So Ms. Soni-luv hooked me up with a graphic designer that she knows who created this logo for me last night. Whatcha think? Me? I love it!
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What’s your worst dining experience? Let’s chitty chat.
I’m doing the yummy tummy dance over here and it’s not even noon. The little women and I stopped at Myesha’s for breakfast and as always we were warmly greeted by the staff. Did I ever tell y’all that it feels like “Cheers” when I walk in? Everybody knows your name. LOL! Anyway, Miss Jayne was there making some raspberry mint chocolates for her Spring chocolate collection and asked if I’d like to sample? Uh….do birds fly? Y’all know FREE and FOOD are two of my favorite words. LOL! Jayne told me that her mother has an herb garden so she’s incorporated a few into her Spring chocolates. What a great concept. There are four different chocolates in the Spring box set – classic dark, rosemary kissed orange, raspberry mint and lavender lemon white chocolate. Those of you who know me know that I am all about aesthetics. These chocolates are BEAUTIFUL! The pictures I posted don’t really do them justice. I tried the rosemary because it is my absolute favorite herb. Jayne told me that there may not be enough in it for me since I love it so much. Rosemary can be quite pungent so she used just enough to flavor and not overpower. I need to stop right here and take Sunshine to the hospital. I slapped her way too hard this time, y’all. Baaaaaaabaayyy! THESE.CHOCOLATES.ARE.SINFUL! Oh Jesus, please forgive me! I’m doing the yummy tummy dance all over again. Seriously, y’all. She uses quality chocolate, fresh herbs and real fruit in these chocolates. Let me just run it down for y’all: Raspberry Mint – hands down, my favorite. Dark chocolate, raspeberry puree and fresh mint leaves. All of these flavors comingle effortlessly. Perfect, chocolate heaven. Rosemary Kissed Orange – anyone who likes rosemary knows that it pairs perfectly with citrus. Jayne couldn’t have gone wrong with this combination. It is absolutely divine. There’s orange peel and fresh rosemary leaves infused into the chocolate. Again, the citrus and rosemary balance one another nicely. Lavender Lemon White Chocolate – yummy! Once you bite into it, the lavender hits your nose and then your tongue and then the lemon just rounds it out. Another winner. Classic dark chocolate – really, do I need to say more? Ok, so RUN…don’t walk to First Choice Breakfast and Bakery and cop you 50-leven boxes of these before they run out! For those of you not in Indy, she ships nationwide. Place your order POST HASTE! First Choice Breakfast and Bakery
Hours of Operation: First, let me start by saying I am a bit perturbed that all of the pics I took for this review have mysteriously disappeared from my camera. Next, I’ve visited Rick’s on numerous occasions and have had pleasant experiences. I even considered having my wedding/reception there. Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s talk about my most recent experience – HORRIBLE. AB.SO.LUTE.LY HORRIBLE! Wait, let me back up and say that the food for the most part was great. The HORRIBLE part was the service. Oh my dear Jesus….just a hot mess. I so wanted to be able to provide a great review for y’all but I honestly can’t. I’ll only highlight five of the worst offenses. Unfortunately, there were more than that. 1. If you have a party of 17 and they’ve already made reservations at least two weeks in advance, why would you not have the table set and ready to go? Should the guests really have to ask for silverware and plates? SERIOUSLY???? 2. If you have a party of 17 on a Friday night (one of your busiest nights and the first Friday with true Spring-like weather) why would you not have more than one waitress/waiter to assist that party? I mean, I’m no restauranteur or anything but some things just seem like common sense to me. Am I being unreasonable here? 3. Should meals really take over an hour to come to the table and shouldn’t EVERYONE receive the meal they ordered? I really wish I were kidding about the wait but I’m not. And yes, one of our guests did NOT receive her meal. When it was brought to the waitress’ attention, she said she’d forgotten to put the order in and offered to do then. Uh….that would be a big, fat NEGATORY. You think she wants to wait ANOTHER hour to get it? I think not! 4. Are diners supposed to bus their own tables? No? Oh ok, I was just checking. So yeah….guess who’s table wasn’t bussed? If you guessed the party of 17, you’re one smart cookie. 5. When our issues were VERY NICELY (and I do mean NICELY since I was not the one to address it. I would have gone straight SISTAH GIRL on him, but I digress) taken to management, the response was, “I guess we should have gotten her (the waitress) some help, huh?” Uh…..ya think? Those of you who know me and those of you who “know” me, know that I LOVE and THRIVE ON good customer service. I give it and expect to receive it. It is the golden rule, after all. I don’t believe I have ever been so disappointed in food service before in my life. I’m still over here shaking my head and this happened three days ago. I’m even moreso disappointed because a) it was my friend’s birthday, b) a lot of our guests had never before dined at Rick’s and c) I’m a huge fan of this place. In Rick’s defense, the manager did offer us SIX (let me reiterate we were a party of 17) desserts on the house (bwwaaahaaahaaa!!). You know what was the icing on the cake for me? When I gave my Foodbuzz.com Featured Publisher business card that said “You’ve just been reviewed” to the waitress, she never ONCE acknowledged it or even apologized for the shoddy arse service she provided. I guess when you’re guaranteed an 18% gratuity, customer service goes out the window.
So during my recent trip to Atlanta, my old roommate turned me on to muscadine wine. What’s that, you ask? It’s my new favorite wine, of course. If you’re a sweet wine lover, then this is the wine for you. So, I’m sure many of you are wondering what the heck is a muscadine, right? Mmm hmm, I thought you would. Truth is if you’re not from the south, and I mean DEEP South, you’ve probably never heard of it. The first time I’d heard of or even tasted a muscadine was when I was visiting my old roommate’s family in Bishopville, South Carolina. That’s the DEEEEEEP South, y’all. One of her cousins asked me if I wanted some “bullets” and of course I thought to myself, ‘Does a gun come with it? What the hell kinda question is that?’ She then proceeded to hand me a bowlful of HUGE grapes and I put one in my mouth and couldn’t bite through the sucka. Do y’all know this lil chica started laughing at me? Hmmph! There’s a specific way to eat muscadines, people. You bite a hole in the skin at the top of it, suck out the insides and then spit out the seeds – hence the term “bullets.” It took me a minute to get the hang of it but once I got it, I was hooked! Muscadines are sweet and juicy and just like Lays, you can’t eat just one. Which brings me back to this muscadine wine. When Tonya asked me if I wanted a glass, I was like “show you right!” It was full bodied and sweet and one glass will get you “right” – if you know what I mean. LOL! No wonder they call it the “passion fruit of the south!” The website to the wine we had is www.morgancreekwinery.com. Enjoy! |
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