NWA WorldClub
Incheon International Airport
Seoul, South Korea
Cass Fresh beer
cookies
cake
biscuits
Premiers Cote de Bordeaux 2005
Cost: Complimentary
Rating: 3 spoons
Good stuff really hit the spot
Monday, October 22, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Air Quick TH 3 - the Beer Counter Vienna International Airport Vienna Austria
Air Quick TH 3 - the Beer Counter
Vienna International Airport
1300 Wien
Vienna Austria
www.airrest.com
Map
1 0.5l glass of Gosser beer
Total Cost: 3.20 EUR
Ratings: 3 spoons
Note: Airest is the name of the Group that runs the Air Quick cafeteria at the Vienna International airport. You can find more information about the services here.
I decided to have a beer after being annoyed by the service at the Hagen Daz Take Away.
I approached the bartender and asked him if he accepted credit cards since I did not want a repeat performance of the experience at the Hagen Daz Take Away. He said yes and asked me what I wanted. I told him a local beer would do and he proceeded to pour me a very tall pint (0.5l) of Gosser.
I gave the lady my MasterCard and she charged the 3.20 EUR without any incident at all; what a concept.
Now what really gets me about this is that both the Hagen Daz counter and the bar counter are operated by Airest, so I don't get the attitude that the lady gave me. I think an e-mail to Airest is in order.
The beer is actually quite good and I am sipping it in the non-smoking area of the cafeteria style area; hidden from that bad lady. I am also able to watch the planes come and go to the gates as I await my flight. I am smelly of smoke though since the smoking area is right next to the smoking area :-(.
Vienna International Airport
1300 Wien
Vienna Austria
www.airrest.com
Map
1 0.5l glass of Gosser beer
Total Cost: 3.20 EUR
Ratings: 3 spoons
Note: Airest is the name of the Group that runs the Air Quick cafeteria at the Vienna International airport. You can find more information about the services here.
I decided to have a beer after being annoyed by the service at the Hagen Daz Take Away.
I approached the bartender and asked him if he accepted credit cards since I did not want a repeat performance of the experience at the Hagen Daz Take Away. He said yes and asked me what I wanted. I told him a local beer would do and he proceeded to pour me a very tall pint (0.5l) of Gosser.
I gave the lady my MasterCard and she charged the 3.20 EUR without any incident at all; what a concept.
Now what really gets me about this is that both the Hagen Daz counter and the bar counter are operated by Airest, so I don't get the attitude that the lady gave me. I think an e-mail to Airest is in order.
The beer is actually quite good and I am sipping it in the non-smoking area of the cafeteria style area; hidden from that bad lady. I am also able to watch the planes come and go to the gates as I await my flight. I am smelly of smoke though since the smoking area is right next to the smoking area :-(.
Hagen Daz Vienna International Airport Vienna Austria
Air Quick TH 3 - Hagen Daz Take Away
Vienna International Airport (the Transit area)
1300 Wien
www.airrest.com
Vienna Austria
Map
Rating: 0 spoon
I had not eaten anything in a few hours and though that some ice cream would be a good deal. I approached the ice cream stand and placed my order for a single scoop in a cup. The lady asked which flavor I wanted and as they had so many it took me a while to find something that would whet my appetite.
I finally settled on Coconut Macaroon although I really wanted another flavor; Macadamia Nut Brittle that had nuts in it. As I have braces that was not an option :-(.
She reached for a cone and I told her that I wanted a cup. She said that you can only get a cup if you get two scoops minimum; I frowned and told her I was getting a cup as the cone was a little difficult to eat with braces. She recognized my plight and reached for a cup reluctantly.
Once back at the ice cream containers, she mumbled that they only do this for children; to which I replied, well, I guess I am child today. I don't think that went over very well.
She finished her chore and instructed me to pay EUR 2.40, so I forked over a credit card; well, that put her over the edge! She instructed me that she does not accept a credit card for anything under 7.00 EUR. She then commenced to scoop the ice cream back into the rest of the container; pausing for a moment to ask me if I had any kind of cash at all; to which I responded, "No." I had cash, Euros, British pounds and USD, but at this point I really refused to patronize the establishment any longer. she continued and scooped the ice cream back into the main container and had the worst body language I've seen in a while.
I left the counter and started to look for other things to eat; not finding anything that was reasonably priced (this airport is so expensive), I settled on some Gosser beer at the establishment across from the ice cream place. And guess what, they had no issue accepting my credit card for the 3.20 EUR purchase. I wanna end this review with some other phrase, but I must restrain myself...
