Send us a text In this episode, we dive into a controversial take: fine dining isn’t worth the hype — or the price tag. Sandra and I recently visited a so-called “authentic Italian” fine dining restaurant, and let’s just say… it was anything but. The service was polished but clueless, the Bolognese tasted like grocery-store jarred sauce, the wine list was marked up five times retail, and they even tried to upsell us on a membership just to get reasonable wine prices. Oh — and they rushed us o...
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Send us a text In this episode, we dive into a controversial take: fine dining isn’t worth the hype — or the price tag. Sandra and I recently visited a so-called “authentic Italian” fine dining restaurant, and let’s just say… it was anything but. The service was polished but clueless, the Bolognese tasted like grocery-store jarred sauce, the wine list was marked up five times retail, and they even tried to upsell us on a membership just to get reasonable wine prices. Oh — and they rushed us o...
Food Court: Settling the World’s Greatest Food Fights
Bottles & Bites Without Borders
49 minutes
2 months ago
Food Court: Settling the World’s Greatest Food Fights
Send us a text Step into the Food Court with Rob and Sandra as they go head-to-head over the most heated food controversies of all time. From ketchup on hot dogs and scrambled eggs, to whether Chicago deep dish is really pizza, to the bizarre joys of cheese on apple pie — no dish is safe from debate. Are boneless wings just nuggets? Is a hot dog actually a sandwich? Does ice cream belong with French fries? We argue, laugh, and maybe even change each other’s minds… but in the end, the fi...
Bottles & Bites Without Borders
Send us a text In this episode, we dive into a controversial take: fine dining isn’t worth the hype — or the price tag. Sandra and I recently visited a so-called “authentic Italian” fine dining restaurant, and let’s just say… it was anything but. The service was polished but clueless, the Bolognese tasted like grocery-store jarred sauce, the wine list was marked up five times retail, and they even tried to upsell us on a membership just to get reasonable wine prices. Oh — and they rushed us o...
