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January 10, 2008
P. F. Chang's
A couple nights ago, my friends and I went to P. F. Chang's for dinner. A bunch of new restaurants have opened up at the Stamford Mall (like the Kona Grill which I posted about recently) and we're slowly trying all of them. I forgot to bring my camera, but luckily I had my trusty iPhone.
P. F. Chang's:
Inside, we were told it would be a 30 minute wait (even though it was late on a Tuesday). We were given a buzzer to let us know when our table was ready, and Kristina pointed out that it looked just like a taser. I guess if something in your pocket suddenly electrocuted you, that would definitely get your attention:
After about 50 minutes, we were taken to our table (one of about 7 that were open). Despite the long wait, the decor was beautiful and the food was delicious:
We ordered a couple appetizers for the table and then shared a few entrées (everything is served family-style). That way, we got to try a little bit of everything:
Special sauce the waiter made at our table:
Jenn and Kristina:
Me, Molly, and Ali:
The food was fantastic but the service was so-so.... While we were eating our appetizers, the waiter grabbed Kristina's plate from her while she had her food in her hands; then while we were all still eating dinner, he came and took our plates and silverware and started taking away our food in the middle of the table before we knew what was happening. He was literally walking off with entire platters of food that were half eaten! At the very least you'd think he'd ask if we wanted it packed up, right? Anyway, we complained that he walked off with our lo-mein and he told us that it was only scraps. It was sitting right in front of Molly and me and we both saw that it was at least half full. He brought us another one for free which did us a lot of good with no silverware or plates. Anyway, we packed up the rest of our food to go home. Other than that, I really enjoyed P. F. Chang's and would definitely go again, hopefully with a different waiter.
My fortune "You will be a great philanthropist in your later years":
After dinner, we walked next door and wandered around the biggest Barnes & Noble in the state for a little while, looking at travel books and trying to plan an awesome vacation for all of us (that will, unfortunately, probably never happen... but maybe). Molly and I took the elevator at one point and it had see-through glass doors that showed all the elevator gears. If you look closely, there's a little miniature me in the reflection holding my lo-mein box:
Personally, I don't want to know how an elevator works. I like to imagine that I walk into a magical little carpeted room that teleports to another floor. I certainly don't want to see the truth, that we're suspended by some sort of pulley system, much like the one I had in my backyard treehouse for bringing sodas up to my secret club.
-Lauren
P.S. I've decided to try out signing my blog entries. I've spent the last two years trying to come up with something to say at the end of each entry that indicates that I'm done without being really lame. I use a lot of "Check back soon for more pictures!" and "Goodnight everyone!" and "I hope you all had a great weekend too!" and... well, anything that ends in an exclamation point, really. I thought that if I ended with just "-Lauren" or something to that effect, maybe I could spare you the news anchor teaser lines. I actually used to write those, you know. I interned at News 12 Connecticut a few years ago and when I wasn't in the Weather Center (my favorite place in the whole world, obviously) I was writing teasers for the news anchors to read before and after reading the news. But that's a story for another day....
Posted by lauren at January 10, 2008 02:04 PM