Today was a pretty good day. I got in a nice run (4 miles...ahthankyou!) and after showering and scrubbing up my lymphatic system :) my wife and I decided to go for a drive after running a few errands.
Our drive took us to Clinton, Missouri...a small town about 25 miles south of Warrensburg. Actually the town's population is larger than Warrensburg but the sheer ruralness of the town is somewhere between small town USA and Winter's Bone." (Its a movie). We hit a few antique shops and bumped around the town square for a while...a lot of the shops have since closed/went out of business. My favorite place in the square was an ecclectic and eccentric shop called; "The White Rabbit." Great place. There were skeletons dressed in a top hat and tux holding a raven ("ever more!") and another one with a blond Marilyn Monroe wig and a gauze wedding dress. I did mention it's ecclectic right?
Around 5pm my wife announced she was hungry so we started hunting for something to eat. The hunt took us to a little Mexican resturant at the south end of town. Can't go wrong with Mexican food right? I mean for a burgeoning vegan, there's always veggie fajitas chock full of jalepenos right? I'm cool with that...however-dot-com...this place was much, much different...even Different would say; "this is a slightly odd place with a side order of not normal." kind of place.
The help was great. Our waiter was prompt, kept our glasses full of water and was attentive. We ordered veggie fajitas for me and cheese enchilada with refried beans and rice for my wife. When our food came my fajitas were mostly red onion a slice or 2 of green bell pepper and a fist full of jalapenos...there was a condiment plate with sliced iceberg lettuce, diced tomatoes and a golf ball size blob of guacamole. The hot sauce tasted like tomato sauce with cayane pepper, a dash of chili powder and a notion of cumin...and who knows what...pretty elementary school lunch room-esque. My wife's food; a cheese enchilada, refried beans under (yes I said under) melted cheese and some rice...she said tasted like cheese wrapped in a tortilla drowned in melted velveta...in a word...gross.
So not exactly Taco Bell and not exactly elementry school cafeteria either...somewhere south...I mean way south of that. When we first walked in the resturant I noticed that there were only 2 people in the place eating. I sort of in an off the cuff manner said to the girl who seated us..."I think we just doubled your business." My wife choked and tried not to laugh and said to me as we were seated, something about me being an a-hole or something as she's holding back tears laughing. After my "onion" fajitas, I have a slight clue as to why the place was so bereft of clientelle. Might have something do with the food... It was just not...let's just say if I were the infamous Simon Cowell of the X-factor and late of American Idol...my critique would be: "that was just dreadful...if I'm being honest."
Wow! This is one time I'm glad I was not there.... life is such a learning experience isn't it?
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