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2010-09-12
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my family is a usual customer at dan ryans - i remembered my first visit so well that i actually still had what i ordered by then in mind(haha). i remember i was given a mask of Bill Clinton as a toy for the kids(therefore exposing my real age perhaps?) and i ordered a spaghetti with meat balls from the kid's menu. fast forwarding my memory, i remembered eating a piece of awful turkey breast here during christmas. that was some years ago, i think, for my parents have now ditched the habit of pay
nevertheless, my family and i are somehow 'in love' with this restaurant-we go here everytime we cant think of a better place to eat. the food here might not be the best in town, but it has the magnetic force which pulls us back to pay it a visit again, and again, and again, just to order the dish which taste is so memorable. and eating there is always comfortable, maybe its because of the cozy atmosphere, or perhaps the portion of food (which is always good for share), or even because of the amount of fat used in cooking. i guess that's what comfort food means.
anyways, today we decided to go here for lunch. we arrived after 1:30 and the place was packed with families spending their early afternoon with a family brunch. after 5 mins of wait we were allocated to a table, and ordered:
caesar salad;
soup of the day(chicken noodle soup);
cup of chili;
linguine with white clam sauce;
club sandwich.
the bread basket came first. there were three buns and two muffins, all hot off the warmer. i especially appreciate the darker (rye?) bun for i love eating chewy buns. it had a detectable smell of burnt which i thought was not a defect but done deliberately. it went well with the creamy butter. Needless to mention was the muffin which is always tasty when i eat here- the varying texture with walnuts, choco chips and the muffin bread was just so balancedly amazing!
the dishes were all huge in size! caesar came in a long plate which chinese people might consider to use to steam a whole fish. the romaine lettuce were chopped to size fit for one-bite, and it was tossed to the extent that the dressing, cheese and veggies had all mixed so well with each other. the crumbs of croutons were fresh and crunchy, and the tomatoes fleshy and juicy. the caesar dressing is also one of the best we have tried in town! matter of fact the caesar here is so well-loved by us its a must-have everytime we eat here!
next came the rest of the dishes- the chili came with crackers. i dipped the crackers into the chili which actually didnt taste hot-with beans, meat and tuna, it resembled Bolognese to a large extent(haha).
the pasta was alright-not too dry and the sauce was thick and creamy, the clams were quite fresh too. but i personally did not prefer the pasta to be cooked until soo soft-something al dante will be my cup of tea.
the club sandwich was huge! with three layers of toasted wheat bread, two layers of turkey ham, tomatoes, lettuce and bacon, its portion was something beyond the capacity of a normal chinese. i had to open my mouth to its widest to bite into the quarter of sandwich, which was disappointedly a little too dry on the edge as there was no dressing whatsoever but hardcore meat and veggie. nonetheless the tomatoes were fleshy and juicy so it complemented the lack of juice in the sandwich. the infinite layers of ham was not too salty and tasted good too! and oh, the fries that came with the sandwich were also one of the best in town-they were thick, and potato-ish with skins still on, and they were not too mushy in the middle. dipping one after another in the ketchup, i could hardly stop myself from eating! the colesaw which came with the sandwich was also wonderful, being not too sour but sour enough to be commented as 'refreshing'.
eating at dan ryans had always been, and will always be, a pleasing experience. i believe that my family will come here as frequently as we had in the past few years, ordering the similar dishes which we feel comfortable with.......although im a little tempted to explore the all-day breakfast menu i looked at today next time, perhaps by ordering the egg benedict here for a try...yum yum!
张贴
