldn’t have been as disappointed as I was with that sandwich.
I am used to poboys from Parran’s, Short Stop, Danny and Clyde’s, Bears, etc., real poboys this abomination that I ate tonight wasn’t fit to be called a sandwich. The first sign that I was in for an experience was when I asked for my “authentic” New Orleans poboy to be “dressed”. The waiter looked at me sideways like I was speaking Greek. I had to explain what “dressed” was, and they were out off half the things I wanted on it.
When the poboy did come through I wasn’t sure if another sandwich would be coming out. The thing was 3/5 the size of a traditional poboy. The shrimp in the poboy must have gotten lost from the rest of the group as there were only 7 total shrimp in the sandwich. I think I chewed more Mayo than bread or shrimp. The bread was from Gambino’s. When I asked if they had Gambino’s king cake they asked me “What’s that, is it like a Mardi Gras cake?” Does Gambino’s bakery make the bread that is shipped everywhere, or is that a different company?
Anyway, the flavor was horrible, and 3 hours later I am still tasting it. The service was great even if the food wasn’t, so I left a 15% tip, but I won’t be going back to relive that voyage of the damned.
We took the kids, and 3 of the kids ordered chicken strips while the other ordered macaroni and cheese with crab, Ms. Caliente ordered a salad with crab meat, and I ordered a shrimp poboy. The 3 kids who ordered chicken strips probably had the best meal.
Both the salad and the macaroni had little crab meat, and that’s fine as both of them eat like rabbits.
The Poboy though. Oh, the poboy. I swear, if my wife came out to me over dinner that she was a tranny and leaving me with the kids so that she could join the circus I wouldn’t have been as disappointed as I was with that sandwich.
I am used to poboys from Parran’s, Short Stop, Danny and Clyde’s, Bears, etc., real poboys this abomination that I ate tonight wasn’t fit to be called a sandwich. The first sign that I was in for an experience was when I asked for my “authentic” New Orleans poboy to be “dressed”. The waiter looked at me sideways like I was speaking Greek. I had to explain what “dressed” was, and they were out off half the things I wanted on it.
When the poboy did come through I wasn’t sure if another sandwich would be coming out. The thing was 3/5 the size of a traditional poboy. The shrimp in the poboy must have gotten lost from the rest of the group as there were only 7 total shrimp in the sandwich. I think I chewed more Mayo than bread or shrimp. The bread was from Gambino’s. When I asked if they had Gambino’s king cake they asked me “What’s that, is it like a Mardi Gras cake?” Does Gambino’s bakery make the bread that is shipped everywhere, or is that a different company?
Anyway, the flavor was horrible, and 3 hours later I am still tasting it. The service was great even if the food wasn’t, so I left a 15% tip, but I won’t be going back to relive that voyage of the damned.