Hollywood Brown Derby, lunch, 3.5.09
After a nice morning at MGM, it was time to get me some grub at the Brown Derby. I knew exactly what I was getting here. I come for the Cobb Salad! Seriously, I've had other things here, but the Cobb Salad, it just calls out to me! So I got there right after they opened at 11:30, checked in, and was seated shortly after.
Now, normally, I'm always seated in the same spot. Down the stairs, over to the other side, up the stairs, turn right, and it's the second table. This time, we went down and up, but then to the left! I was like, you're messing with me aren't you! Ha, the seater didn't get it, but whatever.
Now, I know, I should have ordered an alcoholic beverage. But I had promised myself, no drinking before noon this trip! Ha! So I decided to have an unsweetened iced tea. While I was perusing the menu, I took some pics for you lovely folks.
And the view from my table
Iced tea and bread and butter
Rolls come out nice and warm and toasty, the butter melts all nice, and it's just so good.
I also took a pic of one of the pages of the drink menu, the one w/the specialty drinks
And then, ah, the beautiful salad. I order it minus bacon, since I don't like bacon. Here it is, in all its glory. I stopped my server from mixing until I could snap this
Lines of bleu cheese, avocado, turkey, egg, tomato, chives. Yowsers. Amazing! Oh, and here it is all mixed up!
So good. I know some people don't like the whole chopped up-ness of the lettuce, but I just think it is absolutely perfect. And man, this thing is huge, so I couldn't finish it. My waiter asked me if I wanted dessert, but there was no way! Too full!
Seriously, this is a really nice place to stop for a light lunch. And even though it's a signature, since it's in the park, they don't have the normal dress code of other signatures. Plus, the salad is only like $15, and then I get the 20% discount. So it's not all that expensive either. I just really like it for a nice lunch. Highly recommended!
Tune In Lounge, alcohol, 3.5.09
Before going to lunch, I had stopped into the Tune In to say hi to David. And so after lunch, I went back on over to grab a drink before I took a nap back at the hotel. I decided on the drink Dave had introduced me to last November, the Long Beach. I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but Long Beaches have become my new standard at home as well. But nobody makes them like Dave does!
next up: dinner @Cali Grill w/my Florida parents!
Spoodles is closing?
It was sooo good!
