Why I Hate Tapas
There are two types of people in the world: those who love tapas and those who hate it. I’m in the later group and here are my top five reasons why:
5. No matter where you go, there’s inevitably that guy in your group who has been to this restaurant before and he knows the “best” dishes to order. He orders like six of the 10 dishes for your table and, because you’re all splitting the tab equally, he’s basically spending your money for you.
4. Does anybody really like sharing plates? Be honest.
3. Sangria isn’t wine…it just isn’t.
2. I’m just not convinced that olives, goat cheese, tomatoes and seafood belong in every dish.
1. You only really like three of the 10 dishes on the table, but these are small plates and you’re sharing, so you only take small helpings of each. Predictably, these are the three dishes that go the fastest (of course the dude that did all of the ordering takes the biggest helpings) and by the time you leave you are starving and managed to spend $45.
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5. No matter where you go, there’s inevitably that guy in your group who has been to this restaurant before and he knows the “best” dishes to order. He orders like six of the 10 dishes for your table and, because you’re all splitting the tab equally, he’s basically spending your money for you.
4. Does anybody really like sharing plates? Be honest.
3. Sangria isn’t wine…it just isn’t.
2. I’m just not convinced that olives, goat cheese, tomatoes and seafood belong in every dish.
1. You only really like three of the 10 dishes on the table, but these are small plates and you’re sharing, so you only take small helpings of each. Predictably, these are the three dishes that go the fastest (of course the dude that did all of the ordering takes the biggest helpings) and by the time you leave you are starving and managed to spend $45.
Read the full post with images at: http://www.empireofimagination.com/#!...
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The Last Gen-Xer
The Last Gen-Xer is both me and my blog. As one born at the end of the Generation X era, I am among the last of the generation. For example, I remember maps. No, not Google Maps, real maps – the kind
The Last Gen-Xer is both me and my blog. As one born at the end of the Generation X era, I am among the last of the generation. For example, I remember maps. No, not Google Maps, real maps – the kind that are the size of a dining room table and once unfolded can never be folded correctly again. iPhones? Hardly. More like pay phones and car phones. DVDs? Nay. How about VHS and the final days of Betamax. Heck, we even had a Dragon’s Lair arcade game in our basement (thanks dad!), which ran on Laser Discs! I remember when it was still en vogue to have wood-paneled technology (our old TV and VCR come to mind) and I remember when the Atari 2600 was “only fifty bucks!”
Like me, this blog is eclectic and will cover various Gen X themes – everything from the geeky (e.g. role-playing, Sci-Fi, etc.) to the cultural issues particular to my generation.
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Like me, this blog is eclectic and will cover various Gen X themes – everything from the geeky (e.g. role-playing, Sci-Fi, etc.) to the cultural issues particular to my generation.
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