While wanting to write about everything I see and taste, sometimes there isn't enough to write a whole article about. So, I like to come up with these little bits where I have a few things in one. First off, a few weeks ago my wife and family and I got a chance to try out a newer restaurant in Kirkwood called Crushed Red Pepper. The place took up the spot where the San Sai restaurant used to be. The restaurant lets you go inside and order your own personal pizza, and then you customize it and they make it and deliver it to your table. Well, they did make some good pizzas. I think it will work well as a nice restaurant but there was only one problem: the woman, taking my order, behind the computer, entered things in that never made it to my plate. For example, my pizza originally on the menu had Gorgonzola cheese on it: which I do not like. So, I asked her if I could replace that cheese with another. It was all approved by her and when she read it back to us, everything sounded correct. But it was not delivered correctly. There is no communication between the person taking the orders and the people filling them out. My wife could have told the cashier that she didn't want anything to eat and then told the two guys making the salads that she ordered something and they would have made it. So, food was good but the service was just okay. I'd give this food and the restaurant a 3 out of 5.
Next, last Thursday we had gone to a Crazy Bowls and Wraps restaurant on Tesson Ferry, near the hospital. I had ordered a big bowl of items and chicken, my wife ordered a bowl and my kids both wanted some plain noodles. I noticed that on the menu, on the wall, it mentioned that you could get noodles as one of your starch options. So, we thought, that we could get chicken and noodles and everyone would be happy. That was not the case. The man at the cash register/computer told us that the option of just noodles and chicken was not possible. The manager came over and said "oh yeah, we can do that." Then he stepped away and the cashier told us again, "we don't do that." How lovely. So, we get our food after a bit and we all try it. I have to say, that I have never, ever tasted anything so plain and bland. My food, as well as my wife's and my kids, was so bland, it was as if they just took fresh or steamed vegetables and threw them in a bowl with some plain rice. I mean, it was bad. It was actually so bad, that we all thought of and talked of leaving and going a block away to St. Louis Bread Co., and eating our fill. My kids didn't like it, I was having an open mind and I didn't like, it was just so bland. I'd have to give the food and service a 1 out of 5.
Now, something that was really good, was my bacon and egg which I had at a store in the Ozarks.
What I had purchased, from this candy store, was a milk chocolate covered bacon strip with a white chocolate 'egg'. The white chocolate egg was hard as it was about a half of an inch thick of solid white chocolate. The chocolate covered bacon is always a quick favorite. With every bite, you taste the smoke, the salt, the pork fat and then you taste the sugar and chocolate. It is a match made in heaven like rosemary and bread or peanut butter and bananas. It was awesome and was like a 4 out of 5 stars.
Next, last Thursday we had gone to a Crazy Bowls and Wraps restaurant on Tesson Ferry, near the hospital. I had ordered a big bowl of items and chicken, my wife ordered a bowl and my kids both wanted some plain noodles. I noticed that on the menu, on the wall, it mentioned that you could get noodles as one of your starch options. So, we thought, that we could get chicken and noodles and everyone would be happy. That was not the case. The man at the cash register/computer told us that the option of just noodles and chicken was not possible. The manager came over and said "oh yeah, we can do that." Then he stepped away and the cashier told us again, "we don't do that." How lovely. So, we get our food after a bit and we all try it. I have to say, that I have never, ever tasted anything so plain and bland. My food, as well as my wife's and my kids, was so bland, it was as if they just took fresh or steamed vegetables and threw them in a bowl with some plain rice. I mean, it was bad. It was actually so bad, that we all thought of and talked of leaving and going a block away to St. Louis Bread Co., and eating our fill. My kids didn't like it, I was having an open mind and I didn't like, it was just so bland. I'd have to give the food and service a 1 out of 5.
Now, something that was really good, was my bacon and egg which I had at a store in the Ozarks.
What I had purchased, from this candy store, was a milk chocolate covered bacon strip with a white chocolate 'egg'. The white chocolate egg was hard as it was about a half of an inch thick of solid white chocolate. The chocolate covered bacon is always a quick favorite. With every bite, you taste the smoke, the salt, the pork fat and then you taste the sugar and chocolate. It is a match made in heaven like rosemary and bread or peanut butter and bananas. It was awesome and was like a 4 out of 5 stars.