Vienna International Airport (the Transit area)
1300 Wien
www.airrest.com
Vienna Austria
Map
Rating: 0 spoon
I had not eaten anything in a few hours and though that some ice cream would be a good deal. I approached the ice cream stand and placed my order for a single scoop in a cup. The lady asked which flavor I wanted and as they had so many it took me a while to find something that would whet my appetite.
I finally settled on Coconut Macaroon although I really wanted another flavor; Macadamia Nut Brittle that had nuts in it. As I have braces that was not an option :-(.
She reached for a cone and I told her that I wanted a cup. She said that you can only get a cup if you get two scoops minimum; I frowned and told her I was getting a cup as the cone was a little difficult to eat with braces. She recognized my plight and reached for a cup reluctantly.
Once back at the ice cream containers, she mumbled that they only do this for children; to which I replied, well, I guess I am child today. I don't think that went over very well.
She finished her chore and instructed me to pay EUR 2.40, so I forked over a credit card; well, that put her over the edge! She instructed me that she does not accept a credit card for anything under 7.00 EUR. She then commenced to scoop the ice cream back into the rest of the container; pausing for a moment to ask me if I had any kind of cash at all; to which I responded, "No." I had cash, Euros, British pounds and USD, but at this point I really refused to patronize the establishment any longer. she continued and scooped the ice cream back into the main container and had the worst body language I've seen in a while.
I left the counter and started to look for other things to eat; not finding anything that was reasonably priced (this airport is so expensive), I settled on some Gosser beer at the establishment across from the ice cream place. And guess what, they had no issue accepting my credit card for the 3.20 EUR purchase. I wanna end this review with some other phrase, but I must restrain myself...
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Chuy's Houston TX
Chuy's
1-713-524-1700
www.chuys.com
Map
party of 5
Veggie Enchalada $7.79
Rating: 3 spoons
1/2 chicken fajita $10.99
Rating: 2 spoons
Tuesday special $8.49
Rating: 2 spoons
Burrito chicken $8.49
Rating: 3 spoons
Burrito Beef $7.99
Rating: 3 spoons
4 beverage (4 iced teas) $7.56
Rating: 3 spoons
Total cost: $51.31
It is the birthday lunch for one of my colleagues and Chuy's is her favorite restaurant, so off we went.
As usual, the parking lot was full so the driver dropped us off, we went inside and he found a parking space.
You have to get here early as it is always full for lunch; our wait time was 20 minutes. In about 6 or so minutes the driver came back after parking the car and found us waiting.
When we were called to our table, it was not ready, so the guy took us over to another table that was already assigned to another party. So he took us to another corner of the restaurant and that table was just being cleaned. So he took us back to our original table and now it was ready. It was quite comical.
Chuy's is an Elvis themed restaurant, so there is a Cadillac trunk in there plus a host of other Elvis Presley memorabilia. There are also fish hanging from the ceiling.
As we sat, they brought chips and Mexican dip; next the waiter took our drink orders and left us to mull over the menus that were presented by the m'aitre d.
We placed our orders and were surprised when the order for the other table came and we thought it was ours. We waited about 15 or so minutes for ours to arrive; sizzling as the fajtas were placed in front of me. The beef burrito was the last to arrive.
We ate heartily and had good conversation. Not a bad meal and quite a nice place to dine.
2706 Westheimer Rd
Houston, TX 77098
www.chuys.com
Map
party of 5
Veggie Enchalada $7.79
Rating: 3 spoons
1/2 chicken fajita $10.99
Rating: 2 spoons
Tuesday special $8.49
Rating: 2 spoons
Burrito chicken $8.49
Rating: 3 spoons
Burrito Beef $7.99
Rating: 3 spoons
4 beverage (4 iced teas) $7.56
Rating: 3 spoons
Total cost: $51.31
It is the birthday lunch for one of my colleagues and Chuy's is her favorite restaurant, so off we went.
As usual, the parking lot was full so the driver dropped us off, we went inside and he found a parking space.
You have to get here early as it is always full for lunch; our wait time was 20 minutes. In about 6 or so minutes the driver came back after parking the car and found us waiting.
When we were called to our table, it was not ready, so the guy took us over to another table that was already assigned to another party. So he took us to another corner of the restaurant and that table was just being cleaned. So he took us back to our original table and now it was ready. It was quite comical.
Chuy's is an Elvis themed restaurant, so there is a Cadillac trunk in there plus a host of other Elvis Presley memorabilia. There are also fish hanging from the ceiling.
As we sat, they brought chips and Mexican dip; next the waiter took our drink orders and left us to mull over the menus that were presented by the m'aitre d.
