Vancouver Lee

My latest late night craving was for a grilled cheese sandwich with ham and mustard. Not just any cheese, either, it has to be plastic, processed cheese. Oh, and French's mustard. A classic white trash sandwich. I blame my parents.

...and I'd all but given up on finding decent pizza in Vancouver. Back in Toronto, we had discovered a little hole-in-the-wall family run pizza place with the second best pizza we'd ever experienced (the first place finisher was a now-bankrupt pizzeria in a strip mall in suburban Baltimore, Maryland, between a Hallmark Cards store and Jenny Craig - I'm not making that up). It's been more than 6 months in Vancouver for us, and we have yet to discover anything even approaching a good take-out or delivery pie. We've tried The Firewood Cafe, Brick Oven Pizzeria, Rebellious Tomato, Amadeus, Martinis, Johnny's Pizza Factory, and Gigi's along with the usual assortment of large chains (we REALLY like pizza so we are quite motivated). We finally begged a waitress at a restaurant on Commercial to tell us where her favourtie pizza place was, and she directed us to Lombardo's. It was the best we've had in Vancouver, but that's like being smartest idiot. Just when we'd given up (and decided to focus on perfecting our own home-made recipe), along comes this thread and some new possibilites. The search goes on... BTW, I paid my first visit to Gourmet Warehouse today. Has anyone tried the frozen gourmet (oxymoron, I know!) pizzas they sell there?

Oh my goodness, this is so embarrassing..... Burger King. Had a double cheeseburger, just KMR. Ate one fry hoping that they'd changed the recipe somehow, then threw the rest of the fries away. What can I say? My 6-year old wanted a hamburger.... Kelseys in Regina. Had 45 minutes before my flight left, I woke up too late for breakfast, and it was right next door to the Chapters where I was buying some last-minute Xmas presents. I had chicken noodle soup and chicken quesadilas, both of which were awful. Room Service at Hotel Saskatcehwan. Had a decent New York steak, done medium rare as ordered, with sauteed mushrooms. I don't recall what potato or vegetables were served with it, which speaks volumes about their quality. Please please don't take away my eGullet membership! I promise to do better next week, honest!

I agree that service this appaling would be pretty difficult to overcome, but a simple apology would go a LONG way towards a successful recovery. I understand that sh!t happens, and that everyone has a bad day sometimes. It's staff who pretend that there isn't a problem that don't get a second chance from me.