Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Lunch at Over-Rated's... er, I mean... Pacha Mama's


Hey, it's snowing outside! GREAT.
(Actually, Judy loves this weather -- she might get out of school. Me? I have a 5.8-liter, 8-cylinder engine on rear wheel drive. Not good.)
This last weekend we went to Pacha Mama's for lunch. We promised Judy we'd take her there sometime, since she's always babysitting Evey for us.
A place like Pacha Mama's can thrive while a place like Don's Steakhouse goes out of business. I blame the Republicans. Man!
OK, seriously, it's beautiful inside PM's. Nice view, I like the windows. The food just isn't... that... great.
I know a guy like Neuty will argue me on this. He'll say I just don't have taste. But PM's is just a pretender... everything there must be great, because dammit, it comes with a bamboo stick and ancient flower fossils on the side. The water comes from a glass bottle. The menu is one column, centered.
You're so impressed with your surroundings, you forget that... you know what? For $24, that meal was just OK... and you know what else? ... I'm still hungry.
Ugh. It's like the movie "Ocean's Eleven." All my guy friends were like, "It's awesome!" It is, after all, a caper movie that takes place in a casino. But if you really watch the movie... it's all just George Clooney and Brad Pitt looking cute. It is... a CHICK FLICK.
PM's. It's like a chick flick of a restaurant, when really, I want to just get FED, I don't care how cute you look.
Sorry for the random rant. I think I came to the computer to mention that my first basketball game of the season is tomorrow. (And right now, I think I'm going to foul out.)

3 comments:

John said...

I'm not all that mad about you bashing the restaurant...but dangit, now I TOTALLY have to rethink Ocean's 11!

Monster Monkey said...

Way to get in touch with your feelings.....do we call you NANCY now?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

mar said...

You need an In n' Out Burger in Lawrence.