I got out of work around 7PM Friday night and I rushed home to see the NCAA Tournament games. Being Catholic I needed to scrounge up a fish dinner so I don't go to Hell. I went to this seafood wholesaler near where I work, but they were closed. Drove past a restaurant near my house that specializes in seafood and there was like an hour wait for a fish sandwich. I could have gone to my church, they have a fish fry every Friday, but I tried it once last year and it was, in a word, dreadful.
So in my desperation I went to Long John Silver's drive thru. Haven't been there in a long, long time. Got the fish, shrimp and clam combo. Took it home, popped open a beer, and turned on the TV.
I took a bite. Then another bite. Then another. I can't say exactly what I took bites of. I mean, the fish filet is the big piece, and the shrimps are smaller, and the clams smaller still, but I couldn't tell the difference between the three. Everything is so heavily breaded that's all you taste, the thick, oily, peppery breading. It's like Long Johns has this patented AquaLoaf substance that they form into different shapes and call it fish, shrimp, clams. The fries were awful, too.
So them why the hell did I just reheat the leftovers and gobble them down? True, I came home hungry, and a bit buzzed, and grease is always good when you've been drinking, but now that I've eaten it I want to shave my tongue, to get that greasy, fishy, bready film off it.
Actually, Long John Silvers is Lutece compared to Arthur Treachers. People, never eat at one of those joints. I went to one in a food court about 8 years ago and had The Worst Meal of My Life. It was so bad my friend wanted to go to the counter to bitch, but I said no way, they might try to make us happy by giving us coupons for free food, and I never wanted anything more to do with them.
Ugh. Gonna go brush my teeth for the third time tonight.
So in my desperation I went to Long John Silver's drive thru. Haven't been there in a long, long time. Got the fish, shrimp and clam combo. Took it home, popped open a beer, and turned on the TV.
I took a bite. Then another bite. Then another. I can't say exactly what I took bites of. I mean, the fish filet is the big piece, and the shrimps are smaller, and the clams smaller still, but I couldn't tell the difference between the three. Everything is so heavily breaded that's all you taste, the thick, oily, peppery breading. It's like Long Johns has this patented AquaLoaf substance that they form into different shapes and call it fish, shrimp, clams. The fries were awful, too.
So them why the hell did I just reheat the leftovers and gobble them down? True, I came home hungry, and a bit buzzed, and grease is always good when you've been drinking, but now that I've eaten it I want to shave my tongue, to get that greasy, fishy, bready film off it.
Actually, Long John Silvers is Lutece compared to Arthur Treachers. People, never eat at one of those joints. I went to one in a food court about 8 years ago and had The Worst Meal of My Life. It was so bad my friend wanted to go to the counter to bitch, but I said no way, they might try to make us happy by giving us coupons for free food, and I never wanted anything more to do with them.
Ugh. Gonna go brush my teeth for the third time tonight.
