WTF Food

richlevy · 05-30-2008, 08:09 PM

Greetings from Las Vegas. We went to Hash House a Go Go today and got there too early for dinner, so we ordered lunch and breakfast. HHaGG is sort of an upscale diner that prides itself on reinventing comfort food and they like to jazz up the presentation. Jeff ordered the fried chicken with waffles. His expression when his order came is priceless.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-30-2008, 11:47 PM

Is that plate as big as it looks in the picture?

Sundae · 05-31-2008, 03:36 AM

Rich there is too much wtf in that one post for my little English brain.

- Hash House a Go Go
- Fried chicken with waffles
- The presentation
- The Independence Day sized plate
- Wearing a hat while eating breakfast/ lunch

I'm not knocking it though.
I'd like it if more Dwellars took pictures of their meals

DanaC · 05-31-2008, 06:47 AM

Sweet baby Jesus look at the size of that meal! It would take me a couple of days to work through that lol.

richlevy · 05-31-2008, 02:18 PM

Yes, the portions are large. I ordered the banana maple flapjacks for $7-8 and the flapjack was a single flapjack on an over sized plate with a hole in the middle for the cup of butter. The flapjack was large enough to cover a dinner plate. We were all thinking of Uncle Buck and John Candy.

I did do one dumb thing. I used a more expensive coupon from Restaurant.com. The $50 coupon, in addition to requiring me to spend $100, was only for dinner, a fact which I had overlooked.

If possible, we are going back for dinner. Jeff loves duck and they had it on the menu. I'm sort of curious as to how they're going to present it. Maybe they'll make it look like an ostrich.

Here's their food gallery.

Cloud · 05-31-2008, 02:31 PM

it's sorta funnier because fried chicken and waffles is a decidedly down-home dish. definitely not frufru

jinx · 05-31-2008, 04:10 PM

Damn Rich, that pancake is almost as big as the ones at Jennie's truck stop in Lancaster! It's hilarious to hear the truckers whine about their waistlines when their shortstack shows up...

Cicero · 05-31-2008, 04:25 PM

There is finally a reason for me to go to Las Vegas! Give me a CFS that size and I'll book the trip right now!!!! With extra gravy...plzzz....

Awesome Rich!

You guys always make me hungry. I wasn't even hungry and now all I want is comfort food.

DanaC · 05-31-2008, 06:37 PM

The pancakes at the Dutch Pancake House in Manchester were platter sized like that. Could not believe it when they brought them out to us.

Urbane Guerrilla · 06-01-2008, 02:33 AM

There's a diner -- Miami Beach Café? -- just barely south of the intersection of Lake Mead and Buffalo, on Buffalo. Stainless steel diner ambiance, huge omelettes with pancakes or biscuits. The corner location is occupied by Calico Jack's Casino.

barefoot serpent · 06-02-2008, 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Rich there is too much wtf in that one post for my little English brain.

- Hash House a Go Go
- Fried chicken with waffles
- The presentation
- The Independence Day sized plate
- Wearing a hat while eating breakfast/ lunch

- The diamond plate decor...

DanaC · 06-02-2008, 04:43 PM

waffles, to me are purely a sweet dish. I'm happy with savoury pancakes, but chicken with waffles? That jars with me just as much as the phrase 'biscuits and gravy' :P

monster · 06-02-2008, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

waffles, to me are purely a sweet dish. I'm happy with savoury pancakes, but chicken with waffles? That jars with me just as much as the phrase 'biscuits and gravy' :P

never mind the phrase, have you seen what it is?

Scones in White sauce. And they call British food stodgy and bland.... :p

Sundae · 06-02-2008, 07:39 PM

I was talking with the landlord (at work in the pub) about Merkins tonight. He is partial, having travelled extensively in America over three decades. I put his age at about 67? Bout the same as my Dad I reckon, but John's a smoker so you never know.

He was telling stories of strange food combinations and I told your story of the pot luck dinner where people were putting your dessert (trifle?) on the same plate as the main course (lasagna?)

