Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for August 25, 2015

In the words of Kenny Rogers and The First Edition…. “Something’s Burning” (♫)…..

I can see why his food truck venture was an epic failure.

Robot waiters? TJ needs to concentrate on producing edible food, first of all. Garlic coffee? Burnt banana shrimp? Yech…

Kablooie. I’m going to McDonalds for lunch.

“Opportunity Costs…Literallly…”“Strike It Big, Spare No Expense”“…With A Mission Statement Like The Alamo”“Pop Cuisine”“Dream Now, Pay Later”“There’s Something Happening, Here…What It Is, Ain’t Exactly Clear…” (♪)“Malice’s Restaurant” (♪)“Robot Row Back”“Even The Best Mislaid Plans”“Good Idea…..Bad Idea”or“Roll, Roll, Back Your Cost….Gently Down, The Revenue Stream” (♫)

Frank could respond to TJ’s estimates as though he were on “The $25,000 Pyramid”, like this: “Waldo….Carmen Sandiego…..Your Mind, TJ….”

I watch a lot of Food Chanel programs. So far, no one has described anything as an ‘eat venture’. So this is a new way of having an ADventure, now?

Still prefer my offerings unburnt…

@ Buckaroo (re; yesterday’s “leftovers”:)

I can hear Tiffany now .. "eeewwwww!!!!! He’s so old !! !! "^Ha ha ha!!!!

@ JPW (also in regards to yesterday’s offerings:)^Good one!!!!

Ha ha ha!!!!

TJ’s truck was a failure before it blew up, This menu is even worse but when TJ blows up the warehouse or it disappears into s monster sinkhole, the insurance will be even more..

Somewhere in the bacground, “Robots” by Kraftwerk just happens to be playing…… -And somewhere in the franchise in Munich, is Der Schprocketversion …..

My fear is that if TJ doesn’t get his way, he will demand his money back. Or since he has such financial interest in it, he may tell the others they are out. Wonder what the contract says?

it might do ok if he locates next to a cafe named vulture vomit..

“Burnt banana shrimp”. So, kind of a Cuban-Cajun plantain treatment then? That works.

Not sure about peanut butter taco, but with a little tweaking I think I’m closing in on the perfect peanut butter omelet. Would probably also work as a sort of frittata outside of breakfast hours.

the Degroots should put in speed dial the number of Robert Irvine SMH

$60,000 for the truck. How much can he get for a resturant? Not much of a silent partner either.

One truly hopes that Nancy will be there to give TJ a “reality check” in re: his menu and other choices.

TJ has conclusively demonstrated that he has not got the business sense to run a successful food operation. This absurd minimalist menu is a guaranteed money-loser. Away with TJ!

I used to watch Kitchen Nightmares. People who had no idea about food would buy a restaurant and start cooking the most wretched meals know to humans and wonder why business sucked. One nut wanted to franchise his menu, not the food, but the actual menu scheme which was sooo complicated, the staff couldn’t figure it out.

TJ already had one (failed) business. Surely he knows:1) he doesn’t like to cook in a restricted setting2) Pitts is in Paris— diners are not so adventurous*And yes, I did call you Shirley.

I have to wonder if TJ is planning another insurance scam.

Tell me more about the Peanut Butter Taco :)

You gotta have Bananas Foster.

8Interesting, indeed!The menu initially sounds nauseating, but in reality it could potentially be really creative and cutting edge as TJ suggests. I am not partial to shrimp (reminds me of grubs or other insects that if you boiled would have the same texture), so I cannot really pass judgement on that recipe. The peanut butter taco… sounds NOT exciting, but if it is either a) Thai influenced, or b) a dessert item… it could work. Garlic coffee? Well, I like coffee damn near as much as Mordock999, and drink “gallons” of it nearly every day, very heavy and robust without any nonsense like cream or sugar. I also really like garlic to a profound degree. But together…. uh…. not so sure. I would try it, but I cannot fathom it being amazing. So, could it be a) that TJ is simply pulling the DeGroot’s leg, b) is TJ scheming to somehow bail on this venture, c) on something else?

Hasn’t this kind of menu been tried (and failed!) before?

Kind stupid now

I see a creative conflict brewing ending with the comment “…its my money, so we do it my way…”

Might I suggest another name for the eatery? The Hindenburg! Oh the humanity!

Not so fast. Just read a story on npr.org that a high-end restaurant is serving corn infected with corn fungus. Yum!

Hey! As long as it’s not toxic or GMO. heh heh

He’s thinking big…..and insane. heh heh

Yeah, he needs to test the market to see what the potential customers actually will pay for, if not eat.

This is so ridiculous

“Waiter, your thumb is in my soup!”-“That’s alright sir, it’s not hot.”

Okay, kiddies: How do we spell DOOM ?

Don’t know why he thinks exotic recipes would be a good idea this time, again. Pretty sure he’d get the exact same kind of customers he had before. (Unhappy ones.)

Looks like my opinion goes with the majority! Hee hee.

