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Lol I have probably eaten lunch out a grand total of 6 times in my 3.5 years of corporate work life. My wife and I always eat leftovers for lunch and almost never buy extra food that we would eat or make for lunch. I don't know how people afford eating lunch out every day, and I'm not exactly poor anymore. Eating lunch out or having food delivered at work every day would pay for a $25,000 car payment monthly.

Chicat wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 12:03 pm Maybe the only thing I miss about working in an office is going out to lunch. I used to have literally every cuisine in the world within walking distance. Bahn Mi on Monday, Chicken Tikka on Tuesday, Burgers, Pasta, Sushi… it was all right there to appease my gluttony.

Working from home it’s whatever we had for dinner a few nights ago. And if I’m lucky it’s edible reheated. Today it was pork loin and stuffing. Who the fuck truly wants three day old pork loin and dry-ass stuffing in the middle of a 90 degree day??

I had last nights Calzone...sigh

scumdevils86 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 12:26 pm Lol I have probably eaten lunch out a grand total of 6 times in my 3.5 years of corporate work life. My wife and I always eat leftovers for lunch and almost never buy extra food that we would eat or make for lunch. I don't know how people afford eating lunch out every day, and I'm not exactly poor anymore. Eating lunch out or having food delivered at work every day would pay for a $25,000 car payment monthly.

If only joy was on the menu….

Chicat wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 2:06 pm

scumdevils86 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 12:26 pm Lol I have probably eaten lunch out a grand total of 6 times in my 3.5 years of corporate work life. My wife and I always eat leftovers for lunch and almost never buy extra food that we would eat or make for lunch. I don't know how people afford eating lunch out every day, and I'm not exactly poor anymore. Eating lunch out or having food delivered at work every day would pay for a $25,000 car payment monthly.

If only joy was on the menu….

Almond Joy? Yes!

Had arguably the the most tasteless burger I've ever had.

azgreg wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 3:42 pm Had arguably the the most tasteless burger I've ever had.

Blake's Lotaburger?

ASUHATER! wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 6:06 pm

azgreg wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 3:42 pm Had arguably the the most tasteless burger I've ever had.

Blake's Lotaburger?

Padre Murphy's

You got a burger from a place named after (presumably) an Irish priest from Mexico?

Interesting…

Chicat wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 6:58 pm You got a burger from a place named after (presumably) an Irish priest from Mexico?

Interesting…

Sports bar with off track betting.

A drunken priest with a gambling problem? Too bad he didn’t have a two pack a day cigarette habit. Maybe they’d salt their burger meat.

The beer was cold and teh company was great. Mrs. azgreg was in attendance.

azgreg wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 7:10 pm The beer was cold and teh company was great. Mrs. azgreg was in attendance.

How were the southwestern egg rolls?

I miss going out to lunch because it was something I could do for myself, by myself, as an experience in the world.

I like women. You can't independently be friends with women as a married heterosexual man. The only women you know are friends with your wife, or women you work with, and with whom a lunch out together could only be about work.

When you're a working man, you go out to lunch, and you get to know several women based on your relationship as a food server and a married working man. And that right there is your only possible social relationship you can really have with women. When that's gone, you're just a married working man who's not really in the world anymore.

Chicat wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 7:13 pm

azgreg wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 7:10 pm The beer was cold and teh company was great. Mrs. azgreg was in attendance.

How were the southwestern egg rolls?

I just have a rule about not eating at places where the branding is so intentionally confusing.

An Irish Mexican sports bar OTB that serves bland burgers is definitely off my list.

Chicat wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:02 pm I just have a rule about not eating at places where the branding is so intentionally confusing.

An Irish Mexican sports bar OTB that serves bland burgers is definitely off my list.

Somewhere I definitely visited as a child:

https://www.carlosobriens.com/

But then again...it was the 90s and I thought Applebee's, Macaroni Grill, and the pizza place with the organ were high class (I mean, it was the 90s, people generally had no clue better food existed).

My department at work is planning a team dinner in mid
September. First time we'll all be together since March 2020. But, unfortunately, everyone I work with is a born and bred east-side T-loc who still thinks Olive Garden and Red Lobster are the nicest restaurants in town. San Diego, Vegas, and Disneyland are also the only acceptable vacations to take.

Chicat wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:02 pm I just have a rule about not eating at places where the branding is so intentionally confusing.

An Irish Mexican sports bar OTB that serves bland burgers is definitely off my list.

There was a time when they were known for an outstanding St Patrick's Day.

azgreg wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:14 pm

Chicat wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:02 pm I just have a rule about not eating at places where the branding is so intentionally confusing.

