Stunning Blueberry Lemon Curd Cake

Stunning Blueberry Lemon Curd Cake! My mother-in-law seen this cake and asked me to make it for them last time we were down there; however the cake did not like California’s 110 degree weather. It tasted good, but I made it again when we got home because the presentation sucked the 1st time.

Felon

Check out the newest “Stories Submitted By You”. This time it is a poem/lyrics by my brother Joker.
http://chrisallreddesign.com/menu-styles/stories-submitted-by-you/279-felon

Denny’s Restaurant Review

 Denny’s is an okay restaurant that is renowned for slow service, but beats IHOP every day of the week.
Denny’s has an older vibe to it, as in the restaurant looks and feels like it is from days gone by. This is purposely done, because even the newest built Denny’s attracts the 60 and over crowd. I always feel out of place whenever I eat there, and know there are crocheted doilies hiding somewhere. The food is middle of the road, and the prices and serving sizes are far better than IHOP.
My favorite waiter of all time is named Joe, and he works at the Denny’s in Jantzen Beach in Portland, OR. Joe has the best table manners and customer service that I have ever seen, or will ever see, in a restaurant setting. Joe is top notch great!
There is this Denny’s in the The Dalles/Hood River area of Oregon that we have been to so many times and never seemed to learn not to go to it. The food is about the same as any other Denny’s, but the fleas bite. When we were looking for a house in the Portland area, we drove back and forth from Yakima, WA a lot, and seemed to have dinner in the middle of the night on the way back to Yakima as we were so busy trying to find a house in the limited time we had. All four of us would leave itchy with little red bumps on our arms and legs, every time, but we always stopped because we were hungry and nothing else was open. To think of it, it’s funny because every time we went there someone was vacuuming the carpet, and so they knew about the problem it would seem.
Free breakfast on your birthday and a Joe the waiter keeps me coming back.

Red Robin Restaurant Review Update Part 2

 Red Robin Restaurant Review Update Part 2:

I wish that I could have LEAN slapped our waitress! People who are trained in LEAN thinking or work in a LEAN environment will know what I’m talking about.
So after our cut-ties with Red Robin forever experience, the Manager smoothed everything over and offered us payment in the form of a gift card if we would please come back. The Manager at the Vancouver Mall location was top notch and seems to be a good person, or at least great at customer service.
Kari and I went back (to a different location) and the service was about what one would expect. So we threw all caution to the wind and took the kids. This time we found ourselves in Beaverton, OR and it was a mistake.
The restaurant was hopping and incredibly busy, which excited me that we chose the right place. Our waitress was DUMB! She was blonde and took every blonde joke and stereotype to heart. It started as funny, then sad, and then her dumbness just pissed me off.
We ordered our burgers on ciabatta bread and gave her the rest of our requirements for our order. You know that look that people have when they have no idea what is going on or what’s being said? She had that deer in the headlights look. I had her repeat back the order, corrected her, and she repeated it back correctly. I told Kari that the waitress is going to mess this up, and she agreed. The waitress did not disappoint…the food was brought out with the wrong type of buns. We got the waitresses attention and I asked her what type of bread this was. She bent over at the waist, almost stuck her head in my plate, to get a close up of my burger (maybe she wasn’t wearing her glasses…I don’t know). She thought for a moment and replied, “That’s chee-y-a-baddaa”.
I told her that I found that interesting because I had never seen ciabatta look like that; usually the inside is full of holes, it has a firm and chewy texture, harder than the bread on my plate and it is square.
She looked at the round, densely layered bun that covered my burger, and replied, “Nope that’s chee-y-a-baddaa”.
“How do you know?”
“Because we don’t have buns that are brown without seeds other than chee-y-a-baddaa”.
The bread was gluten-free buns, and it was delicious; plus she didn’t charge the $1 upcharge for gluten-free because she thought it was chee-y-a-baddaa. Does this make her dumb? No! The fact that she could only do one thing at a time made her dumb. There were four of us at the table. Our waitress had to make four trips to bring us each a drink. In fact she could only remember one thing at a time, and it happened to be the last thing said to her. Luckily, it looked like she only had three tables to wait on. Ask for napkins, and then the table next to us would ask for something…great now we’re not getting napkins.
She brought us the bill and asked if we had a royalty card and I said yes. She took the bill that she had just brought us and left without giving it to me. She comes back a few minutes later and asked if I had time to find it. The Red Robin card was in my wallet, but she waited for me to pull it out. She set the bill (it was inside a black booklet type thing) down on the table and asked me to put my royalty card in it so that she can go check it out. I told her there were no points on my card because I had already used them. She said and I’m not joking, “Duh! I haven’t run your card yet!”
Again she could only do one thing at a time; meaning she was unable to take my Red Robin card and payment at the same time…in the same receipt booklet.
She was wearing a Red Robin shirt with a name tag. She made it through the interview process. She got the job. The conclusion must be drawn that she is the manager’s daughter (because we’re keeping it G rated) and was able to slide through. I have never met anyone like her in real life. I was too pissed off to be fascinated by the whole thing.
In conclusion, Red Robin still sucks and it is because of the wait staff. Actually it is managements fault for not correcting certain behavior. I don’t know if I’ll ever go back! 

Taco Salad

 

Taco Salad is a quick and filling lunch or dinner idea. Crushed up corn chips gives the salad a nice crunch and feeds that junk food craving.

 

 

SAY NO TO THE JAR!

Spaghetti tonight? With a little effort, you can make a homemade sauce in the same amount of time as it takes to boil the pasta.
SAY NO TO THE JAR!

Want an easy dinner idea? Meaty Country Pork Ribs and Roasted Yellow Potatoes