I’m more inclined to go somewhere small and cheap, even if it’s for something I’m celebrating. Come to think of it, I guess I just don’t eat to celebrate. I eat too much already. (Ahem, tapioca pudding…)
Fat kids don’t need an excuse to go “big and indulgent”. “Small and fancy” is much more special (filet mignon, high end seafood, foie gras, truffles). Of course the drink is also important, but I work for a brewery/winery/distillery so it’s not as big of a deal.
@RiotDemon Way back in the “old days,” Uncle Sam offered me a 1 year trip to Okinawa. I turned it down because my wife (at the time) was pregnant with my first daughter and I would have missed the birth.
I haven’t ever believed I made the wrong decision, but I have often regretted not going. Traveling Asia, especially Japan and Korea, is still high on my list of things to do. I want to spend time in a culture so different that everything is new to me.
@2many2no@RiotDemon I have lived and worked in 6 countries. Each experience has been different and each in their own way very cool. There are the occasional times where you sometimes wonder why you thought this would be a good idea, but that is fleeting.
My boyfriend and I have become serious taco aficionados. At the tiniest bit of good news, we’d drop everything and drive 20 miles to La Mirada for the best Baja style tacos in So Cal.
Ha! Settlement was Friday. The plan was seafood with friends that night, but the regional HQ turned out to have reassigned my 2nd shift guy and forgot to replace him. The celebratory meal wound up being pulled pork and flautas the following afternoon.
My family’s usual go-to for good news is Benihana. I’m not really sure why, possibly because it’s just stupid expensive and slightly silly, but we’ve done that for some time.
I’ve also done just a simple Lou’s and some RC cola. Honestly, I would love some Lou’s and an RC right now.
Good news… means no one does the dishes & time to go out. Probably to a good steakhouse or seafood.
Around here, El Gaucho or Ruth’s Chris has pretty good steaks. Lobster Shop has good seafood. Probably a good wine with it, though I do live a nice microbrew.
Pizza and an ice cold Coke. I’m just not that complicated.
Steak. We always do steak.
It is more about the company and less about the meal
Whatever it is I’m not gonna be the one cooking it.
I celebrate with great wine. You commoners can choose to satisfy your less sophisticated appetite.
Who am I kidding? I am on a website that sells cheap crap to suckers like me.
One of the meals we grew up with. Mom’s milanesa, or Thanksgiving leftover turkey and noodles.
Something hearty like prime rib (or ribeye) with the basics: baked potato, simple salad, maybe some sautéed asparagus or steamed broc.
I’m more inclined to go somewhere small and cheap, even if it’s for something I’m celebrating. Come to think of it, I guess I just don’t eat to celebrate. I eat too much already.
(Ahem, tapioca pudding…)
Fat kids don’t need an excuse to go “big and indulgent”. “Small and fancy” is much more special (filet mignon, high end seafood, foie gras, truffles). Of course the drink is also important, but I work for a brewery/winery/distillery so it’s not as big of a deal.
Cheesecake.
Prime rib grilled over a wood fire, medium rare please. N/M I’ll do it.
How good is the news?
Like, promotion at work good?
Then, Italian food and a nice wine with a few friends.
Or won the MegaMillions good?
Wagyu Kobe filets at the best steakhouse in Tokyo and a bottle of Yamazaki Single Malt, with the same friends.
@2many2no if I won millions, I’d travel the world and eat the tastiest treats. Best vacation ever.
@RiotDemon Exactly!
(Seemed like Tokyo would be a good start.)
@2many2no I’d probably start there, travel all around and then go back for another trip to a different part of Japan.
@RiotDemon Way back in the “old days,” Uncle Sam offered me a 1 year trip to Okinawa. I turned it down because my wife (at the time) was pregnant with my first daughter and I would have missed the birth.
I haven’t ever believed I made the wrong decision, but I have often regretted not going. Traveling Asia, especially Japan and Korea, is still high on my list of things to do. I want to spend time in a culture so different that everything is new to me.
@2many2no I think that’s what fascinates me too. Everything is very different.
@2many2no @RiotDemon I have lived and worked in 6 countries. Each experience has been different and each in their own way very cool. There are the occasional times where you sometimes wonder why you thought this would be a good idea, but that is fleeting.
Realistically whatever I had planned for that meal prior to receiving the good news.
At home alone?
Perhaps Doritos. Or ice cream.
Health food. Ya know.
With someone? Someplace small and special and kinda under the radar and perhaps new to us.
My boyfriend and I have become serious taco aficionados. At the tiniest bit of good news, we’d drop everything and drive 20 miles to La Mirada for the best Baja style tacos in So Cal.
Basil Hayden bourbon, a good root beer and mascerated cherries!
@llangley Bourbon gods frown down upon you. . . suspect tis a sin to mix such fine spirit with fruit and candy water
@llangley @Oldfeet
Ha! Settlement was Friday. The plan was seafood with friends that night, but the regional HQ turned out to have reassigned my 2nd shift guy and forgot to replace him. The celebratory meal wound up being pulled pork and flautas the following afternoon.
My family’s usual go-to for good news is Benihana. I’m not really sure why, possibly because it’s just stupid expensive and slightly silly, but we’ve done that for some time.
I’ve also done just a simple Lou’s and some RC cola. Honestly, I would love some Lou’s and an RC right now.
Good news… means no one does the dishes & time to go out. Probably to a good steakhouse or seafood.
Around here, El Gaucho or Ruth’s Chris has pretty good steaks. Lobster Shop has good seafood. Probably a good wine with it, though I do live a nice microbrew.