Thursday, June 29, 2006

Chicken Scal-Woodchip-Pine

We went out to eat at Macaroni Grill (sorry if these out to eat stories are getting boring--I just like to eat.) Though the Mushroom Tortellini appetizer was excellent, I'm not sure I'll be going back any time soon. Most of the customers seemed to have small children, and I just am not at the point where I think listening to screaming kids while the father at the table next to mine explains the font that he invented to his kids over and over again is fun. Anyway, we got our food. I was having chicken scaloppine. I've ordered out from Macaroni Grill before and had it, and I usually think it's pretty good. I was enjoying my meal, and suddenly I bit into something. After isolating the unchewable item in my mouth, I spit out a small woodchip. Yeah, a woodchip in my dinner. We told the waitress, and she had the manager come over. The manager was very, very nice and apologetic. As far as customer service goes in that sort of situation, she was great. (I feel a little guilty for posting this story online actually, but really, this incident wouldn't stop me from eating there again, it was mostly the atmosphere that wasn't to my liking.) Anyway, she comped my meal and also gave us free dessert. The dessert was deep-fried ravioli. It was disgustingly rich and greasy; I enjoyed every minute of it. I think my luck with finding surprises in food must be over now though, since this was the third time this month. I rate Macaroni Grill #1 in handling the situation, PF Changs #2, and Red Robin isn't deserving of the #3 spot; instead they just fail.

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