Quoting Dale Shipp to Jim Weller on 04-01-19 01:11 <=-

Our meals today started in early afternoon with a Sunday Brunch at a
place that is a 45 minute drive from us. It was neither the type of
thing nor the price we would have chosen for the two of us -- but it
was an event for a recent local group we have joined. They do meet-ups every now and them. Some of the meet-ups are local, others are more distant tours. Most of the people in the group are single women, with
a single male or two and a few married couples like us. The menu
sounded impressive, for some things it was pretty good. The first
table had cold items, including cheeses, cold cuts, smoked salmon, and salad stuff. My first plate was full before I finished that table --
all of it good. So far perhaps a B+.

Good start, anyway... ;)

The next table was the hot foods. Veal Masala, beef strogonoff,
tipala almodine (sp?), coq au vin, country ham, roast beef, sliced

I'd guess tilapia almondine...?

turkey. I tried a few things. The coq au vin had a nice sauce, but
the chicken wing I grabbed did not pick it up and a portion of the meat was tough. The roast beef was at best medium well-- and also tough. Similar comments on the rest of the hot foods. At best a C-.

Oh, well... perhaps it suffered from being on a steam table...?

The final table was deserts. They had a number of cake pieces, cheesecake, an English triffle (that looked like it was no more than
half gone) and a rice pudding that did not look as good as what Gail
makes for me. None of those tempted me and so I will not grade them.
What did tempt me was a creme brulee and a flan. Both were good, but
not exceptional. I split them with Gail. Then I went back for a
slice of lemon pie, and also shared that. Ditto. So, grade on the deserts we tried was a decent B.

Not too bad... :)

The company and conversation got an A.

And that's what really counts... (G)

ttyl neb

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