I have no idea what that means. But today, looks like my opinion goes with the majority! Hee hee.

“Hey, how did your café get it’s name? Oh? Hoookay…. Let’s go to Taco Bell, kids!”

*its. Sheesh.

Hopefully the Degroots can keep a lid on all these nonsensical things so that this venture can be a success. I’m looking forward to more art exhibits with Zebo in addition to theatre. But who know what kinds of crazy hoops we have to jump through to get to anything workable, and TJ is difficult to trust on much of anything. But Frank and Nancy are tied to him because of his 60k donation.

Oh That’s RIGHT, Smiley. Come Up with Yet ANOTHER Crappy “Menu” that even the Pigs would turn Their Collective Noses Up At.

Frank and Nancy? I HOPE You Two Like Living In the “Poor House” Because THAT’S Where You’ll end Up If You Keep TOLERATING This Jackball.

“A Chili Reception”^If you think it’s Chilli now, just wait until Tamale! – “So, Tonight — Let It Be Lowbrow”^The commercial parody (reminiscent of the Lowenbrau one) could go as follows: “(♪) Here’s to good friends?… Well, tonight, is kinda iffy…..(♪)” – “High-End Mighty”^ Also a good one! – “Smoke On The Waiter”^(customer, upon seeing all the ‘broke down bots’ going to and fro:) “I’d like to see the ‘non-smoking’ section, if you don’t mind…”

“Abandon Shrimp!”^Ha ha!!! Most definitely should be strongly suggested, as a bit of fitting description… and as a timely warning….

Robot waiters are the wave of the future in a $15 minimum wage world.

(Robot Chicken- O- Rama Restaurants[a subsidiary of ’Hard To Boil, Inc.]:) “Eet Mor Bovine!”. – Their prepared response to the potential injunction that would be sought after by “Chicken Fill-It”: “Yeah, well 2 can play at this game!”

Wow!!! – – Well, the closest I’ve come to that, are the order kiosks at the Sheetz and Wawa stores (for those not familliar with the brands, think “7 Eleven”… but with even better coffee and food items, including a “made to order” hot/cold menu and people to prepare it while you wait/shop). Though you still have a human working the register and those preparing your food…

Funny thing, I was just perusing over an Xavier Cugat 45 I had recently purchased at a mammoth sale at a “brick and mortar” record store (they were selling 20 45s for only $1.50, select 33s at 10 for a buck!!!)…

Reminiscent of all the films from the early 20th that would “predict” what the future would be like, in terms of home living, fashions and technology (in theme/concept, at least, since the tech was a bit “clunky”, etc.) much of it similar to what we currently do enjoy today.

TJ has been spending too much time at that Nouvelle Cuisine Cajun Fusion website …

I can see not using the “news/sports/games” feature. That’s one of the beauties of going out to eat (and also dining at home)… to actually enjoy time with the family, and the outing/atmoshpere, itself!!!!

“But, if one dines by themselves, it might be OK.”^Yup!!!

We’re getting away from the one on one personal relationships that have worked so well, and going into an impersonal, silly SciFi sort of thing. Nancy, however, makes me think of that song, “too sexy for my shirt.” Very down to earth stuff.

_"Pumping your own gas." _^Well, at least in New Jersey, it’s still a law that someone else (station attendant/operator) does the pumping for you. – “…very few people ever check their own oil and tires.^Well, I can’t say for sure about the oil, but I do know that many people in my area are “tire conscious”. Also we have lots of air pump stations around at the gas stations and convenience stores in my particular neighborhood.

Blackened tuna is a tuna steak coating in Cajun spices and pan-seared in a very hot skillet (maybe with butter, to speed up the blackening), about 2 minutes on each side.

It isn’t burned; the exterior is black, because of the spices and cooking method. If the fish is actually burned through, it wasn’t done the right way. The fish is supposed to be tender and flaky inside. You don’t get that if you burn it…

SPOILER ALERT

Someone has some good news…

Well, two huge things, yeah, but only one is good news…

And I have seen a ’shady" attendant try to take advantage of the situation (busy in the station) to try to “hustle” someone out of their change, having to give the money directly to the attendant..

Applebee’s is putting those contraptions in as well. We were at the one in Columbus, OH recently, and they had them. We didn’t actually use it, though. But why do you need a printed receipt? With all that technology, can’t it just email your receipt to you?

I thought this was supposed to be an art gallery?

Well, in the many places where the Manager steals the Waiter’s Tips every night, it would still be the same person collecting them..

“Robot waiters are the wave of the future in a $15 minimum wage world.”

You obviously haven’t Price Checked Robots lately..

two or three attendants would run out.Ah, for the Good Old Days when Gas was only 20 Cents a Gallon and the Gas Station could afford to pay a Living Wage to a dozen employees and still get a Profit from that 20 Cents/Gallon..

I always Refuse when a store asks for anything but the Money to Pay for what I purchased..I just tell the cashier that I already get Enough harassing Phone Calls and E-Mail..