Shell Shocked: Sanibel restaurant reviews
I’ve been asked by this newspaper to review all the new restaurants in Sanibel. Here are my reviews:
– Good.
– Fair.
– Excellent.
– Amateurish.
– Stick to home cooking.
– Not worth the frying pan the food is cooked on.
– Exuberant.
– Tastes like all the food was cooked in cod liver oil.
– Tastes like all the food was cooked in vintage wine.
– Ice cream on the half shell is not a good idea.
– Nova Scotia salmon in yogurt is not a good idea.
– The Caesar’s salad tasted more like a Brutus swamp.
– The grouper should have been tossed back.
– Lobster tail? It was more like buttered asparagus.
– Veal piccata? It was more like elephant hide.
– The stains on the linen matched perfectly.
– I don’t think a pinch of wine is worth fifteen bucks.
– It’s got its act together which places it in the mediocre category.
– Does this restaurant know the definition of spices?
– What does the waiter do with his time in between visiting our table once every twenty minutes?
– Can you turn off the Lawrence Welk music?
– If your menu type is that small how about having reading glasses readily available?
– Yes, I asked for fresh fish, but not one that’s still swimming across the table.
– Yes, you’ve made the decor very nautical, but do you need to have someone hanging from the mast?
– I appreciate that your key lime pie is very fresh but why do I need to peel a whole lime?
– The specials sound great. Now tell me about the unspecials.
– Fried rhinoceros? You’ve got to be kidding.
– The French fries are soggy. They taste like sauted newspaper pages.
– The New England clam chowder tastes like the remnants of the Boston Tea Party.
– The eggs Benedict look like ping pong balls adorned with spiced mulch.
I reviewed these restaurants without revealing my identity. As far as the restaurant staffs were concerned, I was just a silly gigolo wearing a smoking jacket. Therefore, the restaurant names are also anonymous to protect me from being sauted alive and placed in a pizza oven. Sorry, but you’ll have to guess which restaurants the reviews above are for. My next assignment from this newspaper is to review condo swimming pools.