Whoever works in midtown I KNOW you can relate. Let me share my lunch experiences with you two days this week. This is not for the weak stomach.....
MONDAY: A new Chinese restaurant called Gingers opened on 7th Ave and 37th Street. A few co-workers and i gave it a try... I ordered chicken teriyaki. When i opened it back at the office, there was NO WAY this was a bird. The meat was blue, yes blue, with a teriyaki sauce on it. It was so disgusting, I threw it out immediately. My co-worker ordered shrimp... they had a really funky consistency and were definitely not fresh. DO NOT EVER EAT HERE.
WEDNESDAY: I go to Cosi also on 7th Ave... while I am ordering my sandwich, a homeless person walks right in BEHIND the counter to the sandwich bar and is drooling over the ingredients they use to make the sandwiches!!! Thank god the drool never reached the actual meats or toppings, but not one of the 'Cosi Sandwich Artists' did a damn thing! The guy is standing there behind the counter hovering over the ingredients. I walked right out. Again, I was so horrified and grossed out, I cannot eat today!!!
I'm gonna start bringing my lunch, at least i know where its coming from!!!!! ughhhh blechhhh
AtticaQT
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Is cat really cheaper than chicken? They have chicken on sale at the grocery store all the time -
Ok maybe i dont want the answer to that question - i am grossing myself out even more .
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Posted by Lunatrek
I just have to say, in defense of my best friend who is Chinese-American, and whose parents own two chinese restaurants (NOT take-out places)...
that this is a VERY unfair generalization!!!
Yes, in China, some people eat cats. Some places in Korea all eat dogs. We in America eat cows, where in India they are sacred. It's just they way it is....
Jennbaby, I'm not at all saying that your story is untrue... I don't want anyone to think that. I just don't want people to think that ALL chinese food places would be as gross as that one. I think maybe 1 out of 1 million restaurants would have anything remotely as disturbing as cats on the menu.
Thanks for letting me say that!
I am telling you what happened, and WHAT I BELIEVE, no one has to agree with me. I think it is! I think its cat & I can think what I want
AtticaQT
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I dont think the gross part is the cats on the menu - people all over the world it all different types of things (bugs and so forth...)
I think the gross part is the passing off the cat as chicken -
It is also probably true that the restaurant that Jennbaby mentioned was an exception not the rule -
Either way - still makes ya think - the safest and cleanest and healthiest food is only the food that you make at home! I'm sure we've all heard gross, disgusting nasty stories about restuarants and the going ons in general!
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Posted by jennbaby
I am telling you what happened, and WJAT I BELIEVE, no one has to agree with me. I think it is!
I don't doubt the validity of your story, I know those things can happen. I apologize if it looked otherwise.
I just don't want people not eating at chinese restaurants because they think all of the meat is cat. I know I'm biased because of my friend, but I just got upset and wanted to share my feelings.
MichelleW
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Ok,
Now I am totally scheeved
jennbaby
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Posted by jennbaby
I am telling you what happened, and WJAT I BELIEVE, no one has to agree with me. I think it is!
I don't doubt the validity of your story, I know those things can happen. I apologize if it looked otherwise.
I just don't want people not eating at chinese restaurants because they think all of the meat is cat. I know I'm biased because of my friend, but I just got upset and wanted to share my feelings.
I still eat chinese food, just not cat, i mean chicken
MichelleW
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So Jenn when you get Chinese food what do you eat
jennbaby
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Posted by MichelleW
So Jenn when you get Chinese food what do you eat
fortune cookies
merf99
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Lori- I am in the same neighborhood as you and I agree, there really are not too many choices. Although if you do want to try chinese again, there is a great take-out place and the food is always good. It's called TS Ma on 9th between 36th and 37th.
What Cosi do you go to? I go to the one on 7th and.... 36th I think all the time! GROSS!!!!!!!!
MrsTC
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Lori you know I am around there too and my co-workers wonder why I am such a picky eater!!
BoogieDownBride
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It sounds like a lot of us work in the same neighborhood.
And it also sounds like we should all start bringing bag lunch!
P.S. – TS Ma, I agree, is not too bad. Burritoville is also good. I thought Cosi was good until hearing your story!
