[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Well, to tell the truth, I NEVER felt good about any restaurant experience. US people dine out more than even the French people. And the average waistline in the US is at the top end of the world list. I have gotten sick from mild food poisoning many more times from a restaurant than from eating at home. I have the opposite of a castiron stomach and I always wonder about the clowns preparing the food - do they have CV or something else and sneeze in the food? I never really enjoy a restaurant meal because it wastes a lot of time and costs too much. As far as an "experience" goes, I would rather use my money on the experience of going out to a movie or even a concert as compared to a
restaurant. If I am forced to go out to eat, I will choose Subway because I can see that they have gloves on and you can see them preparing the food. Also, the wait time is normally much less - the food always tastes good to me and I can season it however I want and I have never gotten sick there.
........I just wrote this to show that restaurants do NOT appeal universally to everyone. If it works well for someone else - more power to them. But, as proven by the subject of this thread.......restaurant-goers can not expect a great experience all the time. They will have to learn to accept the bad experience with the good ones.