We placed our orders and were surprised when the order for the other table came and we thought it was ours. We waited about 15 or so minutes for ours to arrive; sizzling as the fajtas were placed in front of me. The beef burrito was the last to arrive.
We ate heartily and had good conversation. Not a bad meal and quite a nice place to dine.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Bell Street Café Houston, TX
Bell Street Café (corner of Milam and Leeland Streets; entrance on Milam Street)
800 Bell Street
Houston TX
1-713-656-0870
Map
Buttermilk Fried Chicken with mashed potatoes
Cost: $4.15
Green beans
Cost: $1.00
Total Cost: $5.65
Rating: 2 spoons
Overall Rating: 1 spoon
This place is located in the basement of one of the downtown Houston buildings. I decided to walk over there and catch up with one of my work colleagues.
Once inside, I looked at the menu and they had grilled BBQ salmon with two sides for $5.85; the Buttermilk Fried chicken with one side was $4.15. They also had samples of the meals and this one looked the most enticing.
Myself and three others behind me wanted the salmon, but they were already out of that and it was only 12:38p :-( and they close at 1:30p having opened at 11:00a.
We asked the servers and they gave us an odd look and went to see if there were more in the kitchen; sadly there were none. The mashed potato and green beans were down to the last amounts and inquiring if they had more brought odd stares again. They did get more from the nearby kitchen though. Reluctantly two of us had the chicken and the other decided to have something from another area. The guy who had the chicken was a security personnel and said he could not wait for them to decide if they had anymore salmon so he took the chicken and bolted. I had he chicken with mashed potatoes, green beans and a whole wheat roll.
I was dining with a colleague and he wanted to have some coffee; well there was none! By now I was really angry, so I asked the cashier why was there no coffee. She said that coffee finished at 9:30a; odd I thought, so now they are telling customers when to have coffee? How rude...
I paid for my meal using a debit/credit card after getting some water and lemon and headed for a place to sit of which there were ample. The dining area is quite large and airy housing a large screen TV off to one side which always plays CNN. Off to the side one could see a water fountain from behind the glass.
The meal was good as we swapped weekend activities. Once I was done, you have to bus your own table to a nearby revolving receptacle. Not a bad meal, but the service from the servers leaves a lot to be desired.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
simit sarayi Istanbul, Turkey
simit sarayi (located across from the Sirkeci Metro stop on the #38 train, next door to the McDonald's)
Istanbul, Turkey
http://www.simitsarayi.com.tr.tc/
Ratings: 3 spoons
We had a few 
Turkish pastries, plus some Turkish tea. The tea was served in a glass with a plastic handle. It tasted like herb tea, but was surprisingly good. It was perfect as it continued to rain and we needed somewhere to shelter for a bit. It was also a pleasant atmosphere.
McDonald's Istanbul, Turkey
McDonald's
located across from the Sirkeci Metro stop on the #38 train
Istanbul, Turkey
Map
izgara tavuklu sandvic (grilled chicken sandwich) meal (sprite)
Cost: 7.57 YTL
Rating: 3 spoons
McRoyal (cheese burger) meal (coke)
Cost: 7.57 YTL
Rating: 3 spoons
We had just arrived in Istanbul, found a hotel for the night and headed out on the town. After walking around the Agyasofia and the Blue Mosque, we took the above ground Metro towards the Docks. Our goal was to make it to Asia in 15 minutes :-).
Turkey is the only country, I think where you leave one part of the country in Europe and go to the other part of the country in Asia in about 15 minutes.
We were really hungry as the last time we had eaten was on the plane; we noticed a McDonald's across from the train station at our stop. We venture in.
It was quite entertaining as we noticed a picture of the Employee of the Month on the wall. We asked to see him and the guy who was taking our order shouted back and by the time we got our order he came out and said hello.It took quite a while to get our order as they were taking forever to get the order for three persons before us. And once they got to us, it took longer to get our orders as there was a little language barrier.
We finally got our orders and it was quite good; the Fries tasted just like it does in the U.S. The funny thing is that I usually don't eat McDonald's in the U.S., but I when I travel as it is much easier. It is also amazing at how much people in other countries eat a lot of McDonald's.
While we ate, an American couple from San Francisco, CA, stopped by and chatted with us. They were there for a week and were quite shocked and surprised when we told them we were leaving on the 6:05a flight to Frankfurt, Germany and then to Houston TX.It started to rain quite a bit as we enjoyed our meal. Eventually, we got out of there and headed to the snack shop next door. By the way, there is a Burger King right next door as well.
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