He nodded in agreement and we bonded over the strangeness of the American palate. With much love to that country's inhabitants of course.

Happy Monkey · 06-02-2008, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

He was telling stories of strange food combinations and I told your story of the pot luck dinner where people were putting your dessert (trifle?) on the same plate as the main course (lasagna?)

Only if the line at the buffet table is long. In that case, try to keep them from touching, perhaps with a roll.

05-30-2008, 08:09 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	WTF Food Greetings from Las Vegas. We went to Hash House a Go Go today and got there too early for dinner, so we ordered lunch and breakfast. HHaGG is sort of an upscale diner that prides itself on reinventing comfort food and they like to jazz up the presentation. Jeff ordered the fried chicken with waffles. His expression when his order came is priceless. Attached Images __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

05-30-2008, 11:47 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Is that plate as big as it looks in the picture? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-31-2008, 03:36 AM	#3
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Rich there is too much wtf in that one post for my little English brain. - Hash House a Go Go - Fried chicken with waffles - The presentation - The Independence Day sized plate - Wearing a hat while eating breakfast/ lunch I'm not knocking it though. I'd like it if more Dwellars took pictures of their meals __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

05-31-2008, 02:18 PM	#5
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Yes, the portions are large. I ordered the banana maple flapjacks for $7-8 and the flapjack was a single flapjack on an over sized plate with a hole in the middle for the cup of butter. The flapjack was large enough to cover a dinner plate. We were all thinking of Uncle Buck and John Candy. I did do one dumb thing. I used a more expensive coupon from Restaurant.com. The $50 coupon, in addition to requiring me to spend $100, was only for dinner, a fact which I had overlooked. If possible, we are going back for dinner. Jeff loves duck and they had it on the menu. I'm sort of curious as to how they're going to present it. Maybe they'll make it look like an ostrich. Here's their food gallery. Attached Images __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama Last edited by richlevy; 05-31-2008 at 02:33 PM. Reason: Found the flapjack photo I took

05-31-2008, 02:31 PM	#6
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	it's sorta funnier because fried chicken and waffles is a decidedly down-home dish. definitely not frufru __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

05-31-2008, 06:47 AM	#4
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Sweet baby Jesus look at the size of that meal! It would take me a couple of days to work through that lol.

05-31-2008, 04:10 PM	#7
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Damn Rich, that pancake is almost as big as the ones at Jennie's truck stop in Lancaster! It's hilarious to hear the truckers whine about their waistlines when their shortstack shows up... __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

05-31-2008, 04:25 PM	#8
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	There is finally a reason for me to go to Las Vegas! Give me a CFS that size and I'll book the trip right now!!!! With extra gravy...plzzz.... Awesome Rich! You guys always make me hungry. I wasn't even hungry and now all I want is comfort food. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

05-31-2008, 06:37 PM	#9
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	The pancakes at the Dutch Pancake House in Manchester were platter sized like that. Could not believe it when they brought them out to us.

06-01-2008, 02:33 AM	#10
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	There's a diner -- Miami Beach Café? -- just barely south of the intersection of Lake Mead and Buffalo, on Buffalo. Stainless steel diner ambiance, huge omelettes with pancakes or biscuits. The corner location is occupied by Calico Jack's Casino. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

06-02-2008, 04:43 PM	#12
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	waffles, to me are purely a sweet dish. I'm happy with savoury pancakes, but chicken with waffles? That jars with me just as much as the phrase 'biscuits and gravy' :P

06-02-2008, 07:39 PM	#14
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I was talking with the landlord (at work in the pub) about Merkins tonight. He is partial, having travelled extensively in America over three decades. I put his age at about 67? Bout the same as my Dad I reckon, but John's a smoker so you never know. He was telling stories of strange food combinations and I told your story of the pot luck dinner where people were putting your dessert (trifle?) on the same plate as the main course (lasagna?) He nodded in agreement and we bonded over the strangeness of the American palate. With much love to that country's inhabitants of course. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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