599545 Thu Feb 26 15:20:57 -0800 2009 17 29 Not About Food 0 4455547 I was in a shopping plaza on Mule Rd. in Toms River the other day and a restaurant there had their various menus posted outside. One menu was for "family style" service and the other was their "fine dining" menu. The second appetizer on this fine dining menu...CHICKEN FINGERS. Is it just me, or does this seem oddly out of place on a fine dining menu? Thu Feb 26 15:20:57 -0800 2009 51540 MartiniQueen 1 4455593 Please ask to have this moved to NAF. That's a riot! Thu Feb 26 15:40:57 -0800 2009 4455547 131001 c oliver 1 4455979 Shouldn't that have been 'Doigts de Poulet' on the 'fine dining' menu? I always order doigts de poulet when I'm looking for an elegant meal! Very funny! Thu Feb 26 18:00:31 -0800 2009 4455547 95489 mschow 2 4456053 ROFLMAO!! This illustrates one of the pitfalls of translating from one language to another. I always thought 'chicken fingers' was pretty funny in English; it's absolutely hysterical when translated literally into French! Thu Feb 26 18:25:39 -0800 2009 4455979 57768 ambrose 1 4456574 Was it GIGI's restaurant......next to the Holiday City Diner? Thu Feb 26 22:34:39 -0800 2009 4455547 181892 Tapas52 2 4456722 It was. I don't consider myself a food snob, but really! Fri Feb 27 02:36:28 -0800 2009 4456574 51540 MartiniQueen 3 4457223 Just look the HC Diner next door is packes always .......GiGi's is empty...that space has been so many restaurants that failed through the years they can't compete with diner prices & good specials...especially in a big Senior community. Fri Feb 27 07:35:09 -0800 2009 4456722 181892 Tapas52 4 4458473 You're right that none of the restaurants occupying that space have done well. The place before GiGi's was also empty, but I thought it was due to reports of flies that came as part of the buffet and salad bar. Fri Feb 27 12:55:57 -0800 2009 4457223 51540 MartiniQueen 3 4457273 It is difficult to have the true fine dining experience in TR, it is all relative! What they considered fine dining could be so average if you are in a city! I wish that there are more options in TR but with the huge senior community, I am content to see some new places providing different food are showing up! Fri Feb 27 07:51:43 -0800 2009 4456722 263590 HelenB 4 4457375 I agree Helen......there are a few really enjoyable places to dine in TR....but you can't expect top notch "FINE DINING" like you would in NYC.....but places like Bistro 44 are certainly trying & succeeding very nicely......& on the other hand sometimes some of the so called fine dining places fall flat compared to the tried & true neighborhood favorites so go figure? Fri Feb 27 08:20:32 -0800 2009 4457273 181892 Tapas52 1 4458140 It's all a matter of semantics. Levels of dining can be ranked as such: Spectacular Dining Excellent Dining Great Dining Good Dining Fine Dining OK Dining Poor Dining Hurl By this criteria, chicken fingers would be just "Fine" :-) Fri Feb 27 11:26:07 -0800 2009 4455547 172765 equal_Mark 2 4458479 Ahhh, but wouldn't it be interesting to have a creative chef create a "fine dining" (or better) chicken finger. I could see it crop up as a special at Drew's or Trinity, etc. Fri Feb 27 12:56:54 -0800 2009 4458140 141889 MGZ 3 4458624 MGZ, that is a great idea! I had chicken wings in a very upscale place in Hong Kong which were stuffed with shark fins and some unqiue asian mushrooms.... Fri Feb 27 13:33:34 -0800 2009 4458479 263590 HelenB 4 4458727 Yum Fri Feb 27 14:00:53 -0800 2009 4458624 141889 MGZ 2 4458710 Or would that be "just fine"? Fri Feb 27 13:55:47 -0800 2009 4458140 131001 c oliver 1 4462121 I have no idea where Mules Rd. on Toms River is, but in my house, if I served a meal, and afterwards asked "How was it?" and they responded "fine" I would be disappointed. So "Fine Dining" doesn't ,mean much to me. Sun Mar 01 01:46:26 -0800 2009 4455547 80937 danhole 1 4465919 A Frenchman may believe "Italian Fine Dining" to be an oxymoron. Mon Mar 02 10:08:03 -0800 2009 4455547 26180 Chinon00 1 4467897 Gee, fine dining...OK Fine China Fine Silver Fine Service Fine Music Fine Lighting Fine Person with me Fine Food I didn't have to cook = Fine Dining Mon Mar 02 19:29:06 -0800 2009 4455547 13118 Gail