August 29, 2008

Free and Cheap Stuff

free and cheap stuff

Free breakfast at your local IKEA store!

Free Get a free breakfast at your local IKEA store! They are having a special this weekend from August 30th to Sept. 1st, 2008 Limit one per customer. You get one breakfast and one cup of coffee free. The offer is not valid at IKEA Houston, Long Island, Pittsburgh, Seattle or through IKEA Direct. To get the details, just go to: http://info.ikea-usa.com/offers/200809save.aspx

by Jim at3:36 PM under breakfast, food, free, ikea store


August 4, 2008

taawd's™ thoughts

Taawds Thoughts

Supersize Frustration Please!

Admittedly I tempt fate leaving the office just before 10:30am just in time to get breakfast at McDonald's. I left in enough time to get in line for breakfast before they change the menu over to lunch.

I normally go to the McDonald's on Carnegie Avenue. It has two lanes so you can choose either. Of course, I chose the wrong one. The same thing happens at Wal-Mart, Target or any grocery store. This is why I do not gamble. I always pick the wrong one. A woman and a man were in front of me, the other lane had a person, I notice too late, he's finishing up his order. At this point, I can't back up and change lanes.

The woman and man in the car clearly didn't know what they wanted. After about three minutes I rolled down my window to see what was taking so long. Here's what I heard:

Customer: "I have an expresso as well."
Drive-Thru Clerk: "Will that complete your order?"
Customer: "You know what? I'll have two coffees."
brief silence
Drive-Thru Clerk: "Would you like anything in them?"
Customer: "Nope."
Drive-Thru Clerk: "Okay, would you like anything else?"
Customer: "You know what? I'll have a cream for one of them. That's all."
Drive-Thru Clerk: "If you don't want anything else, your total is..."
Customer: "You know what? I'd also like to have an ice water as well." {scrunching up her nose as if she's only now becoming a pain}
Drive-Thru Clerk: "If that completes your order, your total is $12.44, please pull around."

Now, the clerk switches to the person in the other lane, takes his breakfast order then comes over to me.

Drive-Thru Clerk: "Welcome to McDonald's, can I take your order?"
Me: "Can I still get breakfast?
Drive-Thru Clerk: "I'm sorry sir, we stopped serving at 10:30" {my clock in my car read 10:31}
Me: "So what you're telling me is I can't order breakfast because the woman in the car in front of me couldn't make up her mind."
Drive-Thru Clerk: "That's exactly it sir. Can I take your lunch order?"
{conversation terminated}

I called McDonald's and asked for the manager, who ironically answered my call. I don't have a long history of complaining about much but this time my blood was pumping fast and furious. To the manager's defense, he did listen to the above conversation and was very sympathetic. He said for me to ask for him the next time I came through and he'd take care of the situation.

I appreciate his generosity but instead of my beloved breakfast from the home of the Golden Arches, I had leftover DiGiorno pizza for my first meal of the day.

Talk about a supersized dose of frustration!

by taawd at12:31 PM under breakfast, mcdonald's


August 6, 2008

Vine and Bean Cafe, Shaker Square, Ohio

Vine and Bean Cafe

New Menu Additions for Breakfast and Lunch

We are proud to introduce a few additions to the menu as we have added Thursday and Fridays to our schedule. As with all our offerings, we strive to include locally produce and special items made from scratch.

The Breakfast Sandwiches are made with locally produced, hen-fresh eggs and include many locally produced additions. Chef Heather Haviland’s Sweet Mosaic Como loaf is a revision of a recipe she helped develop in Seattle

Breakfast Sandwiches $5.00
Bread Cheese Add $1.25
Sweet Mosaic Como Swiss Cheese Canadian bacon
Bagel Provolone Ham
Croissant Cheddar
Munster

Amply piled sandwiches made to order, including a number of fresh-from-the-producer ingredients.

Build-Your-Own Sandwich $9.50
Bread Cheese Main Toppings
Sweet Mosaic Como Swiss Cheese Roast Beef Romaine Lettuce
Bagel Provolone Ham Sungold Tomato Relish
Croissant Cheddar Roasted Veggies Mayo
Focaccia Munster Turkey Honey Mustard
Pita Tuna Salad
Grain Mustard
Kalamatta Olive Spread
Caramelized Onions
Hummus

Add Housemade Potato Salad for $1.50

Vine and Bean Cafe Menu, August 2008

by Brad at9:18 PM under breakfast, como, lunch, menu, sandwich (Comments)


May 11, 2008

Behind The Lens

David Lay Behind The Lens

I’m a Big Cheese Now

I went to Melt (again!) this morning, to check out their Sunday Brunch menu.

I had the Wake & Bacon, which is essentially an omelette in sandwich form: 2 fried eggs, crisp bacon, and american cheese, between two huge pieces of toasted bread. I ate most of it, but had to take a good 1/3 of it home. Hello, lunch!

The wonderful waitress/bartender tipped me off to Melt’s Big Cheese Club: a loyalty program with some pretty cool perks. Next time you find yourself elbows-deep in a sandwich there, ask about it.

In other news, Slashfood picked up my post about the Parmageddon. Welcome, Slashfood readers!

[where: 14718 Detroit Ave, Lakewood, OH 44107]

by dlayphoto at4:44 PM under breakfast, brunch, cheese, dining, eating, food, food porn, lakewood, loyalty card, melt bar and grilled, ohio, parmageddon, restaurants, sandwich, slashfood (Comments)


January 31, 2007

What's He Cooking Now? ...and other stuff

What's He Cooking Now? ...and other stuff

Bananas Foster Pancakes

This Saturday morning I was in the mood for pancakes. I also didn't want just plain syrup. I looked around the kitchen and spotted some bananas that were just ripe. Then the idea to make Bananas Foster Pancakes popped into my head.

I put one banana into the pancake batter and cooked up the pancakes like normal. While I was making the pancakes I melted some butter and brown sugar in a small sauce pan. I added a little water to make a good syrup consistency. I cut up a banana (on an angle because it looks better that way) and put the banana slices into the syrup. I let them cook until they got nice and tender (which only took a couple minutes).

I plated up the pancakes with the bananas and syrup on top and sprinkled everything with a little powdered sugar for decoration.

They were really good. I'm sure that I could make a much better sauce but I wanted to eat quickly and was only able to use what was available in the house. Had I had some cream I think I would have added that to the sugar/butter mix instead of water and made a sweet creamy sauce (like melted ice cream maybe).

by Jeremiah Scott at11:28 AM under banana's foster, breakfast, experiments