Food and other ruminations

Another week has passed in Greenville. I have now been on the job for 3 weeks and this weekend is the first one I will actually be in Greenville. My boss recommended a place to grab a burger called "Gino's Hamburgers". Very good call. They have an odd menu, in the vein of Bud's Broiler in NO. It is not quite the same, so no char-broiled burgers and dogs nor any Barq's Rootbeer over crushed ice, but it is order by the numbers and preset dressings on burgers and dogs. I tried a #1 with cheese, which is a dressed cheese burger, a #7, which is a hot dog with relish, and an order of fries. The quantities are good, it was a bit too much food, but tasty nonetheless. They also offer what appears to be a southern staple, outside of NO, of a #2 which is a burger with coleslaw. That was common in SC. The fries are good, thick but not steak cut. The fries are better then most fast food. The best part, besides the taste was the price. It came in cheaper then a fast food joint.

I tried one of the handful of Mexican places for lunch today. The good news is they have Dos Equis on tap (Lager not Amber). The bad news is it was not that great. The lunch combo I had, a #11 I think, was a decent amount of food. The cheese quesadilla was good. The enchilada was decent. The tamale sucked. The free chips and salsa were ok, not great but not the worst I have had either.

Ok, one other thing. We had a group of visitors from China at work on Friday. The visit was only for a few hours and they were late by about an hour. I thought it was a bit odd though, in the middle of a meeting, to tell the visitors we were going to stop the formal talks and go have lunch. The lunch was a cook out at the office for a guy who was leaving after 11 years. The visitors came along to lunch, but it was really odd, to me at least.