badpokerplayer
Sitting Out
They're bringing back the Olive Garden "pasta pass", has anyone done this before? Having never been to Olive Garden I can't imagine eating there enough to really make it worth it.
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Things that make you go "blegh" (3 Viewers)
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Psypher1000
Straight Flush
Sorry...I saw the title of the thread and I thought this was going to be about either Sarah Jessica Parker, the Ravens, or that team up north.
You might be a bad poker player, but you have good dining instincts. Olive Garden food tastes like it has been fed to and regurgitated by a drunk Jersey Shore extra. It literally tastes like bile.
badpokerplayer
Sitting Out
So I've been told, when I lived back home we had a great Italian place that I loved. Anytime I'd take a chick out if she said "lets go to Olive Garden" that was the last time I talked to her.
meh i've dated girls who liked garbage. i like garbage. i just happen to not like olive garbage.
Ben
Full House
Used to love that place like no other - in the 90's I'm sure I could have eaten there every day and been happy as a clam.
Then a slow decline from about 1999-2009 where with each visit (maybe once a year) the menu became stupider, portions smaller, sauces thinner and more bland, quality desserts no longer existent, but hey, you could still get some OK fettuccine and a whole assload of breadsticks.
THEN in about 2010 they switched ALL the pasta to some sort of "new & improved recipe." It tastes horrific - not "unimpressive" or "cardboard-ish" - I would actually rather consume dog vomit than taste it again. How the hell is that even possible? And, you can't order a dish without it.
And so ends one of the torrid love affairs of my misspent youth...
Then a slow decline from about 1999-2009 where with each visit (maybe once a year) the menu became stupider, portions smaller, sauces thinner and more bland, quality desserts no longer existent, but hey, you could still get some OK fettuccine and a whole assload of breadsticks.
THEN in about 2010 they switched ALL the pasta to some sort of "new & improved recipe." It tastes horrific - not "unimpressive" or "cardboard-ish" - I would actually rather consume dog vomit than taste it again. How the hell is that even possible? And, you can't order a dish without it.
And so ends one of the torrid love affairs of my misspent youth...
manamongkids
Full House
meals suck, but if we're being honest here in the trust tree, the garlic sticks/bread are still solid
Ben
Full House
If I need my fix I just swing through Fazoli's - same breadsticks (only like back in the 90s where they actually used garlic on them,) 12 for $3. It's great.
(Note: Fazolis meals are pretty darn bad too, but at least marginally edible.)
badpokerplayer
Sitting Out
This is what a real italian dish looks like...
I read somewhere that one of the cost cutting measures they implemented was to not add salt to the water they boiled the pasta in, as it decreased the life expectancy of the pots. Customers complained of the bland pasta, so the CEO was thinking about adding back the salt.
breadstick sammich - looks bad.
Probably have not been to one since 1998.
Personally, Campbell's chicken noodle soup makes me go blech, because when I was a kid on the school bus in winter with the heat blazing, this little girl puked chicken noodle soup on the bus window, and the smell of it, added to the heat - still cannot eat it. When my wife makes some for her lunch or something, I gotta leave the main floor or open the windows.
Meh.
breadstick sammich - looks bad.
Probably have not been to one since 1998.
Personally, Campbell's chicken noodle soup makes me go blech, because when I was a kid on the school bus in winter with the heat blazing, this little girl puked chicken noodle soup on the bus window, and the smell of it, added to the heat - still cannot eat it. When my wife makes some for her lunch or something, I gotta leave the main floor or open the windows.
Meh.
badpokerplayer
Sitting Out
Weird, when I was a kid, maybe 6 or 7, we were having a hamburgers at my dads. My brother smacked me in the back of the head(because he's a dick) and I threw up the burger, after that I didn't eat a burger until I was 24 years old, because the thought of it made me gag....
I love Olive garden for the all you can eat soup and salad. Love both, and it is under $10. I won't eat anything else on the menu though
As for things that make lurch... Oysters. Bad hazing event, and can never disassociate the 2 again.
i can see that. also explains your aversion to giving handjobs.
Ben
Full House
If we're going for true revulsion then:
5. Sweet potatoes
4. Asparagus
3. Dog vomit
2. Olive Garden pasta
1. BEETS!!!!!!!
5. Sweet potatoes
4. Asparagus
3. Dog vomit
2. Olive Garden pasta
1. BEETS!!!!!!!
badpokerplayer
Sitting Out
12thMan
Full House
Sweet potatoes are horrible. Beets however are the shit.
Carry on.
Carry on.
Oh, that's horrendous.
"Real Italian" only if prepared by someone who doesn't know how to cook. Pasta should be dressed before being plated and then topped with a bit extra. That sauce looks like diced tomato straight from a can. And that mass of undercooked cheese over a much too thick cutlet... C-, at best.
Is that what Olive Garden's turning out these days?
slisk250
Straight Flush
I'll make a lasagne in a few days and show you what real Italian cooking is - (mom's maiden name was Mazzola 
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I'll make a lasagne in a few days and show you what real Italian cooking is - (mom's maiden name was Mazzola
Save a piece (or three) for me man!
Mangia bene!
slisk250
Straight Flush
Save a piece (or three) for me man!
Mangia bene!
I'll make one special and serve it to you in Denver...
abby99
Full House
The opposite of blech:
Nature's perfect food.
Nature's perfect food.
slisk250
Straight Flush
OK then, maybe a Denver meat up opening pre flip dinner!
badpokerplayer
Sitting Out
If you ever come to Vegas, and try Bambinos, if you don't like it..I'll buy your dinner no questions asked
That looks like Fazolis
The salad was always the best part of the meal. Sometimes I wouldn't even want the meal I ordered after the second unlimited bowl. 15 or 20 years ago, it was served with gigantic olives instead of the standard size. We stopped going there as much after the switch, but the salad
I haven't eaten there in so long, I think I missed their quality slide into dog vomit. I remember it being pretty good. I've been trying to figure a good time to take my kids there for dinner. Maybe I should stick with the local favorite Italian restaurant.
badpokerplayer
Sitting Out
Naw, little family place out here in Vegas...the picture doesn't do it justice.
Poker Zombie
Royal Flush
Olive Garden was like butter, salt, and cream. I would never call it "good" but It was tasty. Then they cut back everything. Thin sauce -weak cream sucks. Lost the garlic on their bread replacing it now a garlic powder/salt - unless you are doing a dry rub, you should never even open a jar of garlic powder.
Soup, I'm sorry to say, tastes like a can. If the zombie apocalypse occurs, you can stock up on long term food storage at OG, I am quite sure.
Their wine is swill.
I like the salad though, and the fresh grated parm. Any restaurant that served cheese in that powder form loses a star right from the get go.
You sir, have now put this on my radar. As a Vegas aficionado, I love the fact that there are still places off strip that can compete with the big dogs. My go-to there currently is Battista's Hole in the Wall, though they use the aforementioned powder cheese. They do however, give free unlimited wine, It holds true "old school" kitsch, and it's just a walk back to the hotel.
Soup, I'm sorry to say, tastes like a can. If the zombie apocalypse occurs, you can stock up on long term food storage at OG, I am quite sure.
Their wine is swill.
I like the salad though, and the fresh grated parm. Any restaurant that served cheese in that powder form loses a star right from the get go.
You sir, have now put this on my radar. As a Vegas aficionado, I love the fact that there are still places off strip that can compete with the big dogs. My go-to there currently is Battista's Hole in the Wall, though they use the aforementioned powder cheese. They do however, give free unlimited wine, It holds true "old school" kitsch, and it's just a walk back to the hotel.
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