Thoughts from the Middle of Nowhere

I know this is very unlike me but I just can't help it. My Darling Wife and I were in Billings the other day and tried out a new eating establishment in the city. The Staggering Ox. It serves what they define as sandwiches. I really hate to say this but it was the worst meal I have ever had in a restaurant.

I had The Beastie sandwich. It had roast beef, onions, sharp cheddar, Monterey jack, among other things on it and I had it with the jalapeno cheddar bread. The sandwich comes in a very odd bread container. this container makes the sandwich very hard to eat. My mouth just couldn't stretch enough to try to get a decent bite of the sandwich. I couldn't taste any jalapeno or cheddar in the bread. In fact the bread was a dry tasteless mass of dough that had no redeeming qualities. I never once spotted any cheese on the sandwich and the star of the sandwich, the roast beef, was tough and tasteless.

The menu online listed Iced tea as a drink which is what I prefer, but once in the store I found there was none and was forced to drink soda. No Iced Tea is a big o point against any eating establishment.

I ordered chips with my sandwich but never received any with my sandwich. Since the receipt wasn't itemized, I had no way of proving this so there was no chips with the meal.

Now I've been told that you should always find something good about everything and this is no exception. There was one good thing. With each sandwich you get a sauce. Believe me, this sauce is necessary to give the sandwich any taste at all. I got the sauce which was a mixture of horseradish and blue cheese. It was very good. Not so good that I will ever go back again, but good. I figure My Darling Wife can make the sauce and have a real good sandwich topper at home with it.

My darling Wife was just as displeased with her meal as I was with mine. I always try to figure out how a place could be better than it is. This one is beyond me. I don't see how it could ever be good by my definition.

Like I said, it is very unlike me to complain about a place but this time I had to mention it. I couldn't help myself. That should tell you something.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain. Maya Angelou