An Irish Mexican sports bar OTB that serves bland burgers is definitely off my list.

There was a time when they were known for an outstanding St Patrick's Day.

Not Cinco de Mayo?

Posole from Salsa Verde. This afternoon at the desk should be interesting. Already cranked the music up a little higher just in case

Maruchan really upped their game with the Gold Spicy Miso Ramen.

Miso paste is one of my favorite things on earth

Wife made a meatball sub type stuffed bread braid thingy.

azgreg wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 11:44 am

That looks amazing/gross.

What is it? Enchilada? Snapping Turtle diarrhea?

Chicat wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 3:26 pm That looks amazing/gross.

What is it? Enchilada? Snapping Turtle diarrhea?

Chicken chimichanga enchilada style from Carolina's.

azgreg wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 3:50 pm

Chicat wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 3:26 pm That looks amazing/gross.

What is it? Enchilada? Snapping Turtle diarrhea?

Chicken chimichanga enchilada style from Carolina's.

The only thing I REALLY know about you Greg is that you know how to party.

A soup of pureed black beans flavored with miso, soy sauce, fish sauce, and mirin. Topped with Rice Krispies.

Umami bomb, love it.

Crap from the state fair.

Salad and Go for the first time. Not bad for 6 bucks.

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 22, 2021 12:48 pm Salad and Go for the first time. Not bad for 6 bucks.

I had the seasonal salad Weds and it was really good. Roasted brussel sprout chicken caesar with balsamic glazed onions and golden raisins

Cold plate of sliced avocado, hard boiled egg, red and yellow bell peppers with carrots to dip in hummus, yellow tomatoes, fresh basil, a sliced chicken sausage, couple slices of pepper jack and a piece of toast. Cheese cake for dessert.

Schnitzel and oven roasted potatoes in a bacon mushroom sauce with green beans.

I stopped by Eeggee’s and had a Pina Colada.

Tasted the same to me. It had chunks of Pineapple and Coconut like always.

Not seeing what the big deal is…

wyo-cat wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 1:03 pm I stopped by Eeggee’s and had a Pina Colada.

Tasted the same to me. It had chunks of Pineapple and Coconut like always.

Not seeing what the big deal is…

Great to hear. Which one did you go to? It's been bad at Speedway/Country Club and Craycroft/22nd st. I also heard the same issues in the new Phoenix locations.

Oracle and Magee.

I could see the chunks on the spoon before eating.

Spicy sausage/peppers sandwich special from Roma Imports. Miss that place

Grilled chicken and blueberries.

Ah the old chicken and blueberries. We used to follow that up with yogurt and ham.

At my local deli…

“What’s the Union Engine 6757?”
“It’s our version of a club sandwich.”
“Sounds good … but why are you using a sub roll? And isn’t it supposed to have bacon?”
“Would you like to add bacon? And would you like that on white bread?”
“Well, a Club usually has bacon, three slices of white bread, and double the meat.”
“Oh really? Well that will be $2 extra for the bacon, $3 extra for the double meat, and $1 extra for the added slice of bread.”
“Dude, you were the one who said it was a club sandwich, not me…”

Our version of Santa Claus:

My version of a Corvette.

azgreg wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 2:24 pm My version of a Corvette.

My parents had that 'vette in tan back in the day. What a POS.

azgreg wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 11:37 am Grilled chicken and blueberries.

Blueberries are great in smoothies. Not so much by the handful.

Chicken and poblano pepper soup.

Ending the 5 day trip to Tucson with a couple of carne seca enchiladas at El Charro at Gate B.

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 11:45 am Ending the 5 day trip to Tucson with a couple of carne seca enchiladas at El Charro at Gate B.

My son's fiancé used to work there. It's also the only place I have tried carne seca and it was just OK. (was waiting for a flight out like you)
She said it's better at the downtown El Charro.

I hope you've had a great visit, ECC! I know it will be nice to be home again.

But personally, the thought of being at Gate B flying away makes me feel sad. There's nothing like lunch today and dinner tonight every day and night in the Old Pueblo.

Longhorned wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 12:50 pm I hope you've had a great visit, ECC! I know it will be nice to be home again.

But personally, the thought of being at Gate B flying away makes me feel sad. There's nothing like lunch today and dinner tonight every day and night in the Old Pueblo.

Thanks LH! I definitely felt sad leaving Tucson. We had a total blast while we were here. But my buddies and I said the same thing - “we gotta come back next year!!!”.

Btw, this is the first of 3 trips. Now in LA (to take care of some family business plus see some other friends) then on Thursday I fly to Columbia SC to meet my daughter who is auditioning for the the USC (the other USC) dance team.

I just hope I survive the rest of the trip…