Month: October 2009

Restaurant Oct 23, 2009 The Waffle 2 Comments As per the tradition, we had to stop Chez Ashton for our usual fix of cheesy-gravy-goodness on our Quebec City trip. This time, we stopped on the way in, at the St-Nicolas location, just before the bridges. It was surprisingly busy, even though it was past lunch time. The staff was struggling to keep up, and the poutine was lining up on the counter, along with Expo burgers, Rostbif platters and other delicacies offered by Ashton. Mel went for her favorite – a bébé poutine, sauce piquante. I decided I would go with something different this time, another classic but not as well know outside Quebec borders, and, in fact, outside of Eastern Quebec. La Galvaude! Ashton’s Galvaude is the classic recipe, which was invented in Gaspesie, according to Charles-Alexandre Théorêt. Here, the french fries and the gravy are the same as in…

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General Oct 16, 2009 The Waffle 3 Comments So following the Waffle’s last exposé, Frito-Lay wrote back to answer my query about the lack of Guacamole-flavoured corn chips in my bag of Doritos Collisions.  For the record, I did attach the photographic evidence. Although “Linda” offered no satisfactory explanation about the unbalance of the bag, she clearly had the mandate from Frito-Lay to make sure they retain my customership. And The Waffle, being a sucker for free food, will remain a customer.  For the time being. Note:  You will notice the emphasis put in the auto-sig on quality ingredients.  Which is, of course, irrelevant if the product advertised is not actually delivered. ————————– Hi, Thank you for writing. I’m sorry you had a negative experience with Doritos Collisions and apologize for any inconvenience or disappointment this caused. I’m sending a coupon to you which should arrive in about a week.…

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General Oct 14, 2009 The Waffle 5 Comments I just came back from the Subway on Sparks Street where I grabbed lunch. As usual when I go to Subway, I picked one of their classics for $5.00. This time, I went for a Cold Cut Combo, and I made it a Meal Deal for an extra $2.60. I usually go for a bag of chips, as opposed to the cookie, and I grab a bottle of pop. But as I was in the process of doing so, I was informed that it was now $0.20 extra to grab a bottle instead of the glass. A 13% cash grab!  Shame! How could they?  Aren’t they aware there is an economic crisis? They have 31845 restaurants in 91 Countries, 2459 of them in Canada!  They are doing well. I refused to pay the extra money and went with a fountain Coca-Cola. But my problems did…

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