Wednesday, March 23, 2005
American-Size Portions ...
I paid Blake a visit in London a couple weeks so we could go apartment hunting. While there, I saw an ad in a magazine for a restaurant touting "American-Size Portions." Now I'll be the first to admit that we Americans are typically a bigger people compared to our Hobbit-like British cousins, but I hardly think we wrote the book on hearty portions. I mean look at Henry VIII ... he definitely appreciated a big ol' turkey leg.
We Americans, though, do understand the joys of a buffet. It doesn't even have to be good food. Just slap a sign on the door saying "All-You-Can-Eat" and we'll pretty much eat anything. Trust me on this. I've eaten the $2.99 lunch buffet at Circus Circus in Vegas.
I like to say that I go to buffets because I like to try a variety of things but the real reason, and I think Blake will agree with me, is soft-serve ice cream. I am a total whore for ice cream. We will rate a buffet by the quality of their soft serve. "The ice cream is a little beige today," I might say. "They must have changed the formula."
Anyway, lately I've started to get a little disillusioned by buffets. Maybe it's because I've realized that the food at a Chinese take-out place is much better than what's on a buffet or maybe it's because I'm like 20-pounds overweight ... ok 30.
So this is my plan. I have 2 and a half months before I move to London. I figure I should be able to at least lose 10 pounds by then. So no more buffets ... even if their ice cream is really good.
We Americans, though, do understand the joys of a buffet. It doesn't even have to be good food. Just slap a sign on the door saying "All-You-Can-Eat" and we'll pretty much eat anything. Trust me on this. I've eaten the $2.99 lunch buffet at Circus Circus in Vegas.
I like to say that I go to buffets because I like to try a variety of things but the real reason, and I think Blake will agree with me, is soft-serve ice cream. I am a total whore for ice cream. We will rate a buffet by the quality of their soft serve. "The ice cream is a little beige today," I might say. "They must have changed the formula."
Anyway, lately I've started to get a little disillusioned by buffets. Maybe it's because I've realized that the food at a Chinese take-out place is much better than what's on a buffet or maybe it's because I'm like 20-pounds overweight ... ok 30.
So this is my plan. I have 2 and a half months before I move to London. I figure I should be able to at least lose 10 pounds by then. So no more buffets ... even if their ice cream is really good.
