Category: Food and Dining

Food and Dining

Review: At this KFC in Orlando, the server was ‘definitely the most miserable’

An occasional look at reviews given to restaurants owned by Papa John’s, Texas Roadhouse, and Yum.

The location: 6217 International Drive, Orlando, Fla. The headline: “Lunch after wetnwild.” Number of stars: two out of five. The customer: TripAdvisor user loubiehigh of the U.K.’s Preston.

Anton EgoThe review: Although we don’t eat a lot of fast food at home, we do love the occasional KFC! Not in the US!!! The burger my husband had was half the size of a “zinger” which he would normally have. The popcorn chicken was better than home because the coating was more akin to the classic KFC chicken coating. Boys had the mash and gravy, and said the gravy was better than home, but disappointed you couldn’t buy this on its own. Wedges were good. Menu seemed limited; advertised some really hot chicken on the outside windows, but this didn’t seem available in the shop. Of all the Orlando residents/workers we came across the server here was definitely the most miserable. Chicken was over greasy.

Illustration, inset: That’s Anton Ego, the merciless restaurant critic in Pixar’s delightful 2007 “Ratatouille.” Here’s the trailer:

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Few subjects are better suited to Instagram than food photos, as Wiltshire Pantry in the Highlands and Nulu demonstrated again yesterday. It’s the best food porn!

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Summer’s officially here, so let’s love $3 balsamic strawberry pops, and the calliope of ice cream trucks

It’s now OK to wear white pants, cool off with abanicos — and binge on the ice cream we spotted Sunday at a Frosty Treats truck at the annual Willow Park Summer Concert Series. Cherokee Triangle street festivals are the go-to place for frozen treats: Steel City Pops was doing big business at last month’s Cherokee Art Fair, selling $3 craft popsicles from its new store at 1021 Bardstown Road; those are balsamic strawberry ones in the photo, top.

Ice cream street vendors have been around a long time, dating to the 19th century and advances in technology and sanitation, says Town & Country magazine. This summer, however, competition is igniting violent turf wars, according to this hair-raiser in yesterday’s New York Times.

That’s why we long for more genteel times in Louisville — like 1933, and this ice cream booth at the Kentucky State Fair from the University of Louisville’s Photographic Archives:

Ice Cream booth 1933

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Finn's logoNewly open — the past three weeks — Finn’s is serving southern comfort food for breakfast, lunch and dinner in up-and-coming Germantown. A sample of what looks good on the menu for dinner: brown sugar salmon with hop’n john and creole butter sauce; price isn’t on the website’s menu. 😦

Executive chef is Brian Curry, formerly at Napa River Grill. The operating partner is Steve Clements, who last owned Avalon, the Highlands restaurant he sold to El Camino four years ago, says Insider Louisville.

Finn’s is in the historic Fincastle building directly behind the new Germantown Mills Lofts. The art deco building once housed offices for the 1800-era cotton mill that’s been converted to the rental loft-style apartments. In the age of social media, it’s on Facebook; Instagram, and customers are tweeting.

Where: 1318 McHenry St. When: Breakfast: 7 a.m.-11 a.m. weekdays; lunch: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays; and dinner: 5 p.m.-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, until 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Related: Germantown’s booming as new families and businesses join long-time residents, says Louisville magazine.

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What better way to celebrate World Baking Day…

. . . than by surfing through Wiltshire Pantry’s Instagram page. Talk about food porn! Our jaw hit the floor right here:

 

If Boulevard was eating lunch at Wiltshire in the Highlands, we’d opt for a natural chipotle turkey sandwich with Broadbent pepper bacon, Kenny’s pepper jack, avocado aioli and greens, on cumin buttermilk white: $10.50.

Where: 901 Barret Ave., 502-581-8561. When: Tuesday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Closed Mondays.

Related: Wiltshire now has a restaurant at the Speed Museum. Also, Wiltshire and Blue Dog Bakery crank out croissants, says The Courier-Journal. Blue Dog’s also on Instagram. New and looking good in Shelby Park: Scarlet’s Bakery; they’re on Instagram, too. And don’t miss PBS’ Great British Bake Off show.

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Bristol May 117:15 tonight, Bristol Bar & Grille in the Highlands.

A house salad of mixed greens with carrots, red cabbage, and cucumbers. Not very inspired, but it came with an entree. À la carte, just $4.

Part of the Urban Bourbon Trail, the Bristol is a mainstay of Highlands restaurants. Plus, it has a big, outdoor patio that’s quiet.

Address: 1321 Bardstown Road. Hours: Monday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 12 a.m.; Friday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 12 a.m.