Tuesday, August 6, 2013Good morning crew,
Despite her busy schedule of dog-watching and my busy schedule of TV-watching, the wife and I did manage to get together for an afternoon at the Taste of Orland Park, but then again, who wasn't there, right? With attractions like Mo's Chinese Kitchen and El Famous Burrito the place was a veritable who's who of south-west suburban Chicago's food aficionados. Or at least food populists.
Not that the comestibles weren't scrumptious. I myself managed to work my way through a BBQ Pork Chop Sandwich from the Riviera, a plate of Sausage and Peppers from RoccoVino's, TWO Beef Filet Sliders with horseradish sauce from 94 West Steak & Seafood, plus a delightful little combination called Bacon-in-a-Bun, which is exactly what it was - talk about a convenience food - unfortunately I can't remember where I had that. That doesn't sound like a heroic meal, but add in several cold beers, a margarita and a sangria and I was one corndog away from getting my own reality show on the Travel Channel.
The wife, on the other hand, displayed her usual reserve and stuck with cheese pizza, something called Chicken Macaroni and Cheese and one of those delicious Bacon Buns. I did try to force her to eat a Filet Slider from 94 West, but the beef was too rare for her liking, so I ate most of it for her, putting my total for those at closer to three.
We did have some other bits of fun, like sneaking into the town hall conference room where they were having a Bingo tournament and yelling out random numbers, but the only moment of real excitement came when a local news cameraman (woman, actually) tried to film me stuffing my face with a forkful of the wife's Chicken Macaroni and I threw my hand in front of her camera and screamed, "I'm in the witness protection program!"
That is probably on online somewhere right now.
Laugh it up,
Joe
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