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Old 09-24-2012, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by eweissenbach View Post
I will admit that I am not a picky eater, and tend to be pretty easily satisfied. I have known people who were "descerning" and often sent food back to the kitchen that I would have gobbled up contentedly. I used to be in management for a major insurance company and would go to meetings at world class hotels in places like Maui, San Francisco, Palm Springs, etc. and they would feed us gourmet meals three times a day - usually at some point in the week I would tell my wife "man I would love to have some of your meatloaf right now. My feeling is you can go through life happily satisfied most of the time, or unhappy and dissatisfied - it is up to you. We stay two months in TV and eat the evening meal out probably 55 out of 60 days and lunch at least 50% of the time. For me, there are more good options than I can take advantage of including most of the country clubs. Perhaps I am naive and unsophisticated, but I will continue happily along my way thank you (and I am not obese).
Ditto and Amen. A lot of folks feel the same way.

P.S. I am a person who loves to cook, so I can pretty much have what I want to eat at any time but rarely do I run into food that is terribly disappointing here in TV. You don't have to be from New York to have fine dining experiences. But every meal doesn't have to be a home run to be enjoyable.

Toojays chicken livers and onions are the best I have ever had. The lighthouse has wonderful butterfish and catfish and their slaw with pineapple is always fresh and yummy. It is hard to beat Oakwood's barbecue, even if it is slightly off campus. ADD fun folks around the table and it is FINE dining.
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