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[froggy_dear]

Tonight we went to the Olive Garden. And, while we weren't expecting out of this world food, I was still expecting something tasty. Since it's a fake Italian restaurant, I decided to try the especially fake sounding special: Lasagna Rollatini with Chicken. (At the moment, it's featured on this page of the Olive Garden website.)

It came to the table. I couldn't tell what was chicken and what was a rollatini since it was covered in cheese sauce. What I got first was chicken. Bad chicken. Not chicken for a meal at a sit down restaurant. Honestly, it tasted like the kind of chicken you get in a discount microwave dinner, or a bad chicken tender. I had Daniel check to see I was not crazy, and he confirmed that it tasted like bad processed chicken.

I actually complained about it - well, actually, I asked if it was supposed to be breaded and mentioned that I wasn't thrilled with it. The manager came by and explained that the chicken te- scampis were lightly breaded (yeah, he actually made the te- noise like he was going to say tender). I explained that they tasted like they were from a microwave dinner. He very kindly removed the dinner from our bill. I ate the rollatinis, which were actually quite tasty - in contrast to the over frozen, nasty chicken tenders.

Lesson: 1) Stop going to the Olive Garden. It's not worth it. 2) Don't order the food with the obviously made up name, even if it is a fake Italian restaurant and rollatini is fun to say.

I'm glad I said something. The chicken was so bad I actually was unwilling to eat it. Normally, short of foreign bodies in my food, I'll deal with it, but, really, this was too much.

Later we went to Target and I bought a Mr. Bump toy (which, oddly, you can't seem to get on the internet at retail price ($19.99 at Target)). It's delightful. It makes crashing noises. We were laughing hysterically at it. I had to have it. And now I do.

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[ohsochewy.livejournal.com]

Jamie and I always giggle when the commercial for the OG comes on with the dad of the college girl. "The first thing I do when I get in town is take her to the Olive Garden to show her I love her." DUDE. I could understand it if he was in some place like Beloit or Cedar Rapids, where even the Perkins was a huge deal, but seriously? She must not feel that special...

[xmorningxrosex.livejournal.com]

Bummer! We just made our own rollatini(s?) the other night following this recipe: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/spinach-and-mushroom-lasagna-roll-ups-with-gorgonzola-cream-sauce-recipe/index.html We substituted baby portabellas for creminis, cut down the amount of onion, and you could switch from gorgonzola to mozzerella if you're not a fan of blue cheese, but it was delicious AND easy, and you could easily add in chicken/sausage/whatever non-microwave dinner meat you wanted with it. :)

[mrcomfypants.livejournal.com]

You forgot to mention that Mr. Bump says, "Oh poopity poop."