2 November 2010

Today was a disappointment in cheese-land. Our table tonight consisted of an irregular five, and we made the choice to order two serves of the desirable chili con queso. After eyeballing several waitstaff to no avail and shouting blame at each other, we finally managed to place the order with great anticipation.

The order took a little longer than past visits, especially given the lack of patrons in the restaurant. A waitress asked us twice if we would like to order the mains, however, experience has taught us to avoid this at all cost. There is nothing worse than receiving tacos and chili con queso at the same time. You have to eat the tacos fast before they become soggy, but if you neglect the cheese dip it will 1) go cold; and 2) be eaten by others who would rather sacrifice their tacos to sogginess in order to consume more cheese dip.

Then the two dips arrived.



Dip 1:

Consistency: Thick. Not a bad thing on its own, but the temperature ruined the texture.
Spiciness: Pretty much non-existent.
Appearance: Cheese dip-y.
Temperature: Cool. Highly unacceptable.
Flavour: In the words of my dining colleagues, "creamcheesier than usual".
Chips: WEIRD LINEY CHIPS. Pictures will demonstrate.
Chip-to-dip-balance: More dip than chip. Moderate amount of cheese dip left lining the bowl after consumption of final chip.


Dip 2:

Consistency: Thick and lumpy. The cheese lumps were interesting, but preferably something not to be repeated.
Spiciness: None.
Appearance: See Dip 1.
Temperature: Lukewarm.
Flavour: Creamcheesier and sub-par.
Chips: Again, weird liney chips. These chips have an odd crunchy texture that is more reminiscent of chewing on thin sheets of raw pasta than corn chips. Despite the crunch, they were also oddly stale. Refer to pictures below for evidence of liney-ness.
Chip-to-dip-balance: Significantly more dip than chip. Contemplating ordering an additional serve of chips, but were too cheap to shell out the $3.50.

LINES.

In conclusion, this week quite disappointing. The texture of the cheese dip left a lot to be desired, as did the general taste and temperature. The chips were weird too. On the other hand though, a waitress dropped one of our tacos on the floor and the replacement one was 10x better than the ones served in the first round. Secret to amazing tacos unlocked: just order them one at a time.