I think by now most of you realize I’ve got a terminal case of food photo syndrome….. I pretty much take my little ultra compact everywhere, and sometimes end up taking photos of some really silly things. Recently, I had an interesting conversation with a friend, and of course the subject of food came up…along with the little statement: "Where haven’t you eaten?" After a short pause, I realized that there were a ton of places that I have never had a meal in, let alone even set foot in; very popular restaurants; very popular chain restaurants. that I have had no desire to visit……unless you can change my mind!
Soooo, utilizing a bit of role-reversal. I’m going to list three very popular chain restaurants that I’ve never visited….all of them are pretty close to where we live. You can tell me if I’m missing something, and let me know what I should order should I decide to take your advice!
Coco’s Bakery Restaurant
Believe it or not, I have never, ever been inside of a Coco’s, or even Coco’s sister restaurant Carrows. I really don’t know why, but I think it has something to do with the fact that the word Coco, is one letter removed from a rather, ahem, unsavory word "_o_o" fill in the blanks……
So am I missing something by not eating at Coco’s, Carrows, or Baker’s Square?
Del Taco
This Del Taco is right up the street from our house, and we used to live pretty close to the Del Taco in City of Industry, but I’ve never had anything from Del Taco. It could be because you can find a Taco Shop on almost every corner in San Diego. In fact there’s a ton of very mediocre Taco Shops in San Diego…so why should I even want to eat mediocre fast-food Mexican when I can get really lousy Taco Shop fare on any corner? Or am I wrong…..am I missing something?
You tell me!
Yoshinoya
This one may be a surprise to some, but I’ve never eaten at Yoshinoya! We even had one within walking distance on Colima Road in Rowland Heights(if I dared to walk in Rowland Heights), and still I haven’t really had an urge to check Yoshinoya out. After all, I think I can make my own really lousy Teriyaki if I wanted to. In this case, I may be missing something, but won’t know unless you can tell me!
Every once in a while I’ll get an email telling me that I eat at places that people walk by all the time, but would never think of entering….in this case I’ve passed by these places many, many times, but have never even thought of entering through those restaurant doors. So how did you enjoy this little piece of role reversal?
Here’s a bonus one from LA, this one is in the SGV, but there was also a location in Whittier we used to drive past all the time.
Now to be perfectly honest, I’ve been tempted…maybe just because I wanted to consider myself Norms-mal just once in my life!
Thanks for putting up with my silliness! Let me know if I’m missing anything, and should that be the case, what I am missing! I thought I’d just do a silly little post, just in case you all were tired of (me) eating out all the time.