05-27
Chili's
Tonight I made my third trip to Chili’s. Three trips and I’ve yet to fall in love with Chili’s the way everyone else does. In fact, everything I’ve ever eaten at Chili’s I’ve thought, “Restaurant X has this same thing, only better.”
I started out risky. I tried Cajun Chicken Pasta, which was a stretch for me, but it tasted horrible! I gave them that one since I was taking a chance in trying it. Last time we had an Awesome Blossom, which severely lacked Awesome :( And I also had a bacon cheeseburger that just fell flat….I was trying to stick to something simpler and give them a chance to impress me…no good! There was no flavor whatsoever to that burger. So disappointing.
Last night I went as restaurant-basic as I could think to get. We had their Skillet Queso for a Starter and well, that just made me want to go to Moe’s for decent queso. For my meal I had a sirloin and loaded mashed potatoes. I enjoyed the potatoes, they were yummy, but I’d have much rather had the white cheddar mashed potatoes from Ruby Tuesday. My steak…well I didn’t eat very much of that at all. On top of being cooked nowhere near the way I asked for it, it was flavorless and seemed like it had been marinated in water. There IS such a thing as too juicy!
I haven’t completely given up yet. I signed up for a $5 coupon, so I’ll try once more eventually. Anyone have any suggestions? I’m running out of ideas of what to try on that menu to finally be able to say I enjoyed Chili’s!
