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richlevy 05-30-2008 08:09 PM

WTF Food
 
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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

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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.:smack:

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

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl (Post 458285)
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...:eek:

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 (Post 458866)
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?
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2327/...8416e28cfa.jpg
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 (Post 458889)
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.


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