I'm not fussy, but...I did get to meet Mr Fussy himself, the Profussor, Daniel B. In fact is was thanks to him and his FUSSYlittleBLOG that I was at Five Guys today. You should read the post that explains the situation - it is the wonderfully entitled One Minute Per Guy - great stuff. The meal was indeed, as the sign behind us reads, the "BEST BARGAIN" - being entirely free to us all. Daniel paid for it using a letter from the area manager in response to a complaint. The letter was clearly intended for this very purpose, but did elicit a fair amount of discussion amongst the staff when he presented it. Daniel's other guest was Sarah M., a regular commenter on several area blogs as well as arguably his biggest fan. We had tasty burgers, a mountain of fries and good conversation - actually we had to bring our own conversation as that was not included with the complaint-resolution package. Not surprisingly, the talk was much about food and drink in their many forms and also about quirks of the local area - as all three of us are fairly recent arrivals from distant places - albeit from very different ones.
I'm not fussy, but...if a four-leaf clover is lucky, how unlucky do you have to be to get a two-leaf clover? As we were leaving, Sarah asked us how to get from A to B - well, from somewhere beyond A to somewhere beyond B in this case, I told her, "Just go down here and turn right onto I-90 West". Wrong. But seriously, you're driving on the right and you want to make a right turn onto the right-hand side of a road on your right. You simply don't expect to have to turn left across oncoming traffic.
I missed the turn and had to do a U-turn a bit further on. As I was doing it I spotted that she was making the same manoeuvre. Sorry Sarah!
That junction reminds me of a particularly lovely clover leaf near us - don't you miss the A14 Girton interchange?! Travelling west is especially interesting! Well maybe you don't, but it seems you have something to replace it. N
ReplyDeleteThank you for coming out last night. I had a great time, and enjoyed meeting you and Sarah.
ReplyDeleteOne of the things I love about Five Guys is just how beefy their burgers taste. Last night while driving home (and also getting a wee bit turned around) I enjoyed the nice beefy afterglow.
It's a shame that their fries weren't up to par, but good conversation and company can make up for a lot.
And if you ever need a last minute rock band fill-in, feel free to give me a call.
Last night was so fun! Thanks for mentioning your u-turn-- I was worried that my ability to follow verbal directions had been impaired by the bacon burger.
ReplyDeleteN: It may have confused me last night, but it is nowhere near as insane as the Girton interchange!
ReplyDeleteDaniel: Thanks again and yes, we must Rock sometime!
Sarah: Time for someone to wax lyrical about bacon-impaired driving perhaps :-)